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Local synagogues addressed their congregations and issued public statements in the first days of the unfolding, dark tale of terrorism in Israel that has left over 1,000 civilians dead, 2,800 injured and 150 in captivity. While the Israel Defense Forces were able to regain control of towns infiltrated by Hamas, the country has declared ....
FOX POINT - The room was somber, the speakers’ voices filled with anguish, after inconceivable attacks on civilians, at a festival, in their homes, against people of all ages. A variety of Jewish organizations came together Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, to hold a “Community Solidarity Gathering for Israel.” The evening event was held after ....
"The mother, her doctor and her rabbi, they are the ones not the legislature, to look carefully at what has to be a fraught and difficult decision." ....
Even as synagogues begin planning for services and programs that will approximate synagogue life before the pandemic, many recognize a need to memorialize the unprecedented disruption and loss suffered by congregations from COVID-19. “I wanted something that would remind us of what we had gone through. This will be a story that we will need to tell,” said Rabbi Rabbi David Steinhardt, spiritual leader of B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton, Fla. Clergy and congregants are finding a myriad of ways to remember the pandemic’s impact, from creating art to commissioning a Torah to writing special prayers. As he plans for his community to come back together in person, Steinhardt thinks the moment calls for a significant project, “something more than saying ....