Kesher Israel Reopening, Reconnecting
Rabbi Shelley Goldman arrived at Kesher Israel Congregation in West Chester in July 2020. One month later, the pandemic forced the synagogue to become...
Beth El in Yardley Hires New Rabbi
It’s not every day that a man from California falls in love with a town in the Philadelphia suburbs and migrates across the country.
But...
Or Ami in Lafayette Hill Updating its Sanctuary
Sometimes, an institution’s public relations description of its project actually does sum it up quite well.
In a recent Facebook post, Congregation Or Ami in...
Ohev Shalom Continues to Survive and Grow
Ohev Shalom of Bucks County opened in 1976 — just as Jews were moving to the area — and, in that time, it has...
Former Journalist Finds Calling Later in Life — as a Rabbi
What if you found your calling after your first career ended — when you were already passing middle age?
Would you pursue it? Or would...
Lactose Intolerants Make Shavuot Ritual Easier to Stomach
It doesn’t take a Torah scholar to know that God promised the Israelites a land overflowing with milk and honey, not a land overflowing...
BTBJ Welcomes New (But Familiar) Leaders
It’s a new era at Beth Tikvah-B’nai Jeshurun in Erdenheim.
In a May 17 email, the synagogue announced the hiring of a new senior rabbi...
Former Neo-Nazi Converting to Judaism
Fred Cook, by his own admission, is a man in search of an identity.
From his teenage years through his early 30s, he filled that...
Orthodox Synagogue Reaches Century Mark
Congregation B’nai Israel Ohev Zedek in Philadelphia turned 100 on May 22.
Yet the Orthodox synagogue is “a very young shul now,” said Michael Bohm,...
Shir Ami a Hub for Reform Jewish Life
When it opened in 1999, Shir Ami’s community mikveh became just the second of its kind at a Reform synagogue in the United States.
Today...
