Cherry Hill Synagogues Embrace Unification
Temple Emanuel and Congregation M’kor Shalom members took separate votes on Jan. 24 on whether to unify their Reform synagogues, both based in Cherry...
Temple Sholom Adds to Long Legacy of Openness
Temple Sholom in Broomall prides itself on openness, a tradition that goes back to Rabbi Mayer Selekman, who served the congregation from 1971 to...
Kol Emet Prides Itself on Inclusivity
Brian Hanck has been a member of Congregation Kol Emet for 15 years.
He had his three daughters go through preschool and get bat mitzvahed...
Aish Chaim Attracts Young Families
Aish Chaim does not own a building.
For services and other weekend programs, the Modern Orthodox congregation rents space in the Jewish Family and Children’s...
TikTok Executive to Detail Judaism as Self-Help
Jewish TikTok executive Michal Oshman will appear virtually at Ohev Shalom of Bucks County on Nov. 14. to promote her self-help book, “What Would...
Rituals Remain Despite COVID Death Surge
Joseph Levine & Sons Memorial Chapel in Trevose buried many more people this past year than previously. And Goldsteins’ Rosenberg’s Raphael-Sacks funeral home had...
Tree of Life Shooting Still Impacts US Jews
When a white supremacist shot and killed 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018, it was “the...
Josh Shapiro Touts Jewish Values in Kickoff for Governor’s Race
At the end of his campaign kickoff speech on Oct. 13 at Penn State Abington, Josh Shapiro paraphrased a line from the Talmud.
“My faith...
What Will It Take to Get Back in the Synagogue?
As more and more people become vaccinated against COVID-19, communities are grappling with what the next phase of reopenings will look like.
While some synagogues...
From Building an Ark to Vaccine Awareness: B’nai Mitzvah Plans Get Creative
Alexa Shurman realized in March 2020 that her bat mitzvah was not going to be the way she imagined.
The Main Line Reform Temple congregant...
