Judaism

Local

Death as a Constant Part of Life

Torah

Is Golan Heights Part of Holy Land?

Arts

Hidden City Festival Reveals Revitalization of 'Little Shul'

Torah

A Bridge From One World to Another

Vayechi, Genesis 47:28-50:26

By:

Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell

How many times have we searched for a place to cross over, for a bridge from one place, one experience, one time to another?

Global

New Chief Rabbi Will Face Fractious British Jewry

By:

Miriam Shaviv | JTA

Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has big shoes to fill. Appointed this week as the 11th British chief rabbi, he will succeed Jonathan Sacks, an internationally renowned author and public intellectual who speaks frequently on moral, philosophical and theological affairs.

Jewish Federation

Thirty Become B’nai Mitzvah During Mission Trip

By:

Lynn B. Edelman

From teens to grandparents, 30 men and women from the area celebrated their B'nai Mitzvah in Israel during a December 2012 mission trip organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

Local

New Chabad Center Rises in Fort Washington

By:

Bryan Schwartzman

While many non-Orthodox synagogues are struggling to maintain their existing structures and keep up membership numbers, a nearly-completed Chabad center is teeming with activity.

Local

Rodeph Shalom Heralds Start of Building Expansion

By:

Deborah Hirsch

Religious school students, parents, board members and other congregants from Rodeph Shalom gathered outside the historic synagogue on the northern edge of Center City Sunday to mark the groundbreaking of a $16 million renovation and expansion project.