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...
Main Line Rabbi David Straus Retires After 24 Years
Eric Settle, a Main Line Reform Temple member since 1973 and the synagogue’s president from 2014 to 2016, described Rabbi David Straus’ mindset as...
B’nai Jacob Brings Different Jews Together
Congregation B’nai Jacob is a Conservative synagogue. But it is not just open to Conservative Jews.
As the only synagogue in Phoenixville, it welcomes Jews...
90-plus Jewish Boys Become Men on Their Bar Mitzvah Days
Jerry Weiner and David Solis go through the process a second time
Huntington Valley resident Jerry Weiner and Jenkintown’s David Solis are 92 and 95,...
Congregation Brothers of Israel Welcoming to All
People have different reasons for joining Congregation Brothers of Israel, but ultimately they have the same reason.
The congregants at the Conservative synagogue in Newtown...
Or Zarua a Spiritual Home for Boomers
For baby boomers whose kids are older now, synagogue is less of a necessity. They do not need a preschool, a religious school and...