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By Justin Vellucci January 25, 2021, 2:36 pm Edit Marilyn Weinblum stands next to the case displaying Jakobs Torah at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh in 2001. (Photo provided by Marilyn Weinblum) It was the evening of Nov. 9, 1938, and throughout Nazi-controlled Germany, government-sanctioned violence was leading to destroyed synagogues, social unrest and the arrest of thousands of Jewish citizens. That night would become known as Kristallnac...

By Pearl Markovitz | January 07, 2021 The endless sea of Torah study can be navigated in myriad ways. Masechet Yevamot spans 122 pages. The current cycle of Daf Yomi completed Yevamot in 122 days. In contrast, Daf Hashavua began Masechet Yevamot in May of 2020 and anticipates its completion only in September 2022. Knowing full well the length of study of this masechet, the Mermelstein family sponsored the entire Daf Hashavua’s learning of Yevamot in memory of beloved husband, f...

Authorities investigating suspicious fire at synagogue January 1, 2021 GMT PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police and fire officials are investigating a fire they believe was suspicious at a synagogue in Northwest Portland. The Portland Police Bureau said in a news release the fire happened at about 9:10 p.m. Wednesday at an educational building on the grounds of Congregation Beth Israel. After the flames were extinguished, fire investigators determined the fire appeared to be intentionally ...

Authorities investigating suspicious fire at Portland synagogue By Associated Press Share: PORTLAND — Portland police and fire officials are investigating a fire they believe was suspicious at a synagogue in Northwest Portland. The Portland Police Bureau said in a news release the fire happened at about 9:10 p.m. Wednesday at an educational building on the grounds of Congregation Beth Israel. After the flames were extinguished, fire investigators determined the fire appeared to...

UpdatedWed, Dec 23, 2020 at 4:57 pm CT Reply Cantor Steven Stoehr speaks with the new Tree of Life Torah cover next to him (Photo submitted) NORTHBROOK, IL — Its been two years since a mass shooting claimed the lives of 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history startled a nation. Cantor Steven Stoehr, a native of Pittsburgh, was devastated about the tragedy. "What can we do after something so unspeakable?...

Rabbis’ Letters Address Warnock Statements Rabbis’ Letters Address Warnock Statements A letter published by the Jewish Democratic Council of America prompted a rebuttal from the Coalition for Jewish Values. By Dave Schechter December 22, 2020, 9:07 am Edit 43 shares Dave Schechter is a veteran journalist whose career includes writing and producing reports from Israel and elsewhere in the Middle East. Rev. Raphael Warnock’s statements have become t...

By Michal Rosenberg | December 16, 2020 It’s hard to believe a year has gone by since the horrific car accident that shook the Teaneck community and claimed the life of Shelly Mermelstein, z”l, longtime Teaneck resident, beloved community staple and true baal chesed. In honor of his first yahrzeit, his family gathered together Motzei Shabbat Chanukah, with some close friends, to make two siyumim and remember a man who valued Torah and family above all. Before the Mermelsteins...

According to the history , the first Jewish settlers arrived in the tiny, Wild West pueblo of Los Angeles in the late 1840s. In 1851 (the year after California became an American state), census workers recorded eight Jewish citizens in Los Angeles, a town of roughly 1,600 souls. “All of them were bachelors who lived in their stores on the ground floor of the city’s lead commercial building, a two-story structure located at the southeast corner of Aliso and Los Angeles Streets,” writes hi...