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KINGSTON — Hundreds gathered Tuesday night for a “Stand With Israel” rally with the crowd concluding the event by singing the Israeli national anthem in unison.

A solidarity rally in Luzerne County is planned for Tuesday

It is with great sadness that the family of Daniel Kanter announce his peaceful passing in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital with his family by his side. He was six days away

Valeria Yackshaw Genetti, 83, Hazleton The wife of Gus Genetti Jr., Val had a witty sense of humor and an endearing smile. Her favorite things were family and traveling, but mostly it was combining the two — traveling with her family around the world. She loved Neil Diamond and ABBA, enjoyed playing pinochle, reading Danielle Steele books, watching detective-cop shows and enjoying coffee in her bedroom in the mornings. She was the vice president of the Genetti Hospitality Group of Wilkes-B...

Photo Credit: Gershon Elinson / Flash 90 Jewish men wear protective face masks to pray at a public park in the Jewish town of Efrat, in Gush Etzion, July 22, 2020. Responding to the challenges that many smaller Orthodox Jewish shuls are experiencing in engaging and growing their communities during the pandemic, the Orthodox Union’s Pepa and Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue & Community Services recently convened rabbinic and lay leadership from more than 21 smaller Orthodox c...

OU Exec: We Must Bring the Backyard Experience Into the Shul instead of the Shul Experience into the Backyards Release / Orthodox Union OU Exec: We Must Bring the Backyard Experience Into the Shul instead of the Shul Experience into the Backyards With the pandemics end in sight the Orthodox Union convened small synagogues to discuss returning to full operations. Spread the word. (December 20, 2020, New York, JNS Wire) Responding to the challenges that many smaller Orthodox Jewish shuls are expe...

The 5 Towns Jewish Times December 14, 2020 Responding to the challenges that many smaller Orthodox Jewish shuls are experiencing in engaging and growing their communities during the pandemic, the Orthodox Union’s Pepa and Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue & Community Services recently convened rabbinic and lay leadership from more than 21 smaller Orthodox communities to virtually discuss and collaborate on strategies to help them unite and ignite their synagogues throu...