In a normal year, celebrating Shavuot meant gathering with fellow Jews to study Torah late into the night, maybe with some singing and late-night snacks.
This year, several of Greater Phoenixâs Reform and Conservative synagogues will still gather to study and connect â but on Zoom.
âIsnât that just what everyone wants? All I want is just to spend more time on Zoom,â Congregation Beth Israel Associate Rabbi Sara Mason-Barkin quipped, referencing the Zoom fatigue that has become a hallmark of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Greater Phoenix Board of Rabbis organized a collaborative Tikkun Leâil Shavuot Zoom program in 2020 with five area synagogues and saw potential.
Manager of N.J. business wrestles gun away from disgruntled employee who made threats, cops say
Updated 1:47 PM;
An employee at a Sickerville auto shop was arrested Saturday after bringing a loaded gun to the store and threatening his boss, Gloucester Township Police said.
Dean O. Hardwick, 34, of Gloucester Township, who works at the Mavis Discount Tire at 545 Berlin Cross Keys Road, was reprimanded Saturday morning for his performance, police said in a press release. He became irate and threatened the manager, telling him he would be coming back to the store “with something for him,” according to the release.
Manager wrestles gun away from disgruntled employee who made threats, cops say
Updated 8:56 PM;
An employee at a Sickerville auto shop was arrested Saturday after bringing a loaded gun to the store and threatening his boss, Gloucester Township Police said.
Dean O. Hardwick, 34, of Gloucester Township, who works at the Mavis Discount Tire at 545 Berlin Cross Keys Road, was reprimanded Saturday morning for his performance, police said in a press release. He became irate and threatened the manager, telling him he would be coming back to the store “with something for him,” according to the release.
He returned to the shop 15 minutes later with a loaded small .380 caliber firearm, which he pulled out of a hoodie pocket before walking toward the lobby, where several customers were waiting, police said.