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Brookline religion notes Community Content Note: Many services are canceled or moved online due to the coronavirus. Check with your local house of worship for updates. BJEP (Boston-area Jewish Education Program) BJEP has a welcoming and inclusive approach to Jewish learning for kindergarten through seventh-grade students. Get in touch with the program’s director at director@bjep.com or 781-386-7278. Congregation Mishkan Tefila Shabbat Services: Fridays at 6 p.m.; Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. Congregation Mishkan Tefila is a community embracing Jewish tradition and identity while welcoming change...

Mirlana Morris to her son, Donny: ‘You touched so many lives with your kindness’ Mirlana Morris to her son, Donny: ‘You touched so many lives with your kindness’ The 19-year-old student from New Jersey was laid to rest in Jerusalem in a funeral attended by tens of thousands, including those online. (May 3, 2021 / JNS) With a cracking voice and tears in her eyes, Donny Morris’s mother, Mirlana Morris, eulogized her son. “I have so many questions,” she said through sobs, “but little to no answers.” “But what I do know for sure is you were loved by so many,” she said. “Th...

(Arutz Sheva and Jewish Link Staff) Rabbi Aryeh Waxman eulogized Daniel (Donny) Morris, a 19-year-old student from Bergenfield, New Jersey, who was a shana alelph student at the Sha'alvim yeshiva and who perished in the disaster at Meron last week, in an interview with Kan News Sunday. Morris was a graduate of Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey (RYNJ) and the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy (MTA).  "It's so hard to talk right now. I just want people to know that Israel has lost an angel. When he was with us, we could tell that he was an angel," Rabbi Waxman said.

One of the victims was 19-year-old Donny Morris, from Bergenfield, New Jersey, who was seen photographed shortly before the stampede. He was a graduate of Mrasha Stern Talmudical Academy in Manhattan, and was studying in the country during a gap year, according to his uncle. Members of the Jewish community in the town visited the Morris family home to comfort the grieving parents and family. "Thankfully the Bergenfield community, as is the nature of all good people, come together with renewed strength and endless compassion," said Rabbi Yakov Neuberger of Congregation Beth Abraham. "That is a...

Rabbi Elliot Schrier Named Mara D’Atra of Bnai Yeshurun By Elizabeth Kratz | April 28, 2021 After an exhaustive 18-month rabbinic search and interview process, punctuated by a global pandemic, Rabbi Elliot Schrier was named mara d’atra of Teaneck’s Congregation Bnai Yeshurun (CBY). The role became available when Rabbi Steven Pruzansky announced plans to make aliyah in 2019, after more than a quarter century serving at the helm of Teaneck’s 530-families-strong shul. Rabbi Schrier will join the rabbinic team of Rabbi Ari Zahtz and Assistant Rabbi Yosef Wei...