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A man reportedly sustained minor injuries when the pickup truck he was driving crashed into a car and then struck a synagogue in Binghamton.

Can Montreal's Chinatown survive? WEEKEND READ | Real estate development threatens to erase 200 years of history — and buildings that are decades older than city records show. Author of the article: Marian Scott  •  Montreal Gazette Publishing date: May 22, 2021  •  2 hours ago  •  13 minute read  •  At the Chinese Association of Montreal, which has owned its three-storey stone headquarters since 1920, there’s a firm resolve to stay put. “Our building is not for sale,” says the association’s vice-president Bryant Chang, left, with director Bill Wong. Photo ...

April 26, 2021 The ashes came to my home in Maryland from Southern California, shipped via special delivery by the aptly named funeral home Ashes to Ashes. They arrived encased in a rectangular, polished, dark wood box about the size of a loaf of artisan bread. I immediately opened it to make sure it was not empty. It was not. The child I loved, worried about and cried over for more than 54 years was physically reduced to a powdery dark gray substance. I was reminded of a fine black sand beach. How could this be my Brady? But it was. Brady had died three weeks earlier. Cancer killed him follo...

Traffic Signal Near Riverside Drive Synagogue May Be Removed Binghamton officials once again are considering removing a traffic signal located at an intersection near a synagogue on the West Side. The city traffic board, which is chaired by Deputy Mayor Jared Kraham, considered eliminating the signal at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Murray Street in 2018. But signs have again been installed at the intersection indicating the signal may be pulled. In an email, Kraham wrote "there continued to be operational issues with the light that were causing traffic issues." He said the signal "...

This week, the United States recorded its 500,000th death from COVID-19. It’s a staggering number, one many of us have struggled to wrap our heads around. For thoughts on how to process the milestone we turned to rabbis across the country for their wisdom, both on how we should mourn those lost to the pandemic and on how we should move forward. Image by Anya Ulinich They wrote about the value of turning to community, the importance of ritual in guiding us along the path of grief ahead and the coexistence of extraordinary miracles and extraordinary loss — and more.