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202 shares Temple Beth El, a small cinderblock building built in 1935, serves the few Jews left in Beckley, a former coal-mining town in southern West Virginia. (Larry Luxner/ JTA) Gun shops like this one in Beckley are a common sight throughout West Virginia. (Larry Luxner/ JTA) Robert Judd started in April as the rabbi of B’nai Sholom in Huntington, West Virginia, but has yet to hold an in-person service because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Larry Luxner/ JTA) Rabbi Joshua Lief of Temple Shalom in Wheeling, which was West Virginia’s first state capital and home to its oldest Jewis...

WHEELING, W.Va. (JTA) — Surrounded by silver crucifixes and Christmas ornaments, Samuel Posin and Joan Berlow Smith sell vintage jewelry and myriad tchotchkes at their church-turned-boutique gift shop in this

December 23, 2020 4:05 pm Rabbi Joshua Lief of Temple Shalom in Wheeling, which was West Virginia’s first state capital and home to its oldest Jewish community. (Larry Luxner) Advertisement WHEELING, W.Va. (JTA) — Surrounded by silver crucifixes and Christmas ornaments, Samuel Posin and Joan Berlow Smith sell vintage jewelry and myriad tchotchkes at their church-turned-boutique gift shop in this city. This is not the kind of place you’ll find many Jews. In this deeply rural state where just over half of all voters identify as Christian evangelicals, one longti...

From Staff Reports The McDowell County Health Department reported Tuesday that 50 additional McDowell County residents have tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19). And McDowell is now a red county in the statewide COVID-19 County Alert System. The latest number brings the total number of positives to 2,685 in McDowell County. As of Tuesday’s report, there were 29,732 tests conducted, 26,762 negative results and 285 tests are pending results. Presently, there are 429 individuals in quarantine, 2,211 out of quarantine and 45 deaths. McDowell County’s 14-day posit...

After nearly eight years living under a boil-water advisory, people in Keystone could be drinking water from their home faucets by this time next year. McDowell County’s Elkhorn Creek water project launches its second phase this month. Crews will lay nearly 70,000 feet of new water mains to connect more than 300 people in Northfork, Keystone, Upland, Kyle, Powhatan and Algoma to centralized water service through the McDowell County Public Service District. The West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council approved the $6.33 million project five years ago. Unlike most water in...