City Building & Safety inspectors briefly interrupt Kol Nidrei services at Hancock Park shul
Tom Tugend
September 25, 2007
Was the incident an unfortunate bureaucratic foul-up or a malicious anti-Semitic act?
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Technion group fetes two, magic makeover mitzvah, Brad Garrett helps M.A.W.
Danielle Berrin
August 9, 2007
Circuit.
There’s no business like shul business
Sarah Price Brown
October 26, 2006
The retirement of Rabbi Moshe Rothblum after 35 years on the bimah at Adat Ari El.
It takes a shul: programs target Jewish literacy via congregants
Iris Petroff
October 19, 2006
A few years ago, the leadership of Temple Society of Concord, decided that we were doing many programs and activities, yet we were not sure where they were heading and whether we held the same vision of Jewish learning.
Water and pumpkins mark eco-friendly Sukkot
Jane Ulman
October 5, 2006
True Joy Through Water, a new outreach program created by Canfei Nesharim (\”the wings of eagles\”), an Orthodox environmental organization, it\’s designed to educate about the importance of water, its imperiled state and ways to conserve it.
Jewish bond doesn’t draw all to Holiday observances
Tom Tugend
September 21, 2006
Statistically, 39 percent of all American Jews, and 44 percent of all Jewish college students, do not attend religious services, according to the 2000-2001 National Jewish Population Survey.
A congregation grows in Whittier — Hispanic outreach blooms
Roberto Loiederman
September 21, 2006
As the jewish population in the area east of Los Angeles has dwindled — and as the Conservative congregation has aged — Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak has reached out to the Spanish-speaking community in the area.
Tri-ing to raise funds for Israel; gems of wisdom for 5767
Jewish Journal
September 14, 2006
Tri-ing to Raise Funds for Israel; Gems of Wisdom for 5767.
The Little Shul That Could — Highland Park’s Temple Beth Israel
Jane Ulman
September 7, 2006
Walk up the steep pathway and into the sanctuary of Temple Beth Israel of Highland Park and Eagle Rock on any Shabbat morning. Congregants will jump up out of their wooden pews to greet you and introduce you to fellow worshippers, even if the service has begun. Chances are they\’ll also honor you with an aliyah and invite you to join them for the potluck Kiddush luncheon that follows their traditional but egalitarian Conservative service.
Tranforming the Synagogue — A Scorecard
Richard Greenberg
August 31, 2006
Synagogue transformation programs exude good intentions, but do they actually work?
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