Sanctifying the stutter: How I embraced my speech disorder as a Jewish cantor
A space in which I was given the time to speak freely became my Shabbat
A space in which I was given the time to speak freely became my Shabbat
What does the future of Judaism look like? In Arizona, a rabbi sick of traditional synagogue life may have an answer
When Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker let a visitor into his synagogue earlier this year, he was taken hostage. That hasn't stopped his commitment to making everyone feel at home.
Until recently, the 100-year-old Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue was too small to afford a rabbi or staff
In East Texas, the eight members of Temple Emanu-El prepare for the end
On March 6, when the horror and shock of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine were still intensely fresh, the Forverts ran an article about Kropyvnytskyi-born Jewish artist Issachar Ber Ryback. I was instantly hooked by the accompanying image: an Old World Jewish craftsman, laboring in a candle-lit workshop. When I began to read through the Yiddish…
They say only the worthy can wield Thor’s hammer. Someone who planned to blow up a synagogue probably doesn’t meet that criteria. Richard Holzer, a Colorado man and professed neo-Nazi, sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting to explode Temple Emanuel in Pueblo, Colo. is now under supervised release following a 2020 plea agreement….
A North Carolina Reform synagogue plans to vote Thursday night on hiring Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, who became an international hero after being taken hostage in his Texas synagogue during Shabbat prayer services last month. Gayle Goldsmith, a 20-year member of Temple Emanuel in Winston-Salem, N.C., said in an interview Wednesday that she and others met…
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