Southern New England Jewish Ledger
Election 2020 – Making the Case for a President Trump or a President Biden
NEW YORK (JTA) – While the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate the news cycle, 2020 is still an election year…
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With communal mourning a health hazard, grieving Jews must sit shiva alone
By Ben Harris (JTA) – After Shaul Moshi died last week in Los Angeles at the age of 94, over…
Taika Waititi adapting antisemite Roald Dahl’s work is exactly what we need
By A.R. Vishny Netflix announced recently that the Academy Award-winning Maori-Jewish filmmaker Taika Waititi will write, direct and executive produce two…
Why Jewish communities are keeping mikvahs open amid the coronavirus outbreak — for now
By Josefin Dolsten (JTA) — When the rabbis of New Jersey’s suburban Bergen County took the bold step of shutting down…
CT legislature allocates $5 million for security at houses of worship
HARTFORD – The Connecticut state legislature has approved $5 million in state bonding to allow nonprofit organizations – including synagogues,…
Yiddish Book Center award from London Book Fair
AMHERST, Massachusetts. – The Yiddish Book Center has received the 2020 London Book Fair’s International Excellence Award for Literary Translation…
B’nai Mitzvah
ASHER KAUFMAN, son of Blythe and Seth Kaufman, will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Saturday, March 21 at Congregation Beth…
Torah Portion – Vayakhel-Pikudei
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb W hat is life all about? One answer to that question is that life is…
