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Interfaith Voices: How do we save God's greatest creation?
11+ hour, 43+ min ago (179+ words) Albany Democrat-Herald Javascript is required to use this website. I have been steadily watching as we fall deeper and deeper into a place we may not recover from in the next seven generations. As a pagan and a Christian, I…...
And still, my father lives
17+ hour, 24+ min ago (171+ words) “Faizan, baba, come here to me, rest against my chest.” And then, as though the years between us have momentarily disappeared, I hear my Dada's voice too, carrying that old ache of separation: “Kya kijiye, furqat ki musibat nahi jaati,…...
Phoenix Jewish community loses female trailblazer
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (760+ words) Fran Frazin on her 90th birthday. Frances “Fran” Frazin, the first female president of Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) in Scottsdale and deeply dedicated to community service, passed away at home in late August shortly after celebrating her 90th birthday. Born July 2, 1936, to…...
Aliki Rzepka recalled as cofounder of The Agnon School
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (806+ words) The Harold Grinspoon Foundation recently announced a $50 million matching grant through its JCamp 180 program, which helps Jewish nonprofit camps thrive well into the future. Karen Haiman Schenkel, age 81, passed away peacefully on Oct. 6, 2026. She was born on Dec. 16, 1942 in Cleveland....
Emily Bernstein-Dosoretz
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (1051+ words) Monday, October 5, 2026 Emily Bernstein-Dosoretz remembers owning a pair of shoes during her college years that had the famous quote by modern Zionism founder Theodor Herzel painted on them: “If you will it, it is no dream” (Im tirtzu, ein zo…...
But in the world of Chabad emissaries: Rabbi Yisrael Rubin, zt"l, the emissary to Albany, has passed away at the age of 78
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (310+ words) But in the world of Chabad's mission: The late Rabbi Yisrael Rubin, the Chabad emissary for 52 years in Albany, New York, passed away at the age of 78, after participating in the Shemini Atzeret night prayers at his synagogue. The late…...
'Loosing hope': Sometimes bad news can overwhelm us observes Offaly columnist
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (396+ words) There are times when it is very easy to lose hope. We look around our world and see war, poverty, loneliness, injustice, violence, division and uncertainty. We open our phones and are bombarded with bad news. Sometimes we hear more…...
Stop striking rocks: Moses' final lesson in leadership before Israel enters the Promised Land
1+ week, 1+ day ago (407+ words) From appointing Joshua to blessing the tribes, Moses spends his final days preparing Israel to act without him, turning the lesson of the struck rock into a final message about succession, responsibility and the limits of leadership At the end…...
Beth Chaim Spiritual Leader Rabbi Michelle Pearlman Dies at 56
1+ week, 3+ day ago (362+ words) Rabbi Michelle Pearlman came to Reform Congregation Beth Chaim in Malvern with a clear focus — to prioritize people over program. “My life and rabbinate have been transformed by the incredible relationships built through a love of Torah and community. My…...
Associated Fellowship Helps Jewish Professionals Progress
1+ week, 4+ day ago (479+ words) For Leah Kliegman, marketing manager at The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, there is always more to learn. That’s why, even though she’s worked in Jewish communal life for more than five years, she joined the Friedman Fellows with Na’aleh:…...