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Tag: Bnai Jeshurun

0 Communities Ethics

Prominent NYC synagogue reveals sexual assault allegation against its renowned late rabbi

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 31 Oct

Bnai Jeshurun, a prominent synagogue in New York City, has removed the name of Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer from its rabbinic training program after a credible sexual assault allegation was made against him by a congregant from the 1980s.

0 Communities Leadership

The Upper West Side mourns Tom Weiss, a congressman’s son and ‘master of chesed’

Julia Gergely in JTA · 18 Apr

Tom Weiss, a beloved figure on New York's Upper West Side, passed away at 61 due to a pulmonary embolism.

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A New York synagogue banned lox. That’s not as crazy as it sounds

Nora Berman in Forward · 13 Sep 2022

A synagogue on Manhattan's Upper West Side announced that it would no longer serve lox in an effort to reduce the environmental impact of pollution and overfishing.

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The Great Streaming Experiment

Paula Jacobs in Tablet · 7 Oct 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic forced synagogues to shift their High Holiday services online, resulting in unique and unexpected experiences for clergy and congregants.

0 Communities Gender/Identity

HomeLands: 'A Shtetl in Manhattan'

Forward · 5 May 2015

Letty and Bert Pogrebin, a Jewish couple living on Manhattan's Upper West Side since 1970, share insights into their daily life, household division of chores, work routines, family history, and Jewish identity.

0 Holidays Communities

A Convert’s First Simchat Torah

Siân Gibby in Tablet · 5 Oct 2012

A person recounts their first experience of Simchat Torah before officially converting to Judaism.