Tag: judaism

Upper West Side roommates, Jonah Rosen and Eli Nussbaum, both in their 20s, recently launched an initiative

The continuing threat of Covid-19 has made many people wary of gathering in enclosed spaces for extended periods, but one synagogue found a way to allow

Rosh Hashanah was rocking on the Upper West Side this weekend. Several synagogues signed up volunteers to blow the shofar on Sunday up

A Jewish nonprofit has put provocative ads up throughout the neighborhood aiming to engage Jewish people who may have lost interest in the religion.

Jewish congregations gathered at the Islamic Cultural Center on Riverside Drive and 72nd Street on Friday to offer support

So many mourners showed up at Congregation Ansche Chesed on West 100th Street Sunday night to honor the victims of a mass synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh that

Romemu, a unique Jewish congregation that has worshiped and held events in various spaces throughout the neighborhood, just announced that it is buying

The 20th annual event remembering victims of the Holocaust is coming up on Wednesday, April 11 starting at 10 p.m. The readings start at

A rift between a local synagogue and a bookshop over a book on Palestine appears to be over. The rabbis at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (SWFS) and

Thanks to an outpouring of support and sales, West Side Judaica owner Yaakov Saltzer told us that he no longer plans to close the

A Jewish man offended by the language used by a candidate for City Council posted flyers near the candidate's office on Columbus and 105th Street this week.

The Holocaust did not happen overnight. It was preceded by two decades of escalating anti-Semitism in Germany, paralleling Hitler’s rise

The new four-story Lincoln Square Synagogue on 68th Street and Amsterdam Avenue is complete, replacing the squat spaceship-looking synagogue down the block. The new synagogue cost $50 million, with $20 million coming from an anonymous donor and $20 million more from American Continental Property, the developer that plans to build ...