First Woman President of the NY Board of Rabbi’s
June 5, 2022
A native New Yorker, Rabbi Linda Henry Goodman, has become the first woman to assume the presidency of the New York Board of Rabbis in
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Rabbi Abraham Hecht, Chabad And Sephardic Leader, Dies At 90
June 5, 2022
1/08/13 – published in www.thejewishweek.com Rabbi Abraham B. Hecht, an Ashkenazi who led a Sephardic congregation and was also closely affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, died
A Brooklyn-Based Prayer Leader Heralds a Revolution in Jewish Music
June 5, 2022
Joey Weisenberg’s music workshops—blending a democratic approach with a range of traditions—aim to boost engagement By Leonard Felson published in Tablet Magazine – june 4,2013 On
Mikvah is the first to open in brownstone nabe
June 5, 2022
By Natalie Musumeci The Brooklyn Paper The first mikvah ever in Park Slope finally opened after more than five years of construction. The three-story William
Brooklyn – A Boro Transformed
June 5, 2022
5777 View Our Sukkots in Brooklyn Video Throughout Brooklyn, the sound of the shofar (ram’s horn) was blown during the two days of Rosh Hashanah,
Disposal of old prayerbooks a mounting problem
June 5, 2022
After years of watching synagogue members die or move away, the Sephardic Jewish Center of Canarsie made the difficult decision to downsize. The 50-year-old Brooklyn