Congregation Beth Israel

Last Friday night at Central Synagogue in New York, a hate-filled lunatic, as the press called him, interrupted Shabbat services with vile outbursts and flailing arms. While the perpetrator was removed from the sanctuary, Central Synagogue clergy, all of whom were just ordained or ordained in recent years, directed their focus and purpose towards the congregation. They calme...

The Hebrew month of Elul is here. It precedes the month of Tishri, the first day of which is Rosh Hashanah. Therefore, Elul is the runup to the New Year 5787, and time to prepare for everything that it requires of us, personally and communally. Like any annual event, arriving just as it starts doesn’t do justice to the day’s opportunities and experiences. Instead, preparing ...

By George, he did it. Singer songwriter Boy George wrote a new song, “We Will Dance Again – Od Nirkod”, to commemorate 10/7 and those who came to the Nova Music Festival to dance and celebrate. It’s reported that he published the song...