Synagogue

A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion;      700+ words ...Synagogue The building in which Jews worship and offer their prayers. The word synagogue, from the Greek word meaning assembly, corresponds to...in Jewish life, little is known of the origins of the synagogue. There are no explicit references to anything like a...

Synagogue celebrates golden years

Highland Park News (IL);  October 23, 1997 ;     700+ words ......From that seed sprung North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, which embarked on its 50th year...after several building additions, the synagogue at 1175 Sheridan Road, its address since...the opinion of Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, the synagogue's real achievement is not so much its...

A symbol of rebirth, rejuvenation ; New Torah marks turnaround for...

The Boston Globe;  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Two decades ago, the city's oldest synagogue was on the verge of locking its doors...more commonly known as the Adams Street Synagogue, had dwindled to about 15 people and...only on holidays. "Twenty years ago this synagogue was decrepit," said Nechama Cheses, a...

Beth El Synagogue celebrates 50 years on the North Shore

Glencoe News (IL);  November 6, 1997 ;     700+ words ......From that seed sprung North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, which embarked on its 50th year...after several building additions, the synagogue at 1175 Sheridan Road, its address since...the opinion of Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, the synagogue's real achievement is not so much its...

The synagogue: past, present, and future.

Midstream;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......institution in the Western world is--the synagogue. And we Jews are identified with it even...people: when we are honored, it is in the synagogue; when we are assailed, whether in Alexandria...2003, invariably we are attacked in the synagogue. The message was borne home to me recently...

AROUND THE JEWISH WORLD: Slovak town struggles to find money it needs to...

Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  June 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Slovak town of Lucenec, a rare synagogue is crumbling apart, its walls destroyed...a viable future by turning the synagogue into a center for higher education...building numbers among just four synagogues built by Hungarian architect Lipot...

The Origins of the Synagogue: A Socio-Historical Study

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...ANDERS RUNESSON, The Origins of the Synagogue: A Socio-Historical Study (ConBNT 37...N.P. For the last thirty years, the synagogues of Palestine in the Roman and Byzantine...with biblical sites, the excavation of synagogues has raised more questions than it has...

A synagogue to celebrate

Jerusalem Post;  December 30, 2005 ;     439 words ......Jerusalem Post 12-30-2005 Headline: A synagogue to celebrate Byline: ORIT ARFA Edition...relic. Recently, however, the Ohel Mo'ed synagogue has been partially revived by Shlomi...saw a unique opportunity to bring the synagogue to life as a Jewish forum for weddings...

Gurnee residents establish first synagogue in area

Grayslake Review (IL);  February 27, 1997 ;     662 words ......some day for Gurnee's first and only synagogue, Or Tikvah. Some day they hope to raise enough money to enable the fledgling synagogue to pay up to $10,000 for one of the world...around recruitment and education. The synagogue, which was officially founded last week...

A SYNAGOGUE FOR SALE

The New York Jewish Week;  January 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ......community must decide if it should sell its synagogue and at what price? there I was, in the...gentlemen who are longtime members of our synagogue began to argue about the future of the...began when someone suggested selling the synagogue, a traditional Jewish temple and the...

Reviving Roots For a Community; All Jewish Branches to Use Synagogue

The Washington Post;  April 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......either side of the ark at the front of the synagogue, sentries again after gathering dust...nightclub or restaurant, a 96-year-old synagogue in downtown Washington has become a center of Jewish life. The Sixth & I Historic Synagogue will be formally rededicated tonight...

Hoboken synagogue thriving after lean years

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Hoboken synagogue thriving after lean years -- $2.2M renovation...Jewish house of worship, the United Synagogue of Hoboken. Down to just a handful of...Hoboken's busy nightlife percolating, the synagogue is once again active, providing worship...

Tajikistan's synagogue could be razed in two weeks. Despite widespread...

Jerusalem Post;  June 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Post 06-14-2006 Headline: Tajikistan's synagogue could be razed in two weeks. Despite...planning to demolish the country's only synagogue to make way for the expansion of a presidential...And while the precise timing of the synagogue's destruction remains unclear, there...

Smaller synagogue way forward for congregation.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  March 19, 2005 ;     475 words ......thriving Jewish congregation proudly built a synagogue in the heart of the prosperous south...once more. The plan is that Allerton synagogue will be bulldozed and replaced with a...local area. Paul Fisher, secretary at the synagogue on Mather Avenue, said: 'When the synagogue...

Shadows hang over synagogue visits

Cleveland Jewish News;  February 5, 1999 ;     497 words ......Jewish News 02-05-1999 Shadows hang over synagogue visits RENEE SIEGEL Special to the CJN The directions to the synagogue were vague. "Go to the next square...Greece, found us looking for the oldest synagogue in Greece. It was a small Sephardic...