Israel and the U.S. Must Not Lose Sight of the Dangers of a Nuclear Iran
A greater threat than even Hamas or Hizballah.
December 21, 2023
The Vilna Shul.
When Jews came to America from Europe, they often established synagogues that preserved specific local and regional customs. One such example is the Vilna Shul, built in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood in 1919 by Jews from Russia’s Vilna province, which includes most of modern-day Lithuania and part of Belarus. In the 1980s, the synagogue closed its doors, but a decade later Jews acquired the building and began efforts to restore and preserve it. Jennifer Stern writes:
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“We need to start digging from our side toward them.”
“Decolonize your teaching.”
And the geopolitics of the Bronze Age Levant.
The Vilna Shul.