Egypt Still Hasn’t Escaped Nasser’s Toxic Legacy
He made anti-Zionism the mainstay of Middle Eastern politics.
September 30, 2020
The Pandemic Might Spell the End for Some Synagogues, but It Is Helping Others to Revive
Reform Jews report feeling more connected to their synagogues than ever.
Among much else, the High Holy Days are the time that American Jewish congregations hold fundraising drives on which their financial survival often depends. Many synagogue budgets also count on selling seats for services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. But an economic downturn and, for the non-Orthodox, the prospect of praying over Zoom threaten theses sources of income. While it is too soon to know the effects of the most recent holidays, Menachem Wecker notes that there is good news as well as bad:
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How a Palestinian Terrorist Group Gets Money from European Governments and Put a Member on the Bernie Sanders Campaign
The PFLP’s polite faces.
Remembering a Heroic Rebel against Soviet Tyranny
Yuri Orlov refused to hide.
The Mute Words of Tuvya Ruebner’s Verse
Writing Hebrew poetry after Auschwitz, with help from the Jewish liturgy.
The Pandemic Might Spell the End for Some Synagogues, but It Is Helping Others to Revive
Reform Jews report feeling more connected to their synagogues than ever.