June 2016

Jews And Muslims Break Bread, Build Bridges At Iftar Dinner

Iftar hosted at Temple Emanu-El focused on fostering connections, one person at a time.

Ideas

Profaning History At Touro Synagogue

For over 250 years, Shearith Israel, America’s first Jewish congregation, has actively ensured that Newport’s Touro Synagogue — including the precious Myer Myers Torah finials (rimonim) used there — remains vital, vibrant and intact. Congregation Jeshuat Israel (CJI), the current, temporal caretaker of the legacy of American Jewry in Newport, can’t justify its attempt to […]

Jewish camp counselor in NJ dies at 37

Josh Allen, of South Orange, a high school math teacher and father of a 4-year-old, fainted during an orientation session at the camp and never regained consciousness.