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Dutch Jews try to counter stark outlook

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 6 (JTA) Dutch Jewish leaders are working to devise programs and responses to counter a sobering demographic survey of the Jewish community, the first one conducted in 35 years. On a recent Friday morning, Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Center was deserted but for four Jewish movers and shakers discussing ways to follow up […]

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Rabbi Chaim Stern dies at 71

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (JTA) Rabbi Chaim Stern, the editor of Reform prayer books including Gates of Prayer and Gates of Repentance, died Monday at 71. Stern, who had a brain tumor and died of complications from brain surgery, defined the liturgy of the Reform movement for over three decades. “He was a master liturgist,” […]

First new synagogue in former East Germany

BERLIN, Nov. 6 (JTA) Germany’s annual commemoration of Kristallnacht has a uplifting side this year, as Dresden prepares to open the first newly built synagogue in the former East Germany. The building stands on the grounds of the original synagogue, one of hundreds destroyed during the pogrom against Jewish property that took place on […]

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