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Temple gets rid of sticker shock

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (JTA) Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco had a problem. No matter how hard it tried to promote its innovative Hebrew school, dynamic clergy or range of services, prospective members always had one question: How much does it cost? “They didn’t want to know who the rabbi was or what the […]

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N.Y. synagogue is poster shul for renewal

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (JTA) It’s a Friday evening in the middle of summer and casually attired worshipers many of them young singles are lining up on Manhattan’s West 88th Street to enter the large Gothic-inspired edifice that is B’nai Jeshurun. Virtually every seat in this large, recently restored Moorish sanctuary is […]

Advocates for Iranian Jews won’t give up

NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (JTA) Iran appears to have made a concession by reducing jail time for the “Iran 10,” but American Jewish advocates insist it’s not nearly enough. Decrying the “justice denied” in the appeals verdict announced in Iran on Thursday, activists vowed that the fate of the prisoners will not be swept […]

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