Religion

News about New York’s religious Jewish communities and synagogues.

American synagogues mark the 100th anniversary of the first bat mitzvah

Congregations celebrate a milestone in expanding women's roles in Jewish life.

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19 New York rabbis are headed to Poland to aid Ukrainian refugees

Clergy representing a variety of denominations will visit major transit hubs for the displaced

This Purim, Jews in NYC are ready to party like it’s 2019

As Covid restrictions lift, a host of raucous Purim parties represent a new beginning.

bat mitzvah

A new Instagram account tells the story of New Yorker Judith Kaplan, America’s first-ever bat mitzvah

Religion

Rabbi ousted from Park East Synagogue announces new congregation on the Upper East Side

News

New York federation funds security at smallest Orthodox synagogues

B Mitzvah

In HBO’s ‘And Just Like That’ finale, a ‘they mitzvah’ challenges Jewish traditions

Touro Synagogue building

Congregation Shearith Israel

Fed up with its tenant, a NYC synagogue seeks to replace board of historic Touro Synagogue

"Holy Sparks" art exhibit

Culture

In Manhattan, 24 women artists celebrate 24 women rabbis who blazed a trail

Clergy, members and guests celebrate the 100th anniversary of SAJ, Judaism that Stands for All, the flagship Reconstructionist synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Jan. 29, 2022. (Courtesy Comptroller Brad Lander)

Religion

Manhattan synagogue marks its 100th year as Reconstructionist Judaism’s flagship

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