(JTA) — On Thanksgiving morning, as volunteers gathered at Congregation Shearith Israel for the synagogue’s 11th annual “packathon,” they also marked a new milestone: Their synagogue was opening a ...
“The Purim spiel is a love letter to the community,” said Rabbi Adam Roffman of Congregation Shearith Israel. Excited chatter and the rattling of noisemakers echoed throughout the halls of ...
(JTA) — Excited chatter and the rattling of noisemakers echoed throughout the halls of Congregation Shearith Israel as 900 people streamed into its Purim spiel Sunday morning. But as similar ...