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Crash Course in Basic Judaism

Join Rabbi Buchwald as he leads a Crash Course in Basic Judaism at Lincoln Square Synagogue in NYC, June 4, 11 and 18.

Click here for more information and to register.

Weekly Wisdom.

Monday, June 24, 2019

Shelach 5779-2019

"Finding Meaning in the Rituals" (Revised and updated from Shelach 5760-2000) In parashat Shelach we read the well-known third paragraph of the Shema prayer concerning the Tzitzit, the fringes. It is one thing to... more

Juicy Bits of Judaism.
Delivered Daily.

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Virginia is for Lovers… of Israel

While cities like Charleston, Philadelphia and New York contained Jewish communities during the pre-revolutionary period, Virginia, the largest of the colonies, did not. Individual Jews lived in Virginia during this period, but there were... more

The Three Weeks

July 21-August 11, 2019

The Three Weeks, starting on the Seventeenth of Tammuz through Tisha B’Av, are a period of mourning on the Jewish calendar.

Click here to learn more about the customs of this period.