The synagogue at Chorazin was constructed in the late 3rd or 4th century CE entirely of black basalt. The prayer hall is a rectangular building with a tripartite entrance on the south wall, oriented towards Jerusalem.
Photo courtesy @carolemadge
Don't forget to tune into "The Kinship of Catholics & Jews" on WSOU 89.5 FM this Sunday, May 28, at 11:00 a.m. (ET). I will talk about the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Pentecost in the Jewish and Christian traditions.
“This exhibit reflects Maimonides’s influence as well as his core values which also form the worldview and aspirations of Yeshiva University.” - Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University
https://t.co/N0fOWkCUX9
This week marked the official unveiling of a new, freely accessible Yiddish archive composed of previously unpublished teaching materials, scholarship, literature, notes and ephemera from the collections of Yiddish literature scholar David G. Roskies. https://t.co/V1aJYr668O
The Taube Archive of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, 1945-1946 is available online. The Archive enables multimedia research with newly released audio recordings, full-text searchable documents, and films with multilingual captions and transcripts.
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Tune into "The Kinship of Catholics & Jews" on WSOU 89.5FM on Sunday, Apr 30, @ 11:00am (ET). I will interview Bishop Brian Farrell-Sec of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity & VP of the Holy See’s Commission for Religious Relations with Judaism-about ecumenical relations
We hope you will join us virtually this Friday!
Online event: “How the Bulgarian Jews Survived the Holocaust”
Date/Time: April 21, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Where: Microsoft Teams
RSVP: (973) 761-9751 or [email protected]
"...not all resistance was physical...[it] was spiritual, cultural, educational and religious...the basic human desire to maintain dignity in the context of the harshest realities imaginable. This anniversary marks all of that bravery and heroism.” https://t.co/MEbi70zHPo
Don't forget to tune into "The Kinship of Catholics & Jews" on WSOU 89.5 FM this Sunday, April 16, at 11:00 a.m. (ET). l will offer commentary on Pope Francis' papal bull of indiction, "Face of Mercy."
I will discuss the significance of the Easter Vigil within the context of the Exodus and Passover on "The Kinship of Catholics & Jews" tomorrow, April 9, on WSOU 89.5 FM at 11:00 a.m. (ET).
Passover & Holy Week overlap this year. May we all find spiritual reflection to be a context for our communities to find the inner peace that will enable us to bring God’s gifts into the world! Best wishes for Passover & Easter blessings!