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Organized in 1860 [6] by Jews of German background, [2] it is the only Jewish synagogue in Jackson. [5] Beth Israel built the first synagogue in Mississippi in 1867, and, after it burned down, its 1874 replacement was at one time the oldest religious building in Jackson.
Shavuot by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim. In many Jewish communities, there is a custom to decorate homes and synagogues with flowers on Shavuot. Some synagogues decorate the bimah with a canopy of flowers and plants reminiscent of a ḥuppah, as the giving of the Torah is metaphorically seen as a marriage between the Torah and the people of Israel.
Letters may have been formerly written to the deceased and held down by a stone; the stone would have been left after the paper blew away. [ 3 ] The tradition has also been noted outside of Jewish mourning practices; Robert MacFarlane notes the presence of stones placed by mourners in the alcoves of the recesses of resting stones in ancient ...
And in 2022, more than 1 in 6 bias incidents against Jewish people occurred in Lakewood, Jackson, Toms River and Howell, according to police bias incident reports. In June, ...
JACKSON - Township officials are accused of discriminating against an Orthodox Jewish family that planned to renovate their garage and hold prayer services there, according to a new lawsuit filed ...
Congregation B’nai Israel is an historic Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue at 401 West Grand Street in Jackson, Tennessee, in the United States. The synagogue building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
Antisemitic rhetoric was at a fever pitch as the Jackson council approved new ordinances key to settling their numerous discrimination cases.
The Jewish Community Memory Garden is located in Colma, California, USA on the grounds of the Sinai Memorial Chapel Jewish funeral home's Eternal Home Cemetery, one of the few Jewish cemeteries serving the city of San Francisco and the nearby San Francisco Peninsula. [1]