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The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) or Young Israel (in Hebrew: ישראל הצעיר , Yisrael Hatza'ir), is a synagogue-based Orthodox Judaism organization in the United States with a network of affiliated "Young Israel" synagogues. Young Israel was founded in 1912, in its earliest form, by a group of 15 young Jews on the Lower ...
Jewish summer camps began near the end of the 19th century, when the Jewish population in the United States increased via immigration. It was a way for Jewish children of Eastern European immigrants to assimilate and "Americanize" at a time when summer camps excluded Jews from their ranks, as well as a way to allow children living in the city to experience the countryside.
This is a list of Jewish communities in the North America, including yeshivas, Hebrew schools, Jewish day schools and synagogues. A yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism. A yeshiva usually is led by a rabbi with the title "Rosh Yeshiva" (Head of the Yeshiva).
Compared to 8% of all Jewish adults, 15% of those ages 18 to 29 identified with a nonwhite category. At the camp, each morning begins with a lesson on global Jewry.
This is a list of Humanistic synagogues and chavurot around the world. [1] Most Humanistic synagogues are affiliated with the Society for Humanistic Judaism (SHJ), however, some synagogues agree with the principles of Humanistic Judaism without being members of the SHJ.
Religious implements, such as are also known from ancient Jewish synagogue mosaics (the temple menorah, shofar, showbread table, trumpets, incense shovels, and specifically the façade of what looks like a temple or a Torah shrine) are also present in Samaritan ones, but the objects are always related to the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant ...
Oorah Kiruv Rechokim, Inc (Hebrew: עורה קירבו רחוקים; "awaken and bring in those who are far"), better known as Oorah is an incorporated Orthodox Jewish outreach organization, founded in 1980 "with the goal of awakening Jewish children and their families to their heritage."
The Barnert Temple school in Franklin Lakes was among several synagogues and other Jewish institutions around the country to receive fake threats. Jewish groups across US, including North Jersey ...