... sense of "Zen" as relaxing and self-indulgent is the diametrical opposite of actual Zen.) He started a bakery in the Yonkers that went on to employ economically disadvantaged people and teach them valuable skills. He conducted "street retreats" in ...
When Rabbi Rigoberto Emmanuel ViA as took the helm of the aging Yonkers, New York, synagogue Lincoln Park Jewish Center 15 years ago, the hope was that the Cuban-born Orthodox Jew would breathe new life into the sleepy congregation. And over the following years the strategy seemed to work.
... Several years ago, I was honored to take several classes taught by Jill Hammer at The Academy for Jewish Religion in Yonkers, New York. Jill Hammer, who has written the Jewish Renewal Movement's Siddur, is deeply committed to preserving folk ...
On a recent Friday evening at the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, Rabbi Linda Shriner-Cahn and Manhattan College religion professor Mehnaz Afridi sat before worshipers at that evening's Shabbat service to discuss Afridi's new book, "Shoah Through Muslim Eyes." Afridi hopes the book will help create a bridge of conversation between the two faiths of Judaism and Islam as she interviews Holocaust survivors, uses Muslim-Arabs works, covers the reach of the Holocaust under the Vichy and Nazi governments, and discuss anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
... and God help you do it." David Cavill is soon to be ordained as a Rabbi by the Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR) in Yonkers, New York. An Eagle Scout as well, Davill remarked, "The Scout Oath states that a scout must do his duty to God and his ...
... was a second career, Gordon said, and she was ordained in 2001 after attending the Academy for Jewish Religion in Yonkers, New York. She has been a member at the McHenry County Jewish Congregation since 1986, and served as the education director ...
