613 Seconds with Rebbetzin Goldberger
BJH: Mazel tov Tiferes Yisroel, Rabbi Goldberger’s shul, on reaching 40 years! Your focus this year is on transformation. Can you tell us about that? Rebbetzin Goldberger: My pleasure! Transformation is inherent in the number forty. An embryo is considered viable on the 40thday. There are 40 days between Rosh Chodesh Elul and Yom Kippur. […]
A Century Of Strength: Shearith Israel Marks 100 Years Of Torah, Leadership, And Legacy
By BJLife Newsroom Shearith Israel held its centennial celebration and honored its living past presidents. The Shul was founded in 1851, however, the branch at Park Heights and Glen Avenues was opened in 1925. The Shul also paid tribute to Rav Hopfer and the past Rabbanim of the shul, Rabbis Rice, Shaffer, Schwab, and Feldman. […]