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Tisha'b'Av and Urbanism
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 07/14/2013 - 11:09amMonday night and Tuesday, observant Jews all over the world will be fasting for Tisha'b'Av, a day dedicated to remembering pretty much every major disaster befalling Jews over the past twenty centuries or so, or at least a few of the major ones- especially the destruction of the Jewish Temples by fo... read more »
Rebuilding urban Judaism
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 7:37pmIn most car-oriented American cities, Jews moved to the suburbs as rapidly as anyone else, if not more so. As a result, most such cities lack a Jewish presence anywhere near downtown. For example, until recently the most "urban" synagogues in Dallas and Kansas City were six or seven mile... read more »