The Turei Zahav Jewish Community, an organization that helps revive Jewish life and heritage in Western Ukraine, has warned repeatedly in recent years that inaction on the synagogue would lead to its disappearance. The stem cell match was supposed to be my gig. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA), We’re really pleased that you’ve read, Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories, Already a member? Update: Murray Avenue Kosher reopened at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 24. Drawing on 83 hours of secret recordings of top leaders inside the Base, including its founder Rinaldo Nazzaro whose true identity was revealed by the Guardian … It's the drawing series that absolutely anyone can do! What events do we want to elevate with expressions of gratitude? The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was a mass shooting that took place on October 27, 2018, at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The congregation, along with New Light Congregation and Congregation Dor Hadash, which also worshipped in the building, was attacked during Shabbat morning services. Folkform has teamed up with Roland Hjort on L'Art Plissé, a lighting design exhibition of lamps based on traditional pleating techniques used in fashion. 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Ficus carica is an Asian species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, known as the common fig.It is the source of the fruit also called the fig and as such is an important crop in those areas where it is grown commercially. After Ukraine’s independence in 1991, internal scaffolding was installed to slow down the building’s collapse. 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