A new rabbi from Nebraska, who once converted the head of the KKK in Nebraska to Judaism, is trying to revitalize the Free Synagogue of Flushing.
Mon 5 Jan 2009
Filed under: Ku Klux Klan, Anti-Semitism, Flushing (NYC), Rabbis, Synagogues, Religion and Churches, Queens (NYC), Race, Jews — @ 5:39 am
Sun 4 Jan 2009
Filed under: Basements and Cellars, Lutheran Churches, Homeless Persons, Bronx (NYC), Religion and Churches, Fires and Firefighters, New York City — @ 3:39 am
A fire at the 80-year-old Lutheran Church of the Epiphany spared the sanctuary but damaged a basement used to provide programs for elderly and homeless people.
Fri 2 Jan 2009
Filed under: New Year, Civil Rights and Liberties, Watch Night, Blacks, Christians and Christianity, Religion and Churches, New York State, Freedom and Human Rights — @ 3:23 am
Black churches were filled to capacity on Wednesday for Watch Night, a midnight prayer tradition first adopted on the eve of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Wed 31 Dec 2008
Filed under: Ponzi Schemes, Rodriguez, Bryant, Bail, Frauds and Swindling, Religion and Churches, Manhattan (NYC) — @ 3:10 am
The man was accused of orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that lost fellow worshipers at a church in Upper Manhattan more than $600,000.
Fri 26 Dec 2008
Many at El Camino Church in Washington Heights will have lost all or part of their savings in a Ponzi scheme that operated far beneath the orbit of the wealthy.
Thu 25 Dec 2008
Filed under: Department of Homeless Services, Homeless Persons, Religion and Churches, New York City — @ 4:03 pm
Requiring homeless shelters to provide hot dinners and transportation may force some of them to shut.
Thu 25 Dec 2008
Filed under: Department of Homeless Services, Homeless Persons, Religion and Churches, New York City — @ 6:11 am
Requiring homeless shelters to provide hot dinners and transportation may force some of them to shut.
Thu 25 Dec 2008
Filed under: Department of Homeless Services, Homeless Persons, Religion and Churches, New York City — @ 3:00 am
Requiring homeless shelters to provide hot dinners and transportation may force some of them to shut.
Fri 19 Dec 2008
Filed under: Dulles, Avery, Funerals, Cardinals (Roman Catholic Prelates), Religion and Churches — @ 2:37 am
At St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 750 mourners gathered to remember Cardinal Avery Dulles, the only American theologian ever appointed to the College of Cardinals.
Mon 15 Dec 2008
Filed under: Cook, Suzan D Johnson, Apollo Theater, Harlem (NYC), Christians and Christianity, Religion and Churches — @ 4:33 am
A nondenominational worship series, called Harlem Hallelujah, began on Sunday, drawing more than 800 people.