KINGSTON — It’s a busy weekend for religious leaders. The Jewish community will come together to celebrate the beginning of Passover with the traditional Seder dinner. People at Temple B’nai B’rth in Kingston were making sure the finishing touches were put together for Seder dinner. Read more » »

Ancona School Summer Journeys uses the city and local experts to educate children and provide them with fun at the same time. By Dolly Duplantier Summer will soon be here, and youngsters and teens will be looking for something to do. Read more » »

LIREG Breakfast Apr. 1: A top FBI terrorism expert will discuss preparedness for Active Shooter situations at a networking breakfast of the Long Island Real Estate Group (LIREG). Richard M. Frankel, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office’s Criminal Division, will speak at 8 a.m. Read more » »

Since the passing of my stepfather last August, I live alone in my home, and I have been heavily involved in sorting through items in the house in an effort to be more organized. It’s the same house in which I grew up, so it contains many memories. Read more » »

With contested Israeli elections , the framework of a nuclear deal in place between the west and Iran , and a tenuous peace between Israel and the Palestinians , there is much political fodder for discussion at this year’s Passover Seder tables. Read more » »

Forty years ago, one of Pottsville Area School District’s legendary administrators was lauded by community groups before he lost a battle with leukemia. Looking back on the life of Howard S. Fernsler — the man Pottsville Area named its academic center after in 1972 — his son, Howard S. Jr., 75, of Pottsville, and William R. Read more » »

Dressed in street clothes rather than white robes, three altar servers from St. John the Evangelist in Pittston gathered at the altar to rehearse. They had each performed the steps before, but two had not done so for as large an audience of parishioners as Monsignor John Bendik expected for the Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday night. Read more » »

Architect Abraham M. Edelman designed this synagogue, the second building for Congregation of B’nai B’rith. The cornerstone was laid March 15, 1896, and the building was dedicated Sept. 5 of the same year. Read more » »

April 2, 2015, 9: 10 PM EDT E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons The controversial religious freedom laws in Indiana and Arkansas have divided the nation into two separate camps: one that sees the laws as protecting religious Read more » »

B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: In the wake of the announced framework of a deal between the United States, its five negotiating partners, and Tehran on the Iranian nuclear program, B’nai B’rith International believes Read more » »