January 29, 2022 By Ben Gibson, Statesville Record & Landmark The events of the hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, may have happened hundreds of miles away, but it was a reminder for
By Guest Contributor, Wendy Gordon Pake On Monday, September 6, North Carolina’s second oldest synagogue,1 Congregation Emanuel in Statesville, began the observance of its 138th Jewish High Holidays. This year was even more special, as congregants – a handful
By Peter Levinson As Wendy Gordon Pake listened to Rabbi Rachel Smookler deliver her message to The Ruach Community during The High Holy Days Experience: Kol Nidre, she heard Rabbi Smookler’s call to action — to work
Statesville’s Congregation Emanuel synagogue, built in 1892, was illuminated on the evening of Monday, November 9, to commemorate Kristallnacht, or Crystal Night, the Night of Broken Glass. Kristallnacht’s name signifies how the streets were covered with broken
To achieve healing, equality, justice, access, and opportunity, clergy members of Iredell County and Statesville gather to be a beacon of hope and a shield of compassion. They seek to serve as a voice of the underrepresented,
Dr. Michael Schlesinger joined an elite group of medical specialists this week. On Monday the Piedmont HealthCare urologist’s practice celebrated its designation as a UroLift Center of Excellence for Schlesinger’s mastery of a minimally invasive surgical procedure
Where History Shapes the Future Some of the ways to make Endowment gifts to the "The Congregation Emanuel Preservation Fund": designate "Congregation Emanuel Preservation Fund" in the memo of your check or in the paypal description, donate
Morrow and Caity Gordon, and Liz Petree pose with a rendering of The New Playhouse. (Photo Credit: svlfreenews.com) The New Playhouse Jun 26, 2019 The Downtown Statesville Development Corporation (DSDC) meeting featured guest speakers Caity Gordon, Morrow
From SvlFreeNews.com 2nd Annual Longest Table brings nearly 1,000 people together to share meal, good things Last year, United Way Executive Director Brett Eckerman discovered the Longest Table concept. He engaged local sponsors and volunteers, and brought
People listened to speeches, prayed and, for three minutes, they lay on the ground — all in a call to end gun violence. The Interfaith Vigil and Lie-in call for reform to help end gun violence took
