Shul Reviews – Page 3

Rating: 4/5 — Friday nights are wonderful and full of energy; Saturday mornings are rather lacking. Friday Night:…

November 14, 2014

Rating: 6/5 — My favorite Saturday minyan. Leader sings every page in the siddur, and every person is…

October 18, 2014

Rating: 5/5 — Beautiful harmony that is perfectly resonant in their space. Friday Night: The room reverberated from…

September 26, 2014

Rating: 5/5 — A beautifully sung Carlebach service that gave me chills more than once. Kol Rina is…

September 20, 2014

It’s the Kotel. What more needs to be said? The Western Wall represents perhaps Judaism’s holiest site, where…

September 19, 2014

Rating: 2/5 — Bleh. One of Jerusalem’s rare Reform prayer communities. The sanctuary accommodates approximately 150 worshippers, though…

September 6, 2014

Rating: 6/5 — By far the best Friday Night service I’ve been to in my life. Lively, musical,…

September 5, 2014

Rating: 5/5 — Friendly, with good kavanah and harmony, and an excellent kiddush. Beit Yisrael, also known as…

August 30, 2014

Rating: 3/5 — Typical American Conservative service, with participation in the service likewise. One of Israel’s few fully…

August 29, 2014

Rating: 4/5 — Solid service with lots of ruach, lacking in harmony. Yakar is an extremely welcoming congregation…

August 23, 2014