West Virginia
U.S. Civil War Union officers in tent (1862). Photo courtesy of Penn State Special Collections via Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/pennstatespecial/6346867231/in/photostream/
March 27, 2023, 12:39 pm
Civil War seder memorialized in Fayetteville
Passover celebration preserved, 161 years later
By Adam Reinherz
The West Virginia State Capitol houses the West Virginia Legislature and the office of the Governor of West Virginia. (Bill Dickinson via Creative Commons)
March 10, 2022, 2:17 pm
In West Virginia, a ‘critical race theory’ bill leads to a statehouse debate over Jews and race
The West Virginia bill is nearly identical to more than a dozen other so-called anti-”Critical Race Theory” bills that have been debated in statehouses over the last few months.
By Andrew Lapin
Barry Wendell at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Photo by Benyamin Cohen)
February 3, 2022, 8:34 am
The rabbi’s husband from West Virginia is running for U.S. Congress
Barry Wendell is married to Rabbi Joe Hample, who helms Morgantown’s Tree of Life Congregation.
By Benyamin Cohen
Rabbi Joshua Lief of Temple Shalom in Wheeling, which was West Virginia’s first state capital and home to its oldest Jewish community. (Photo by Larry Luxner via JTA)
December 24, 2020, 10:08 am
For the few Jews in West Virginia, the pandemic has offered silver linings
In one of America’s most struggling states, the pandemic has injected new life into isolated Jewish communities through online prayer services
By Larry Luxner
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