Temples articles

  • Temple Emanuel hosts food drive

    McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Temple Emanuel hosted a food drive meant to help the Boys & Girls Club during the summer. Frank McCaffrey spoke to the people behind the initiative and the importance of making sure children have access to food this summer. “We have so many children throughout the Valley who rely on school []
  • Temple Emanuel to host food drive

    MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Temple Emanuel will host a food drive Saturday to support the mission and work of the Boys & Girls Club of McAllen during the summer months. Jonah Goldberg with Temple Emanuel said the food drive will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. "As Jews, we feel a responsibility to []
  • The Satanic Temple is ‘fighting fire with fire’ to stop Christian nationalism

    When conservative lawmakers in Florida and Texas won the fight to allow religious chaplains in public schools, they swung open the door to ministers from other faiths — including the Satanic Temple. The demonic-sounding group, which describes itself as “nontheistic,” is using this debate and others like it to make a point about the growing encroachment of religion on public life. It would prefer no chaplains in schools, it says, but would settle for equal representation, intentionally goading...