Hunter Bonner/Contributing writer The title of this article really is not “current” in any sense considering the topic.  For thousands of years, there has been conflict over the holy city of Yerushalayim (Jerusalem).  Today, May 10, 2021, is Jerusalem Day, which on the Hebrew calendar is the 28th of Iyyar.  ThisContinue Reading

The ‘Ark’ section of the Ruth Lester Playhouse was opened Friday morning in preparation for cleaning, blessing, and placement of a Torah, as the structure returns to regular use as a Jewish Synagogue. The Bethel Temple Fellowship, a Messianic Jewish Congregation, recently reached an agreement with the Excelsior Foundation andContinue Reading

By V. Hugh Lewis, II, publisher The Ruth Lester Playhouse will once again be a Synagogue after almost a 100 years. The Bethel Temple Fellowship Congregation here in Jefferson, has reached an agreement with the Jessie-Allen-Wise Garden Club, which owns the structure, to begin renting the facility and holding regularContinue Reading