It’s Shabbat in Belleville. About 30 to 40 people make their way upstairs at Agudas Achim Beth Israel, filling a sanctuary that, on most months, sits far quieter. They came for an Auf-Ruf, but what stood out wasn’t just the occasion. It was the room itself. Stained glass windows lined the walls, many bearing names that felt familiar — the kind you grow up hearing on the other side of the river. Families who once built Jewish life in the Metro Ea…
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