Category Archives: religion

The Chabad community has rallied to clean up and rebuild the Wellesley Weston Chabad’s finished basement, which got wrecked during last week’s flood. Plans are going on to hold Passover Seders. More here.

Wellesley Weston Chabad Rabbi Moshe Bleich and wife Geni had their basement swamped with 3 feet of water this week, and suffered significant damage  (photos) to furniture, computers, carpet, religious items and most of the food planned for Passover seder dinners at the Chabad. A hundred pounds of Matzah was saved at the last minute. [...]

Wellesley-Weston Chabad is at it again with the video cameras, spoofing an airline safety promo to encourage people to attend Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services later this month. HH_690009 from JabMedia on Vimeo. Separately, the Wellesley Weston Chabad’s software team takes on the Wellesley Police Department in a charity softball game on Sept. 13 [...]

Wellesley has some old places of worship. Wellesley also has some old worshippers. The Globe has chosen to take pictures of the buildings (and ones in Newton). Here’s a link to their slideshow and a list of local places of worship.

Associated Press reports that the Boston archdiocese could not substantiate a pair of child sex abuse accusations made about a former priest at Wellesley’s St. James the Great church. Rev. James F. Power was placed on administrative leave 7 years ago, according to the report.

St. James the Great vigil participants celebrate a 5th Christmas at the Wellesley church on Rte. 9. The Globe reports the latest on this stalemate. Next up: an appeal to the Vatican could be decided on in the spring.

Wellesley Weston Chabad takes its cue from the popular Black Eyed Peas (Will.i.am) Obama video to create one of its own encouraging people to celebrate Chanukah beginning Dec. 21 and making reference to the state’s most visible menorah. Chabad video: Obama video:

Wellesley Congregrational Church’s steeple bell is set to ring 350 times on Sunday at 11:15ish following services in order to raise consciousness about “the deteriorating condition of the earth’s atmosphere and its potential effect on human life as we know it.” The church has been joining forces with Wellesley Hills Congregational Church on this issue.

Temple Beth Elohim is among local places of worship going green in a big way, according to this Boston Globe story. Among other things, the temple seeks to use solar power to keep a religious symbol called the Eternal Light beaming. From the story: In Wellesley, Temple Beth Elohim is set to start a $30 [...]