Writer: Lloyd de Vries

July 29, 2011
10:45 am

JCC audience argues over ‘My so-called Enemy’

A scene from the film In 2002, 22 Palestinian and Israeli teenage girls were brought to Bridgeton for a 10-day women’s leadership program. “My So-Called Enemy” is an award-winning documentary that chronicles the program and follows the lives of six of the girls over the next seven years. “Enemy,” which won a Spring 2011 CINE […]

By Lloyd de Vries

July 29, 2011
10:44 am

JCC audience argues over ‘My so-called Enemy’

Drew U. professor: Internet a factor in Israeli-Arab conflict

By Lloyd de Vries

February 25, 2011
10:58 am

Dovid Greenfield wins wrestling title

Torah Academy team places second, Frisch third

By Lloyd de Vries

February 25, 2011
10:52 am

‘Hineini,’ film on coming out in a Jewish high school sparks discussion

Seated, from left, are panelists Rabbi Debra Orenstein, Avi Smolen, Rabbi David Fine, and Rabbi Ruth Zlotnick. Standing, from left, are BARJ students Miriam Edelstein, Melinda Graber, and Sarah Mironov. The students reported on the BARJ trip to Washington with the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. Lloyd de Vries About 50 people attended a […]

By Lloyd de Vries

January 7, 2011
10:50 am

Dinner and a show? YJCC cafe offers lunch and a song

At Jimmy Mike’s Cafe at the YJCC in Washington Township, the owner is likely to break into song. James Michael toured in the national companies of several Broadway musicals – including “Camelot,” “Meet Me in St. Louis,” and “Fiddler on The Roof” – before turning to his other love, food. “Food is another form of […]

By Lloyd de Vries

December 10, 2010
10:58 am

Frisch school-bus accident brings focus on safety

This bus brought students from Rockland County, N.Y., to The Frisch School in Paramus on Wednesday. Lloyd de Vries Tuesday’s school bus accident involving high school students heading from Rockland County to Jewish schools in Paramus has raised questions about school bus safety. The bus went onto the center median just south of exit 171 […]

By Lloyd de Vries

December 10, 2010
10:48 am

Israeli journalists speak at YJCC about their craft

The news is big business in Israel. Most families gather around the television at 8 each night for the newscast. “It’s just an addiction,” said Liron Karass, the youth shlicha (emissary from Israel) at the Bergen County YJCC in Washington Township. So Karass helped organize a talk Monday evening, “The Front Lines of Israel,” by […]

By Lloyd de Vries