February 2, 2006
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Writer: Lois Goldrich
January 26, 2006
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Eruv to stand
LOIS GOLDRICH; JACOB BERKMAN Six years and hundreds of thousands of dollars later, Tenafly finally has a legal eruv, after its borough council approved a settlement with the Tenafly Eruv Association Tuesday night. Town members have been battling over the eruv — a makeshift enclosure around a neighborhood, allowing Orthodox Jews to carry objects outside […]
January 25, 2006
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Children explore conflict resolution
On Feb. 5, Maureen Kushner will walk adults and children through an exhibition of 45 paintings at Barnert Temple in Franklin Lakes. She will tell them how each painting was made, have them role-play to illustrate the theme of each work, and draw biblical lessons from each canvas. When she is finished, visitors will know […]
January 20, 2006
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All my children
Teaneck bride celebrates sheva brachas with her youngest friends On Jan. 6, Ruthie Levi of Teaneck got married. Last Thursday, some 70 children gathered at Cong. Keter Torah for her sheva brachas. "This may be the first time sheva brachas was made up entirely of children," says Levi. "It’s something I dreamed of." Levi and […]
January 19, 2006
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Shabbaton for deaf set for Passaic
This weekend, Cong. Tifereth Israel in Passaic, together with Our Way, an Orthodox Union program for the deaf and hearing impaired, will sponsor a Shabbaton for the Jewish deaf and their families. According to Our Way director, Rabbi Eliezer Lederfeind, the group coordinates four to five such events each year, all over the United States […]
January 12, 2006
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Restoring sanity to dating process
Three years ago, a rabbinical student at Yeshiva University took a good look at the dating process for observant Jewish singles and was troubled by what he saw. Realizing the importance, and urgency, of trying to reverse the situation, Chananya Weissman, then ‘4, launched a spirited campaign to reintroduce a sense of perspective to the […]
January 6, 2006
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A poster child for the rabbinate
Rachel Kahn-Troster — a third-year rabbinical student at the Conservative movement’s Jewish Theological Seminary — realizes now that when she applied for the program, she forgot to submit an important letter of recommendation. That letter — from former JTS Chancellor Gerson Cohen — was written on behalf of Rachel and her twin sister, Sara, when […]
December 30, 2005
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Barking up the wrong Holiday tree
On a recent trip to Indiana, I noted that (l) shoppers are unwitting pawns in the hands of phrase-mongers; (‘) angry legislators hiss holiday greetings on camera; and (3) dog-lovers tend to be liberal. Entering Wal-Mart (and exiting Wal-Mart, and leaving and re-entering Wal-Mart), I was surrounded by cries of "Merry Christmas." Much to the […]
December 30, 2005
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Student program links MIT and Technion
In ‘004, after his freshman year at MIT, Chaim Kutnicki of Elmwood Park got a three-month summer internship at the Technion in Haifa. "It was really hard to arrange," says the ‘1-year-old, "and it wasn’t easy to get funding." During his stay there, Kutnicki, a member of MIT Students for Israel, became convinced that the […]
December 23, 2005
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A blessing for new brides
Two years ago, ‘0-year-old Naava Applebaum and her father, Dr. David Applebaum, were among seven killed by a suicide bombing in Jerusalem’s Caf? Hillel, which injured 51 people. Naava was to be married the following day. Several charity projects were launched in memory of the Applebaums, who have close family in Bergen County. Most recently, […]
December 16, 2005
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Winning hearts and minds – one person at a time
Robert Peckar has been to Israel on UJA missions, as a tourist, and on family visits. But, he said, his most recent trip — as co-host of a group of non-Jewish business leaders — was unique. "I was doing something not for myself, but for Israel," said Peckar, managing partner of Peckar & Abramson in […]
December 9, 2005
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Learning to live with Crohn’s disease
Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel condition that can target any area of the digestive tract, affects people of all ethnic groups and all ages, according to Fort Lee gastroenterologist Dr. Mitchell Spinnell. But, he adds, "it’s more prevalent among Ashkenazi Jews and in this part of the country." While the disease touches only some 75 […]
December 9, 2005
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A labor of love
Why would a teacher choose to remain at the same school for 18 years? Leah Sid, middle school Hebrew language teacher at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County in New Milford,-says that she will remain at the school "as long as I love children and I love to teach." Sid, a former teacher […]
December 2, 2005
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Keeping a sacred trust
There are different kinds of monuments, some structural, others less solid but perhaps longer lasting. The Ukrainian village of Hosht now has both. According to Fair Lawn resident Irving Sklaver, president of the U.S. Society of Hosht, not only does a stone structure stand in testimony to the Jews killed there during the Holocaust, but […]
November 25, 2005
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