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Guest scholar in Teaneck
Friday, June 26, at about 7:30 p.m.
Talking about humility
Saturday, June 27, 6:55 p.m.
Wayne garage sale
Sunday, June 28, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Yoetzet halacha program
Tuesday, June 30, 7:45 p.m.
Shul open house/BBQ in Teaneck
Friday, July 3, 6–7 p.m.
Shabbat in Teaneck
Friday, July 3, time varies
Marking Independence Day in Ridgefield Park
Saturday, July 4, 2:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, July 7, 7 p.m.
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Editorial
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One cheer for Donald Trump
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About 18 years ago, we did construction on our house. When it was finished, my parents took us to a store that will remain nameless to buy us a couch and a recliner. Because it was 2007, brown was the “in” color. Now, apparently, it is all shades of gray, but I digress. We picked out a recliner that accented the couch; Husband #1 thought it was comfortable, and that was that. Both my father and Husband #1’s father enjoyed reclining in the recliner over the years. For some...
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Last Sunday, thousands of people, many of them waving Israeli flags, lined Fifth Avenue in Manhattan for the Israel Day parade. This year, the parade’s theme was “Proud Americans, Proud Zionists.” It might well have the biggest turnout ever for the parade, which first marched up Fifth in...
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Remembering Abe Barzelay
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Joanne Palmer
Avraham Barzelay died on Monday, May 25. He was an extraordinary man about whom most people knew very little — because he wanted it that way. He was so allergic to bragging that it nearly silenced him. We wrote about him in October 2018. We’re rerunning that...
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