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‘Talmud of America’
By Joanne Palmer
For July 4, the Pardes Institute looks at the Declaration of Independence guided by Jewish texts
Pardes students consider the Declaration of Independence; above, the institute gathers a diverse group of Jews, all drawn by Torah study. (All photos courtesy Pardes Institute)
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Logan Brenner stands on the tracks in Auschwitz. (Photos courtesy Logan Brenner)
Telling her grandfather’s story
By Deb Breslow
Third-generation survivors take on the responsibility of memory
Faye Kohn, left, Miriam Krupka Berger, and Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld.
Expanding horizons
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Orthodox women academics train for leadership
The Jewish cemetery in St. Eustatius lies behind this gate. (Photograph by Wyatt Gallery from Jewish Treasures of the Caribbean)
The Jews of St. Eustatius
By Fred B. Adelson
From their Caribbean island, they helped spur the American Revolution
Hitler photo appears in school yearbook
By Joanne Palmer
Paramus district collects all copies and will reprint them
Curt Schleier’s reasons for interviewing Sari Bashi were complicated, and so was his reaction to her. (Clara Podhany)
Why it was hard to finish this story
By Curt Schleier
I didn’t want to write about Sari Bashi — but I couldn’t ignore her
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Shul open house/BBQ in Teaneck
Friday, July 3, 6–7 p.m.
Rabbi Ezra Wiener
Shabbat in Teaneck
Friday, July 3
Marking Independence Day in Ridgefield Park
Saturday, July 4, 2:30 p.m.
Havdalah online
Saturday, July 4, 9:45 p.m.
Barbecue in Woodcliff Lake
Tuesday, July 7, 7 p.m.
The Beatles (Courtesy Ocean County Library)
Beatles music at the beach
Wednesday, July 8, 7 p.m.
Logan Brenner and Leo Brenner
Bridging the Holocaust
Thursday, July 9, 11 a.m.
Talking about Torah
Saturday, July 11, 6:55 p.m.
Cooking in Rockland
Monday, July 13, 6:30 p.m.
Blood drive in Teaneck
Tuesday, July 14, 1–7 p.m.
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PJ Library book mobile in Fair Lawn on July 12
Arielle Greenbaum Saposh
Arielle Greenbaum Saposh named managing director of Sinai Schools
The interfaith choir performs in Wayne (Photos courtesy TBT)
Interfaith concert in Wayne
Howard Jakob and Erica Danziger (Michael Grossberg, Spirited 
Images Photography)
JCC of Northern NJ celebrates its supporters
Online book talk
(Photo courtesy of the AJCF)
Law enforcement leaders go to Poland for training program
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Joanne Palmer
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It’s the Fourth of July
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
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Fall of the Jewish lion and rise of the Jewish sheep
Sarah Kukin Gretah
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Is it time to leave?
Rabbi Dr. Michael Chernick
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Rabbi Dr. Michael Chernick
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Rosanne Skopp
Opinion
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It’s hard to be a Jew
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I have become that person. The person who takes food home from simchas. Does it make it any better that I am honest about it? If you have seen me at a bris furiously making bagels and tuna for Husband #1, I am also surreptitiously (well, not so much that I am admitting it now) making a bagel and tuna for myself, as well. Props to the caterer who realized the importance of putting out tinfoil and to-go containers. Why am I sharing this with you? I am hoping that I...Continue Reading
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When Alisa Flatow of West Orange was murdered on a bus in Israel in 1995, the terrorists who killed her also killed an entire world — a world of possibility, of creativity, of family and joy and love and life. To be clear, those Iranian-backed terrorists also killed...Continue Reading
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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...Continue Reading
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  • Knicks coach Red Holzman is on the sidelines during game action against the Philadelphia 76ers on March 5, 1977. (Getty Images)
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  • Scott Richman, left, and Ari Rosenblum
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  • From left, Jessica Milstein, national director of Israel Bonds’ Women’s Division; Rockland general chair, Sharon Sasson; Rockland Women’s Division chair Pam Greenspan; Tovah Feldshuh; event co-chair Marilyn Soffer; and Lee Schwartz, Israel Bonds’ executive director for Metro NJ and Rockland/Upstate NY. (Photos by Jeff Karg)
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  • Virginia Norfleet and Andrea Winograd.
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  • Left, these large shackles, made in the 17th and 18th century were found in Haverstraw, along with smaller ones designed for women and children. They display the cruelty of slavery. Chains and cotton are markers of enslavement (Photos courtesy Virginia Norfleet Collection)
    Honoring Black history
  • Rockland County sisterhood honorees, top row, from left, Eileen Nekrich and Shari Winkler, both from Congregation Shir Shalom; and bottom row, Jill Degen from the New City Jewish Center and Diane Goldstein from the Orangetown Jewish Center.
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    By Miriam Allenson
  • Erin Santana (right) at an event marking the opening of an exhibit about the history of Brownsville, produced by local youth. Monifa Edwards and Veronica Gee (third and fourth from left) were students there and then.
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  • Leslie Goldress leads a hybrid class at the Rockland Jewish federation.
    Staying hybrid in Rockland
    By Larry Yudelson
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