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‘Being a Jew made me a better naval officer’
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Leah Adler
To mark Veterans Day, Adm. Herman Shelanski will discuss values and leadership
‘They want a place to just be Jewish in public’
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Abigail Klein Leichman
OU’s Jewish Student Union clubs provide safety — and fun — in high schools
They’re back
By
Joanne Palmer
The little minyan that could
By
Merrill Silver
Remembering my father on this Election Day
A life of extraordinary journeys
By
Rabbi/Cantor Lenny Mandel
Father’s yahrzeit stirs a son’s deepest and fondest memories
First time tragedy, second time farce
By
Joanne Palmer
A look at Yalta 2, this time in Shenzhen
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Chesed run
Sunday, November 1, 9 a.m.
Yavneh early childhood open house
Sunday, November 1, 9:30 a.m.
Author talk in Wyckoff
Sunday, November 1, 9 a.m.
Teen mitzvah clowning
Sunday, November 1, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Hollywood and the Holocaust
Sunday, November 1, 10:30 a.m.
Comedy fundraiser in Livingston
Sunday, November 1, 6 p.m.
Sports card trading in West Orange
Monday, November 2, 6–8 p.m.
Online book talk
Wednesday, November 4
Schechter open house in New Milford
Wednesday, November 4, 7 p.m.
Intro to Judaism
Wednesday, November 4, 7:30 p.m.
Lunchtime Torah online
Thursday, November 5, Noon
Genesis and family struggles online
Saturday, November 7, 1–4:30 p.m.
Film in Teaneck
Saturday, November 7, 7 p.m.
Comedy in Teaneck
Saturday, November 7, 8:30 p.m.
In-person NYC symposium
Sunday, November 8, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Polish Jewry online
Sunday, November 8, 10:30 a.m.
Avoiding scams
Sunday, November 8, 11:30 a.m.
Film in Teaneck
Sunday, November 8, Noon
Chanukah boutique
Sunday, November 8, 2–5 p.m.
JFCS gala in Closter
Sunday, November 8, 5:30 p.m.
Community
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Veterans program in Fair Lawn
Holocaust survivors celebrate milestone birthdays
Modi heading to Montclair
Analyzing Israel’s 2026 election
RVCC Holocaust Institute to commemorate Kristallnacht online
Opinion
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Editorial
Joanne Palmer
It’s important! Go vote!
Column
Rabbi Shammai Engelmayer
Jewish law and fair elections
Opinion
Rosanne Skopp
Transitions and angels
Parashat Vayeira — welcoming the stranger
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Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky
Letters
Banji Ganchrow
Man plans, part IV
How many times have I written about man planning and God saying, “Sorry, kid, that isn’t how it works.” So here we go again. I am in Israel to help Matzo Ball’s parents with his new baby sister. That’s my primary objective for being here. Getting to see Danish and her family is an added bonus, and one that I do not ever take for granted. I am either walking up the hill or walking down the hill. Or eating something that I shouldn’t be. But that is another story. On...
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Jewish stars
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Joanne Palmer
The days might be getting shorter, the mood around the world might be getting grimmer — but what better time than now to spread a little light? And how better to do it than through — collectible sports cards? With Jewish stars on them? As in the six-pointed triangle,...
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Tracking Tuvia’s travels
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Joanne Palmer
Interviewing Tuvia Tenenbom is always an experience. And most likely it’s even more of an experience to be interviewed by Tuvia. His latest book, “Excuse Me, Is This Yours?” is about the West Bank — Judea and Samaria, or the Occupied Territories, or Tuvia’s preferred Biblical Israel, or BI...
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Climbing Kilimanjaro
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Stefanie Diamond
As very busy people in busy digital worlds, we often focus only on things that affect our inner circle directly. Outside of our personal passions, interests, and affinities, and our kids’ activities, interests, and affinities, we tend to stay in our own lanes. Not because we lack...
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Playing together
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Joanne Palmer
Even if you strip it of anything to do with politics, it’s a fascinating idea. A chamber ensemble of young musicians, alumni of Polyphony, will be part of “A Taste of Home,” a program that includes both music and food, but not as in having good food available...
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