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‘We Met at Grossinger’s’
By Joanne Palmer
Teaneck International Film Festival shows borscht belt documentary
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Gil Hoffman
‘The Blood Libel Machine’
By Joanne Palmer
Israeli journalist Gil Hoffman discusses October 7 — and also offers hope
From left: Katie Katz, Rabbi Jacob Blumental, Linda Scherzer, Jason Shames, Rabbi A.D. Motzen
Jewish groups lobby Sherrill for tax program
By Faygie Holt
Federal legislation could help parents with day school tuition
John Turturro, as pickpocket Harry Lehman, in Noah Segan’s film. (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)
‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’
By Curt Schleier
Noah Sagen explains his very Jewish, last-of-his-kind protagonist
Eldan Kaye, left, and Sagi Balasha
Giving credit where credit is due
By Leah Adler
Nonprofit provider Ogen brings a new dimension to Israeli banking
Nicholas Pinczewski, left, is with his parents, Kathy Graff and Benjamin Pinczewski.
Miracle child
By Joanne Palmer
Civil rights lawyer Benjamin Pinczewski considers his parents’ survival
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Genesis and family struggles online
Saturday, November 7, 1–4:30 p.m.
Bea Arthur (TIFF)
Film in Teaneck
Saturday, November 7, 7 p.m.
Dovi Neuburger (Courtesy Rinat)
Comedy in Teaneck
Saturday, November 7, Doors open at 8 p.m.; show at 8:30 p.m.
In-person NYC symposium
Sunday, November 8, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Allan Chernoff
Polish Jewry online
Sunday, November 8, 10:30 a.m.
Veterans program in Fair Lawn
Sunday, November 8, 10:30 a.m.
Colleen DiPaola, left, and Alex Guiliano
Avoiding scams
Sunday, November 8, 11:30 a.m.
(TIFF)
Film in Teaneck
Sunday, November 8, Noon
Chanukah boutique
Sunday, November 8, 2–5 p.m.
Sari Gross, left, and Paula Shaiman
JFCS gala in Closter
Sunday, November 8, 5:30 p.m.
Marking Kristallnacht in Rockland
Sunday, November 8, 5:30 p.m.
Jonny Daniels
Kristallnacht remembered online
Sunday, November 8, 7:30 p.m.
Rabbi Noa Sattath
Israel after the elections
Sunday, November 8, 7:30 p.m.
Carolyn Enger
Pianist in NYC
Sunday, November 8, 7:30 p.m.
Israeli fair/shuk in Fair Lawn
Tuesday, November 10, 6–9 p.m.
Support groups online
Wednesday, November 11, 6 p.m.
Ulpan in Tenafly
Wednesday, November 11, 6:50 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Ashley McFarlin (Courtesy TIFF)
Bootcamp for filmmakers in Teaneck
Wednesday, November 11, 6:30–9:30 p.m.
(Courtesy AJHS)
Online book talk
Wednesday, November 11, 6:30–7:15 p.m.
John Bayless
Film and talk in Wyckoff
Thursday, November 12, 6:45 p.m.
Come From Away in Tenafly
Film and talk in Wyckoff
Shabbat in Ridgewood
Friday, November 13, 6 p.m.
ZOA dinner in Manhattan
Sunday, November 15
Bris Avrohom dinner
Sunday, November 15
Sheryl Intrator Urman (Courtesy Ahavath Torah)
Art and learn
Monday, November 16, 10 a.m.
Combatting antisemitism
Monday, November 16, 1:30 p.m.
Zoom memoir workshop
Monday, November 16, 4–5:30 p.m.
Israel’s 2026 election
Monday, November 16, 7:30 p.m.
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Dr. Henry (Hank) Greenspan
Kean program to commemorate Kristallnacht
From left: J. David Heller, incoming chair of the Jewish Agency’s board of governors; Jewish Agency chair Doron Almog; Mark Wilf of Livingston, the board of governors’ outgoing chair; and Yehuda Setton, the Jewish Agency’s CEO and director general (Guy Yechiely)
Jewish Agency board meeting highlights post-October 7 mobilization of world Jewry
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Joanne Palmer
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Joanne Palmer
Hope and resilience
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
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On Election Day, let us remember the extraordinary privilege of being free
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Making honest choices
By Joseph C. Kaplan
Rosanne Skopp
Opinion
Rosanne Skopp
Aaaah, Jerusalem
Rabbi Mendy Kaminker
Opinion
Rabbi Mendy Kaminker
Rewiring the Jewish brain
Banji Ganchrow
Banji Ganchrow
Birthday celebrations and a heroic rescue
I am trying to figure out why there is a weather app. All day it had been telling me that it wasn’t going to rain in Jerusalem until 6 p.m. At 4 p.m., I am walking Danish back to her apartment and the skies open up, the lightning is lighting up the sky, the thunder is clapping, and I, of course, have no rain apparel. Fortunately, we brought the double stroller with us and my amazing DIL #2 had the rain cover in the basket. Babka looks like a drowned...Continue Reading
D'var Torah
Parashat Chayei Sarah: Taking one step toward reconciliation
By Rabbi Jennifer Schlosberg
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Jewish stars
By 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,...Continue Reading
About the cover: Mixed martial artist Natan Levy and Rachel Ziegler are in the JCC MetroWest before the Not Any Deni popup opens there on November 2.
Tracking Tuvia’s travels
By 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...Continue Reading
Climbing Kilimanjaro
By 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...Continue Reading
About the cover: Stefanie Diamond’s photograph shows the sun over Mount Kilimanjaro as she treks with Accessibility Accelerator. (Stefanie Diamond)
Playing together
By 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...Continue Reading
About the cover: Polyphony’s Galilee Chamber Orchestra plays in Philadelphia last year. (Polyphony Foundation)
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