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By Larry Yudelson March 5, 2020, 9:59 am 0 Edit

Consider this your occasional reminder to hire a proofreader before printing labels for your Purim pastries.

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A scene from a Schechter family: siblings gather around a computer to watch their head of school, Steve Freedman.

Local schools go online

By Joanne Palmer

Some of the area’s many schools detail their out-of-the-building strategies

A message from the publisher

By Jamie Janoff

A teacher leads a dance class on Zoom for the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly (Kaplen JCC on the Palisades)

‘Everyone has risen to the occasion’

By Joanne Palmer

Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly goes online to provide community

Debbie Ross hands off dinner from Sender’s Smoke Joint in Teaneck to David Van Bever, the director of Environmental Services, for his hardworking staff. (Photos by Areyvut)

Helping our heroes, supporting our restaurants, doing a mitzvah

By Lois Goldrich

Areyvut project scores a home run

Analysis

Rabbi Debra Orenstein

What now?

Ten suggestions for this time of plague

Idan Raichel sings from his home as about 400,000 people around the world watch from theirs. (JNF)

Letter from Israel: In solitary confinement together

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Dr. Noam Weissman interviews Natan Sharansky for OpenDor. (OpenDor)

Making community online

By Joanne Palmer

OpenDor offers educational content to local schools — and the whole world

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Sorrow to Joy

Last summer, from left, Hailey, Bari, Sami, Stefanie, and Matt Diamond smile for Hailey’s selfie.

Community in quarantine

By Stefanie Diamond

A hospital at Camp Funston, Kansas, during the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918.
(New Contributed Photographs Collection, Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine.)

In the time of covid-19

By Jonathan E. Lazarus

Mindset matters. So does leadership. So does the experience of those before us

A cantor does tech support

By Joanne Palmer

Rockland Foundation’s Barry Kanarek teaches Melton students to connect online

Teach NJ advocates for state funding for nonpublic schools

By Joanne Palmer

Last week, state Assembly passed bills for school cleaning, technology in response to coronavirus crisis

Former Teaneck resident launches virtual magic show from Montreal

Sophomores read Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” as part of a unit in which they explored how we manage the technologies we create. They were grouped in pairs to research different types of technological advancements and revolutions throughout history. This team researched political revolutions.

A gift for sharing

By Larry Yudelson

Covenant Foundation boosts Idea School’s institute

A sign of the times — this Teaneck restaurant looks forward with hope. (Jamie Janoff)

Silver linings

By Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach

d'var torah

Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky

Parashat Vayikra: A little aleph amid a pandemic

Banji Ganchrow

A letter to my readers

Dear readers: A few weeks ago, which feels like an actual lifetime ago, I wrote a column about my “empty nest.” Over the past few months, people have asked me what it has been like not to have anyone at home, so I wrote about... Continue Reading

‘Let’s be guided by science’

By Joanne Palmer

Local rabbis discuss difficult decisions and long-term implications of the coronavirus

Cedar Lane, Teaneck this past Tuesday at 5:30 pm.

A message from the publisher

By Jamie Janoff

Israel’s Teva donating potential COVID-19 treatment to US hospitals

By Israel21C staff

Announcement regarding Teaneck mikvah from RCBC

North Jersey Board of Rabbis updates pandemic guidelines

Do you need something for Passover?

A public service announcement from Neil Diamond

Israelis cheer for the doctors and nurses fighting the Corona pandemic

Daily Guide to Jewish zooms, livestreams and other online resources

By JTA Staff

Virtual Family Trivia – FedQ

COVID-19 testing site opens at Bergen County Community College

Testing Site Will Open Daily from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for New Jersey residents

JCCNNJ “Brain Breaks” – A Conversation with an Anxious Jewish Mom

A message from the Rockland Jewish Federation and Board of Rabbis

Update from Rabbinical Council of Bergen County

What does it feel like?

By Joanne Palmer

Local musician diagnosed with the virus recounts his experience

A virtual guest watches the wedding streaming online.

The newly little wedding that almost wasn’t

By Lois Goldrich

How virtual guests came to watch the wedding party stream up the aisle

Social distancing — the best worst solution

By Joanne Palmer

Fair Lawn gerontologist talks about the challenge isolation poses to the elderly

Life in the time of Covid-19

By Lois Goldrich

‘Folksbiene Live!’

By Joanne Palmer

Zalmen Mklotek’s National Yiddish Theatre creates Facebook performances to help people connect

Coronavirus on our minds:

By Dr. Tani Foger

Tips for talking to teenagers about the virus

The novel coronavirus: My quarantine diary

By Josh Stiefel

Federation sets up campaign in response to pandemic

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North Jersey Orthodox rabbis close shuls, schools, Shabbat guests

By Larry Yudelson

Say measures necessary to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed

Opinion

Try a Vulcan salute!

By Miryam Z. Wahrman Ph.D.

And ban the handshake … for now

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To dis a sis, a llama with yarmulke

By Larry Yudelson

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