Around our community
- Religious school students from Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley visited a local supermarket to learn what to look for when selecting kosher foods. (Courtesy TEPV)
- High school students spent an afternoon volunteering at the Bristal in Woodcliff Lake as part of Valley Chabad’s Teen Leadership’s CTeen program. Together with residents, they painted trees to celebrate Tu b’Shvat and ate the five fruits from Israel traditionally eaten on the holiday. Jordan Grabow and Jack Brodsky, both juniors at Pascack Hills High School, are pictured. (Courtesy Chabad)
- Avichai Slossberg, Kelli Efrusy, Jessica Krakovsky, and Ofeer Ginzburg, students at the Academies at Gerrard Berman Day School in Oakland, were among the students and teachers who participated in Computer Science Education Week. More than 100 million students worldwide took part in the “Hour of Code,” a nationwide initiative to introduce students to one hour of computer science and computer programming. (Courtesy GBDS)
- Members of the tikkun olam committee at Temple Israel & JCC of Ridgewood prepared and served a hearty meal to clients of the Bergen County Human Services Center in Hackensack. The dinner was part of the monthly Family Promise Walk-in Dinner program. Teens from TI-JCC’s youth group baked heart-shaped cookies for dessert. (Courtesy Temple Israel & JCC)
- GRJC Hebrew School’s Kitah Shta’eem class, including Juliet Rosenberg and her family, pictured, learned about the meanings and significance of their Hebrew names. They also shared family stories, photos, and traditions. (Courtesy GRJC)
- Shomrei Torah students created food gifts to give to their friends for Purim mishloach manot. (Courtesy ST)
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