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May 25, 2025

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Israel Day on Fifth

Local groups join the parade

Dara Gelerter will talk about Dr. Ruth Westheimer at the tikkun.

‘Ruth, the Whole Ruth, and Nothing But the Ruth’

By Joanne Palmer

Temple Emanuel of North Jersey’s tikkun leyl Shavuot will concentrate on her many personas

A scene from “Bad Shabbos” (All photos courtesy of The Barrymore Film Center)

It all started with Pauline

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Intimate Barrymore Center in Fort Lee hosts the Jewish Film Festival

These are pieces from Ms. Mazon’s mother’s silverware set. (Deb Mazon)

From spoon to spoon

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‘…I was also a good shortstop’

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With a woof woof here

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Wherein our correspondent makes the case for a bark mitzvah

The pressure is on … and that’s a good thing

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Executive donates sensor devices to help med researchers at Tel Aviv University

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meet in Helsinki in 2017. (www.kremlin.ru)

Russian roulette and world politics

By Joanne Palmer

Putin plays that unforgiving game — and loses

The honorees, from left, Jayne Petak of River Vale, Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland award; Susan Benkel of Woodcliff Lake, Distinguished Service award; and Tracy Limbardo of Haworth and Laurie Ann Weinstein of Wayne, both Shining Star awardees. (All photos courtesy JFNNJ)

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Beauty and division

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Qatar’s foreign policy — money buys influence

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Lori Fein

A roundabout move out

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Stephen M. Flatow

Donald Trump’s embrace of Syria’s Sharaa echoes Fidel Castro’s welcome

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Rosanne Skopp

First or last name, it’s not the same

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Andrew Silow-Carroll

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Rabbi Mendy Kaminker

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Cooking with a pro

Ohel career fair

Remembering Rabbi Teitz in Woodland Park

Advocating for Israel

Cake decorating in Teaneck

Author talk in Rockland

Learning about Alzheimer’s

Gala dinner in Pearl River

Shiur in Teaneck

Erev Shavuot in Teaneck

The Dryermans’ son, Max, reads from the Torah dedicated in memory of his parents and sister. (Courtesy TEPV)

Woodcliff Lake shul dedicates Torah in memory of the Dryerman family

Outdoor concert in Englewood

Exploring klezmer on Zoom for Kol Rina

Students at Sinai Schools at work. (Courtesy Sinai Schools)

Sinai Schools recommended for Middle States re-accreditation

Congregant Deborah Veach,
left, and former State Senator
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Temple Emeth honors Loretta Weinberg

United Hatzalah New York gala

How does he do that?

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Dani Shachar from the Jewish Institute for the Blind shows what he can do

‘The Ball Dreams of the Sky’

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Poet Henry Schipper, son of Holocaust survivors, weaves baseball, history, and love

CUNY protest against antisemitism
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Trouble on campus

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Outdoor concert in Englewood
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Sinai Schools recommended for Middle States re-accreditation
Temple Emeth honors Loretta Weinberg
United Hatzalah New York gala
Best-selling author comes to River Vale
Honoring Rabbi Teitz z”l
Community unites at Kaplen JCC in remembrance, reflection, joy
Heartbreak and healing on the shores of the Galilee

By Naomi Nussbaum
Bergen County marks Yom HaZikaron in Hackensack
Chaim Kiss on Pesach trip to Japan
Author talks in person and online in East Brunswick
New Jersey governor visits Bahrain shul
Jewish Historical Society’s annual dinner
Burying books in Saddle Brook
Visiting the largest Hindu temple in the U.S.
Beth Abraham hosts art show by Sinai Schools students
Talking about social media
Israel advocate Jonny Daniels speaks in Woodcliff Lake

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