Jews pray at dawn at Jerusalem’s Western Wall

Hoshana Rabba prayers are spectacular as the sun rises over the holy city

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Andy Silow-Carroll, left, and Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky, both of Teaneck, went on an Encounter trip together.

Encountering the ‘other’

By Lois Goldrich

Two Teaneck men visit Israel, this time just to listen and to learn

Jack Posnack is surrounded by his mother, Robin Fiddle Posnack, and his siblings, Hunter, 11, left, Cody, 18, and Charlotte, 11, at his bar mitzvah at Temple Beth Sholom in New City. (Chris Herder Photography)

Jack Attack

By Abigail Klein Leichman

New City boy with rare genetic disease finds ways to live with gusto

Opponents of vaccination have begun wearing yellow Jewish stars, evoking comparisons to Nazi crimes.

‘A desecration of memory’

By Joanne Palmer

Bergen and Rockland leaders talk about vaccination, anti-vaxxers’ Holocaust imagery

Steven Epstein pitched his invention on “Shark Tank.”

Just flip it!

By Joanne Palmer

Tenafly entrepreneur pitches simple solution to annoying problem on ‘Shark Tank’

TABC’s winning Science Olympiad team and faculty advisers.

‘It’s fun winning!’

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Teaneck’s TABC first again at Science Olympiad hosted by Touro’s Lander College for Men

Susan Stein plays Etty Hillesum. (Ricardo Barros)

‘Part theater, part cause’

By Larry Yudelson

Fort Lee’s Gesher Shalom to mark Yom HaShoah with original play about doomed Holocaust diarist

Beth Israel Synagogue occupies a modern building in downtown Oranjestad, the capital of Aruba.

Venezuela, Israel, and Aruba: An irregular triangulation

By Jonathan E. Lazarus

Analysis

Rabbi Ariel Russo

Telling our children the story — and letting them tell us too

D'var torah

Rabbi Paul Jacobson

Liberating the Egypt inside our own backyard

Are you kidding me?

Religion is a touchy subject. I imagine that if you were to ask 10 Jews the same question, you probably would get 10 different responses. The same thing can happen when you ask a rabbi a question. Something simple like, “Can I use my... Continue Reading

Rabbi Paula Mack Drill and Rabbi Craig Scheff

Two rabbis, two equals, one synagogue

By Joanne Palmer

Orangetown Jewish Center’s Rabbis Craig Scheff and Paula Mack Drill talk about how they work and their families play together

Sinai teacher Ilana Picker and Michael Dworkis, JFCS’s aid and advocacy coordinator, stand with Sinai students in the JFCS food pantry. (Sinai Schools)

The circle of mitzvot

By Joanne Palmer

Sinai at Maayanot students make snack packs for JFCS’s food pantry through JFNNJ program

Rabbi David Bashevkin

Sin, failure, and the Haggadah

By Larry Yudelson

NCSY’s director of education, Rabbi David Bashevkin of Teaneck, publishes two books

A scene from “The Samuel Project”

‘The Samuel Project’

By Larry Yudelson

Hal Linden plays Holocaust survivor in Rockland Film Festival

Some students and speakers stand together, both literally and metaphorically. (Simon Wiesenthal Center)

Modeling unity to combat hatred

By Lois Goldrich

Local students see community come together

Women and Children to the Left by Rose Hertzberg (Photos courtesy George D.H. Hertzberg)

Turning tragedy into art

Local artist’s work on display across the county

Letters

Simone Walker’s at the right, standing with Bayla and Murray Jacobson.

first person

AIPAC is not just about politics

By Simone Wilker

It’s also about connections, memories, and hope

Opinion

Rabbi Joshua S. Finkelstein

Reflections on an election on erev Pesach

Bram Presser, former leader of the band Yidcore, won an award from the Jewish Book Council for his debut novel. (Photos Courtesy Bram Presser)

Jewish former punk rocker writes acclaimed novel about Holocaust memory

By Curt Schleier

Lessons from kindergarten

The other day on the radio, a woman with a very nice voice asked her listeners, “Is your child ready for kindergarten?” Apparently this woman and her friends run some sort of company that gets your toddlers ready for the cutthroat world of finger... Continue Reading

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These pickle sandwiches from Elsie’s are not kosher for Passover or the rest of the year.

Pickles provide Passover sandwich solution

By Larry Yudelson

Meet the ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Haggadah

Cory Booker shows off his Hebrew skills on CNN

By Gabe Friedman

Susan Cantor ran the Iditarod in 1992.

Here’s the (actual) first Jewish woman to finish the Iditarod sled dog race

By Larry Yudelson and Emily Burack

(Christina Bodznic)

Blair Braverman is the first Jewish woman to finish the Iditarod sled dog race

By Emily Burack

Israel healthier by far than U.S.

Israeli spacecraft snaps orbital selfie

Philip Roth’s New York apartment up for sale

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Film

April 23 , 7:30 pm

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Holocaust cinema

April 24 , 12:30 pm

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Son of Holocaust survivors

April 25 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Shabbat

April 27 , 9:00 am

Sat 27

Moshiach meal

April 27 , 6:30 pm

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