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Arielle Greenbaum Saposh talks about her new job and the school’s consistent values

‘We are a charedi Anglo family’

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Passaic native puts her hat in Israeli electoral ring

Local students are part of a BBYO group. (Photos courtesy JFNNJ)

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Rabbis Avremy Kanelsky and Mordechai Kanelsky, left, with Frank Radics, manager of physical plant and redevelopment for the New Jersey airports at Port Authority of New York & New Jersey; Sarah McKeon, director of the Port Authority’s aviation department; and Michael Belcher, deputy inspector of the PATH Command for the Port Authority police department. (Courtesy Bris Avrohom)

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Nazis didn’t murder six million Jews — the Germans did

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Max L. Kleinman

Love yourself so you can love others

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Rosanne Skopp

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