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October 18, 2026

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Tracking Tuvia’s travels

By Joanne Palmer

Israeli-American journalist reports on his stay in the West Bank

Children work on a project for Repair the World at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly

Repairing the world – Jewishly

By Lois Goldrich

Kaplen JCC partners with social service organization geared to the young

Dr. Alan Kadish (All photos courtesy Touro University)

‘Arguments need evidence’

By Joanne Palmer

How Touro University’s antisemitism fellowship makes its case

Faige and Jacob, who are married to each other, both are kidney donors.

What’s mine is yours

By Esther Kook

Behind the Match podcaster highlights the chesed of kidney donations

Alyssa Reiner of Teaneck is the new director of social work at JFS of Central Jersey. (Abbie Sophia)

Meeting trauma head on

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Alyssa Reiner brings her passion for social work to Jewish Family Service

Hoffman untamed

By Curt Schleier

Folksbiene stalwart plays nursemaid in Yiddish ‘Pirates of Penzance’

Betsy Wolfe, Ethan Slater, and Reg Rogers dance in the new production of “Little Shop of Horrors.” (Emilio Madrid)

From ‘SpongeBob’ to ‘Little Shop’

By Curt Schleier

Jewish actor Ethan Slater details how he ended up on Broadway

A taste of Jerusalem: Thinkers Distillery unveils distinctive Israeli gins

By Gabriel Geller

Fun for kids in Teaneck

Teaneck Day

Author in Leonia

‘Complete Idiot’ for young professionals

Zoom memoir workshop

Jewish prayer

Talking about Israeli elections online

Career program in Tenafly

Ellis Island Jews

Talking about unity online

Shabbaton in Englewood

Shabbat in Teaneck

Charity mah jongg tournament

Chabad ribbon cutting/dedication

Gut-brain connection

Yiddish music in Manhattan

Bluegrass in Park Ridge

Former Paterson shul seeking owners of family plaques

Book burial on October 25

J-ADD charity walk canceled

Comedy fundraiser in Livingston

Rabbi Jordan Millstein and Art Shamsky (Hillary Viders)

Mets legend visits Tenafly shul

JNF-sponsored book talks in North Brunswick and West Orange

From left: Rabbi Professor Michael J. Broyde, Hon. Patty Shwartz, Senator Jon M. Bramnick, Esq., Abbe David Lowell, and Rabbi Shalom Lubin (Courtesy Jewish Law Symposium)

800 attorneys and judges attend Jewish Law Symposium

Author talk in Wyckoff

Editorial

Joanne Palmer

Music breaks barriers

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Shammai Engelmayer

Rabin’s murder and a critical election

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Gena Khelemsky

A response to Jewish educators turned away by Reggio Emilia

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Joseph C. Kaplan

Name-dropping connections

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Mark Lurinsky

Their elections and ours

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Rosanne Skopp

Phoebe II

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Denny Klein and Max L. Kleinman

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Playing together

By Joanne Palmer

Israel’s Polyphony visits New Jersey

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Transition at Sinai Schools

By Joanne Palmer

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

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