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The Jerusalem Bird Observatory in central Jerusalem brings people and birds together.

For the birds

By Joanne Palmer

Jerusalem Bird Observatory to be celebrated in Tenafly

IsraelAID arrived in the Bahamas as soon as Hurricane Dorian abated.

Doing good around the world

By Lois Goldrich

IsraAID comes to help — and stays

Implementing her husband’s vision

Leah stands with her husband, Avi, in Teaneck, before they made aliyah.

When ‘some day’ becomes ‘today’

What it feels like to make aliyah from Bergen County

Amos Hausner, left, stands with David-Seth Kirshner. The two met when Rabbi Kirshner went to Israel on a trip sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey; as a result of that trip, Mr. Klausner will speak at Rabbi Kirshner’s shul.

What the Eichmann trial means

By Joanne Palmer

Amos Hausner, son of Eichmann prosecutor Gideon Hausner, talks about his father, Eichmann, and international law in Closter

Lian Najami

Israel not in black and white

By Joanne Palmer

First Arab Israeli Rhodes scholar to speak in Teaneck

Hundreds of people organized by a Jewish group called Never Again Action protest outside an ICE facility in Elizabeth on June 30, 2019.

‘New Jersey’s hidden shame’

By Larry Yudelson

Selichot services in Emerson to focus on local immigrant detainees

‘Please explain this weird language’

By Joanne Palmer

Temple Emanuel of Franklin Lakes looks at the very Jewish Mad magazine on leil Selichot

On Tu b’Av — it started on the evening of August 15 this year — people gathered around a bonfire in front of Rabbi Scheff’s house on the Orangetown Jewish Center campus as evening drew in. (Rabbi Craig Scheff)

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Sitting around with s’mores

By Joanne Palmer

Orangeburg Jewish Center lights a bonfire and fires up a guitar for Selichot

‘You will not silence us’

By Evan Karzhevsky

#makemomthinagain

Four-letter words are banned in many houses. But the one four letter word that is said over and over again, in homes across the country and across the world, is D-I-E-T. I first heard this word as a chubby young girl. My mother would... Continue Reading

New faces of 2019

By Lois Goldrich

We introduce eight new local rabbis

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Finding the Perfect Passover Program

Trusting the Right Pesach Reviews!

A young chasidic man crosses a street in Monsey on April 5, 2019. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

Emotions erupt at Rockland meeting after GOP video on chasidic ‘takeover’

By Joanne Palmer and Marcy Oster

Ronnie Streichler, standing in her workshop, holds a bowl she made from drywall and caulking.

Making art from trash

By Joanne Palmer

Ronnie Streichler of Fort Lee recycles almost everything

The Israeli kids met in Tel Aviv before the trip. Naor Mor is in the back row at the left, ad Dana Dahan is second from the right in that row.

‘It’s a gift’

By Larry Yudelson

Open Hearts Open Homes, in its 18th season, brings Israeli kids to North Jersey for a breather

Letters

Rabbi Tzvee Zahavy

Your talmudic advice column

Dear Rabbi Zahavy, I was shocked to read an op-ed in an Israeli newspaper by a writer who made radical assertions — seemingly without much evidence to support his assertions — that circumcision (bris milah) was not a central ritual of ancient Israel. The writer,... Continue Reading

Opinion

Rabbi Ariel Russo

Teaching kids about the soul-work of the High Holy Days

d'var torah

Rabbi Neal Borovitz

Ki Tetze: Building parapets, controlling Amalek

When I was young, I wanted to be married by the year 2000. I knew that I was going to be 30, and I thought it would be really cool to have “00” in the abbreviated date. I also thought I was going to... Continue Reading

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Shawn Green, playing for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1998, was one of three outfielders named to an all-time Jewish baseball team. (Jonathan Kirn/Allsport/Getty Images)

Is this the all-time Jewish baseball team roster?

By Gabe Friedman

2,600-year-old seal discovered in Jerusalem

A Popeye surprise

By Larry Yudelson

Jerusalem tourist charged $2,800 for shawarma platter

The scare of the otter that bit them

By Larry Yudelson

Left, X & Y, Siberian Huskies (3 m/o), Dizengoff St., Tel Aviv, Israel. “They’re opposites. X is dominant, Y is submissive.” Chucha, Boston Terrier (3 m/o), Schlomo Right, HaMelekh & King George St., Tel Aviv, Israel. “I’m not really familiar with dogs, but she came into my life and everything became the opposite. She’s great.”

Instagram’s Dogist comes to Israel

By Gabe Friedman

Sun 15

Mussar learning

September 9 , 11:00 am - September 23 , 11:00 am

Sun 15

Interactive session focusing on caregivers

September 15 , 10:00 am

Sun 15

Holocaust museum benefit

September 15 , 10:00 am

Sun 15

Charity walk

September 15 , 10:00 am

Sun 15

Family day

September 15 , 10:00 am

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