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Jeffrey Solomon
How a philanthropist thinks
By Joanne Palmer
Jeffrey Solomon considers the Jewish community’s past and future
The sukkah-building team at B’nai Israel
For everything there is a season
By Rabbi/Cantor Lenny Mandel
Sharon Gabay, left, stands with the owner of a cafe in Jerusalem’s Muslim Quarter, who’s holding “Jerusalemites.”
First it’s yes, then suddenly it’s no
By Joanne Palmer
Ziv Abud and Eliya Cohen will speak at the commemoration on October 8.
Remembering October 7
By Joanne Palmer
Tobi Kahn is at work in his studio.
October 1, 2026, 9:58 am
Looking at art with an artist
Tobi Kahn leads tours of galleries in Chelsea for the Kaplen JCC
By Joanne Palmer
Rabbi Golan Ben-Chorin
October 1, 2026, 9:57 am
Two poems, two Israels
Rabbi Golan Ben-Chorin looks at different ways to understand his country
By Joanne Palmer
Ziv Abud and Eliya Cohen will speak at the commemoration on October 8.
October 1, 2026, 9:56 am
Remembering October 7
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey brings together diverse elements of the Jewish community
By Joanne Palmer
Sharon Gabay, left, stands with the owner of a cafe in Jerusalem’s Muslim Quarter, who’s holding “Jerusalemites.”
October 1, 2026, 9:55 am
First it’s yes, then suddenly it’s no
Photo anthology about coexistence in Jerusalem rejected because it’s by an Israeli
By Joanne Palmer
The sukkah-building team at B’nai Israel
October 1, 2026, 9:54 am
For everything there is a season
But why is this the season for Kohelet?
By Rabbi/Cantor Lenny Mandel
Jeffrey Solomon
October 1, 2026, 9:53 am
How a philanthropist thinks
Jeffrey Solomon considers the Jewish community’s past and future
By Joanne Palmer
Ziva Glanz
September 24, 2026, 9:59 am
‘We are a charedi Anglo family’
Passaic native puts her hat in Israeli electoral ring
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Local students are part of a BBYO group. (Photos courtesy JFNNJ)
September 24, 2026, 9:58 am
What happens when kids go off to college?
Jewish college fair offers resources, connections, reassurance
By Abigail Klein Leichman
This is the view of Efrat from Mr. Ginsberg’s balcony.
September 24, 2026, 9:57 am
Just answering questions
An Israeli-American writer describes getting mail from back home
By Mark Ginsberg
Ruth Margalit
September 24, 2026, 9:56 am
The belly of the whale
New Yorker writer Ruth Margalit reflects on the new Israel
By Curt Schleier
Joel Chasnoff
September 24, 2026, 9:55 am
The comedian as storyteller
Joel Chasnoff describes being a Jewish joke-teller in this new world
By Joanne Palmer
Representatives Elise Stefanik and Josh Gottheimer, speaking at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, announce the creation of a new caucus to fight antisemitism on campus.
September 24, 2026, 9:54 am
Fighting antisemitism on campus
Reps. Gottheimer and Stefanik announce launch of new caucus
By Leah Adler
This is a letter that Merrill’s father wrote home at the end of World War II.
September 17, 2026, 9:59 am
Emily Dickinson, I’m not!
A paean to the lost art of letter-writing
By Merrill Silver
Two wounded boys visit a worse-hurt friend in Hebron in 1929. (All photos courtesy Yardena Schwartz)
September 17, 2026, 9:58 am
The links between the lies
Writer Yardena Schwartz delves into the massacres of 1929 and 2023
By Joanne Palmer
Mr. Chernoff stands in front of one of the places his mother lived in the Tomaszow ghetto.
September 17, 2026, 9:57 am
A family vacation in Poland
Transmitting trauma across the generations
By Allan Chernoff
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