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Cheesemonger Alex Armstrong, certified as a cheese professional and cheese sensory evaluator, is in “The Big Cheese.” (All photos courtesy Obscured Releasing)
‘The Big Cheese’
By Curt Schleier
Jersey native Adam Moskowitz stars in documentary about addiction and dairy
A scene from the Wildberry logistic center, 20 miles from Moscow, on Sunday night.
‘Ignorance is strength’
By Joanne Palmer
Nazis forced Jewish men to sit in the local synagogue as a professor read aloud from Mein Kampf. Next, the shul was set on fire.
A picture at an exhibition
By Rabbi/Cantor Lenny Mandel
These are the shoes of Sivan Shahrabani, murdered by Hamas at the Nova music festival on October 7; they’ve been added to the Shoes on the Danube memorial.
The shoes on the Danube
By Bill Ehrlich
Roy Woods, 83, stands next to the Torah scroll and Rabbi Yisrael Bennish at Chabad of Bayonne.
August 20, 2026, 9:57 am
Following the passion
Jersey City man, 83, celebrates bar mitzvah among Bayonne’s Chabad community
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Dael’s IDF unit got supplies through Iron Dome Coffee.
August 20, 2026, 9:56 am
Coffee for a cause
Iron Dome Coffee’s fundraiser helps supply an IDF unit
By Joanne Palmer
These are the shoes of Sivan Shahrabani, murdered by Hamas at the Nova music festival on October 7; they’ve been added to the Shoes on the Danube memorial.
August 20, 2026, 9:55 am
The shoes on the Danube
How a disconnected Jew came to lay tefillin in Budapest
By Bill Ehrlich
Nazis forced Jewish men to sit in the local synagogue as a professor read aloud from Mein Kampf. Next, the shul was set on fire.
August 20, 2026, 9:54 am
A picture at an exhibition
How my mother escaped Germany
By Rabbi/Cantor Lenny Mandel
A scene from the Wildberry logistic center, 20 miles from Moscow, on Sunday night.
August 20, 2026, 9:53 am
‘Ignorance is strength’
Why the hot war in Ukraine soon will freeze
By Joanne Palmer
Cheesemonger Alex Armstrong, certified as a cheese professional and cheese sensory evaluator, is in “The Big Cheese.” (All photos courtesy Obscured Releasing)
August 20, 2026, 9:52 am
‘The Big Cheese’
Jersey native Adam Moskowitz stars in documentary about addiction and dairy
By Curt Schleier
This is a scene from a rehearsal of “Flying Toward the Sun” at the Penguin Theater in Stony Point (Photos courtesy Bill Nabel)
August 13, 2026, 9:59 am
‘Flying Toward the Sun’
Rockland theater presents Jewish playwright’s show about immigration
By Curt Schleier
Mark Levenson, right, and the AZM’s executive director, Herbert Block, in Budapest, point to a sign marking Theodor Herzl’s birthplace; they were in Hungary for an AZM conference. (All photos courtesy Mark Levenson)
August 13, 2026, 9:58 am
Emphasizing positive Zionism
AZM president Mark Levenson of West Orange is optimistic about the movement
By Joanne Palmer
Bob Brody stands on a road in Italy (Photos courtesy Bob Brody)
August 13, 2026, 9:57 am
What really happened?
A Jersey Jew confronts a medieval massacre In Italy
By Bob Brody
The family gathered in 2022; they include Leonard Cole, third from left; Ruth Cole, at the head of the table; and Naomi Eichen, at the right; Leonard and Ruth’s children, Wendy, Philip, and Bill, are there too, along with grandchildren and other relatives.
August 13, 2026, 9:56 am
Remembering Ruth Cole, 1936-2026
By Joanne Palmer
Abby wears her 67 shirt and holds her new Zahav-Kav, entitling her to free public transportation.
August 6, 2026, 1:16 pm
Sweet 6-7
Finally, a free ride and other perks
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Dad’s Copake Diner
August 6, 2026, 12:36 pm
Surprising memories at the diner
Names painted on windows offer food for thought
By Merrill Silver
August 6, 2026, 12:31 pm
‘All sitting together, learning side by side’
Local YU students complete summer research internships in Israel
By Abigail Klein Leichman
This is a model of the Second Temple. (Shutterstock)
August 6, 2026, 12:25 pm
Does history repeat itself?
New head of the Jewish Publication Society reflects on Second Temple echoes
By Joanne Palmer
A scene from the American Theater Groups production of Erik Kahn’s “Canned Goods.” (Lianne Schoenwiesner)
August 6, 2026, 12:08 pm
‘Don’t be an idiot. Get in the boat’
Danish-born, Israeli-bred director guides Union-based performing arts company
By Curt Schleier
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