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“Untitled 2.” A lumen print created with soil collected near a mass killing site in Mszana Dolna, Poland. 29.7 x 21 cm, 2023. (All photos courtesy of Mark Isaac and Gabriela Bulisova)
‘The Landscape of Our Memory’
By Deb Breslow
Artist duo uses many media to memorialize Holocaust victims
Daniella Rabbani sings in the subway in “Ketzele Baroyges.” (Daniella Rabbani)
The inventive ‘Klezmerette’
By Joanne Palmer
From left: Actors Jill Stern, Steven Skybell, Danny Kornfeld, and Awesta Zarif, director Colton Pometta, and playwright David Zax (Aftermath)
How brave are you?
By Curt Schleier
This photo is on the cover of the federation’s toolkit for parents. (JFNNJ)
You’ve got to be taught to hate
By Joanne Palmer
Young parents Rebecca and Marvin, with their kids, Jacob and Liora, visit with Merrill and Andy as the sukkah goes from family to family.
October 8, 2026, 9:59 am
The great sukkah heist
When a hut moves on, it takes history with it
By Merrill Silver
Lenny Mandel dances with an illuminated Torah as a chuppah is held overhead.(Llenny Mandel)
October 8, 2026, 9:58 am
Dancing because we remember
What happens when Simchat Torah and your birthday both are October 7?
By Rabbi/Cantor Lenny Mandel
This photo is on the cover of the federation’s toolkit for parents. (JFNNJ)
October 8, 2026, 9:57 am
You’ve got to be taught to hate
JFNNJ offers toolkit to help parents whose kids face antisemitism at school
By Joanne Palmer
From left: Actors Jill Stern, Steven Skybell, Danny Kornfeld, and Awesta Zarif, director Colton Pometta, and playwright David Zax (Aftermath)
October 8, 2026, 9:56 am
How brave are you?
‘Aftermath’ takes a deep dive on what happens after trauma
By Curt Schleier
Daniella Rabbani sings in the subway in “Ketzele Baroyges.” (Daniella Rabbani)
October 8, 2026, 9:55 am
The inventive ‘Klezmerette’
Daniella Rabbani remakes old music with pride and joy
By Joanne Palmer
“Untitled 2.” A lumen print created with soil collected near a mass killing site in Mszana Dolna, Poland. 29.7 x 21 cm, 2023. (All photos courtesy of Mark Isaac and Gabriela Bulisova)
October 8, 2026, 9:54 am
‘The Landscape of Our Memory’
Artist duo uses many media to memorialize Holocaust victims
By Deb Breslow
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
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