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Samuel Jed Rubin and his daughter light a candle together.
Honoring October 7 victims at the Kaplen JCC
Israeli players during the goalball gold medal match between Israel and Turkey at the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games on September 5 in Paris. (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
Israeli Paralympic women’s goalball team wins silver medal
By Jacob Gurvis
Esther Kook in Florida: From left, Esther’s cousin, Jeannie; her sister, Eve; Esther; and Esther’s daughter, Elana.
Kindness of strangers
By Esther Kook
Dr. Zalman Newfield, left, and Dr. Naomi Seidman
Life off the derech
By Joanne Palmer
The Fort Lee Holocaust Museum is part of Congregation Beth Israel, up the stairs from the sanctuary.
September 12, 2024, 9:57 am
Fort Lee Holocaust Museum expands
Public will soon tour exhibits inside Congregation Beth Israel
By Deb Breslow
In 1659, Rembrandt painted this scene of Jacob wrestling with an angel. (Public Domain)
September 12, 2024, 9:56 am
Thinking about God’s cane
Dr. Ora Horn Prouser to deliver Trachtenberg talk on disabilities and text study
By Joanne Palmer
Edna Ben Simhon Moalem, left, Amir Oppenheimer, and Benny Meir
September 12, 2024, 9:56 am
A life of sirens and shelters
Nahariya residents describe dark but determined times at the Lebanon border
By Leah Adler
Elaine May sits with Julian Schlossberg at Sardi’s as he sells his book.
September 12, 2024, 9:55 am
Name-dropping, producing, and winning
Julian Schlossberg chats about his second movieland memoir
By Curt Schleier
Dr. Zalman Newfield, left, and Dr. Naomi Seidman
September 12, 2024, 9:54 am
Life off the derech
YIVO hosts conference about what it’s like to leave the charedi world
By Joanne Palmer
Esther Kook in Florida: From left, Esther’s cousin, Jeannie; her sister, Eve; Esther; and Esther’s daughter, Elana.
September 12, 2024, 9:53 am
Kindness of strangers
Our correspondent is stranded at an airport when goodness gets her home
By Esther Kook
Israeli players during the goalball gold medal match between Israel and Turkey at the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games on September 5 in Paris. (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
September 12, 2024, 9:52 am
Israeli Paralympic women’s goalball team wins silver medal
By Jacob Gurvis
Samuel Jed Rubin and his daughter light a candle together.
September 12, 2024, 9:51 am
Honoring October 7 victims at the Kaplen JCC
From left, American Muslim and Multifaith Empowerment Council board members Farhana Korshed, Soraya Deen, and Zeba Zubair, and its founder and CEO, Anila Ali, are at Columbia University’s Interfaith Lab.
September 5, 2024, 9:50 am
Muslim women speak out
Three pro-Israel social activists to talk about antisemitism and how to fight it
By Joanne Palmer
Ariella Ruback, in front at the left, is with other tatzpetaniot in October 2022. All survived October 7.
September 5, 2024, 9:50 am
‘If You Saw What I Saw’
IDF border  lookout brings a chilling report about the loss of her comrades on October 7     
By Leah Adler
The Tzofim delegation is at a memorial ceremony in Treblinka.
September 5, 2024, 9:49 am
‘A holy moment’
Three generations of an Israeli-American family go to Poland with the Tzofim
By Abigail Klein Leichman
The Rosenthal family packs supplies for the Colel Chabad/Bags of Hope back-to-school program. (Mendy Hachtman)
September 5, 2024, 9:48 am
Softening loss with Bags of Hope
Teaneck shuls help make back-to-school easier for kids of fallen soldiers
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Elon Gold performs at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan.
September 5, 2024, 9:46 am
Mining comedy Gold
Elon Gold will bring his brand of defiant humor to NJPAC in Newark
By Curt Schleier
Susan and David Schwartz hold a massive chocolate bar at Costco’s new warehouse store in Sweden. (They didn’t buy it.)
September 5, 2024, 9:44 am
‘The Joy of Costco’
In the JCC U’s opening session, authors serve up a look at their favorite store
By Joanne Palmer
Representatives Bill Pascrell, center, and Nancy Pelosi visit a girls’ school in Afghanistan during a congressional trip on March 20, 2011. (S.K. Vemmer/Department of State)
August 29, 2024, 9:57 am
The Jewish community loses a friend
Remembering longtime congressman Bill Pascrell
By Lois Goldrich
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