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From left: the federation’s CEO, Jason Shames, with its past presidents — Jayne Petak, Zvi Marans, Roberta Abrams, Eva Lynn Gans, Ron Rosenzweig, Dan Shlufman, and Daniel Herz. Andrew Kent, right, is the new president. (Photos courtesy Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey)
JFNNJ holds annual meeting
Lenny Mandel, in this photo, both youngish and younger, always has been a musician.
‘Feelin’ Groovy’
By Rabbi/Cantor Lenny Mandel
Eve Kofman, standing, and Maurice Kofman, sitting, at Esther Kook’s wedding.
Watch out for the other guy
By Esther Kook
Karen Steinberg, Joe Fox, and Camille Diamond are onstage together. (NatashaCastilloVideo@gmail.com)
‘Don’t Cry For Me, My Yeshiva’
By Curt Schleier
From left, Keisha Carter, Ella, Yigal, and Sara Gross, and Benjamin Burnat. Ms. Carter and Mr. Burnat are vice president and president, respectively, of the Teaneck library’s board of trustees. Mr. Gross holds the Nast drawing.
June 18, 2026, 9:58 am
Bringing unity to the community
On Juneteenth, there’s hope among both Jews and African Americans in Teaneck
By Joanne Palmer
The “MLB Money Maker” challenge turns kids into the negotiators of an $8 billion, eight-year media contract.
June 18, 2026, 9:57 am
Sports, and math, and business — oh my!
Rising high-school senior teaches middle-schoolers economics through big-league situations
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Andy and Merrill Silver now — they’re on a beach vacation.
June 18, 2026, 9:56 am
The world then, the world now
Celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary
By Merrill Silver
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller has thought deeply about the relationship between Jews and Israel.
June 18, 2026, 9:55 am
Empires are ephemeral — ideas remain forever
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller to speak at Davar this Shabbat
By Joanne Palmer
Karen Steinberg, Joe Fox, and Camille Diamond are onstage together. (NatashaCastilloVideo@gmail.com)
June 18, 2026, 9:54 am
‘Don’t Cry For Me, My Yeshiva’
Documentarian-comedian-playwright adapts his adoption as plot for a show
By Curt Schleier
Eve Kofman, standing, and Maurice Kofman, sitting, at Esther Kook’s wedding.
June 18, 2026, 9:53 am
Watch out for the other guy
Parking lots can be lethal if everyone isn’t careful
By Esther Kook
From left: the federation’s CEO, Jason Shames, with its past presidents — Jayne Petak, Zvi Marans, Roberta Abrams, Eva Lynn Gans, Ron Rosenzweig, Dan Shlufman, and Daniel Herz. Andrew Kent, right, is the new president. (Photos courtesy Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey)
June 18, 2026, 9:52 am
JFNNJ holds annual meeting
Lenny Mandel, in this photo, both youngish and younger, always has been a musician.
June 18, 2026, 9:51 am
‘Feelin’ Groovy’
How a song can unlock memories
By Rabbi/Cantor Lenny Mandel
Julie Benko
June 11, 2026, 2:00 pm
A star was born!
After a lot of hard work, and a start at a JCC
By Curt Schleier
The Battle of Waterloo by Joseph Constantine Stadler
June 11, 2026, 1:57 pm
Will David and Goliath meet in Waterloo?
A look at what’s happening now as Russia’s war against Ukraine falters
By Joanne Palmer
Speakers talked to an international audience gathered in Ankara, Turkey, for a CHI Family Conference.
June 11, 2026, 1:54 pm
Saving brains and lives
Prospective parents, particularly Ashkenazi Jews, should know about Familial Hyperinsulinism
By Miryam Z. Wahrman Ph.D.
Members of the Jewish Service Alliance Israel Service Seminar sit on some of the furniture they built in Dimona.
June 11, 2026, 1:50 pm
‘It nourished my soul’
Trip to Israel focuses on intensive service learning
By Leah Adler
Rabbi Cohen leads a shul trip to Israel.
June 11, 2026, 1:29 pm
Hope is courage
Looking back on inflection points, forward toward aliyah
By Rabbi Daniel Cohen
Beacon for Democracy’s Shine the Light program encourages people to go out together every Thursday night; here, a group meets in Teaneck.
June 4, 2026, 9:58 am
The power to create light
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of CBST describes what she’s learned from the AIDS epidemic till now
By Joanne Palmer
Rabbi Beni Krohn, left, Dr. Leslie Ginsparg Klein, and Rabbi Larry Rothwachs
June 4, 2026, 9:57 am
How much should you spend on a simcha?
By Leah Adler
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