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What a bad idea!
By Curt Schleier
Bruce Vilanch, hot off an appearance in Ridgewood, talks to us
Rabbi Lenny Mandel reads Kohelet at the mass. (Courtesy Lenny Mandel)
What I learned by going to church
By Cantor/Rabbi Lenny Mandel
Above, last April, an estimated 3,000 people rallied in front of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, protesting and counterprotesting.
Freedom of speech versus freedom to feel safe
By Leah Adler
Israeli doctors and healthcare workers meet with their American counterparts in Teaneck. (Shahar Azran)
Attracting medical professionals to Israel
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Israeli doctors and healthcare workers meet with their American counterparts in Teaneck. (Shahar Azran)
March 13, 2025, 9:59 am
Attracting medical professionals to Israel
In the midst of turmoil, MedEx fair helps ease the aliyah process
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Above, last April, an estimated 3,000 people rallied in front of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, protesting and counterprotesting.
March 13, 2025, 9:58 am
Freedom of speech versus freedom to feel safe
Teaneck Township Council members spar over ordinance setting up guidelines
By Leah Adler
Rabbi Lenny Mandel reads Kohelet at the mass. (Courtesy Lenny Mandel)
March 13, 2025, 9:57 am
What I learned by going to church
Another faith can shake our own — or it can strengthen it
By Cantor/Rabbi Lenny Mandel
March 13, 2025, 9:56 am
What a bad idea!
Bruce Vilanch, hot off an appearance in Ridgewood, talks to us
By Curt Schleier
In 2000, at the Democratic National Convention, Joseph Lieberman accepts the party’s nomination for vice president. (All photos courtesy “Centered.”)
March 6, 2025, 10:00 am
‘Centered’: A new documentary, to screen locally, profiles Senator Joe Lieberman
By Curt Schleier
Tzivia Bieler, her mother, Ida Rosen, and her youngest daughter, Dena Bieler, gather for Dena’s bat mitzvah. (All photos courtesy Tzivia Bieler)
March 6, 2025, 9:59 am
What I learned from my mother
A daughter reflects on trust, religion, integrity, and moisturizing
By Tzivia Bieler
In 1951, Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, right, visited Albert Einstein in Princeton.
March 6, 2025, 9:58 am
Pi Day Sameach!
Franklin Lakes shul puts together Purim, Einstein, 3.14, and some other surprises
By Joanne Palmer
In “Sabbath Queen,” Rabbi Amichai Lau Lavie and friends celebrate Purim.
March 6, 2025, 9:57 am
Find it at the movies
JCC MetroWest hosts the New Jersey Jewish Film Festival
By Joanne Palmer
Caroline Aron is Maria and Matt Doyle is her son, Bobby, in “Conversations With Mother.” (Photos by Carol Rosegg)
March 6, 2025, 9:56 am
Agita and shpilkes play equal roles
Actress Caroline Aaron offers insights on ‘Conversations With Mother’
By Curt Schleier
Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump at a heated meeting in the Oval Office last Friday.
March 6, 2025, 9:55 am
Dividing the skin of the unfortunate bear
Alexander Smukler assesses the war in Ukraine — and the White House
By Joanne Palmer
These are Sinai’s 2025 honorees. From left: Avi and Aviva Vogel, Abigail Hepner Gross, and Bear Givers’ Joseph Sprung, Michele Mirman, and Diane Lempert.
March 6, 2025, 9:54 am
Sinai Schools’ annual benefit includes announcement of new therapeutic day school
This is part of the crowd that turned out on Sunday for a rally to mourn the deaths of some hostages and to demand that all hostages be released. (Shammai Engelmayer)
February 27, 2025, 9:58 am
Bring them home now!
Hundreds rally in Tenafly to mourn brutal deaths and demand a speedy end to the hostage crisis
By Rabbi Shammai Engelmayer
David-Seth and Dori Kirshner are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary this year, and Temple Emanu-El is honoring both of them.
February 27, 2025, 9:57 am
How a rabbi is woven into the community
As David-Seth Kirshner celebrates 18 years at Emanu-El of Closter — among other milestones — he reflects on what it means
By Joanne Palmer
“Un/Veiled” by Amy Pollock
February 27, 2025, 9:56 am
Turning Esther on her head
The Academy for Jewish Religion offers a book looking at Purim after October 7
By Joanne Palmer
Rabbi/Cantor Lenny Mandel
February 27, 2025, 9:55 am
The 1,500-pound gorilla in the room
A hospital chaplain confronts mortality and family choices
By Rabbi/Cantor Lenny Mandel
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