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Another grandson and an adult guest in Montclair.
My magical visitors
By Merrill Silver
A look back at time, change, and memory
Portrait of families in turmoil
By Dena Croog
Rev. Timothy Adkins-Jones and Rabbi Elliot Tepperman
‘Enough!’
By Larry Yudelson
Dr. Marc Dollinger
Reinventing the narratives of Blacks and Jews
By Larry Yudelson
Yitzchok Spivak with the other top scorers in the 2022 International Bible Quiz in Jerusalem. (Sceenshot)
May 11, 2022, 7:58 pm
Tackling the Bible Quiz
Local student comes in third internationally; others win area contests
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Dalia Zahger Levy, left, director of civic and community engagement; Alana Burman, right, director of the Jewish Community Relations Committee
May 11, 2022, 7:57 pm
Building bridges and making friends
Federation makes civic and community engagement a priority
By Larry Yudelson
This is the cover of Anna Olswanger’s book.
May 11, 2022, 7:56 pm
‘A Visit to Moscow’
Local writer tells a story about a story in her graphic novel
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Russian troops parade in a recent — but prewar — Victory Day commemoration (Wikimedia Commons)
May 11, 2022, 7:55 pm
The Angry Dwarf chronicles
May 9 comes and goes — Victory Day’s surprise was its lack of surprises
By Joanne Palmer
Dana Lazich and Vitaly Zaslovsky’s daughters; from left, it’s Maya, Polina, and Dasha.
May 11, 2022, 7:54 pm
Buy art, help Ukraine
Local Eastern European families set up silent auction to support refugees
By Miriam Allenson
Esther and her daughter, Elana, stand together at Elana’s wedding.
May 11, 2022, 7:52 pm
Weddings return to full bloom
Observations on the joys and perils of the new-old normal
By Esther Kook
Yitzchak Mais
May 4, 2022, 7:58 pm
Does the meaning of history change?
Public historian Yitzchak Mais to discuss victimhood for YU’s Fish Center
By Joanne Palmer
Warren Geller
May 4, 2022, 7:57 pm
Leading by example, with morality
Englewood Health’s Warren Geller to be honored by his shul, Emanu-El of Closter
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Some of the 45 members of four Conservative shuls who met to help cldean a stretch of the Passaic River’s bank. (photos by Tyler Tierney/Hackensack Riverkeepers)
May 4, 2022, 7:56 pm
Eyes on the water
Members of four local shuls gather to help clean the Passaic — and meet each other
By Joanne Palmer
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, shakes hands with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on May 21, 2015. (Kremlin Media Center)
May 4, 2022, 7:55 pm
‘These guys are completely out of their minds’
In this installment of the Angry Dwarf Chronicles, we consider how antisemitism has become part of Russia’s war on Ukraine
By Joanne Palmer
The AEPi house on the Rutgers campus
May 4, 2022, 7:54 pm
Rutgers Jewish fraternity harassed after pro-Palestinian rally
Hillel director hears different tone in university administration’s response
By Larry Yudelson
Rabbi Jill Jacobs
May 4, 2022, 7:53 pm
‘I want my Judaism and my activism to be part of one whole’
Rabbi Jill Jacobs of T’ruah to speak in Livingston shul 
By Larry Yudelson
Rabbi Borovitz takes a selfie with a group of Nigerian students who fled Ukraine for his Hillel building in Berlin. (Courtesy Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz)
May 4, 2022, 7:52 pm
From Nigeria to Kyiv to a Hillel in Berlin
Rabbi from River Edge helps with African students’ long, strange journey
By Joe Baur
May 4, 2022, 7:48 pm
JFNNJ women’s philanthropy spring luncheon
Another grandson and an adult guest in Montclair.
April 27, 2022, 7:57 pm
My magical visitors
A look back at time, change, and memory
By Merrill Silver
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