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Donated items for the Center for Food Action.
Sunday in the park with, well, community heroes
By Lois Goldrich
Charles Sokol (Photos courtesy Charles Sokol)
Sundays with Sokol
By Lois Goldrich
Hundreds of people protest outside an ICE facility in Elizabeth that was organized by a new Jewish group called Never Again Action on June 30, 2019. (Screenshot from Facebook)
36 Jewish protesters arrested at ICE detention center in New Jersey
By Ben Sales
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, left, and Rev. J. Amos Caley
Campaign against solitary confinement nears finish line
By Larry Yudelson
Eli Bitan, David Zweig, and Shani Brownstein, all members of the Jewish community in Hong Kong, stand together as they protest the dissolution of democracy at home.
July 11, 2019, 10:00 am
Jews in Hong Kong join protests
Local reporter, a longtime Hong Kong resident, talks to her friends about what they see and fear
By Leah Krakinowski Silberstein
The dome of Temple B’nai Abraham became a familiar sight to Newarkers. Both Temple B’nai Abraham and B’nai Jeshurun's buildings were sold to black churches after the congregations moved to the suburbs.
July 11, 2019, 9:59 am
Once-proud synagogues of Newark
Exhibit evokes memories of our correspondent’s childhood in the Weequahic
By Jonathan E. Lazarus
July 11, 2019, 9:57 am
Their peace of mind brings us inner peace
Englewood shul hosts IDF veterans for a week of relaxation, renewal
By Tani Foger
The hamsa — this modern version was made in Venezuela — is an amulet Jews wear to ward off the evil eye. (Wikimedia Commons)
July 10, 2019, 6:00 pm
The evil eye is Jewish?
Rabbi Abraham Eckstein will discuss superstition and folklore in Nyack
By Joanne Palmer
Ben Shanblatt
July 10, 2019, 9:58 am
Shakespeare in the Park with Matt
Black Box Studios brings free shows to Bergen County venues
By Larry Yudelson
Charles Sokol (Photos courtesy Charles Sokol)
July 4, 2019, 10:00 am
Sundays with Sokol
And art, and music, and Jewish life
By Lois Goldrich
Donated items for the Center for Food Action.
July 4, 2019, 9:59 am
Sunday in the park with, well, community heroes
By Lois Goldrich
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, left, and Rev. J. Amos Caley
July 4, 2019, 9:58 am
Campaign against solitary confinement nears finish line
Teaneck’s Rabbi Kahn-Troster, T’ruah help lead effort
By Larry Yudelson
Hundreds of people protest outside an ICE facility in Elizabeth that was organized by a new Jewish group called Never Again Action on June 30, 2019. (Screenshot from Facebook)
July 4, 2019, 9:57 am
36 Jewish protesters arrested at ICE detention center in New Jersey
By Ben Sales
From left, Tour de Simcha riders Idy Judawitz, Chaya Iflah, Jacqueline McClure, Libby Akerman, and Iris Shalam.
June 27, 2019, 9:59 am
Riding the Tour de Simcha
Local women to cycle 100 miles and benefit Chai Lifeline programs for seriously ill kids
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Twenty years ago, the black and Jewish caucus was helped by, from left, Betty Ehrenberg, with the Orthodox Union and now with the World Jewish Congress; Michael Cohen; Rabbi David Saperstein of the Union for Reform Judaism; and Representatives Alcee Hastings, Edolphus “Ed” Towns, and Jesse Jackson Jr.
June 27, 2019, 9:58 am
Marking 20 years of working on black/Jewish relations
By Michael Cohen
Rabbi Stuart Halpern
June 27, 2019, 9:57 am
Bridging two worlds
Englewood’s Stuart Halpern is tasked with aligning YU’s yeshiva and university
By Larry Yudelson
Sheba Mason, second from left, with the cast of “The Jackie Mason Musical.” (Photo by George Wentzler)
June 27, 2019, 9:56 am
When life imitates art imitates life
A ‘light-hearted’ expose from two women in Jackie Mason’s world
By Lois Goldrich
From left, Rabbi David Wizder; Leigh Nacht, carrying a Torah; past Beth El president Marty Kasdan, wearing a yellow vest; and Jarred Cohen, carrying another Torah. They’re all from Beth El, on their way to the future at Kol Dorot.
June 20, 2019, 2:12 pm
From kodesh l’kodesh
Temple Beth El of Northern Valley and Temple Beth Or join to become Kol Dorot
By Joanne Palmer
Members of Raise Your Spirits Theater during a recent performance of “Mikva: The Musical.”
June 20, 2019, 9:59 am
‘Mikva the Musical’
Israeli women’s theater troupe to play in Teaneck … no men allowed
By Larry Yudelson
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