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Masked, separated students study in a classroom at Gottesman RTW.
March 24, 2021, 6:50 pm
Day schools in the time of covid
MetroWest’s Jewish educators report on their year
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Above and below, staff at the JCC MetroWest welcomes Holocaust survivors as they arrive for their covid vaccines. (JCC MetroWest)
March 24, 2021, 6:49 pm
More than a shot in the arm
Holocaust survivors receive the vaccine at JCC’s pop-up site
By Jonathan E. Lazarus
March 17, 2021, 6:52 pm
Miriam’s cup, RBG’s collar
Beth El of South Orange brings community together with seder table gift
By Joanne Palmer
Belle Schwartz and her sewing machine.
March 17, 2021, 6:51 pm
A crafty woman
And she’s charitable, too. Meet Belle Schwartz of Succasunna
By Lois Goldrich
Preschoolers, kindergarteners, and their teachers celebrate Dr. Och’s 85th birthday in 2016; Dr. Och is in the center, and Adam Shapiro stands behind him.
March 10, 2021, 5:45 pm
‘Superheroes teach here’
Och family gives GOA in West Orange $10 million to support teachers
By Joanne Palmer
John and Amy Pregulman stand in front of a wall of John’s photos of Holocaust survivors; four of those surviviors — none of whom get help from Kavod — are below. The Pregulmans prefer not to provide survivors’ names.
March 3, 2021, 5:50 pm
Filling the gap
Local JFS agencies join with national initiative to help survivors
By Lois Goldrich
“A Call to Spy” is a thriller set in Nazi-occupied France.
February 24, 2021, 5:51 pm
Celluloid streams coming your way
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival’s 21st season is a 20-day online event
By Larry Yudelson
Stuart Raynor
February 24, 2021, 5:50 pm
Keeping focused on connections
Stuart Raynor, the CEO of JCC MetroWest, navigates the pandemic
By Jonathan E. Lazarus
Children at the JCC MetroWest are able to enjoy school.
January 20, 2021, 6:48 pm
JCC children’s programs carry on
Kids Club and Early Childhood Center prevail during pandemic
By Jonathan E. Lazarus
Cory Booker talks to students at the Kushner/St. Benedict’s program; Deborah Oren, second from left, and Rabbi Rubin, third from right, and students listen to him.
January 13, 2021, 5:48 pm
Letting bubbles intersect
Students from Kushner and St. Benedict meet after school on Zoom to learn about each other
By Joanne Palmer
Uri Westrich works with violinist Itzhak Perlman. (Shimon Gifter)
January 13, 2021, 5:46 pm
Welcome to the age of covideo
Videographers talk about how they do it, now that it’s almost all on them
By Abigail Klein Leichman
John O’Neal and Naomi Newman
January 13, 2021, 5:39 pm
‘Crossing the Broken Bridge’
Summit synagogues to host reading of play on Black-Jewish stereotypes and history
By Larry Yudelson
Peter Jacob, left, and Marsha Atkind
December 22, 2020, 5:52 pm
Getting their needs met
Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey provides funding to Jewish agencies
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel’s preschool sponsored a pandemic drive-in movie night; here, the synagogue’s Cantor Rebecca Moses’s children, Alexandra and Levi, munch popcorn in their “cars.” (TSTI)
December 16, 2020, 5:50 pm
Connecting in a pandemic
Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel of South Orange adjusts to these very odd times
By Joanne Palmer
Peter Hirschmann as he prepred for his third bar mitzvah.
December 9, 2020, 6:51 pm
Three times — that’s the charm
Maplewood man, 96, celebrates third bar mitzvah
By Lois Goldrich
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