Abigail Klein Leichman
Faye Kohn, left, Miriam Krupka Berger, and Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld.
July 2, 2026, 9:57 am
Expanding horizons
Orthodox women academics train for leadership
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Hillel, Hannah, Naama, Rena, and Joshua Steinberg are at Naama’s recent eighth-grade graduation.
June 25, 2026, 9:57 am
‘I really felt we belonged in Israel’
Meet two Bergen County families making aliyah this summer
By Abigail Klein Leichman
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
From left: Jacob Zide; Ezra Raskin of Potomac, Maryland; Michael Mirskiy of Baltimore; and Judah Zmood of Riverdale, N.Y. (Chaim H Photography)
June 4, 2026, 9:56 am
Getting stronger, month by month
Local teens create projects to strengthen Jews on secular campuses
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Gabrielle Soffer Cohen, foreground, teaches her class English grammar through an outdoor skit designed to add movement to the lessons.
May 28, 2026, 9:59 am
Teaching more than English
Former Tenafly resident inspires Israeli students through covid and shellings
By Abigail Klein Leichman
All these photos show the experimental netting used for catching and disabling explosive drones. (Courtesy of Operation Israel)
May 14, 2026, 9:55 am
Fair Lawn mom vs. Hezbollah drones
Operation Israel founder deploys netting system to disable enemy UAVs
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Lt. Col. Orr Ben Yehuda was the first woman to command an infantry battalion in the IDF Border Defense Corps. This portrait is by Dudu Palma.
April 30, 2026, 10:00 am
Heroines of October 7
JFNNJ displays images of women who fought back
By Abigail Klein Leichman
One of the 18 portraits of Elie Wiesel by Meyer Uranovsky (All photos by Marcia Uranovky)
April 1, 2026, 9:58 am
18 faces of Elie Wiesel
An artist’s portraits of the Nobel laureate will be on display on Yom HaShoah
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Ms. Roffman and pianist Eunae Kim join Thurnauer students after a performance.
March 26, 2026, 9:57 am
Thurnauer School honors its first leader
Gift of Music benefit concert celebrates Dorothy Kaplan Roffman
By Abigail Klein Leichman
TABC Dean of Humanities Shoshana Schultz moderates the panel discussion between political commentators and Jewish/Israel advocates Ami Kozak and Hillel Kornwasser.
March 19, 2026, 9:57 am
Civil discourse isn’t dead, at least at TABC
Boys high school launches new curriculum modeling respectful engagement
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Gil Amminadav and Natania Casden with their baby, Gefen Amit, at the Amit meetup in Netivot on February 18.
March 12, 2026, 9:48 am
14 babies named Amit
‘Anyone can just make a decision that they’re going to be a hero’
By Abigail Klein Leichman
After moving patients underground, Sheba Medical Center’s neurological rehabilitation team dressed up on erev Purim to demonstrate that a good environment is also part of the treatment. “Rehab requires professionalism and patience, but sometimes also a good costume that does the heart good,” they posted on Facebook.
March 5, 2026, 9:59 am
This is what resilience looks like
Missiles can’t defeat the Israeli spirit or its sushi bars
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Here, catcher Jason Agresti plays for Team Israel.
March 5, 2026, 9:51 am
Going to bat for Jewish values
Meet two locals on the World Baseball Classic’s Team Israel
By Abigail Klein Leichman
This wide-angle view shows Eitan Armon taking the difficult Zodiac route up El Capitan. (Elena Neuman)
March 5, 2026, 9:50 am
Nearly blind, but with unlimited vision
‘Looking Up’ documents Eitan Armon’s scaling both heights and hindrances
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Former Teaneckers Leah Moskovits, left, and Abigail Klein Leichman assemble boxes for field rations on an IDF base in central Israel. (Malka Shrybman)
February 26, 2026, 9:58 am
Cartons and connections
Look left, look right, it’s a New Jersey transplant
By Abigail Klein Leichman
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