Abigail Klein Leichman
Roy Woods, 83, stands next to the Torah scroll and Rabbi Yisrael Bennish at Chabad of Bayonne.
August 20, 2026, 9:57 am
Following the passion
Jersey City man, 83, celebrates bar mitzvah among Bayonne’s Chabad community
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Abby wears her 67 shirt and holds her new Zahav-Kav, entitling her to free public transportation.
August 6, 2026, 1:16 pm
Sweet 6-7
Finally, a free ride and other perks
By Abigail Klein Leichman
August 6, 2026, 12:31 pm
‘All sitting together, learning side by side’
Local YU students complete summer research internships in Israel
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Jaime and Susan Weiss celebrate their MDA ambulance donation with their Boca Raton community. (Photos by American Friends of Magen David Adom)
July 29, 2026, 2:58 pm
Donation fulfills dad’s dream
Fort Lee family presents ambulance to Magen David Adom
By Abigail Klein Leichman
Dr. Eric Fremed is the chair and Katie Katz is the executive director of Teach NJ.
July 23, 2026, 9:58 am
Teach NJ aims for parity
OU-supported group scores dollars for nonpublic schools in tough budget year
By 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
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