Esther Kook
Esther Kook in Florida: From left, Esther’s cousin, Jeannie; her sister, Eve; Esther; and Esther’s daughter, Elana.
September 12, 2024, 9:53 am
Kindness of strangers
Our correspondent is stranded at an airport when goodness gets her home
By Esther Kook
Viktor Frankl in 1965 (Franz Vesely)
August 15, 2024, 9:53 am
Considering the world through the lens of Viktor Frankl
By Esther Kook
From left, Alicia Wexler, Esther Kook, and Riki Landa are at the pool. (all photos courtesy Esther Kook)
July 11, 2024, 9:58 am
My favorite staycation
A teacher explains why she loves spending the summer by the pool
By Esther Kook
From left, Andria Rosenbaum, Teaneck Library director Shinae Hyun, Chana Stiefel, Ohr Saadya youth director Sara Weinberg, and the library’s head of youth services, Amy Sears (Esther Kook)
May 9, 2024, 9:54 am
Young readers meet local children’s book authors
It’s a lively Jewish Heritage Month at the Teaneck public library
By Esther Kook
Esther Kook holds a seder plate.
April 18, 2024, 9:55 am
Do you suffer from seder stress?
Symptoms include feverish supermarket and kitchen activity
By Esther Kook
Esther Kook’s Aunt Helen and Uncle Sidney
February 15, 2024, 9:56 am
When all feels punkt fakert
Remembering the ‘greeners’ in this upside-down world
By Esther Kook
Esther Kook’s father beams at his little girl.
January 11, 2024, 9:53 am
Yiddish, Polish, English, and my father
A grown-up rabbi’s kid looks back at language and life
By Esther Kook
November 9, 2023, 9:53 am
A mind’s a terrible thing to close
Looking at the highly troubling state of higher education today
By Esther Kook
ON THE COVER: A few days after Hamas invaded Israel, members of the local Jewish community gathered in Votee Park in Teaneck to show their support for the Jewish state. (Photo by Steve Fox)
October 19, 2023, 9:56 am
There still is hope
Gathering for Israel at Votee Park
By Esther Kook
Mindy Geliebter, left, and Esther Kook show off Rosh Hashanah toys.
September 14, 2023, 10:53 am
Tabula rasa
Starting the new year from the beginning
By Esther Kook
August 23, 2023, 5:55 pm
That’s movie heaven
Enjoying feel-good films, even when they’re directed by Hitchcock
By Esther Kook
Ether Kook, left, with Fay, a friend from her block.
August 2, 2023, 4:56 pm
I’m not bored
By Esther Kook
Esther Kook is surrounded by the children in one of her reading groups.
June 28, 2023, 4:56 pm
Links in the chain
A teacher looks back at the year — and other years before this one
By Esther Kook
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
Esther Kook
March 30, 2022, 7:50 pm
Trust your instincts
By Esther Kook
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