Miriam Allenson
From left, Aunt Kati, Bela Guyla, and Egle, who all still live in Eastern Europe, are among the Righteous Gentiles the JFR supports.
January 5, 2023, 8:55 am
Remembering and repaying the rescuers
West Orange organization sends extra aid to Righteous Gentiles
By Miriam Allenson
Six13 will play at Sons of Israel in Nyack as the community celebrates Chanukah together again.
December 15, 2022, 9:58 am
A Chanukah party with the sounds of Six13
Sons of Israel in Nyack hosts group as music returns
By Miriam Allenson
The son of a Princeton rabbi and grandson of a cantor, Avi Wisnia is at home at the piano. (Courtesy of Avi Wisnia)
November 2, 2022, 4:53 pm
Avi Wisnia comes back home
Local singer-songwriter to perform at West Windsor Arts Center
By Miriam Allenson
Gaby Beck, at top left, moderated a panel about abortion rights; speakers, clockwise from top right, were Helen Archontou, Lil Corcoran, and Loretta Weinberg.
August 24, 2022, 5:56 pm
Roe across generations
NCJW’s Bergen section meets to consider effect of Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision
By Miriam Allenson
These are some of this summer’s Lerner Fellows; Sarah Coykendall is sitting, second from left, Terrilisa Bauknight, seated in the middle, is wearing a brightly colored dress, and Stanlee Stahl, standing at right, has a mask on.
July 13, 2022, 5:58 pm
Confronting uncomfortable truths
22 Lerner Fellows, all educators, study how to fully teach about the Holocaust
By Miriam Allenson
Rabbi Rachel Salston, left, Tzivya Kraus
June 15, 2022, 4:54 pm
‘Across the Spectrums’
Fair Lawn shuls to celebrate being Jewish and gay
By Miriam Allenson
Dana Lazich and Vitaly Zaslovsky’s daughters; from left, it’s Maya, Polina, and Dasha.
May 11, 2022, 7:54 pm
Buy art, help Ukraine
Local Eastern European families set up silent auction to support refugees
By Miriam Allenson
In 1945, a Soviet soldier took his picture of liberated children leaving Auschwitz; circled in the center, Michael’s grandmother carries him to freedom. (Both Photos: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park)
April 13, 2022, 7:57 pm
‘The Survivor’s Club’
Child survivor of Auschwitz tells his story
By Miriam Allenson
Boys at the Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey work with the Ani Tefillah program.
March 16, 2022, 6:53 pm
‘I Am Prayer’
Local day schools use Jewish educator’s program to teach davening
By Miriam Allenson
The large, imposing building on the right is Barnert Temple.
March 16, 2022, 6:52 pm
Talking about Jewish Paterson
Museum Foundation to hear architectural historian’s assessment of the city
By Miriam Allenson
After they were converted, 11 Igbo couples were remarried in Jewish ceremonies. The chuppot they used are behind them.
January 26, 2022, 5:55 pm
‘It’s a growing community’
Rutgers’ Bildner talk about young woman’s growing ties to Nigerian Jews to be online next week
By Miriam Allenson
Isamu Noguchi’s Momo Taro stands in Storm King.
January 19, 2022, 5:50 pm
Storm King: Where sculpture reigns supreme
A retired pediatrician talks about the upstate sculpture garden’s splendors
By Miriam Allenson
Ariella Steinreich, second from right, with some friends; from left, they are Sumaiiah Almheiri, Alanoud Alhashmi, Alex Peterfreund, Ambassador Houda Nonoo, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, and Dr. Majid Al Sarrah
December 15, 2021, 5:53 pm
An Orthodox Jew’s adventures in the UAE
Ariella Steinreich of Teaneck talks about her life in Dubai
By Miriam Allenson
Childhood friends Estelle Cohen and Naomi Cohn pack food for Rise Against Hunger together.
November 17, 2021, 5:55 pm
They rise against hunger
River Edge shul volunteers pack meals for global distribution
By Miriam Allenson
Talia Carner
November 10, 2021, 5:49 pm
An unsilenced voice against abuse
Author Talia Carner talks about trafficked Jewish women and other historic injustices
By Miriam Allenson
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