In previous columns I have reminisced about how, when you have kids at home, the changing of the seasons is defined by what activities they have. For example, you know it is fall when they have soccer, and you are watching them play in the freezing cold, long after the sun has gone down. And you know it is summer when you start buying supplies for camp. Lots and lots of socks and underwear. The newest style of t-shirt-dry fit, cotton… With boys it was always easy and never...
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This year, the Jewish Historical Society of Greater MetroWest NJ commemorates 35 years of dedication to preserving the dynamic history of Jewish life in its sprawling catchment area. What began on June 4, 1990, as a visionary effort to safeguard the community’s legacy has grown into one of...
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Tens of thousands of people thousands of people marched up Fifth Avenue on Sunday. The crowd, marchers and onlookers alike, was estimated at more than 50,000 as the Israel Day on Fifth parade, with floats, bands, and large numbers of students and faculty from local day schools,...
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Hamas released Edan Alexander, an American Israeli citizen from Tenafly, back to Israel under a deal reached with the United States. He’d been held hostage by the terrorist group in Gaza for 584 days. The release, conducted Monday evening in Gaza, may inaugurate a new phase in the...
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