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June 3, 2023

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Two young women hold flags next to the podium as the Jewish-Palestine Pavilion opened, 84 years ago this month. Maurice Ascalon’s copper sculpture stands above them; a sculpture of Theodor Herzl is between them.

From Hungary to Israel to South Jersey

By Joanne Palmer

Maurice Ascalon’s 1939 World’s Fair sculpture was just the start of an unlikely career

Rep. Donald Payne Jr (D-N.J. Dist. 10), center, in striped suit, meets with Essex County Norpac members; from left, in the front row: Marina Kirshenbaum and Ann Hirsch, both of West Orange; Phil and Hannah Kirshenbaum of Short Hills; Barbara Israel Bortniker and David Bortniker of West Orange; Susan Gurtman of North Caldwell; and Avi and Ethan Kampel of West Orange. Rep. Payne’s legislative aide, Ruben Goddard, and chief of staff LaVerne Alexander stand at the back.

‘It’s so important just to show up’

By Joanne Palmer

Norpac resumes in-person advocacy mission to Washington

Golda Och Academy student Abby Hodes interviews Esther Gever. (Erin Sternthal)

‘Names, Not Numbers’

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Golda Och Academy 10th-grade students document Holocaust survivors’ stories

A recent production of “Right to be Forgotten” at Chicago’s Raven Theater features Kelsey Elyse Rodriguez and Adam Shalzi. (Michael Brosilow)

‘Right to be Forgotten’

By Curt Schleier

Playwright remembers her Jewish values when selecting subjects

Oded Grinstein holds his baby, who then had a rare cancer, more than a decade ago. She’s cured now, and he works to help other children find the treatments they need.

Children with cancer, adults with compassion

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Fair Lawn couple develops global network of expertise and caring

Editorial

Shavuot and Memorial Day

Column

Shammai Engelmayer

The extra day that need not be

Opinion

Rabbi Alan Silverstein

The legal significance of Israel’s Declaration of Independence

Opinion

Don’t buy it!

Have you ever bought something, for either yourself or someone else, that turns out to be a total disaster? You see something online that looks absolutely perfect, you order it, you pay for it, you sign a policy that forbids you from ever returning it... Continue Reading

Joey Weisenberg

Music is breath, song is life

By Joanne Palmer

Joey Weisenberg talks before his visit to Teaneck

Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi speaks at the Conference on Belonging for the Buffalo Jewish Federations in April 2022. (CCAR)

Advocating for transgender kids

By Joanne Palmer

Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi of Montclair tells how the Reform movement cares for her community

Rabbi Abraham Cooper

‘We do have to come together to defend each other’

By Ellen Braunstein

Wiesenthal Center’s Rabbi Abraham Cooper to address New Jersey Jewish Business Alliance

Rob Kaminsky played for Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic. (Photos courtesy WBC Team Israel)

Making a new pitch for the majors

By Dave Lieberfarb

Local baseball phenom Rob Kaminsky sets his sights on Seattle

David Braun is YIVO’s new academic adviser.

Not a native speaker — but naturalized

By Joanne Palmer

Yiddishist David Braun of Leonia takes new position at YIVO

Lori Fein, center, and her husband, Marty Ramirez, sit with their daughters; from left, they’re Israela (Izzi), 13; Dahlia, 19; Margalit, 20; Aviva, 23; and Adiel, 16. (David Zimand)

The Oy & Joy of Family

New podcast celebrates life with lots of kids

Event sponsors Joseph Sprung and Diane Lempert (the chairman/founder and executive director of Bear Givers) are flanked, from left, by Sinai’s president, Avi Vogel; Leo Brandstatter z”l Dean Rabbi Dr. Yisrael Rothwachs, Sinai’s communications director, Abigail Hepner Gross; its development director, Pam Ennis; and its associate managing director, Arielle Greenbaum Saposh.

Sinai Schools’ art show celebrates students’ artistic creations

Editorial

Summer is coming

Column

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The American lunatic asylum needs a new political party

Opinion

Joseph C. Kaplan

Winning the championship of life

Opinion

He’s not my type

Opinion

Rabbanit Jennifer Geretz

Thinking about liminal space and Shavuot

Opinion

Max L. Kleinman

Nakba Day symbolizes the failure of Palestinian leadership

Opinion

Rabbi Alan Silverstein

Do not alter Israel’s Law of Return

The perfect ending

I have learned that you are not allowed to say bad things publicly about Jewish-owned establishments. Yes, I know this sounds bad. Why is it okay to say something bad about an establishment owned by a non-Jew? I am not here to debate that. If I... Continue Reading

Looking back at growing up

Clear-eyed journalist describes a long career — and a good life

Watching our words

MetroWest organizations launch initiative to promote mindful speech

Evan Gershkovich (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images) left, Evgenia Berkovich (Wikipedia), and Nina Katerly (Wikidata)

More Jews are arrested in Russia

By Joanne Palmer

Alexander Smukler of Montclair tells the story of Zhenya Berkovich and a prediction about Evan Gershkovich; says we must remember them

News of the crash made its way over the Hudson; the tabloid New York Daily News covered the story.

When planes collided over Teaneck

By Joanne Palmer

Walking tour will highlight town’s almost-forgotten World War II story

Editorial

History and the New Jersey Jewish News

Column

Shammai Engelmayer

The death rate that mars Mother’s Day

Opinion

Rabbi Hannah Orden

Manna, hunger, and counting the omer

Opinion

Opinion

Rabbi Mendy Kaminker

The mitzvah not to eat free lunch

Opinion

Andrew Silow-Carroll

A Jewish journalist takes sides in America’s ‘slow civil war’

Refreshing Wines for Shavuos

By Gabriel Geller

Well moms, it’s our time of year once again. When our families flock to us and bestow gifts and cards and flowers and chocolates upon us. When diamond tiaras are placed upon our heads in order to reinforce our queenly status, and we are... Continue Reading

Mandy Patinkin

‘Being Alive’

By Curt Schleier

Mandy Patinkin talks about life; soon he’ll sing in Englewood

Before Shabbat started, the community gathered for a group photo at Temple Beth Shalom in Livingston.

Building community through an academy

Local Russian Jews offer classes to fill in the cultural gaps left behind

Clockwise from top left, China’s President Xi Jinping (Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via Getty Images), Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (Russian Presidential Press and Information Office), Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov (Wikimedia Commons) and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Building dragon’s teeth — the action has begun

By Joanne Palmer

Alexander Smukler looks at China, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, and Evan Gershkovich

Residents and staff members stand together at a Healthy Healing program that the JCHC runs in Essex County.

Doing more for those who did for us

JCHC is newly licensed to provide assisted living services to low-income seniors

Editorial

The founders and living memory

Column

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

A blast in Israel on its 75th birthday

Opinion

The pediatricians

Opinion

Let’s put the ‘Judah’ back in Judaism

A few weeks ago, I shared with you that my computer needed a new battery. Joe, the helpful genius, assisted me, and I was so happy. What also made me happy is that when I started using the computer again, I noticed that it looked... Continue Reading

Meet real people making a real difference at the Great Israeli Real Estate event

‘Signed, sealed, delivered?’

By Joanne Palmer

Israel Story looks at the country’s founding document in Teaneck program

Mark Braff shows his new book to his father, Milton, who played catch with him on their Fair Lawn block. (Courtesy Mark Braff)

What’s it like being the son of a major league baseball player?

By Joanne Palmer

Local author finds out; along the way he learns how to network, write, and publish a book

The members of Congress on the trip include, second from left, Joe Neguse, Josh Gottheimer, Hakeem Jeffries, and Yvette Clarke. (All photos courtesy Josh Gottheimer)

‘It’s a vital relationship’

By Joanne Palmer

Josh Gottheimer talks about his trip to Israel with Hakeem Jeffries

Barnert Temple members gather before the cleanup starts. (All photos courtesy Barnert Temple

Barnert Temple rededicates Centerville Cemetery

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Synagogue in Franklin Lakes restores its old burial ground in Clifton

Editorial

The Jersey City marathon

Column

Shammai Engelmayer

Journalism: A sacred obligation

Opinion

Joseph C. Kaplan

Confrontation (with apologies to the Rav)

Opinion

Opinion

Rabbi Dr. Michael Chernick

Neither religious nor Zionist

Opinion

Rabbi Mendy Kaminker

One good word at a time

Happy birthday, house!

How is it possible that I forgot to wish my house a happy birthday? Well, it’s the anniversary of when I moved into my house (along with Husband #1 and Sons #1 and 2) and it became our home. Twenty-five years. I have been living... Continue Reading

Sheila Katz advocates for fairness in the judicial system. (All photos courtesy NCJW/Sheila Katz)

Fighting for ‘full equity and safety’

By Joanne Palmer

Livingston shul to hear NCJW’s national president outline the progress and challenges

Last December, Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin hold a joint press conference. (Wikimedia Commons)

To be or not to be?

By Joanne Palmer

The critical question for Putin and Ukraine this summer

Stuart and Minnie Lazarus pose proudly on the boardwalk in 1930.

Mom and Dad never felt insecure about Social Security

By Jonathan E. Lazarus

My checks have been in the mail (electronically) for 17 years, but what about my stepsons and grandkids?

Tzivia Bieler smiles at a grandson’s bar mitzvah in Israel.

Not so laid back

By Tzivia Bieler

Reflections on the root and meaning of spinal pain

Nefesh b’Nefesh and Israeli goverment officials are surrounded by medical officials (and one ringer) in Teaneck. (All photos courtesy of Nir Arieli)

Helping medical professionals make aliyah

MedEx in Teaneck simplifies Israel’s complex licensing process

Editorial

Column

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The Holocaust is fading fast and it’s a catastrophe

Opinion

Why I’m proud to be a Jew

Opinion

Opinion

Rabbi Mendy Kaminker

Hopefully, ChatGPT is signaling good things to come

Opinion

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Should a Holocaust documentary have a happy ending?

Opinion

Danger lurks when a nation’s military deterrence fades

Babka in Israel, part 4 — relax, it’s the last part!

The main reason for Babka’s trip to Israel was to meet Danish. Danish did not disappoint. My dad would have loved this particular Danish, and I really hope that wherever he is, he is able to enjoy her as much as I am. I had... Continue Reading

A child plays an Ethiopian immigrant to Israel in “Exodus 91.” (Avishag Shaar Yashuv)

On eagles’ wings?

On eagles’ wings?

TJ Katz of Livingston is BBYO’s new Grand Aleph Gadol-elect. (All photos courtesy Jason Dixson Photography)

Meet BBYO’s Grand Aleph Gadol-elect

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Teen group’s international president is from Greater Jersey Hudson River region

Chiune Sugihara

‘Vessels of Light’

By Joanne Palmer

Debut symphony will honor Chiune Sugihara, a savior of Jews

Michael Okunev is second on the right in this group of Red Army soldiers, right after the liberation of Bakhmut, then called Artemovsk. All photos courtesy Dr. Anna Rabichev)

By Joanne Palmer

A Yom Hashoah story from Ukraine

Camp Sababa’s Strumstick band jams with the Young Israelites reggae band.

Healing physical and emotional scars

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Tenafly attorney, founder of camp for burn victims in Israel, tells of young lives transformed

Ron Blomberg walks out to a standing ovation from a capacity Yankee Stadium crowd.

Boomer rolls out the first pitch

Bob Nesoff writes about his friend Ron Blomberg

Editorial

Thinking about Yom Hashoah

Column

Shammai Engelmayer

Remembering why we are who we are

Opinion

Mourning the Dees — incorporeality and heaviness

Opinion

Camp to college: How Jewish camp prepares children for college and life

Opinion

Watching the world go by

Babka goes to Israel — Part III

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