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B’nai Jeshurun’s stunning old building in Newark is being renovated.(Lewis Stone)

Renovating B’nai Jeshurun

By Joanne Palmer

Father-son pair brings new life to stunning old Newark building

Cracking the case of the overworked doctor

By Larry Yudelson

Drake holds a Jewish wedding (with 23 brides) in his latest music video

By Jackie Hajdenberg and Andrew Lapin

Putin speaks at the 2019 Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. (Presidential Press and Information Office)

What happened at the Russian Davos?

By Joanne Palmer

Alexander Smukler of Montclair continues his analysis of Putin’s war against Ukraine

This is Cassville Crossroads Historic District in Jackson Township, on September 9, 2012.

New Jersey town agrees to repeal ordinance allegedly aimed at keeping out yeshivas

Leslie Dannin Rosenthal

Empowering small Jewish congregations

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Leslie Dannin Rosenthal adds to her challenging communal portfolio

Tamar Appel, right, talks with Claire Wurtzel, the co-educational director of Hidden Sparks, at a Learning Lenses meeting.

Hidden Sparks helps find each child’s own light

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Tamar Appel becomes the nonprofit’s director of education

Did you pay a shiva call?

Since my “shloshim” period of mourning ends this week, 30 days since my dad left this world, I have resolved for this to be my last column where I can grieve openly. I apologize if my last few columns were not your cup of... Continue Reading

Editorial

Starting to travel again

Jews and Muslims are together at the Nida-ul-Islam mosque. Joseph Kaplan is at the far right.

Opinion

Joseph C. Kaplan

Sharing similarities and celebrating differences

Opinion

Oil is always thicker than human rights

By Jonathan E. Lazarus

Column

Shammai Engelmayer

A misread narrative that fuels contempt

Tzivia Bieler, right, is next to her daughter, Lara Kwalbrun. From left, she’s with her son-in-law, Dr. Mark Kwalbrun, and some of the Kwalbruns’ kids — Estair, Tselya, Hadar, Chaki, and Raanan.

It’s all uphill on Mother’s Day

By Tzvivia Bieler

The Jewish Theological Seminary’s renovated library has a new exhibit about the Jewish home.

‘To build a new home’

By Joanne Palmer

New library at JTS exhibits ketubot as it celebrates new beginnings

Monument of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The dragon’s last gasp

By Joanne Palmer

Alexander Smukler continues his look at the war in Ukraine, and at Putin

Tamar Appel, right, talks with Claire Wurtzel, the co-educational director of Hidden Sparks, at a Learning Lenses meeting.

Hidden Sparks helps find each child’s own light

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Tamar Appel of Englewood becomes the nonprofit’s director of education

Rabbi Rachel Salston, left, Tzivya Kraus

‘Across the Spectrums’

By Miriam Allenson

Fair Lawn shuls to celebrate being Jewish and gay

Na la’amod — please stand for your aliyah. (Design by Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA)

Please stand

By Joanne Palmer

The Conservative movement offers a gender-neutral call to the Torah

Meet ShvomBob Kvadrat-hoyzn — um, SpongeBob SquarePants

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Local Jewish leaders accompany Ethiopian olim to Israel

By Maxim Dinshtein for The Jewish Agency for Israel

Maxim Dinshtein for The Jewish Agency for Israel

Dreams

Let’s talk about dreams. When I was 11 years old, I would daydream about meeting, falling in love with, and marrying Rick Springfield. It all made perfect sense to me. We were going to meet at Sam Goody’s, the local record store, strike up a... Continue Reading

Editorial

Looking toward the summer

Opinion

Eating treif

Opinion

Raphael Benaroya

U.S. needs to reset its relationships in the Middle East

Opinion

Andrew Silow-Carroll

An app that identifies trees and flowers is changing my life

Staffers get into the spirit of Messy Day at Cedar Lake Camp last summer. (New Jersey Y Camps)

‘Where you want to be’

By Joanne Palmer

New Jersey Y Camps prepare for the summer of 2022

This machine paints Jewish avocados

By Larry Yudelson

Estie and Joel Bryk stand behind the wheelchair of Ms. Bryk’s mother, Rosalyn Zelig, as she gets off the plane. To the right are three generations of family who came to greet her.

‘She’s there to hold my hand’

By Abigail Klein Leichman

B’Lev Shalem helps English-speaking Israelis when their elderly parents make aliyah

Temple Emanu-El is renting space from Temple Beth Am in Bayonne. Inset, Rabbi Shaul Praver

New hope for Bayonne’s Conservative community

By Joanne Palmer

Rabbi Shaul Praver, whose varied career ranges from Sandy Hook through a prison chaplaincy, takes the helm

Rachel Tiven (Leslie Von Pless)

Why it matters to be gay and Jewish

By Joanne Palmer

Lawyer-turned-historian Rachel Tiven looks at Harvey Milk and Ed Koch for Pride Shabbat in Livingston

Week two — Shavuot

I think the last time my parents were by me for a Jewish holiday, it was for Shavuot. Shavuot is the holiday when we eat a lot of dairy food because we have not yet received the Torah that came with a free, autographed copy... Continue Reading

Editorial

Thoughts on a picnic

Column

Shammai Engelmayer

Our ‘heart of hearts’ must remain united

Opinion

Joseph C. Kaplan

A blessed youth

Opinion

Thinking about toy guns

Opinion

Miryam Z. Wahrman Ph.D.

Masks still save lives

Opinion

Max L. Kleinman

In praise of moderation

A Charlton Heston-like Moses
stands between blessings and
curses as the Israelites look skyward. (All images courtesy Joel Silverstein)

Brushes with the Bible

By Joanne Palmer

The Tanach art of Mahwah’s Joel Silverstein

A few words about horror, guns, and Israel

By Larry Yudelson

Assemblyman Gary Schaer, left, and Senator Vin Gopal (Zush Photography)

Voting for Jewish education

By Larry Yudelson

TeachNJ dinner showcases group’s legislative successes

This is an T-62 tank; it’s a Cold War product, old and unsophisticated. The Russians have shipped T-62s out of storage in Siberia to replace the sophisticated new tanks the Ukrainians have destroyed.

‘Putin is not going to stop’

By Joanne Palmer

Alexander Smukler of Montclair looks back at the war’s first 90 days — and then he looks ahead grimly

(All photos courtesy Yeshiva University)

Yeshiva University celebrates its graduates

Seeking applicants for Teen Leadership Program

EDITORIAL

Memorial Day and Shavuot

OPINION

The composition

Week One

Before I begin, please know that I do take the whole death and mourning and shiva situation very seriously. I am extremely sensitive to the fact that there are people out there who are going through impossible health situations and losses and tragedies. This... Continue Reading

I’VE BEEN THINKING

The graveyard in my heart

OPINION

Rhonda Rosenheck

I should hide under my desk?

By Joanne Palmer

Fifth Avenue Israel celebration returns

Rabbi David Fine, left with Christian Stückl (David Fine)

Going to Oberammergau

By Joanne Palmer

Two rabbis talk about how Jews recently helped change Germany’s passion play

‘Somewheres on the Atlantic’

Emily Goldberg

Fighting for classroom instruction

By Larry Yudelson

Rabbis sign letter opposing non-pandemic remote schooling

Andrew Low, a passionate ice hockey player, is a creator of Kids Ice Cancer.

‘These were people you might see walking down the street’

By Abigail Klein Leichman

High school ice hockey team raises money for local pediatric cancer patients

The Russians destroyed this street in Mariupol during their siege of the city. (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine)

It was all a lie

By Joanne Palmer

Aleksander Smukler looks at this week’s news from Ukraine

LeBron James attends Jewish NYC wedding — and holds hands with ex-convict rabbi

By Gabe Friedman

‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ is filming an Israel scene

Questions and answers

As parents, we are asked a lot of question. And that is probably putting it mildly. You are blessed with a child. You are flying by the seat of your pants, doing the best that you possible can do, and yet you haven’t a clue... Continue Reading

EDITORIAL

How can this be?

OPINION

You never know who is listening: thoughts on pride

By Stefanie Diamond

Hey sport, want a hot column tip?

By Jonathan E. Lazarus

ANALYSIS

Raphael Benaroya

Iran: Time to avoid another failed U.S. policy

KEEPING THE FAITH

Shammai Engelmayer

How Torah law takes aim at gun violence

(Courtesy Museum of Jewish Heritage)

‘J O B – A Simple Man’ to be performed in Manhattan

Rabbi Daniel Cohen of Temple Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange and the incoming president of the National Council of Jewish Women, Jennie Rothman, stand together in Washington at a rally protesting the likely overturning of Roe v. Wade. (Rabbi Daniel Cohen)

Talking about abortion

By Joanne Palmer

Local Orthodox rabbi explains the halachic view; liberal rabbis protest in DC

Clockwise from top left, Yael Ziegler, Doron Perez, Gil Hoffman, Yosef Carmel, Rachel Fraenkel, and Miriam Peretz

From out of Zion

World Mizrachi brings Israeli scholars to Jersey shuls

Left, Alekander S., who will be 92 in June, is now in western Ukraine after escaping the bombing; right, Aleksandra B.’s grandson took his grandmother to a village 100 kilometers away to find safety.
(Photos courtesy of The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous)

15 ‘Righteous Gentiles’ lived in Ukraine

A Jersey-based American Jewish group rushed to aid them when Russia invaded

The Marcus National Blood Services Center (AFMDA)

Israel opens massive underground blood bank

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Secure facility in Ramla would guarantee supply during times of crisis

Michael Takiff (Joe Henson)

‘Jews, God and History’

By Curt Schleier

Writer from Elizabeth riffs about life at a performance in Manhattan

This was the Azovstal iron and steel factory in Mariupol in 2014. The city is in rubble now. (Wikimedia Commons)

‘We have witnessed a miracle’

By Joanne Palmer

Alexander Smukler talks about the week’s events in Ukraine and Russia

I would like to start this week’s column out by saying that I attended a shiur, or talk, about something to do with if there is a mitzvah to believe in God. Why did I go? Because the shiur/talk was given in memory of a friend... Continue Reading

EDITORIAL

Baby formula and community

OPINION

The builder

By Rosanne Skopp

I’VE BEEN THINKING

Joseph C. Kaplan

Wading into dangerous waters

OPINION

Who would want to be a teacher today?

By Dr. Elaine Shizgal Cohen

OPINION

What’s Jewish about tikkun olam?

By Norman Levin

Guy Mintus

From Blue Note to Beersheba

By Larry Yudelson

Joshua Waletzky sings and Deborah Strauss plays the violin in an YIVO celebration of folklorist and Yiddishish Ruth Rubin in 2018.

Reviving forgotten Yiddish folk songs

By Joanne Palmer

YIVO festival makes old music sing

Dana Lazich and Vitaly Zaslovsky’s daughters; from left, it’s Maya, Polina, and Dasha.

Buy art, help Ukraine

By Miriam Allenson

Local Eastern European families set up silent auction to support refugees

Russian troops parade in a recent — but prewar — Victory Day commemoration (Wikimedia Commons)

The Angry Dwarf chronicles

By Joanne Palmer

May 9 comes and goes — Victory Day’s surprise was its lack of surprises

This is the cover of Anna Olswanger’s book.

‘A Visit to Moscow’

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Local writer tells a story about a story in her graphic novel

Esther and her daughter, Elana, stand together at Elana’s wedding.

Weddings return to full bloom

Observations on the joys and perils of the new-old normal

Chilling with Google Translate

By Larry Yudelson

EDITORIAL

On dictators and pandemics

KEEPING THE FAITH

Rabbi Shammai Engelmayer

Warning: Roe is just the beginning

OPINION

A drawer filled with treasures

Renovating B’nai Jeshurun

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