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INSIDE Read the May 28th Issue

Shani Mink is co-founder and executive director of the Jewish Farmer Network and adviser to Yesod Farm+Kitchen in Fairview, N.C. Photos courtesy Shani Mink

Livingston native digs into Judaism’s roots

By Johanna R Ginsberg

Shani Mink leads national network of Jewish farmers

Eric Schorr said he finds knitting “calming.” Photo Courtesy Eric Schorr

For the love of knitting

By Shira Vickar-Fox

The handicraft is embraced by a new generation of men

A stand-up comedian, Jessica Kirson has also had roles in several films and television shows. Photo Courtesy Jessica Kirson

‘We can laugh at ourselves’

South Orange native Jessica Kirson found her voice in Jewish humor

The author in the Portuguese town of Castelo de Vide.

When travel dreams are put on hold

By Lori Silberman Brauner

Stephen M. Flatow

Opinion

History proves that fears of Israel’s ‘annexation’ are unfounded

By Stephen M. Flatow

The Bronx County Courthouse/Mario Merola Building houses the Supreme Court. (Wally Grobetz/Flickr Commons)

OHEL suit opens window on foster care placements

By Steve Lipman

Woman alleges abuse in ’80s in Elizabeth home; claim of ‘inadequate vetting and monitoring’f

Turning curses into blessings

By Freema Gottlieb

Chukat-Balak — Numbers 19:1-25:9

Ben Taylor says he and Roth laughed well together and spoke of dreams, baseball, food, fiction, Bette Davis and Ava Gardner (Roth had an affair with her in London in the 1980s), and especially their shared interest in
American history. Allison West

A friendship of ‘Rothian’ proportions

By Sandee Brawarsky

Ben Taylor chronicles a long-running conversation ‘neither [of us] could live without’

“Crescendo”

Journal

Landmark film festival goes virtual

By NJJN Staff

When asked about whether he harbors anger toward God about his blindness, Sanford Greenberg says, “I would be lying if I said no. I have felt anger, but rarely. I believe in what Harry Truman said: ‘I have no time
for bitterness.’” Photo by M. Morgan

Investing legend Sanford Greenberg looks back on a life of blindness

By Sandee Brawarsky

David Saginaw

Journal

David Saginaw new federation president

By NJJN Staff

Alex Nasberg-Abrams

Journal

TSTI student finalist in international competition

By NJJN Staff

Rabbi Clifford Kulwin, bottom left, leads a Zoom class this week on lifecycle events with rabbinical students from Chile, Argentina, and Brazil.

Long-distance learning bolsters Jewish community in Latin America

By Rabbi Clifford Kulwin

Mara Levine, singer of songs extolling social activism

Jersey folk singer signs with national label

By Sherry S. Kirschenbaum

Mara Levine’s repertoire reflects ‘tikkun olam’ influence

Talia Levin

High school graduates gain tools to combat anti-Semitism

Susan Antman

Opinion

What we can and must do

By Susan Antman

Merri Ukraincik

With a pattern and a prayer

By Merri Ukraincik

Jacob Poplow heard stories of
miraculous survival from Holocaust survivor Bob Max.

Teens and survivors forge close ties — from a distance

By Jed Weisberger

Anti-Semitism of Black Lives Matter

By Richard Sherman

Max Lerner plays a water game during the CARnival as his mother, Heidi, looks on from the front seat. Photo by Robert Schneider

Journal

CARnival brings friends together for socially distant fun

By NJJN Staff

Benjamin Balint received the 2020 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish literature.

On the trail of Kafka’s literary afterlife

By Sandee Brawarsky

Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County continued their teen programming virtually throughout the pandemic.

Journal

Teens work together (virtually) through challenging times

By NJJN Staff

Friendship Circle participant Nikki Cano of Marlboro enjoys an online class with music therapist Coleen Shanager. Photos courtesy Friendship Circle

Bringing ‘warmth, love’ to kids with special needs

By Jennifer Altmann

Though just 27, Temple Emanu-El of Edison Cantor Emily C. Simkin’s experience in synagogue life has taken her all around the continental United States and Hawaii. Photo Courtesy Emily C. Simkin

New cantor looks to lead Temple Emanu-El together in song

By Jed Weisberger

Molly Nelson with babka she baked to raise money for the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Courtesy Melissa Feldman

Time for a mitzvah

By Shira Vickar-Fox

Livingston teens stuck at home get creative with fund-raisers

Rabbi Jordan Goldson is the new spiritual leader of Har Sinai Temple in Pennington. Photo Courtesy B’nai Israel

Rabbi Jordan Goldson to lead Har Sinai Temple ‘into our future’

By Jed Weisberger

After stint in Louisiana, Long Island native returns to his roots

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