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Editor's Column
Gabe Kahn
July 8, 2020, 12:31 pm
Time cannot heal this wound
By Gabe Kahn
A stand-up comedian, Jessica Kirson has also had roles in several films and television shows. Photo Courtesy Jessica Kirson
July 1, 2020, 1:46 pm
‘We can laugh at ourselves’
South Orange native Jessica Kirson found her voice in Jewish humor
By Gabe Kahn
Get Out of My Way, Old Man! Photo by Orly Kahn
May 13, 2020, 12:07 pm
Telling NJJN’s story with Milk Duds, a bunny, and baseball
By Gabe Kahn
April 22, 2020, 9:45 am
Turns out sometimes you can go home again
A last-minute save and unprecedented circumstances leads to going back to where it all started
By Gabe Kahn
Photo by Binyamin Mellish via Pexels
March 18, 2020, 10:41 am
Looking through the darkness for a ray of sunshine
Pandemic distances us from our Jewish lifestyles
By Gabe Kahn
February 19, 2020, 12:36 pm
The lesser of two nominees
The whiff of having to choose between Trump and Sanders simply stinks
By Gabe Kahn
Rob Carr/ Getty Images
January 29, 2020, 12:02 pm
Remembering all of Kobe
Fallen Laker’s greatness can overshadow — but should not erase — his mistakes
By Gabe Kahn
Gary Rosenblatt, former editor-in-chief and publisher of The New York Jewish Week, NJJN’s sister publication, stepped down at the end of September.
November 20, 2019, 11:26 am
We’ll miss you, Gary
Whether calling out corruption, steadying the ship, or nixing bad jokes, Rosenblatt brought out the best in all of us
By Gabe Kahn
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October 30, 2019, 11:23 am
The fix is in
Looking for a ‘fixer’ to install a showerhead, argue a parking ticket, or negotiate peace in the Middle East
By Gabe Kahn
(Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO via Getty Images)
October 10, 2019, 11:11 am
Trump and Israel: Best friends or frenemies?
For many, the president’s support for the Jewish state is unquestioned. Perhaps it should be
By Gabe Kahn
The makeshift memorial outside of Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh last year. Getty Images
September 25, 2019, 11:39 am
Moving past a year to remember
By Gabe Kahn
Neta Riskin. Courtesy of Adi Orni
September 16, 2019, 11:23 am
‘Shtisel’ star dishes on Israeli women’s role in TV, film
By Gabe Kahn
Mourners attend a memorial service to remember the victims of a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, in which nine people were killed and another 26 injured. Getty Images
August 14, 2019, 11:03 am
What we need to survive, together alive
Uncovering a ray of sunshine in the wake of the saddest day of the year
By Gabe Kahn
A young girl looks on as she attends a vigil for the victims of the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images
August 7, 2019, 11:02 am
Tragedy strikes near, and far
The scourge of gun violence, once again
By Gabe Kahn
One of history’s most infamous killers, Ted Bundy admitted to murdering upward of 30 women. Wikimedia Commons
July 17, 2019, 11:12 am
Punishment with a capital maybe
Even when death is deserved, do we have a right to take a life?
By Gabe Kahn
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