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The first passengers were taken ashore from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship that docked at California's port of Oakland on March 9, 2020. JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images
March 11, 2020, 11:58 am
Setting an example during an outbreak
By NJJN Editors
A researcher in a lab developing testing for the coronavirus at Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation in Nutley. Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images
March 11, 2020, 11:16 am
Coronavirus forces new normal onto Jewish community
N.J. declares state of emergency
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Nineteen students from the upper school of Golda Och Academy in West Orange are in self-quarantine through Sunday, March 8.
March 5, 2020, 5:34 pm
Local Jewish institutions scramble to contain exposure to Coronavirus
By Johanna R Ginsberg, Jed Weisberger and Steve Lipman
Sandy Goodman, at left, wears a boxing robe and gloves at each Cycle for Survival event to show she’s “fighting” for a cure. Her husband, Len, is at right. Photos courtesy Sandy Goodman
December 11, 2019, 12:05 pm
Cycle for Survival raises hundreds of millions for rare cancers
Founded by Livingston native, national event adds Sunday ride in Summit
By Jed Weisberger
Lee, left, who needs a kidney transplant, and Caren Gaitman are banking on Renewal’s track record of finding matching donors. Photo courtesy Lee and Caren Gaitman
October 3, 2019, 12:40 pm
Chabad of Short Hills aids desperate search for a kidney
By Jed Weisberger
Bone marrow donor Jay Matthew of Livingston, at left, meets recipient Richard Pepper of Ashland, Ore., who said that before the match he was told he had six weeks to live. Photo courtesy Gift of Life Bone Marrow Registry
August 21, 2019, 11:30 am
Livingston bone marrow donor saves life of Oregon man
By Jed Weisberger
Michael Leviton, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, said many people “don’t realize how important donating blood is.” Photo by Jennifer Altmann
August 12, 2019, 11:37 am
Leukemia survivor: Giving blood is ‘definition of a mitzvah’
Michael Leviton now works to boost donations
By Jennifer Altmann
Alan Shamah, a Bike4Chai founder, in last year’s ride; he said the mission of Chai Lifeline’s Camp Simcha and Camp Simcha Special is to “bring childhood back to children” with serious illnesses. Photos by Lenny Groysman for Chai Lifeline
August 5, 2019, 11:20 am
Ride for ‘life’ offers physical challenges, emotional highs
For 10 years, Bike4Chai helps ‘bring joy to seriously ill kids’
By Michele Alperin
Mindfulness is integrated throughout the summer at Sababa Beachaway, the Jewish surfing camp in Virginia Beach. Photo courtesy Sababa Beachaway
July 31, 2019, 10:52 am
Cultivating mindfulness at camp
Aim of new practices is to reduce stress for campers, counselors
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Samuel Aronoff, right, of Highland Park with Mark DeFrancesco Jr., during their first meeting at Shea Stadium in 2004. Aronoff, a Rutgers University student at the time, was a bone marrow donor for DeFrancesco, then 11. Photos courtesy NY Mets
June 24, 2019, 11:04 am
Highland Park bone marrow donor and young recipient remain ‘like family’
By Debra Rubin
Efforts to counter the anti-vaccination movement included a discussion last week at the New Eichler’s in Borough Park by Ann Koffsky on her 2015 book about the importance of vaccination, “Judah the Maccabee Goes to the Doctor.” Courtesy of Ann Koffsky
May 22, 2019, 10:57 am
There’s no debate: vaccines prevent measles
Fear of disease forces cancellation of day school tournament
By Stewart Ain
A nurse prepares a measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine in Rockland County, N.Y. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images
April 17, 2019, 11:28 am
Fear of measles contagious
Several area synagogues ban unvaccinated from premises
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Clarence Jackson Jr. at a fall check-up with Dr. Paul Feldman. (Photo by Johanna Ginsberg)
March 27, 2019, 11:43 am
Changing lives one smile at a time
West Orange dentist donates care to Essex County veterans
By Shira Vickar-Fox
Body and soul cycle: A recent At the Well gathering. Courtesy of Sarah Waxman
March 13, 2019, 12:20 pm
Giving wellness a Jewish twist
Expanding network of ‘well circles’ connecting millennials to ancient practice
By Rebecca Raphael
Extend Fertility’s sleek offices. Courtesy of Extend Fertility
March 6, 2019, 11:17 am
For agunot, a new fertility lifeline
Group aiding ‘chained’ women teams with boutique clinic to ease biological-clock pressure
By Hannah Dreyfus
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