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Double dates — October 7 and Tishrei 22
Tragedies mark the calendars, no matter which one is used
Ruth Reichl is at home in the Hudson Valley.
‘The kitchen was my happy place’
By Curt Schleier
Gilad Korngold speaks and Nitza Korngold, next to him, listens, at Rockland Community College.
‘We walk around like zombies’
By Deb Breslow
Students worked through this New Yorker story by Roxane Gay; they found much to discuss there.
The genie is out of the bottle
By Merrill Silver
Ely Winkler
October 2, 2024, 2:58 pm
A gay Orthodox Jew comes home
Ely Winkler of Eshel makes a complicated, heartfelt return to the community of his childhood
By Joanne Palmer
Students worked through this New Yorker story by Roxane Gay; they found much to discuss there.
October 2, 2024, 2:57 pm
The genie is out of the bottle
What it’s like to teach a class of Haitian ESL students right now
By Merrill Silver
Gilad Korngold speaks and Nitza Korngold, next to him, listens, at Rockland Community College.
October 2, 2024, 2:56 pm
‘We walk around like zombies’
Hostage’s father expresses personal anguish while scorning government efforts
By Deb Breslow
Ruth Reichl is at home in the Hudson Valley.
October 2, 2024, 2:55 pm
‘The kitchen was my happy place’
Ruth Reichl dishes about food, farming, and family
By Curt Schleier
October 2, 2024, 2:54 pm
Double dates — October 7 and Tishrei 22
Tragedies mark the calendars, no matter which one is used
Vladimir Putin is welcomed to Mongolia.
September 26, 2024, 9:59 am
Shadow war with red lines and no rules
Ukraine’s ‘victory’ proposal disguises an urgent, last-ditch appeal to the West
By Joanne Palmer
The sands and dunes of Long Beach Island are quietly desolate as September and autumn take hold.
September 26, 2024, 9:58 am
Savoring the solitude of September
Long Beach Island is the perfect place to pass the autumnal equinox
By Jonathan E. Lazarus
Kenny G. as he is today. (Kenny G.)
September 26, 2024, 9:57 am
‘I play my music the way I play my music’
A talk with the very Jewish and confident Kenny G.
By Curt Schleier
This image — like all the others in this story, it’s from the trove Mr. Slater bought on eBay — shows a murdered garment factory owner in his storeroom. ( All photos courtesy Daniel Slater)
September 26, 2024, 9:56 am
Exploring a brave new Jewish underworld
‘The Incorruptibles’ traces crime from Polish shtetl to East Side ghetto 
By Joanne Palmer
Neil Lazarus speaks at Temple Beth Rishon in Wyckoff.
September 26, 2024, 9:55 am
Fog of war, lack of clarity
Political expert describes different perspectives for Israelis and American Jews
By Deb Breslow
Hebrew school children on their first day of school.
September 26, 2024, 9:54 am
Millburn shul contributes to a Magen David Adom ambulance
This poster shows some of the vibrant young people Hamas murdered on October 7.
September 19, 2024, 9:58 am
‘And yet we dance’
Academy for Jewish Religion’s machzor supplement adds to the liturgy as we look back at this terrible year
By Joanne Palmer
Max, David, Michelle, and Brooke Dryerman (GoFundMe photo)
September 19, 2024, 9:57 am
‘Nobody has any words’
Brooke, Michelle, and David Dryerman of Woodcliff Lake die when family car crashes
By Joanne Palmer
Dr. Jonathan Gribetz
September 19, 2024, 9:56 am
‘Reading Herzl in Beirut’
Historian Jonathan Gribetz will discuss the PLO’s surprising Research Center
By Joanne Palmer
Participants of the New Member Institute gather for a group portrait in 2023. The retreat was held on the top of Aspen Mountain.
September 19, 2024, 9:54 am
Leadership program expands
Wexner Foundation will train new cohorts of Jewish community activists
By Leah Adler
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