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Rabbi Jonathan Kroll, foreground, the principal of SAR High School in Riverdale and Rabbi Joshua Lookstein, head of school at the Westchester Day School in Mamaroneck, N.Y., attend a briefing on the coronavirus outbreak conducted by Gov. Mario Cuomo in White Plains, N.Y., March 4, 2020. (governorandrewcomo Flickr)
March 6, 2020, 12:12 pm
The Modern Orthodox community is tested, but not bested, by the coronavirus
Webs of connection have both spread the disease and provided the means to overcome its isolating effects. 
By Hannah Dreyfus
The SAR Academy in Riverdale. Photo credit: JTA
March 3, 2020, 10:42 am
SAR Day School Closes, Citing Suspected Coronavirus Case
Concern over a global outbreak hits home for Jewish institutions already taking precautions.
By Steve Lipman
Illustrative photo: Visitors gather in the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Jan. 27, 2014, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Getty Images
August 28, 2019, 4:51 pm
Words as weapons
The harm of omitting the Jewish experience from California’s proposed curriculum
By Barbara Wind
August 28, 2019, 4:44 pm
Is Trump selling Israel out? No, he’s buying it.
(SATIRE) Bibi embraces radical proposal, calls president ‘the new Herzl.’
By Gary Rosenblatt
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at a joint news conference with President Donald Trump at the White House, Feb. 15, 2017. (Getty Images)
May 15, 2019, 11:59 am
Beware of nationalist leaders
Disturbing Trump-Netanyahu parallels at play
By NJJN Editors
Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu greets supporters at his victory speech in Tel Aviv, April 10, 2019. JTA
May 1, 2019, 2:01 pm
In search of a Likudnik
By Orli Santo
A makeshift memorial for the victims of the Chabad of Poway. A gunman inspired by white nationalists opened fire on Passover, killing one and injuring three. Getty Images
May 1, 2019, 1:05 pm
Amid push for shul security funds, anti-Semitic violence ‘truly alarming’
Following Poway attack, calls for political leaders to probe white nationalism
By Stewart Ain
About 200 people attended the Peace & Unity Gathering held two days after the April 27 shooting at Chabad of Poway in Calif. Photo by Johanna Ginsberg
May 1, 2019, 12:10 pm
NJ community on guard after Poway shooting
Locals gather at Chabad at Short Hills to mourn loss of life
By Johanna R Ginsberg
A sign of “life”: After completing one portrait of Elie Wiesel, local artist Meyer Uranovsky said he felt inspired to keep going. Over the course of nearly a year of work, he decided to do 18, chai, the symbol of life and continuity. All are on exhibit at UJA-Federation for the next two months. Photos courtesy of UJA-Federation
April 24, 2019, 10:29 am
On Yom HaShoah eve, missing our ‘reluctant prophet’
By Gary Rosenblatt
The Kingsborough Community College campus in Brooklyn. Courtesy of Kingsborough Community College
April 3, 2019, 2:56 pm
Anti-Semitism charges roiling Brooklyn community college
East Brunswick prof. among targeted victims, claims hatred brewing for years
By Amy Sara Clark and Debra Rubin
Israel support across the aisle: House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), left, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speak at this week’s AIPAC conference. (Getty Images)
March 27, 2019, 11:11 am
AIPAC walking a shaky bipartisan tightrope
Pro-Israel lobby buffeted by strong political crosswinds at annual conference
By Shira Hanau
Stella Jeruzalmi Stanway plays with a migrant child at a comedor, or soup kitchen, just across the border in Mexico. (Photos by Rabbi Joshua Lesser)
March 18, 2019, 11:19 am
At border, migrants’ plight like being trapped in ‘burning building’
Elberon educator gets first-hand account of immigration debate from those who live it
By Debra Rubin
AJC New Jersey’s Leaders for Tomorrow cohort included, back row, from left, Matt Feierstein, Max Burgida, Jason Lefkort, Jason Friedman, Michael Zuckerman, Andrew Wilf, AJC’s Rabbi David Levy, and Jack Friedman; front row, AJC’s Dena Dubofsky, Ava Kotel, Lilly Berman, Cara Flyer, Jess Moskowitz, and Nina Robins.
March 13, 2019, 1:28 pm
Tomorrow’s leaders lead the Jewish community in advocacy today
By Cara Flyer and Andrew Wilf
Al Jolson in “The Jazz Singer.” Getty Images
February 11, 2019, 11:27 am
Jews and blackface: A complicated story
By Steve Lipman
Rafael Medoff and Shulamit Magnus
January 30, 2019, 11:49 am
Needed: Term limits for U.S. Jewish leaders
By Rafael Medoff and Shulamit Magnus
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