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Deb Breslow
Tim Kiniry, a 104-year-old World War II vet, was in the first medical unit to enter Buchenwald after it was liberated.
May 28, 2026, 9:59 am
Inspiring stories from unexpected people
At Stockton University, a Latino and a 104-year-old WWII vet add to the mosaic
By Deb Breslow
Phoebe Pollinger, left, and Bari-Lynne Schwartz
February 19, 2026, 9:55 am
Raising reproductive rights awareness
NCJW Bergen and Essex sections win grant to expand safe care, counseling options
By Deb Breslow
The Lior family gathered to make blankets and remember Ilana.
February 5, 2026, 9:55 am
Remembering Ilana
Family observes daughter’s yahrzeit by making blankets for kin of ICE detainees
By Deb Breslow
From left, Marc, Jonathan, Benjamin, Natalie, Gary, Julia, and Joshua Haar.
January 29, 2026, 9:58 am
A perfect match … medically speaking
Wyckoff man receives ideal kidney from daughter-in-law’s friend
By Deb Breslow
This take on a menorah, painted on a wall in Brooklyn, uses local people as images of light-givers. (All photos courtesy Raabi Yizchok Moully)
December 11, 2025, 9:57 am
Why orange socks?
How a Chabad rabbi, whose public menorahs stand in Livingston and West Orange, finds meaning in art
By Deb Breslow
Dresses from Bernstein’s Fashions are on sale at the NCJW Council Thrift Shop in Bergenfield (NCJW)
October 23, 2025, 9:55 am
The store closes, the gowns go on
Bernstein’s Fashions owner donates its upscale inventory to the NCJW thrift shop 
By Deb Breslow
Artist Peter Shamah speaks at Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple in New Brunswick last month. (Ethan Reiss)
October 16, 2025, 9:57 am
Resilience, identity, and hope
Israeli artist with local roots concentrates on Jewish identity
By Deb Breslow
Jeffrey Stark
May 22, 2025, 9:56 am
The pressure is on … and that’s a good thing
Executive donates sensor devices to help med researchers at Tel Aviv University
By Deb Breslow
The group from Northwest Bergen County’s Chabad CTeen is in Times Square after Havdalah. (All photos courtesy CTeen)
April 3, 2025, 9:56 am
CTeens take Manhattan
Massive Chabad Shabbaton  includes making Havdalah in Times Square
By Deb Breslow
Deb Breslow smiles behind her mother-in-law, Gloria Breslow.
April 3, 2025, 9:55 am
Moving beyond the paralysis of grief
A newly empty seat at the seder can also lead to new possibilities
By Deb Breslow
ON THE COVER: At the 2015 Pan American Maccabi Games in Chile, Jeff Bukantz and teammate Tommy Rosenberg display their medals. (Courtesy Jeff Bukantz)
February 20, 2025, 10:00 am
Fencer wrestles for Maccabiah
Jeff Bukantz raises funds for Games in Livingston
By Deb Breslow
Yudi Rubin, center, is surrounded by his family, including his daughter, Amy Kagedan of Teaneck, on the left in the middle row.
February 13, 2025, 9:58 am
Yudi Rubin beats the diabetic odds
Jewish Home resident describes a long, happy, and balanced life
By Deb Breslow
ON THE COVER: Amy Lieberman, Ruty Bahar-Keren, and Karen Grossman, new but now good friends, take a break from cooking at the IDF’s Ein HaShlosha base.
January 16, 2025, 10:00 am
Cooking for the soldiers
Local woman goes to Israel to feed the troops
By Deb Breslow
JCC Day Habilitation participants prepare for an inclusive indoor cycling class. (JCC MetroWest)
November 7, 2024, 9:58 am
Making fun more inclusive
Day Habilitation participants join regular classes at the JCC MetroWest 
By Deb Breslow
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
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