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Johanna R Ginsberg
Johanna R Ginsberg
Staff Writer, New Jersey Jewish News
Summer Stout, Rabbi Zalman Grossbaum, and Paula Gottesman cut the ribbon to start the walk. (All photos courtesy Friendship Circle/Lifetown)
November 9, 2022, 6:58 pm
‘Everybody’s always inspiring one another to be amazing’
Friendship Circle walk and run bring hundreds of participants to LifeTown in Livingston
By Johanna R Ginsberg
NJJN staffers taste test varieties of sufganiyot, jelly donuts, and Moroccan treats for Chanukah.
July 29, 2020, 11:13 am
New Jersey Jewish News succumbs at 74
‘Chronicle of the Jewish community’ ceases publication
By Johanna R Ginsberg
A fixture in the local Jewish community for decades, Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz bade farewell to the Garden State and moved to California last month.
July 22, 2020, 9:41 am
Rabbi leaves Temple B’nai Abraham for California
Activist, teacher, chaplain reflects on decades of ‘sacred’ work in NJ
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Images of real-life women who were forced to start new lives will be part of Leslie Nobler’s forthcoming “Book of Heroines.” Photos courtesy Leslie Nobler
July 15, 2020, 11:32 am
Portrait of an artist in quarantine
For Leslie Nobler, creating Jewish art is ‘the best form of charity’
By Johanna R Ginsberg
July 15, 2020, 11:03 am
Leslie Nobler’s exhibits
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Noa Niv of Livingston, center, participated in a recent Aardvark Israel program. Photo courtesy Aardvark Israel
July 8, 2020, 12:02 pm
Popularity of Israel programs spikes as Covid affects universities
Students switch gears to avoid missing the ‘full’ college experience
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Robert Bildner and Elisa Spungen Bildner
July 6, 2020, 3:38 pm
What’s cooking?
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Shani Mink is co-founder and executive director of the Jewish Farmer Network and adviser to Yesod Farm+Kitchen in Fairview, N.C. Photos courtesy Shani Mink
July 1, 2020, 1:32 pm
Livingston native digs into Judaism’s roots
Shani Mink leads national network of Jewish farmers
By Johanna R Ginsberg
June 24, 2020, 11:09 am
Letter with Nazi reference left at Montclair business
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Those at last week’s kosher food pickup include, back row, from left, Rebecca Hindin, Mandi Perlmutter, Steve Karp, Assemblywoman Annette Quijano, Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, Assemblyman Gary Schaer, and Yael Bleicher. In front is staff from Teach NJ, including Katie Katz, at left, and Renee Klyman. Photos by Johanna Ginsberg
June 24, 2020, 11:08 am
Jewish families benefit from USDA summer food program
Stigma is ‘broken,’ insecurity affects all income levels
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Nurse Sue Pappano with Greenwood House resident Lucy J. Photo Courtesy Greenwood House
June 17, 2020, 12:23 pm
As restrictions ease, long-term-care residences assess damage
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Gladys Arismendi; her husband, Mike Cumberland; and her daughter, Paula. Photo courtesy Gladys Arismendi
June 10, 2020, 11:39 am
Immigrants denied pandemic relief money
Advocate calls ineligibility ‘punishment’ to those in need of aid
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Incoming Rabbi Ari Isenberg, center, and members of Congregation B’nai Israel march in a June 7 demonstration in Millburn. Photo by Shira Vickar-Fox
June 10, 2020, 11:32 am
NJ Jewish community not sitting protests out
Local synagogues and organizations respond to racial unrest, conflict with BLM movement
By Johanna R Ginsberg
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June 3, 2020, 12:13 pm
Our silence equals consent
Former defense attorney remembers too many clients roughed up by police
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Mike Cumberton painting boxes in the parking lot at Synagogue of the Suburban Torah Center in Livingston. Each box will serve as a member’s personal space when services resume outdoors on June 4. Photo by Johanna Ginsberg
June 3, 2020, 11:34 am
In-person prayer to return… for some
Several Orthodox synagogues to hold limited services outdoors
By Johanna R Ginsberg
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