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Michele Alperin
Billy Grenis, at left, with Rabbi Adam Feldman in 2017.
July 31, 2020, 3:23 pm
Virtual race honors life of Rabbi Adam Feldman
By Michele Alperin
Congregants socially distance in the parking lot of Beth El for Shabbat services on Friday, June 23. Beginning this month, all services are held indoors. Courtesy Beth El
July 6, 2020, 11:18 am
Synagogues consider stages of reopening
During pandemic, safety is the guiding principle
By Michele Alperin
July 6, 2020, 11:16 am
Creativity to shape ‘radically different’ High Holidays
By Michele Alperin
Daniel Herscovici, who co-chaired the fund-raising committee with Don Lebowitz, was the marketing guru for the fund that to date has raised $105,000.
June 15, 2020, 12:17 pm
Federation fund assists ailing organizations
Rapid mobilization raises more than $100,000 for those hurt by pandemic
By Michele Alperin
Due to the pandemic, Aleeza Schoenberg, a rising junior at Princeton University, switched from a service internship in India to creative work for a publishing company. Photo by Yoni Schoenberg
June 10, 2020, 11:55 am
With summer internships scrapped, Princeton Hillel helps students find a plan B
By Michele Alperin
Princeton University student Amital Haas researched alternative Shabbat practices during the pandemic. Photo by Netta Haas
May 27, 2020, 11:12 am
New Shabbat pandemic practices may have staying power
Research by Princeton University reveals ‘engaging and meaningful’ rituals
By Michele Alperin
Shimon Nissel prepares food to thank health-care workers at medical facilities, a project organized by the West Orange/Livingston Chesed Group. Photo Courtesy Shimon Nissel
May 13, 2020, 10:43 am
Large event caterer turns to small meal delivery
By Michele Alperin
Michelle Berger
May 12, 2020, 10:15 am
Changing with the coronavirus times
Edison caterer expands delivery, offers healthy kosher cuisine
By Michele Alperin
JCC of Princeton Mercer Bucks and Abrams Camps’ Shabbat Live weekly community song session welcomes the day of rest. Photos Courtesy JCC Princeton Mercer Bucks and Abrams Camps
April 6, 2020, 11:07 am
Students, take out your pencils, paper, and screens
Children learn, socialize remotely
By Michele Alperin
Andrea Hyman, wellness director at Greenwood House and Abrams Residence, helps Catherine Fell video chat with her family. Photo by Neil Wise
April 6, 2020, 10:58 am
‘Wartime footing without military guns and bombs’
Jewish agencies mobilize to aid vulnerable populations
By Michele Alperin
Jake Green held his bar mitzvah service at home with 150 guests in attendance on Zoom. Photos of family members decorated the walls of the Greens’ home in Newtown, Pa. Photo Courtesy Green family
April 6, 2020, 10:52 am
Congregations virtually united
Synagogues find innovative ways to connect, cope
By Michele Alperin
Myra Weiner
March 9, 2020, 4:38 pm
Scientist on antidotes to life’s poisons
By Michele Alperin
Vanessa Ochs said she wanted to focus on “a particular book that is incredibly beloved to individuals and to families.”
March 9, 2020, 4:32 pm
From sacred text to Maxwell House to social justice
By Michele Alperin
Even in his youth, said Robert Alter, “Hebrew spoke to me in all kinds of ways, including its extraordinary style.”
March 9, 2020, 12:53 pm
Scholar on challenges of biblical translation
Alter conveys technique, then lets readers arrive at religious vision
By Michele Alperin
Rebecca Cypess, a professor at Rutgers’ Mason Gross School of the Arts, said there was a lot of musical integration between non-Jews and Jews in 16th- and 17th-century Italy.
February 26, 2020, 2:22 pm
Concert to explore ‘Exile’ music in early modern Europe
Jewish and non-Jewish musicians learned from each other
By Michele Alperin
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