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Miriam Allenson
From left, Aunt Kati, Bela Guyla, and Egle, who all still live in Eastern Europe, are among the Righteous Gentiles the JFR supports.
January 5, 2023, 8:56 am
Remembering and repaying the rescuers
West Orange organization sends extra aid to Righteous Gentiles
By Miriam Allenson
The son of a Princeton rabbi and grandson of a cantor, Avi Wisnia is at home at the piano. (Courtesy of Avi Wisnia)
November 2, 2022, 4:56 pm
Avi Wisnia comes back home
Local singer-songwriter to perform at West Windsor Arts Center
By Miriam Allenson
Ted Largman in 2017
September 29, 2022, 10:56 am
Remembering Ted Largman
B’nai Or in Morristown honors its renaissance man with a talk by Christine Todd Whitman
By Miriam Allenson
These are some of this summer’s Lerner Fellows; Sarah Coykendall is sitting, second from left, Terrilisa Bauknight, seated in the middle, is wearing a brightly colored dress, and Stanlee Stahl, standing at right, has a mask on.
July 13, 2022, 5:58 pm
Confronting uncomfortable truths
22 Lerner Fellows, all educators, study how to fully teach about the Holocaust
By Miriam Allenson
Rabbi Rachel Salston, left, Tzivya Kraus
June 15, 2022, 4:54 pm
‘Across the Spectrums’
Fair Lawn shuls to celebrate being Jewish and gay
By Miriam Allenson
Dana Lazich and Vitaly Zaslovsky’s daughters; from left, it’s Maya, Polina, and Dasha.
May 11, 2022, 7:57 pm
Buy art, help Ukraine
Local Eastern European families set up silent auction to support refugees
By Miriam Allenson
In 1945, a Soviet soldier took his picture of liberated children leaving Auschwitz; circled in the center, Michael’s grandmother carries him to freedom. (Both Photos: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park)
April 13, 2022, 7:56 pm
‘The Survivor’s Club’
Child survivor of Auschwitz, who now lives in North Caldwell, tells his story
By Miriam Allenson
Ben and Ruth Perlmutter
March 24, 2022, 4:02 pm
Remembering Ben Perlmutter
Maplewood man was a guiding force behind Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest
By Miriam Allenson
From left, the West Side Story class: Claudia Liberchuk, Rhoda Rosenfeld, Felix Miranda, vocal instructor Mara Adler-O’Kelly, Helen Bromberg, and Beverly Goldberg.
March 2, 2022, 5:54 pm
Club Sequoia offers seniors a chance to meet
JFS of Clifton-Passaic used earmarks to create much-needed end-of-pandemic programming
By Miriam Allenson
After they were converted, 11 Igbo couples were remarried in Jewish ceremonies. The chuppot they used are behind them.
January 26, 2022, 5:57 pm
‘It’s a growing community’
Rutgers’ Bildner talk about young woman’s growing ties to Nigerian Jews to be online next week
By Miriam Allenson
Kindergarteners at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange, inspired by the bottle Milo Dorfman found, learn archaeology. (Photos courtesy Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel)
January 5, 2022, 5:58 pm
When play and learning intersect
Kindergarteners learn a lot when they unearth an old bottle in South Orange
By Miriam Allenson
Ariella Steinreich, second from right, with some friends; from left, they are Sumaiiah Almheiri, Alanoud Alhashmi, Alex Peterfreund, Ambassador Houda Nonoo, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, and Dr. Majid Al Sarrah
December 15, 2021, 5:54 pm
An Orthodox Jew’s adventures in the UAE
Ariella Steinreich of Teaneck talks about her life in Dubai
By Miriam Allenson
Most of the family gathers for a wedding; from left, Will, Marc, Alex, Drew, and Amy Rosenberg; Robert and Vivienne Cohen; Jody Cohen-Gavarian; Amitai and Jimmy Gavarian, and Brody Cohen.
December 1, 2021, 5:54 pm
‘If you rest, you rust’
Robert Cohen of Springfield turns the new 65
By Miriam Allenson
Talia Carner
November 10, 2021, 5:55 pm
An unsilenced voice against abuse
Author Talia Carner talks about trafficked Jewish women and other historic injustices
By Miriam Allenson
Israel Maimon is retiring as Israel Bonds’ CEO.
November 3, 2021, 5:57 pm
Israel Bonds thrives during the pandemic
Retiring CEO Israel Maimon and local head Lee Schwartz tell how it exceeded its goals
By Miriam Allenson
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