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Shira Vickar-Fox
July 29, 2020, 11:00 am
To everything there is a season
By Shira Vickar-Fox
Rabbi Ari Isenberg will assume on Aug. 1 spiritual leadership of Congregation B’nai Israel in Millburn. Photo Courtesy Rabbi Ari Isenberg
July 22, 2020, 1:27 pm
New rabbis take reins of reimagined congregations
Hired before the pandemic, fresh spiritual leaders prioritize meeting members, uniting community
By Shira Vickar-Fox
Founders of Shabbat-o-Grams, Ben Zauzmer and Rabbi Shayna Golkow. Courtesy Shayna Golkow
July 15, 2020, 1:50 pm
Bunked at home, but preserving the camp spirit   
By Shira Vickar-Fox
Eric Schorr said he finds knitting “calming.” Photo Courtesy Eric Schorr
July 1, 2020, 1:23 pm
For the love of knitting
The handicraft is embraced by a new generation of men
By Shira Vickar-Fox
Molly Nelson with babka she baked to raise money for the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Courtesy Melissa Feldman
June 10, 2020, 12:27 pm
Time for a mitzvah
Livingston teens stuck at home get creative with fund-raisers
By Shira Vickar-Fox
Sivan Hezrony and husband Rabbi Moshe Hezrony started the kosher food pantry Roosevelt Community 4u in 2014.
May 12, 2020, 11:53 am
Congregation Anshei Roosevelt campaign to expand food pantry
By Shira Vickar-Fox
Watch Kaela Gerson compete on April 24.
April 20, 2020, 10:32 am
Must-see TV
By Shira Vickar-Fox
A volunteer tapes up cardboard boxes to be filled with kosher for Passover foods. Photo Courtesy JRA
April 1, 2020, 12:06 pm
Volunteers mobilize for food delivery
By Shira Vickar-Fox
Traditionally, a seder plate includes a spring vegetable, bitter herbs, shank bone, charoset, and hard-boiled egg. Flickr
March 25, 2020, 11:10 am
How to make a seder
A simple guide to an ancient ritual
By Shira Vickar-Fox
March 16, 2020, 11:09 am
Highland Park approves resolution condemning anti-Semitism
By Shira Vickar-Fox
The author’s collection of Norene Gilletz cookbooks, including “the yellow one” with the binder that turns into a cookbook stand. Photo by Jonathan Fox
March 11, 2020, 11:46 am
Recipes for life
Canadian cookbook author’s food nurtured generations
By Shira Vickar-Fox
Deborah E. Lipstadt, at right, historian and author of “AntiSemitism: Here and Now,” was one of three panelists in a program at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Photo by Andrea Kane/IAS
February 10, 2020, 11:46 am
Perspectives on the ‘oldest hatred’
Three experts on history, consequences of anti-Semitism
By Shira Vickar-Fox
Photos of Rabbi Adam Feldman with his family were included on the table where the guest registries were placed. Photo by Shira Vickar-Fox
January 2, 2020, 11:16 am
Princeton rabbi remembered as devoted friend and family man
By Shira Vickar-Fox
September 19, 2019, 11:09 am
Celebrating our Jewish values and traditions to salve our divisive times
By Gabe Kahn and Shira Vickar-Fox
Illustrative photo: 4th January 1947: British Paratroopers patrolling the streets of Tel Aviv after one of their officers, Major Brett, was captured and flogged by Jewish armed groups. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
September 4, 2019, 11:43 am
The Israeli author on a mission
Matti Friedman brings to life the critical role, often overlooked, that Mizrachi Jews played in early espionage for Israel
By Shira Vickar-Fox
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