search
Steve Lipman
Newlyweds Eli Shapiro and Ariella Segal Photo by Tricia McCormack Photography
July 8, 2020, 1:40 pm
Now playing: When Eli Wed Ariella
By Steve Lipman
The Bronx County Courthouse/Mario Merola Building houses the Supreme Court. (Wally Grobetz/Flickr Commons)
July 1, 2020, 12:18 pm
OHEL suit opens window on foster care placements
Woman alleges abuse in ’80s in Elizabeth home; claim of ‘inadequate vetting and monitoring’f
By Steve Lipman
Rabbi Norman Lamm, 92, former president of Yeshiva University, died May 31 of natural causes.
June 3, 2020, 11:44 am
‘Architect of Modern Orthodoxy,’ Norman Lamm succumbs at 92
The rabbi, author, and administrator saved Yeshiva University while seeking a synthesis of Torah and contemporary culture
By Steve Lipman
Two members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps. “The disease has really affected us,” a member says. Photos courtesy of Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps
April 22, 2020, 10:13 am
How Teaneck eased the grip of coronavirus
Rabbis and municipal leaders acted quickly to limit Covid-19’s spread in a hard-hit township
By Steve Lipman
Rabbi Peter Rubinstein shifted gears after 25 years as the spiritual leader of Central Synagogue in Manhattan to take the helm at the 92Y’s Jewish Community and Bronfman Center for Jewish Life. “I wanted to keep serving the Jewish people,” he says. Photo Courtesy of The Jewish Week
April 21, 2020, 2:14 pm
‘I Don’t Play Golf’
For some ‘retired’ high-profile Jewish leaders, there are indeed second acts.
By Steve Lipman
Holocaust Museum Houston, which opened in 1996. Photos courtesy HMH
April 14, 2020, 6:32 pm
Shoah museums telling a multicultural story
Holocaust educators now stressing connections with the harsh experiences of other ethnic groups
By Steve Lipman
Holocaust Museum Houston, which opened in 1996. Photos courtesy HMH
April 14, 2020, 6:30 pm
‘The students need to know’
By Steve Lipman
April 1, 2020, 11:43 am
Modern plague, ancient story retold
New Haggadahs for a very different Passover
By Steve Lipman
Prolific author and sociologist Dr. William Helmreich died of coronavirus.
April 1, 2020, 11:23 am
William Helmreich, 75, wrote authoritative book on MetroWest community
The coronavirus claims a sociologist who studied Jews and their neighborhoods
By Steve Lipman
Nineteen students from the upper school of Golda Och Academy in West Orange are in self-quarantine through Sunday, March 8.
March 5, 2020, 5:34 pm
Local Jewish institutions scramble to contain exposure to Coronavirus
By Johanna R Ginsberg, Jed Weisberger and Steve Lipman
The SAR Academy in Riverdale. Photo credit: JTA
March 3, 2020, 10:42 am
SAR Day School Closes, Citing Suspected Coronavirus Case
Concern over a global outbreak hits home for Jewish institutions already taking precautions.
By Steve Lipman
Bread of affection: Rabbi Barry Dolinger and Naomi Baine.
March 2, 2020, 11:58 am
Going soft on matzah
By Steve Lipman
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
December 26, 2019, 12:50 pm
A highly subjective roundup of news and cultural moments from the past 10 years
By Steve Lipman
Afro-centric humor: Roslyn native James “The Sha” Beamon is this year’s Funniest Jewish Comedian. Gloria Davidson
July 17, 2019, 12:00 pm
Breaking the comedy color barrier
By Steve Lipman
Students at the Negev region’s first hackathon in Beersheva. Photo courtesy Siraj
May 29, 2019, 1:29 pm
Tech boomlet for Bedouins
Leaders of NGO bringing Start-up Nation to the Negev here to spread the economic word
By Steve Lipman
Load More