Whippany—On Monday, April 24, at 6:45 p.m., Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ and the Kean University Holocaust Resource Center will host their Annual Yom
West Orange—The social hall at Congregation AABJ&D became quite still as sisterhood co-president Andrea Bier took the podium to introduce the program, titled “The Journey
JFS MetroWest is accepting registrations for a new group focused on “Embracing Your Later Years.” The group will create an opportunity for older adults moving
May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel Ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h. This week we learned Bava Batra
Darkness. Then the beams of flashlights. Followed by the glow of a candle. The Birnbaum family was scouring the house for the last morsels of
What a statistic! The current issue of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action reports (https://www.ou.org/jewish_action/03/2017/data-divorce-q-dr-yitzchak-schechter) a study by Dr. Yitzchak Schechter (a clinical psychologist and director
“We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, but Hashem our God took us out from there with a strong hand and outstretched arm. And if
Ve-higadeta le-vincha bayom hahu… (“You shall tell your son on that day”) is a key verse of the Seder night. But what exactly does vehigadeta
On the Seder night, one of the great tzadikim of Yerushalayim physically brings to life the words of the Haggadah. In the very beginning of
Shabbat HaGadol Parshat Metzora After studying today’s haftarah, one realizes that there seems to be very little connection to the fact that it is the
Recently, I saw an article about the American classic song “Ol’ Man River” from the 1927 musical and 1936 film classic “Show Boat.” The song
Part IV We recently began Sefer Vayikra, which is devoted to the topic of korbanot, the manner in which we’re meant to get “close” to
