Chanukah in Livingston will be a true celebration this year as Suburban Torah Synagogue hosts Israel’s Kinor David Jazz Ensemble for a four-day whirlwind experience,
The West Orange Shabbat Project, held on November 16-18, was a huge success. The weekend kicked off with a Thursday evening Challah Bake at the
Medicare open enrollment ends on December 7. SHIP is a statewide program that provides free, objective, confidential help to New Jersey Medicare beneficiaries who have
The “Arts Brunch,” now in its third year, will present a program on Sunday, December 3. Funded in part by a grant from the Union
Sunday, December 10: Chanukah-Fest, 10:30-3:30. Vendors for holiday shopping, Klezmer music, JEC/RPRY Choir, Children’s Art Workshop. Film screening, “Menasche,” 11:15 & 2:15. No admission fee,
For millions of people worldwide, the act of taking selfies has become an integral part of the social media experience. Selfies are internationally pervasive and
Bereishit: 32:25-32 Perhaps this wasn’t such a good idea. Jake Abramowitz was standing backstage at the Prudential Center in Newark, waiting to be called into
At a recent bar mitzvah celebration at a West Coast Sephardic congregation, a well-meaning and beloved visiting Ashkenazic rabbi began to lead the community in
No, this is not an article about Ashrei. (I have written about that before.) I am now going to write about nuns that are root
For a period during my youth, my parents arranged for my sister Ahuva and me to take ice-skating lessons. What I remember the most is
Parshat Vayishlach “Will the real Ovadya please stand up?” The author of Sefer Ovadya, and therefore today’s haftarah, is, as the Radak points out, a
Buried deep within the pages of the popular Pirkei Avot, Ethics of the Fathers, that is frequently studied by thousands of Jews, is a short
