Friendship Circle of Passaic County will once again be hosting a fundraising and awareness day for children with special needs and their families. This years
The CIS Yom Chesed program is anything but one day of chesed. “Chesed” means many things to many people, and to some people it means
(Courtesy of JFS Central NJ) Jewish Family Service of Central NJ (JFSCNJ) will hold a 5KRun/Walk in support of the organization’s many services on Sunday,
(Courtesy of Daughters of Miriam) “Never Forget—Never Again” is a phrase often heard on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorated this year on Thursday, May
Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky was recently invited by Senator Joseph Lagana, Assemblywoman Lisa Swain and Assemblyman Chris Tully to affix a mezuzah as a blessing and
The Senior Lunch & Learn program of Edison/Highland Park will view the classic film “Gentleman’s Agreement” on Tuesday, May 28, at noon, at Congregation Ohr
Parshat Behar effectively concludes the legal section of Vayikra, the sefer with the highest degree of halachic density. The entire book of Vayikra contains only
The Religious Significance of the Tel Dan Stele It was an exciting part of our family’s Israel trip for Binyamin’s bar mitzvah in 2012. A
The mishnaic sage Ben Zoma famously asked four rhetorical questions, recorded in the first mishnah of Pirkei Avot, Chapter 4: Ben Zoma said: Who is
Everyone’s words have power. Our words can change someone’s perspective on another person, whether it makes them think greatly or horribly of them. Our words
At Lev. 25:10 we are told: “[This year] shall be a ‘yovel’ to you. You will each return to your land….” What is the meaning
We’re all very familiar with the idea of peer pressure, associating with the right people, distancing from negative influences, etc. Where does this “pressure to
