The American Jewish Experience Lecture Series, presented by the Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey, welcomes community members to a presentation by Jack Feinstein entitled
(Courtesy of NCJW) The 11th Annual NCJW/Essex Back 2 School Store (B2SS) brought much more than just grins on Sunday, July 28, as hundreds of
Mortimer Jonah Cohen was born on the last day of Pesach, 22 Nisan, 5676, (April 25, 1916), in the Bronx. Aside from being what his
As we move out of the mourning of Tisha B’Av, and into our preparations for the High Holy Days, we are given tools of consolation.
Step # 3 Part 2 ולפני עור לא תתן מכשל And you shall not place a stumbling block before the blind (Vayikra 19:14) After reading
My earliest memory of helping anyone purge and organize their clothes closet was in 11th grade. Phylicia, one of my best friends at the time,
Ezzy and Milt were neighbors in an apartment building. One day, Milt asked Ezzy to tell him why he has a small “case” hanging on
Moshe desperately pleads with God to be granted entry to the land he has coveted for 40 years; despite his furious prayers his request is
Last week was the season of siyums across the Jewish world, as many carnivores flocked to meals in restaurants, homes, camps, and shuls where masechtot
An Israeli Icon In a well-deserved honor, Menachem Begin has emerged as an Israeli icon in the past two decades. Especially among observant and traditional
Parshat Va’etchanan Shabbat Nachamu The first pasuk of this week’s haftarah, that opens the 40th perek of Sefer Yeshayahu as well, marks a turnaround in
1. The word “nes” appears 21 times in Tanach in various forms. According to the Daat Mikra commentary on Ex. 17:15, in none of these
