Since I briefly mentioned Rabbi Joseph Delemedigo of Crete in last week’s installment, I thought I’d elaborate a little bit more this week. Yosef Shlomo

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This past Monday evening, Screening Our Future, a Bergen County initiative launched in September 2019 by six local elementary yeshiva heads of school, hosted its

We spent Monday evening attending the lecture and film presentation offered to the community as a combined effort of all of the local Jewish elementary