This week, the federal government was set to approve two large-scale appropriations bills that will secure necessary funding for shuls, yeshivot and day schools, and
(Courtesy of Synagogue of Suburban Torah) It was a truly active Chanukah at Suburban Torah in Livingston as games, classes and even a “Mystery Maccabee”
The Young Israel of East Brunswick (YIEB), a 45-year-old Modern Orthodox synagogue in Central New Jersey, is searching for an exceptional rabbi to assume the
(Courtesy of JFS Clifton) Longtime director of Jewish Family Service and Children’s Center of Clifton-Passaic (JFS), Esther East, is retiring from her role after 27
Over the past decades, members of the Highland Park/Edison/New Brunswick community have come to appreciate the reliability and constancy of the local eruv—described in a
On Sunday, Dec. 13, the third day of Chanukah, Chabad of Westchester hosted a Chanukah Car Parade. Bookended by two Chabad mitzvah tanks overflowing with
A giant menorah illuminated a new Yonkers location this year, the Boyce Thompson Center. At an outdoor menorah lighting, Chabad of Yonkers Rabbi Mendy Hurwitz
In mid-December, a new type of library was launched in Stamford, Connecticut. Wheel It Forward is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run community organization, founded by Stamford resident
Chaim Hurwitz, 13, son of Rabbi Mendy and Rebbetzin Chanie Hurwitz, welcomed a limited number of guests at prearranged intervals to hear him deliver a
On a recent afternoon, Lisa Appelbaum found herself at the local supermarket checking out 43 cans of food—15 garbanzo beans, 10 cream of mushroom soups,
We are blessed to have a beautiful family, with six wonderful children. Four of them have special needs. A story we heard long ago about
One of the distinctive aspects of Judaism is its emphasis upon Torah study. Unlike other religions in which study is generally relegated to “men of
