The gabbaim are back working at our shuls again! In March, when the shuls in our communities were forced to close their doors, the gabbaim

Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld was marked by an almost paradoxical synthesis of simplicity and complexity. He saw himself as a straightforward Torah Jew loyal to his

NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, center, at Bris Avrohom in Fair Lawn last Friday, with Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky and Rabbi Avremy Kanelsky.

Some teenagers see the first serious snowfall of the season and think “snow day!” Others think of snowballs, snow forts, sledding or snowmen. Sarah Getraer

(Courtesy of Fleetwood Synagogue) This story of Chanukah involves motor oil, not candle oil. Fleetwood Synagogue in Mount Vernon hosted a drive-by Chanukah party recently

The West Orange-Livingston Chesed Committee distributed more than 160 Chanukah to-go meals for Shabbat dinner, catered by Shimon Nissel of Shimtal Catering. Volunteers came to

Approximately 40 cars joined the Chabad of Englewood’s car menorah parade, which drove around the city of Englewood and culminated with candle lighting outside the

(Courtesy of Rutgers Chabad) Governor Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy hosted a statewide virtual celebration on the eighth night of Chanukah, during which

West Orange’s Linda, Avi and Eitan Laub with their Zos Chanukah snow sculpture!

(Courtesy of Fleetwood Synagogue) The get-together was virtual but the ruach certainly wasn’t. Fleetwood Synagogue hosted a community-wide menorah lighting and latke fry on Zoom

(Courtesy of JFSCNJ) The seventh day of Chanukah was celebrated through the Uniper platform with a joint Chanukah Party between Jewish Family Service of Central

Rabbi Gershom Tave continues his series about his new Passaic yeshiva, Da’ehu. Relevant Children sometimes complain that their lessons in school are not relevant—that they