Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ (JFS) is offering a sweet new way to send Rosh Hashanah greetings this year. JFS has created Rosh Hashanah
Mark your calendars! Selichot begin on Sunday, Aug. 20 at 7 a.m. Selichot offer a tremendous opportunity to prepare for the upcoming days of Rosh
The Teaneck Synagogue Art Show will take place on Sunday, August 27 between 5 and 9 p.m. at three synagogues located in Teaneck: Congregation Bnai
In commemoration of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in September, the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County and the Edison Arts Society are co-sponsoring “Help
The stars aligned as the glitterati in the Borough Park Jewish community came out for a legislative barbeque on Aug. 2 to receive awards from
(Courtesy of One Israel Fund) What an incredible summer for One Israel Fund and it’s not even close to being over! During the past six
Nassau Assemblyman Charles David Lavine (AD-13) is an outspoken legislator, especially in his support of the US-Israel relationship and his Jewish constituents. Lavine leads the
On 14 October 1663, the famous diarist Samuel Pepys paid a visit to the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in Creechurch Lane in the city of
Editor’s note: This series is reprinted with permission from “Insights & Attitudes: Torah Essays on Fundamental Halachic and Hashkafic Issues,” a publication of TorahWeb.org. The
In parshat Re’eh, we encounter the mitzvah of tzedaka. It is interesting to note that twice the Torah uses double language, in connection with this
Kosher dietary laws are foundational to Jewish identity. Overwhelmingly, “identified” Jews—of varying levels of religious observance—maintain some degree of kashrut observance. The laws of kosher
Parshat Re’eh This week’s haftarah is a selection taken from the 54th and 55th perakim of sefer Yishayahu and is the shortest of the seven
