(Courtesy of Bergenfield Public Library) Area residents are invited to nominate candidates for the Bergenfield Library’s Board of Trustees Lucille Tendler Community Service Award. This
(Courtesy of Young Israel of West Hartford) On Sunday, November 17, the Young Israel of West Hartford hosted its sixth annual Margot Jeremias Memorial Kristallnacht
(Courtesy of JFCS) JFCS is a mental health and social services agency that serves Bergen, Passaic and Hudson Counties. They are dedicated to helping everyone
“Here Happenings,” stewarded by Leslie Gold Ruder of Passaic, produced another blockbuster concert for women on Tuesday night, Nov. 19. Besides being a sold-out event,
(Courtesy of Chabad.org) Members of the Kinus committee met with representatives of various New York City law enforcement agencies this week in preparation for the
Even before they were born, Jacob and Esau struggled in the womb. They were destined, it seems, to be eternal adversaries. Not only were they
There is something to be said for revolutionaries. For founders. For the people that have the foresight and the daring to chart a course untrodden.
Brachot 48a tells the following charming story (translation from the William Davidson edition of the Talmud): “The Gemara relates that Abaye and Rava—when they were
It has been a harrowing week for my family and me. Our beloved son, Noam, sustained serious injuries while serving in Lebanon, courageously defending our
Rabbi Eli Mansour once spoke as a guest lecturer in a shul, where an older woman approached him for a bracha. She had numbers tattooed
During his address to the United States Congress this summer, Prime Minister Netanyahu recognized a number of heroes present in the hall—among them, Lieutenant Avichail
Erev Rosh Chodesh Kislev Parshat Toldot “Vayomer lo Yehonatan ‘Machar Chodesh’ … ” The opening words of this week’s haftarah—now a commonly used phrase for
