The Jewish New Year kicked off with the hope of longed-for peace for Israel and its neighbors with the signing of treaties with the United
Throughout his years as a Paramus councilman and state legislator Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Dist. 38) has tirelessly fought hate and intolerance, an issue of rising
Frank Pallotta, the Republican challenger to Rep. Josh Gottheimer in the fifth district, believes his financial background can help bring needed relief to the overburdened
Edward Mosberg still remembers watching Amon Göeth, the sadistic commandant of the Plaszow concentration camp in Poland, shoot and beat prisoners. He will never forget
Highland Park Councilwoman Susie Welkovits’s strong sense of commitment to standing up for what is right and for the Jewish community was forged growing up
When the coronavirus crisis hit the Essex County Jewish community, agencies providing kosher food stepped up to meet that need. The JCC MetroWest in West
Allen Rapaport spent 11 years as a Republican councilman in Norwood, but Rep. Josh Gottheimer helped turn him into a Democrat. Rapaport had problems with
When the COVID-19 pandemic left many vulnerable seniors and others quarantining in their homes and other community members with restricted access to food for themselves
Jackson officials took umbrage at charges leveled against them in a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) charging “extreme animus” by them and
The push is on to have every American fill out the 2020 census—even if they have to do it in Hebrew or Yiddish. To remove
No shiva. No funeral. Devoid of Jewish ritual, no real closure. On a rainy and unseasonably cold April 26, we buried my 92-year-old father, Milton,
Citing “extreme animus by some Jackson residents and township decision makers toward the Orthodox Jewish community,” the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a
