Manhattan—Last week, as part of its year-long centennial celebration and its associated lecture series, the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy (MTA)/The Yeshiva University High School for
Bergenfield—This past week, I, along with my fellow members of Congregation Beth Abraham, experienced the great loss of Magda Burger Sternbach, z”l, 90, a builder
Hillside—Seth Leavitt, of Englewood, has completely proven wrong Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany, who famously said, “Laws are like sausages—it is best
Since the kosher wine world tends to lag only a couple of years now behind non-kosher wine trends, it’s only this year that more interesting
Last week I had the pleasure of joining two friends, both somewhat well-known kosher wine critics, at a local wine tasting, where I tasted some
Shabbat-observant Jews know that Friday afternoon brings a flurry of rushed activities, primarily involving turning lights on or off, setting heating and cooling systems and
Teaneck—Tomchei Shabbos of Bergen County, which three years ago moved into their own packing facility on 13 Foster Street in Bergenfield, almost immediately outgrew their
Do you remember what you were eating in kosher restaurants 10 years ago? Had you tried sous-vide dishes yet? Housemade sausage? Fresh, cured gravlax made
Over the course of each of the family-style Shabbat meals last weekend at the Radisson Hotel in Piscataway, New Jersey, at the first-ever Renewal Kidney
New York—First and foremost, it’s a yeshiva. But it also offers a college campus and Manhattan-based yeshiva high school education that is not offered anywhere
Teaneck—In our community, when a family faces a serious physical illness, meals arrive as if by magic. Carpools are taken over, and friends text and
Last week, in a message to its hundreds of member rabbis and synagogue affiliates, the Orthodox Union (OU) made a statement regarding women and leadership
