This year, under new Cubmaster Ari Farkas’ leadership, the Northern New Jersey Council of the Boy Scouts of America approached him with a request to
Dr. Debby Rapps, director of Bergen County’s Jewish Youth Encounter Program, is always investigating enriching opportunities for her students and their mentors. This year, she
Speaking to a rapt audience of over 300 Teaneck High School students, Norbert Strauss, a long-time resident of Bergen County, shared his journey of escape
New Milford—Held on the evening of November 9, the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County’s Morris and Ruth Kotek
“Though petite in stature, Chani is gigantic in accomplishments,” attested Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman, international director of Yachad/National Jewish Council for Disabilities (NJCD). “She represents a
During his more than 40 years in the “business” of tracking down ex-Nazis and bringing them to justice, Efraim Zuroff, a Brooklyn native, has been
Who is the man behind the red-and-white signs scattered along many front lawns of your neighbors here in Teaneck? Martin “Marty” Ramirez and his family
A graduate of Yeshiva Ktana of Passaic and the Clifton Mesivta, Eli Brand of Passaic decided to join the IDF during his gap year, while
From Yerushalayim to Tel Aviv, from Haifa to Eilat, Saturday night at 10 p.m. has found Israelis of all stripes and affiliations riveted to their
Serving in the IDF is a privileged obligation. With these moving words reverberating in their heads, Akiva Pudell and five additional New Jersey lone soldiers
There was great joy and jubilation this summer in Washington Heights when YU’s Roller Hockey team was notified by the Eastern Conference of the National
During a month in which we are enjoined over and over to engage in teshuva, teffila and tzedakah, we no doubt have deliberated seriously about
