This essay deals with two ideas that have gained new prominence during this unprecedented era in fundraising. Nonprofit leaders have been putting on their inventors’ hats and cavorting with novel concepts to maintain their edge in the pursuit of scarce funds.

Virtual Race

Editor’s note: The Jewish Link is pleased to welcome contributions from long-time columnist Eli Amdur. Amdur’s columns have appeared in newspapers around the United States, including The Record (now USA Today Network), for 18 years.

Never in the modern history of work has a set of circumstances so

This is possibly the most challenging time to be an asset allocator. All major asset classes, including stocks, bonds and real estate, are at or near record levels. The froth in asset prices is not only clear from broadly accepted valuation benchmarks, but also evidenced by growing speculation in novel asset classes such as

Rabbi Moses Maimonides, the Rambam, was among the greatest Jewish scholars of all time. His teachings and global perspective of 1,000 years ago are still studied and widely embraced. He was a philosopher, physician, political adviser and legal authority. Maimonides balanced parallel worlds of Jewish law and (then) modern thinking.

Applying to college can be a stressful process for high school seniors and their parents. In addition to the many forms that need to be filled out and submitted by various deadlines, long-form answers, including personal statements and supplemental essays, require extra attention to detail. And, now more than ever, every

With winter on the way, avid golfers can take their swing indoors at Ready To Golf (RTG), a new state-of-the art indoor screen golf and table tennis facility in River Edge at the former location of the Bergen Batting Center on New Bridge Road. The 30,000 square foot facility is broken into two sections, screen golf and table

Elisheva Fuchs, PT, DPT and owner of The Therapy Gym, is excited to announce its expansion, just a few feet away, to 1400 Palisade Ave in Teaneck. The new facility will be more than double the size of its existing location, and even feature an indoor pool.

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One of my favorite times of the year always was the annual Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy telethon hosted by Jerry Lewis. Seeing the amazing lineup of stars who entertained us was quite a spectacle. But truthfully, the most emotional part of the telethon, aside from “Jerry’s Kids,” was the grand finale 24 hours later when Jerry

• Economic dislocation stemming from the global pandemic, and the unconventional measures to counter it (lockdowns, monetary and fiscal stimulus), has created unfamiliar dynamics in the post-COVID economy.
• The fallout from these unconventional measures has resulted in increasingly disturbing phenomena including:

As we embark on a new year, Esta Smith Luber thinks it’s the ideal time to look ahead and plan for the future. A longtime Teaneck resident and seasoned estate-planning attorney, Esta recently announced the opening of a boutique law practice offering top quality estate-planning services with a personal touch.

With October being Fire Prevention Month, now is a good time to take stock of the measures you have in place in your home to protect your family in the event of a fire.

According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), a fire department responds to

I was just putting the finishing touches on my forthcoming book “Learn from My Experiences” when the phone rang. It was my grandson Donny. A call from a grandchild usually means supporting a school fundraising project. That’s fine; I welcome it. Sure enough…

Donny: “Hi Sabba. How are