I write this short note as late as possible on deadline night to say a heartfelt thank you to all of our family and friends,
Being a parent to Yosef, my youngest of five, has been a journey of profound challenges, unwavering love and remarkable growth. From the first moments
This Monday-Wednesday, November 18-12. The Bayit Association- developing Shomer Shabbat/Shomer Kashrut housing for adults in our community with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism- is
I am overjoyed to share that the first Bayit Association group home will, b’ezrat Hashem, be opening in the next few weeks! We have come
Once our Sukkot edition is published and distributed, I try really hard to be “off” and in full “Yom Tov/vacation mode” as much as possible.
With the weighty and difficult days of the Yamim Noraim behind us, we look ahead to Sukkot; but this year the zman simchateinu we associate
This year has likely been the most stressful year for the Jewish community in a couple of generations. The long arm of the war in
The pain we all feel for Israel and its citizens, our brothers and sisters, is palpable this week. Facing an unsympathetic, monstrous enemy, the IDF’s
Two Sundays ago, I attended the levaya of my brother-in-law’s brother-in-law, Jordan Rockowitz, z”l (Yosef ben Mendel Halevi) of Fair Lawn. Only 57, Jordan passed
It was really supposed to be the summer trip of a lifetime. After much internet stalking and price comparisons, I organized a roundabout visit to
As our family, friends and close readers of this paper know, my wife and I became grandparents for the first time in the past month,
Last Thursday, I had the good fortune to visit one of my favorite organizations in Northern New Jersey, Yad Leah, which today has an expansive
