The past week, really just the past few days, was a simcha-filled and emotional week for my extended family. I was able to celebrate and

As I was sitting at my desk late Tuesday and thinking that it was time to get out of the office and perhaps experience some

Last November, during the darkness of the pandemic, some light broke through. Old and new friends, all wine enthusiasts, gathered around a complex, multilayered project

I am dedicating my publisher’s space to my friend, our writer, published author, longtime Teaneck resident and proud Jewish Link contributor, Joe Rotenberg, z”l, who

It was last Wednesday afternoon on our deadline day when I heard the terrible news that Shira Shatzkes, a young Teaneck mother of five, had

Last Thursday morning, I had the honor of accompanying my friend and accident survivor Micah Kaufman to the Teaneck Police headquarters. He sponsored and spoke

On Wednesdays, Jewish Link editors spend the day reviewing multiple drafts,  checking headlines, captions and spellings. It is almost exclusively on those days that we

Last year, my wife and I were honored at Yachad NJ’s annual gala and I published in this space a column about our family’s many

We at The Jewish Link, like most of our readers, have many thoughts and opinions about the year 2020, which is ending now as we

I was working late on the paper’s deadline night just before our big Chanukah edition when I got the call from Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky of

On Tuesday on social media, I was shocked, thrilled and amazed to see a selfie photo of a Bergenfield neighbor receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. With

This past Sunday morning found me outside of Teaneck’s Congregation Keter Torah, where I attended the OU’s biennial 2020  National Convention outdoors. I went as