It is routinely taken for granted that the concept of tikun olam is integral to Aleinu. It turns out that this is probably not the

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We apparently own a cat, or possibly five. I don’t know. How do you take legal ownership of a cat? I ask because I don’t

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This September, TeaneckShuls, a community email group serving shul-goers and others in the Teaneck vicinity, celebrates its 17th anniversary. Starting with only a handful of

Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Yechiel Stobezki and David Greenberg, all of Bergenfield, as well as Joshua Einhorn of Teaneck and his brother, TABC rebbe Rabbi Dovid Einhorn

Allow me to explain…I have never been a “cat person.” Growing up we had a dog for 14 years. Our beloved “Lady” died during my

As Yom Tov approaches, many people are buying new clothes, and with it they have to deal with the prohibition of not wearing shatnez—a wool

There were some extremely urgent messages on my home phone the other day. Texts appeared on my cell phone emphasizing the emergency. My cousin had

Dear Shoshy, I have been getting set up recently by a family friend who knows me well but probably does not understand the social dynamics

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