I would like to begin by thanking Rabbi Daniel Fridman of the Teaneck Jewish Center for spearheading the Bergen County Unity Mission to Israel. It
No good deed goes unpunished, or be careful what you wish for. These seem to be the messages of this morning’s parsha, in which the
This past week, I had the immense privilege of traveling to Israel on the Bergen County Unity Mission. The mission, led by Rabbis Feldman, Fridman,
Going into this mission, I was hoping to make a small difference and more directly help out some of our Israeli brothers and sisters in
When one thinks of staying in a hotel, it sounds luxurious, bringing thoughts of time off from work and a vacation. However, when staying in
At the ending dinner of our three day mission, Rabbi Chaim Strauchler asked us to share in one word our reaction to the Mission. I
There was so much of my visit to Israel on the Bergen County mission that sounds absurd. As I have heard Rav Asher Weiss and
I am a child of Holocaust survivors, z”l. Evil has always tried to destroy us but it never will! The Jewish spirit always prevails because
In SAR High School, we teach a year-long course to our 10th graders in gender-separate classes. In the first half of the year, we cover
(Courtesy of JFSCNJ) Liana Beer, a sixth grader at Bruriah High School in Elizabeth, celebrated her bat mitzvah at her home in Springfield by having
The Teaneck/Bergenfield costume gemach began in 2015 in memory of Farvish Hirsch Ben Shmuel Leib. After noticing Facebook posts and Teaneck shul emails asking to
This past Shabbat, Congregation Ahavat Torah, under the leadership of Rabbi Chaim Poupko in Englewood, hosted Rabbi Menachem and Adeena Penner as scholars-in-residence. Rabbi Penner
