On Yom Kippur, we are privileged to read two haftarot: the first, read during Shacharit, is taken from Sefer Yishayahu, while the second haftarah, read

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We have had a difficult time understanding the reasoning of the Bergen County and Bergenfield City Council in many instances. Years ago we passionately implored

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