Passaic is a special community, such that three of my friends have come out with their own versions of the Pesach Haggadah this year. So
Highlighting: “The Steinsaltz Tehillim” (Hebrew and English Edition) by Adin Steinsaltz. Koren Publishers Jerusalem. 2019. Hardcover. 624 pages. ISBN-13: 978-9653019690. The Steinsaltz Center has announced the
Reviewing: “The Jewish Journey Haggadah: Connecting the Generations,” by Rabbanit Adena Berkowitz, photography by Shira Hecht-Koller. Gefen Publishing; Hardcover, 2019. It was only last year
Reviewing: “Illuminating Jewish Thought: Explorations of Free Will, the Afterlife and the Messianic Era,” by Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank. The Toby Press; Maggid Books and RIETS
Rereading: “Paradise Park” by Allegra Goodman. A Delta Book, Dell Publishing, Random House. Paperback, 360 pages, 2001. ISBN 0-385-33416-8, ISBN 0-385-33418-4. Allegra Goodman, who, with
Reviewing: “These Purim Days: A Philatelic Book of Esther,” by Moshe Rimer with translation by David Dubin; Society of Israeli Philatelists, 2018. Have you ever
1. “Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel” by Matti Friedman, 2019. This winner of the 2018 Natan Book Award follows
On a daily basis, I encounter children and young adults who experience frustration with school work. Several of my older students bring to a session
As I was driving back from visiting the Jewish inmates at the Bergen County Jail, a quote by King Solomon came to mind. “It is
Oh no! Another year and COVID isn’t over yet? OMG, how are we going to survive and make the Seder fun with COVID still here
Just two weeks ago was the one of a kind annual Jerusalem—and it was Team HASC’s most successful showing yet. Almost 300 runners came from
(Courtesy of Black Box Studios) Back for another year and with a new take on the Great Depression, the Ma’ayanot Drama Society, in partnership with
