I am a New Jersey-based journalist originally from the Soviet Ukraine. I’ve written on the far-right in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Forward,

In your November 9 issue, there was a letter to the editor by a single woman who begged the community—every person, not just rabbis and

I was absolutely blown away by the impact Renewal had on our community at its shabbaton. This was not merely based on the attendance at

Lazy Bean has become a “home” to many of us and we all enjoy it as a place to meet friends and bring our families.

To the JLNJ staff who, unfortunately, took the easy path of criticizing fellow Jews in the community for, in your words, not bothering to “show

Rabbi Greene wrote a beautiful article in his chinuch column (“What Is the Role of the Jewish Educator Outside the Classroom?,” November 2, 2017) about

The news flash that came over the radio today regarding the deserter Bowe Bergdahl was most disheartening to say the least. That a military tribunal

Yes, me. I’m your neighbor down the block. I sat next to you or across from you in shul over the Yamim Noraim. I pass

As both a yeshiva school parent [and] yeshiva school teacher, and a municipal taxpayer, I find the articles on the tuition crisis too narrow a

Had the Czars issued edicts limiting the number of Jewish children, the outcry would have been deafening and a way would have been found to

In last week’s issue (October 26, 2017), Mitch Morrison (“Half the Tuition, Half the Expectation,”) and Rabbi Tomer Ronen (“A Solution to the Tuition Crisis,”)

Please excuse any stereotyping or broad statements. My opinion is formulated from my own anecdotal observances and experiences and may not reflect reality. Thank you,