(Courtesy of Bris Avrohom) Due to COVID-19, many shuls and organizations are faced with having to work remotely. Bris Avrohom is doing just that by continuing to work with its congregants via Zoom, WhatsApp, Facebook and emails.

The Bris Avrohom rabbis are calling people daily and

In her position as director of educational technology at Bruriah High School, Debbie Ezra has been inordinately busy these last two months, setting up technology and training teachers in its use in online classrooms. In addition, she observed the many groups that were forming to provide needed services to community members who

A group of RYNJ third graders hosted a special guest to lead their weekly mishna group. Tyler Hod, a guard with the Yeshiva University Maccabees and semichah student at RIETS, was the guest “rebbe” for the boys. The group, which started learning mishnayos together on Shabbos afternoons, have moved their seder to Zoom on Sunday

With New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s recent decision to extend the state of emergency indefinitely, and the public health emergency until early June, it may be hard to imagine what Jewish institutions will look like when they are finally allowed to reopen.

To that

Rabbi Ari Schonfeld continues to instruct his eighth-grade students at Yeshiva Bais Hillel in Passaic from afar. However, in assessing the current situation, in which we find ourselves isolating due to COVID-19, Rabbi Schonfeld realized that for many young boys evenings would be devoid of meaningful structure. Utilizing his

The results are in following Tuesday’s Teaneck Town Council election, accomplished for the first time through an entirely absentee mail-in ballot process. The Moving Teaneck Forward slate of Deputy Mayor (and Jewish Link Co-Publisher) Mark (Mendy) Schwartz, Karen Lew Orgen and Michael Pagan was victorious, with unofficial results

Entering week nine (or 10, depends who you ask) of our COVID-19 reality, we are witnessing a new phase of possibility, response and action—and maybe even guarded community optimism. We are blessed to have so many health-professional community members with the courage and skills to work within the fray

With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, frontline healthcare workers have been thrust into precarious positions. In addition to putting themselves at risk on a daily basis, they are also making personal sacrifices, all in the name of helping others. Any effort to make their jobs even a tiny bit easier goes a long way, and that’s