Rosh Chodesh Adar/Purim is in the air. Wowee. Thank You Hashem Nation has put out a couple of timely tunes: “Purim All Year,” a leibidig remix with DJ Farbreng, and “Yismach Moshe,” a stunning video starring Reb Yossi Hecht aka “The Grateful Warriors,” Choson—Mazel tov!

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Two long-time friends from West Orange are “putting the soul back into matchmaking” with their newly launched site www.jewishsoulsmates.com. (Note the extra “s” between “soul” and “mate.”)

Focused on women and men in the US,

Where to begin, friends? The music world is on fire, thank you Hashem! In fact, the Thank You Hashem Nation folks keep putting out beautiful music, including male and female singers: something for everyone.

We Golden Oldies’ lovers know music has no age limit. Meilich Kohn recently married and

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The days of the bride’s family alone paying for the wedding are long gone. Today, both families often share the expense of bringing their children to the chuppah, but there are many ways of divvying up the tasks and the costs. The

A colleague of my wife was bemoaning her daughter’s forthcoming college tuition expense. She became speechless, when my wife informed her that we have been paying tuition since pre-kindergarten for all of our children, so college did not have the same sticker shock. Sending our children to day schools and yeshivos is, obviously,

If you’re a newly engaged couple starting to think about your wedding, or a parent starting to plan your son or daughter’s bar or bat mitzvah, finding a venue should be the first item on your to-do list. With blackout periods like Sefirah and the Three Weeks and with the number of smachot on the rise, dates

Howdy friends! We hope everybody had a great Chanukah filled with song and light! I had a great birthday and Chanukah as we received the best gift ever: a new baby granddaughter via our son Joey Newcomb! Yes, he serenaded his wife, doctors and nurses at the hospital, guitar in hand. Welcome to the world, Zahava!

Becoming a bat mitzvah often seems to take a back seat to its older brother, the bar mitzvah, despite being a big deal for Jewish girls. I wanted my daughters to know that the transition from a non-obligated mitzvah girl to an obligated mitzvah woman should be just as fun and exciting as it is serious.

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As bar mitzvah chesed projects go, Gavriel Katz is putting his best foot forward. For his chesed project, Gavriel decided to collect gently worn shoes that have been sitting in closets just taking up space. He plans to send these shoes off and sell them to third-world countries and then give the proceeds to the Mendel Balk Yachad Center in

After two years of COVID-induced isolation, community Chanukah events are back in full force. Chabad centers throughout the area are putting finishing touches to planned celebrations. Rabbi Shmuel Konikov, Chabad Englewood, said this year it is especially important to come together.

“In temple times after the shmita year, it is the Hakhel

The largest Jewish wedding in the history of the Arabian Gulf took place in the United Arab Emirate’s capital of Abu Dhabi on Wednesday with 1,500 invited guests.

Rabbi Levi Duchman, the first rabbi to serve in the UAE, opened the doors of his wedding to Lea Hadad to turn the event into a

Daylight savings has arrived. I’m not a fan of darkness. While exploring ways to light up the nights, my husband and I have been brainstorming and creating new music platforms, radio shows and special events.

So many musicians have been hard at work, thankfully. Eli Levin put out a beautiful version of “Lech Lecha,” a timely song close to our