Heichal HaTorah opens in Teaneck at the start of this upcoming academic year with 17 students who are making the most of it. Operating under the auspices of Rosh Yeshiva Rav Aryeh Stechler, the new institution aims to offer a meaningful Yeshiva environment with top notch general studies.

“We will be using different educational methods and creating an

Congressman Frank Pallone’s official bio says he started in public service in 1982, serving in Congress since 1988, but the truth is he started in politics when he was in the fourth grade and ran for public council. Serving people, helping people and making this world a better place is what he has always been about. “I got into politics because I was

Englewood—Congressman Bill Pascrell cut the ribbon on his new satellite office in Englewood last week, and let local constituents know that his staff is there to help them find out about federal programs available to them—and help them apply for those programs. With a main district office is in Paterson, Pascrell believes that easy access for his constituents is

When being a household-name is a huge plus in politics, Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver enters New Jersey’s senatorial primary race with a disadvantage. She is running against two well-known congressmen, Rush Holt and Frank Pallone, as well as Cory Booker, the popular mayor from Newark, NJ, who has almost a million and-a-half Twitter followers. That’s hard to tweet

“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second.

When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.”

Albert Einstein

Is it any surprise that the Jewish person Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ) admires most is physicist Albert Einstein? Holt, the eight-term

For New Jersey’s vibrant Jewish community, and for Jews throughout the U.S. and Israel, Newark mayor, Cory Booker, if elected, could very well become one of the staunchest allies and best friends that they have ever had in the Senate. Despite the frenetic pace in the waning days of the campaign, Cory Booker carved out some time to speak with JLBC about his “Jewish

New York—The total number of antisemitic incidents in the United States fell by 14 percent in 2012, continuing a two-year trend of incremental declines, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents.

The ADL Audit reported a total of 927 antisemitic incident sacross the U.S. in 2012 including assaults, vandalism and

WASHINGTON, DC—Sam Bain knew that life could be dangerous in southern Israel, with rockets fired indiscriminately across the border from Gaza. But it wasn’t until the Ohio college student visited an Israeli day care center near the Gaza border that the reality truly hit him.

This day care center was a bomb-safe facility. “We don’t have

Minister Likens PA Peace Agreements to Mecca Truce Broken by Muhammad

(JNS.org)—PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash, in a sermon attended by PA President Mahmoud Abbas—on the day renewed peace negotiations with Israel were announced—compared PA peace agreements to a 10-year truce that was broken by the Prophet Muhammad after two

Jim England once said: “There is great meaning in life for those who are willing to journey.”

In my long time role as a high school basketball coach I have often found myself conveying to my players my strong belief that the basketball season is a journey that in many ways mirrors life itself. The journey is comprised of numerous peaks and

I’ve been called kike, cheap Jew, and Hymie. To the best of my recollection, never Amalek.

Amalek is a biblical phrase, so I would assume that it is at least one level higher in Kedusha than the other terms. I just don’t know if I feel comfortable in the Amalek role—it’s very not me….

I want to use this forum for two distinct purposes. First,

What if tefillahwas a professional sport? What if the best prayers were sought after, offered outrageous contracts and earned extraordinary fame throughout the world? What if everyone would seek the best seats to every home game, invest in season tickets and sport their team’s jersey and various other franchise merchandise? And what if we would all be