5+ hour, 27+ min ago  (1167+ words) More than 15 participants in MS Swim-In, a free weekly program founded, funded, and sponsored by the Bergen County section of the National Council of Jewish Women, celebrated the program's 50th anniversary at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly this…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago  (141+ words) Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey proudly presented "Heroines of October 7," a powerful art exhibition curated by Israeli artist Yael Nitzan. The exhibit honored the courage, resilience, and sacrifice of Israeli women in the aftermath of October 7. Over the course…...

4+ hour, 14+ min ago  (463+ words) We live in a suburban condo development known as The Woodlands. You might think that we're as far away from mother nature as, say, a Manhattan apartment building, all pavement, parking problems, and pedestrians. That is not the case at…...

8+ hour, 41+ min ago  (221+ words) As golden confetti rained down around him, Israeli chef Raz Shabtai broke down in tears and was embraced by his cheering staff. Moments earlier, a livestreamed Michelin ceremony had announced that his Miami restaurant, Mutra, had become the first kosher…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago  (274+ words) Lamdeinu will offer opportunities for serious Torah study this summer, led by returning faculty members and new scholars. Classes will be related to topics about the Three Weeks. On June 8, 15, and 22, Dean Rachel Friedman will focus on Yaakov's wives and…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago  (1599+ words) Bernard Ross has lived so many lives. He's the Polish-born son of Holocaust survivors. He's a prototypical 1960s spiritual seeker, trip taker, draft dodger. He's a successful upper-middle-class family man. He's a memoirist. And now he's a man whose various lives…...

5+ hour, 35+ min ago  (669+ words) Sacha Feit of New Milford, 19, has spent his post-Frisch gap year in Jerusalem at a Torah and leadership program called EFG@Aish. In the fall, he will go to Washington University in St. Louis, where, for the first time in…...

18+ hour, 40+ min ago  (965+ words) The time has come to retire the word "Zionist." Not because the dream of Jewish return to the ancestral homeland has failed. Quite the opposite. It succeeded beyond the wildest dreams of generations of Jews who prayed through blood, exile,…...

5+ hour, 55+ min ago  (630+ words) This Sunday evening, the Young Israel of Teaneck will host a debate between Rabbi Larry Rothwachs and Dr. Leslie Ginsparg Klein on whether the current state of smachot in our community and the level of spending on them, as well…...

5+ hour, 15+ min ago  (391+ words) On Sunday, May 17, the Valley Chabad, serving Jewish families in northern Bergen County, held a celebration to mark the groundbreaking of its new home. After years of legal disputes, Valley Chabad and the town of Woodcliff Lake came to an…...