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JLife Buzz- Help, Don’t Hinder: How to Support Students Against Antisemitism

    In May 2024, I was proudly sitting in Boston’s Fenway Park watching my niece graduate from Northeastern University. Like universities across the...

JLife Buzz- NCSY Israel Summer Story

     It was already bright, the time was 6:45 am and we had arrived; Eretz Yisrael, home. The first steps in Ben Gurion...

JLife Buzz- Eighteen and Empowered: A North Brunswick Student’s Journey from Learning to Leading

    At just 18 years old, local student Dahlia Wolkoff has already become a powerful voice for Israel and the Jewish people.    ...

Do Jews Send Rosh Hashanah Cards?

Jews have been sending New Years' greetings by mail for centuries. On Rosh Hashanah, Jews greet one another in person with warm wishes for the...

Old World Specialties

The symbolism in our favorite foods.  When Maggie Glezer was just a teenager, she convinced her Russian great-grandmother to teach her to prepare her Old...

A High Holiday Meditation

Facing the music on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This is the time to know our own song, to allow the echoes of our thoughts,...

Teach Your Children Well

Understand the Essence of Teshuva What Exactly Is This Teshuva Stuff?     Every moment is a turning point between the past and the future. Yet...

Tashlich, the Symbolic Casting Off of Sins

A Rosh Hashanah ritual for the whole family. On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, Jews traditionally proceed to a body of running water, preferably...

Bring Your Own Books

Seven things to read in shul on the High Holidays. On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, it happens sometimes that you’ve had enough of the...

The Art of Teshuvah

The Jewish practice of repentance involves not merely turning away from sin, but turning toward the dark parts of ourselves. Teshuvah is the foundational practice...

How to Greet Someone on Rosh Hashanah

Shana Tova and various other greetings are used when wishing someone a happy Jewish new year. Rosh Hashanah celebrates the Jewish new year, and like...

9 Things You Didn’t Know About Rosh Hashanah

Impress your friends and family with these little-known facts about the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah , the Jewish New Year, is known for apples...

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JLife Extra NJ- September 1, 2026

Temple Emanu-El High Holy Day Community Ticket Sale Guest tickets are available for all High Holy Day services, and we are committed to making sure...

Yom Kippur Yizkor Project

  A little girl pleaded with her mother to light Shabbos candles as she had learned in her Hebrew school class. The...

JLife Buzz- Community, Faith, and Firepower: Inside the GunsNMosesNJ 3rd Annual BBQ

    What began as a gloomy morning under a relentless downpour quickly gave way to clear skies, setting the stage for the third...

The Night Before, The Night Before Rosh Hashanah

'Twas the night before the night before Rosh Hashanah and all through the land, the rabbis were schvitzing, were their services all planned? Were the...

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