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Bar and Bat Mitzvah 101

Coming of age for a Jew, which happens automatically at age 13 for a boy and 12 for a girl, is termed bar and...

Strength, Stress & Support

A Portrait of American Jewish Teen Well-Being Today’s teens face numerous pressures: academics, social dynamics, identity formation, and the complex act of becoming. For Jewish...

Art & Camp

Bring some color to the summer camp experience.  Art can have a powerful and positive impact on a child's life. The best part is, art...

Summer Camp Trends

Jewish Camp Enrollment Surpasses Pre-Pandemic Records Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) released new findings in their annual Census Report: State of Jewish Camp 2024, revealing...

How to Make Your Own Passover Haggadah

A DIY Haggadah adds a personal touch to your seder and can make for a more meaningful holiday. Making your own Haggadah is not just...

What is Not OK to Eat on Passover

Your guide to which foods are customarily avoided on the holiday. Among the most common Passover traditions is abstaining from foods made from fermented grains....

How Do I Celebrate the In-Between Days of Passover?

How to mark the middle days of the eight-day festival. The middle days of Passover—known in Hebrew as hol hamoed—are a period in which some...

Rules for Passover

From avoiding leavened products to the Fast of the First Born, here's your  cheat sheet of Passover practices. Passover is among the most widely celebrated...

Celebrating Purim

Purim is a joyous holiday that celebrates the saving of the Jews from a threatened massacre in ancient Persia The story of Purim is recounted...

Art Heals

The Process, not Product, Counts Artistic expression plays a role in how we teach, learn, communicate and heal. Art in many forms, and through some...

Purim Basics

Brush up on the basics of this festive holiday. The Purim story is the Book of Esther; which is a part of the Ketuvim or...

How to Lead a Tu Bishvat Seder

The modern seder draws on elements of its mystical predecessor Set up your table as for Passover: white or other nice tablecloth, good dishes, flowers,...

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JLife Extra NJ- July 1, 2025

The opening reception for its two-part Contemporary Visions of New Jersey Jewish Artists will be held 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 13 at the...

JLife Buzz-Jewish Community Walks Out in Protest After New Jersey Assembly Committee Tables Vote on Long-Delayed Antisemitism Bill at 11th Hour

    In a stunning turn of events, a New Jersey Assembly Committee abruptly tabled a vote on A3558 a long-awaited antisemitism bill—just minutes...

JLife Buzz- SLR Marlboro couple hosts senior-oriented Shabbat, spreading peace and compassion in the community

    On a late spring evening at Senior Living Residences (SLR) Marlboro, the Shabbat candles were lit and the challah was ready to...

The Perils and Pleasures of Spiritual Travel

I’ve written a book about my “spiritual journey,” fully aware what an oft abused, dangerously clichéd term it is. The problem with “spiritual journey”...

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