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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,...

Planting Trees for Tu Bishvat

This act has always been held in high regard in Judaism In the Jewish scheme of the world, trees have always occupied a key and...

Tu Bishvat 2025

In 2025, Tu Bishvat begins at sundown on Wednesday, Feb. 12 and ends at sundown on Thursday, Feb. 13. Tu Bishvat or the “birthday” of...

Multiracial Jewish Families

Increasingly, Jewish families are adopting non-white babies. Ari Wolff’s mom was worried about sending her 8-year-old to overnight camp for the first time last summer....

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JLife Extra NJ- June 15, 2025

The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County in Freehold will hold its Summer Solstice Musical Magic Cocktail Party and Benefit Concert  on Sunday, June...

JLife Extra NJ- June 1, 2025

Acclaimed six-man a cappella vocal band Six13, known for its Jewish-themed renditions of popular tunes, will be performing 4:30 p.m. Sunday, June 8 at...

JLife Buzz- “Ada – My Mother the Architect” Makes Its Debut

    Despite designing major civic landmarks—including Jerusalem’s Supreme Court, Ben Gurion Airport, and The Open University of Israel—her name remains largely unknown outside...

JLife Buzz- Heartbreak and Healing on the Shores of the Sea of Galilee

    I recently returned from a three-day retreat for bereaved parents, organized by OneFamily, at a five-star hotel overlooking the Sea of Galilee. The...

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