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Breaking Away

The first Passover haggadah in Ukrainian marks a community’s break with Russia     For Michal Stamova, the challenge of translating Passover’s core text into...

Solving A Family Mystery

New Book Uncovers the Life of Renowned Yiddish Actress     Meryl Frank has always felt a strong connection to the Holocaust, sparked by her...

New All-Digital Hunger Museum

Charting US response to food insecurity through a Jewish lens     An 1888 portrait of Ellen Swallow Richards and her all-female home economics class...

Reach Out and Touch Someone

Synagogues expand communication efforts     As New Jersey emerges from winter and from Covid protocols, growth is an increasingly important priority among Monmouth and...

Girls’ Nights Out

Women gather for monthly get-togethers     When my husband and I first moved to Monmouth County, we were hoping to become friendly with a...

It’s a Date

Netflix’s ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ debuts May 3     A matchmaker who says she has successfully paired 200 Jewish couples is the star of “Jewish Matchmaking,” a...

Hametz is Serious Business

  Mrs. Emmert and the state of Israel     Among the Israeli government’s proposed new legislative measures is a bill having to do with taking...

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JLife Extra NJ-March 15, 2025

Come meet  Jane Loeb Rubin, author of the novel, “Threadbare, on Sunday, March 23 at 11 a.m. at Congregation Torat El  in Oakhurst. The...

JLife Extra NJ- March 1, 2025

Dr. Milton Heumann. Distinguished Professor of Political Science and pre-law adviser at Rutgers University, will speak about the Supreme Court on Sunday, March 2,...

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...

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