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Jlife Buzz- On Our Way to Buenos Aires

    Maccabi USA is sending its largest ever delegation to the Pan American Maccabi Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Nearly 650 team members...

Jlife Buzz- Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival Massacre Survivor, Combat Antisemitism Movement Public Affairs Officer Reunited with Her Rescuer

    On Monday, December 19, Natalie Sanandaji, a survivor of Hamas’s unprovoked attack against civilians at the Nova Music Festival on October 7,...

Jlife Buzz- Rutgers University Holds Author Discussion

  “How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother’s Cookbook: “  Alice Urbach, a renowned chef and cookbook writer in Vienna, was forced to flee to...

Jlife Buzz- Keyport Borough Enjoys Its First Annual Public Menorah Lighting

  Hanukkah was enthusiastically ushered in at Keyport Borough’s First Annual Public Menorah Lighting on the evening of Thursday, December 7.  Beginning with a...

Shabbat’s Magic

Celebrating our special day Who doesn’t love a holiday? We Jews are lucky because we get to celebrate one every week. It’s called Shabbat, and...

Must-See in D.C.

Portraits by or of Women Star at the Smithsonian Who was the first woman ordained a rabbi in the U.S.?     Which American female rabbi...

A Shul for You- Congregation Beth Shalom

Background: According to its website, the synagogue was founded in 1957 and is “guided by the idea that there should be a place where...

Good faith Negotiations?

Calling for a Ceasefire, Without First Calling for the Unconditional Release of the Hostages, is Inhumane On October 7, 2023, more Jews were killed than...

An Empty Seat

Congregation ‘adopts’ hostage taken from kibbutz Nadav Popplewell is a 51-year-old computer specialist. He loves literature and has a collection of hundreds of books, most...

Judaism in the heart of N.J.

J-Beatz serves college students, young professionals Rabbi Jonny Kersh and his wife, Rebecca, moved with their young family to Manalapan in 2019. The COVID pandemic...

Save Osher Asulin

The Race Against Time to Save a Special Boy from a Rare Disease In a heart-wrenching battle against time, one-and-a-half-year-old Osher Asulin has been diagnosed...

A Legacy of Good Deeds

Synagogue Club is Hooked on Crocheting Harvey E. z”l was everyone’s favorite high school history teacher. Known for proctoring an exam while softly singing the...

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JLife NJ Extra- January 15, 2025

The three Bielski brothers saved more than 1,200 Jews in the forests of what is now Belarus during the Holocaust and their heroics became...

JLife NJ Extra- January 1, 2025

The Jewish Community Forum of Raritan Valley will host Assemblyman Rabbi Avi Schnall speaking on, “A Jewish Agenda  for New Jersey:  Antisemitism, Security, School...

JLife Buzz- Philanthropist Phyllis Clancy Solomon Honored for Leaving Lasting Legacy in Israel

    Recently, over 200 community members united at the Marlboro Jewish Center for Jewish National Fund-USA’s “A Night of Recognition, Rebuilding & Resilience...

Jlife Buzz- The Hebrew Academy, Marlboro, Renamed Reich Hebrew Academy in Honor of Holocaust Survivors

  Recently, groundbreaking ceremony for the Reich Hebrew Academy, formerly known as The Hebrew Academy, was held.     In attendance were Marlboro Mayor Jon...

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