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What Matters Most On Wednesday, July 6, 2022

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Op-Ed

An editor’s farewell, and a call to ‘return’

By Gary Rosenblatt

Gary Rosenblatt steps away, with a plea for Jewish unity

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Howard, left, and Scott Kalmikoff at the Holocaust Memorial in the Shklov Jewish Cemetery. Photos courtesy Scott Kalmikoff

Rabbi visits with distant branch of his family tree

By Jed Weisberger

Father and son ‘bring family together’ in Belarus

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SAR students unearth possible Skolnick aliases

By Hannah Dreyfus

Communicating with FBI; alleged predator worked at prominent Israel yeshiva

Rabbi Jonathan Skolnick was arrested on charges of possession and production of child pornography and coercing a 14-year-old boy into sending him sexually explicit pictures.

A parent is the best protection

By Johanna R Ginsberg

Editor's Column

Moving past a year to remember

I’m more than willing to close the book on 5778, which was filled with pain, scandal, and loss…. Yes, Rosh HaShanah comes early this year, but if you ask me, it can’t get here soon enough. It’s past time for us to ring in 5779.” These are my words in this space from just over a year ago. Though the... Continue Reading

The makeshift memorial outside of Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Jeff Swensen/ Getty Images

At the challah station, looking, smelling, and smushing bags of dough that can be baked at home. Photos by Johanna Ginsberg

Taking in Judaism with all the senses

By Johanna R Ginsberg

New program aims to engage young families in Jewish life

Human Relations Commission member Matthew Hersh said he had a hard time including just one group in a resolution condemning anti-Semitism because he sees hatred on the part of the right and the left. Photos by Debra Rubin

Highland Park council debates include BDS in resolution condemning anti-Semitism

Journal

Golfing event benefits JESPY House

By NJJN Staff

Joint List leader Ayman Odeh. A Joint List voter said, “It’s important to have representation, less for specific policies but more to be able to determine agendas.” Getty Images

Arab voters flex their new muscle

By Nathan Jeffay

Opposition role for Joint List possible as coalition talks proceed

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries addresses the conference at UJA-Federation. Courtesy of JCPA

Blacks, Jews standing together again

Neta Riskin. Courtesy of Adi Orni

Editor's Column

‘Shtisel’ star dishes on Israeli women’s role in TV, film

“There is the Hallmark TV version of the holidays, and then there’s the realistic one,” said Sheri Bald, a clinical social worker at Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Monmouth County. Photo courtesy Sheri Bald

Holiday blues

By Jennifer Altmann

Strategies for coping with stress, sadness during a celebratory season

Max L. Kleinman

Tribal warfare: Take a cue from the Native Americans

By Max L. Kleinman

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, center, at the beginning of his meeting this week with Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz. Haim Zach (GPO)

Next steps in the Israeli vote, explained

By Michele Chabin

We asked some experts to help cut through the electoral fog

Pan de Calabaza: Pumpkin Challah (Rabbi Deborah Prinz)

A honey of a challah

By Rabbi Deborah Prinz

Sweet Rosh HaShanah breads from around the world

Editorial

A New Year’s message to our readers

By NJJN Editors

On the eve of Rosh HaShanah, at this season of reflection and renewal, we recommit to our primary mission: journalistic excellence. This is a time of skepticism about government, about truth and fairness, and about the veracity of news stories, not to mention a toxic atmosphere of disagreement within the Jewish community... Continue Reading

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Opinion

5780: regression from the meanness

By Joshua Hammerman

Arnold Eisen: Emphasizes “Torah for our time.” photos courtesy jts

JTS chancellor to step down next June

By Gary Rosenblatt

Eisen’s 12-year tenure marked by stabilizing and strengthening the seminary and ‘the center’

Shayne Cytrynbaum, Golda Och Academy seventh-grader and climate change activist. Photo by Johanna Ginsberg

GOA student warns classmates of existential climate threat

By Johanna R Ginsberg

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Last of the Rabbis’ messages for the new year (Greater MetroWest)

Leaders of area congregations share their High Holiday thoughts

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Rabbis’ messages for the new year

Leaders of area congregations share their High Holiday thoughts

(Greater MetroWest)More Rabbis’ messages for the New Year

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Journal

Shofar in the square

By NJJN Staff

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One step at a time

By Rabbi Joyce Newmark

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Opinion

How a Netanyahu-less Israel might play here

By Jonathan S. Tobin

Flanken with Beer and (Kosher) Bacon

Tender is the bite

Fall-off-the-bone flanken for the holidays

Merrill Silver

New school supplies, new year spur drive for better world

By Merrill Silver

Journal

Preventing burns during the holidays

By NJJN Staff

Susan Antman

A good year … and other debatable topics

By Susan Antman

A message from Susan Antman, executive director of the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey

Rabbi Lois Ruderman in a congregant’s home with students looking at tzitzit like the ones they will tie for tallitot of their own. Photo by Carol Dickert

Keeping the Jewish spirit flourishing at home

By Michele Alperin

Educators offer books, holiday kits, and ideas to help people engage with Judaism on their own turf

Marlboro Jewish Center congregants collect canned goods for a food drive. Courtesy Marlboro Jewish Center

Good deeds are always in season

By Jennifer Altmann

Community members commit year-round to helping those in need

Rabbi Paul Kerbel

Confronting today’s plague: the epidemic of loneliness

By Rabbi Paul D. Kerbel

Additional security measures are being taken at Congregation Ahavat Olam in Howell, which include keeping all external doors locked. Photo Courtesy Congregation Ahavat Olam

Security in the age of terror

Synagogues grapple with keeping congregants safe while providing a warm welcome

Photo Courtesy Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ

Planning for the worst

By Jed Weisberger

Federation hosts synagogue security training with official from Pittsburgh

At the check presentation are, from left, Michael Petrucci, first vice president, market manager, Provident Bank; Jane Kurek, executive director, Provident Bank Foundation; Michael Andreas, executive director, JVS of MetroWest; and Hetal Narciso, JVS of MetroWest director of vocational rehabilitation services.

Journal

JVS awarded grant

By NJJN Staff

Jonathan Barofsky and daughter Emma chant Torah during the High Holidays at Congregation Torat El in Oakhurst. Emma’s two older sisters participate in the family custom as well. Courtesy Barofsky family

It’s a family affair

Parents and children who read Torah, blow shofar create a ‘meaningful’ experience

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Observing the High Holidays in the community

By NJJN Staff

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New year, new kosher quaffs

By Joshua London

From New Zealand to the Galilee to Napa, a wide world of possibilities for your holiday table

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The aquafaba advantage

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Symbols and spices for a Sephardic seder

Top Israeli-American chef Einat Admony’s ‘Black Chicken’ for Rosh HaShanah

Opinion

For college students today, anti-Semitism is not old news

There were two bumper stickers on my mother’s station wagon when I was growing up in the late 1980s and early 1990s: “Follow Me to a Hadassah Meeting” and “Star Kosher Meats — My Family Deserves the Best!” I tell this to my students at the University of Florida when explaining that they are living... Continue Reading

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Tour de Summer Camps NJ co-chairs at the inaugural Tour de Summer Camps NJ event in 2018 included, from left, Jon Ulanet, Eric Sellinger, Susan Ratner, and Gary DeBode. Photo by Jon Pascol

OpinionHere’s to the next decade of Jewish camp

Illustrative image: Israelis celebrate the 71st Independence Day on Tel Aviv beach. Getty Images

Op-EdAsking for a healthy debate on Israel, without the slings and arrows

By Martin J. Raffel

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