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Michele Alperin
“Portrait of Bernarda Shahn, wife of Ben Shahn” by Mel Leipzig
September 25, 2019, 3:34 pm
From sweatshops to ‘utopia’
Exhibit on Jews of Roosevelt intertwines art with history
By Michele Alperin
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
September 19, 2019, 11:39 am
Keeping the Jewish spirit flourishing at home
Educators offer books, holiday kits, and ideas to help people engage with Judaism on their own turf
By Michele Alperin
Rabbi Raysh Weiss of Beth El in Yardley, Pa., said she moved to the area “to build roots.” Photo by Ann Silver
September 9, 2019, 11:25 am
New Beth El leader had detours on route to rabbinate
Raysh Weiss drawn from Orthodoxy to Conservative egalitarian shul
By Michele Alperin
Rabbi Jesse Olitzky of Congregation Beth El in South Orange addresses the crowd in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in Newark on Tisha b’Av. Photo by Michele Alperin
August 14, 2019, 11:18 am
Hundreds gather on Tisha b’Av to protest immigrant detention
By Michele Alperin
Alan Shamah, a Bike4Chai founder, in last year’s ride; he said the mission of Chai Lifeline’s Camp Simcha and Camp Simcha Special is to “bring childhood back to children” with serious illnesses. Photos by Lenny Groysman for Chai Lifeline
August 5, 2019, 11:20 am
Ride for ‘life’ offers physical challenges, emotional highs
For 10 years, Bike4Chai helps ‘bring joy to seriously ill kids’
By Michele Alperin
Linda Milstein hopes that the lessons students learn at the Chhange genocides exhibit will trickle up to their parents.
July 1, 2019, 11:43 am
A retiree uses her life experience to make a difference
Docent at genocides exhibit aims to combat hate speech and violence
By Michele Alperin
Rabbi Dovid Dubov in front of the new Chabad of Princeton/Headquarters-Chabad of Greater Mercer County, set on 18 acres on Route 206 in Princeton. Photos by Michele Alperin
June 3, 2019, 11:21 am
A homecoming for Chabad of Princeton
New center opens for ‘all Jews’
By Michele Alperin
Federation’s mission group celebrated Shabbat in Budapest’s Dohány Street Synagogue — the largest one in Europe. Photo by Mark Merkovitz
June 3, 2019, 11:08 am
Mission: Berlin, Budapest, and anti-Semitism
Federation trip participants witnessed the depths of hatred, reclamation of Jewish identity
By Michele Alperin
Rabbi Charles Briskin and Cantor Rachel Kohlbrenner in front of the ark at Congregation Shir Ami in Newton, Pa. Photo by Nancy Levitt
June 3, 2019, 10:53 am
A double dose of new clergy at Shir Ami
Congregation installs rabbi, cantor
By Michele Alperin
A makeshift memorial for the victims of the Chabad of Poway. A gunman inspired by white nationalists opened fire on Passover, killing one and injuring three. Getty Images
May 6, 2019, 10:46 am
A call for unity, Jewish pride in wake of shooting at Chabad of Poway
Local leaders value interfaith partnerships
By Michele Alperin
The Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project aims to restore stones like the one toppled over between these two graves. (Photo courtesy Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project)
April 8, 2019, 11:21 am
‘Doing what communities do’ — taking care of holy ground
Project aims to rehabilitate Trenton’s Jewish cemeteries
By Michele Alperin
Author Janet Benton (Photo by Steve Ladner)
April 8, 2019, 11:10 am
Quaker character appeals to author’s Jewishness
In novel, unwed mother keeps baby despite prejudice
By Michele Alperin
CMBD founder Abraham Waserstein, left, with members of the University of Washington debate team, from left, Nicole Jevons, Samantha Eden, Talya Gilboa, and Doria Nelson. The team won first prize in its division, which included students with limited Jewish textual background. (Photos by Michele Alperin)
March 13, 2019, 1:07 pm
#MeToo movement meets halacha at Princeton
Collegiate Jewish law debate promotes study, diversity
By Michele Alperin
Barry Scott Wimpfheimer said in his “The Talmud: A Biography,” he “shifts attention away from the Talmud’s ancient context into its reception history.”
March 11, 2019, 11:42 am
Author to discuss integration of traditional and academic study
Shows, through ‘biography,’ what Talmud has meant for 1,000 years
By Michele Alperin
Archie Gottesman, creator of JewBelong.com (Photo by Dee Guerreros)
March 11, 2019, 11:28 am
Why is JewBelong’s seder different from all others?
Because the founder’s goal is a ritual that’s inclusive, meaningful, and yes, fun
By Michele Alperin
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