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Teens from Sha’ar Communities meet with band member
Teens from Sha’ar Communities met with Jack Antonoff of the Band FUN, pictured back row, center, to talk about Jewish identity. Rabbi Adina Lewittes of Sha’ar facilitated the discussion as part of a series, “Teens 2.0: Hitting the Refresh Button on Jewish Identity.” Courtesy Sha’ar
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 group, had a pre-Chanukah celebration with residents of the Esplanade at Chestnut Ridge, N.Y. Courtesy Chabad
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, the network for Jewish high-schoolers from the Chabad Jewish Center in North West Bergen County, recently made cookies and picture frames to send as gifts to nursing home residents. Courtesy Chabad</p>
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_medium.jpg', '<p>National Council of Jewish Women Bergen County Section presented a $7,500 check to the Center for Food Action for CFA’s aid to people affected by Hurricane Sandy and for its annual Thanksgiving distribution. From left, Jennifer Rothman, CFA director of communications; Marcia Levy, NCJW BCS community services co-vice president; Elaine Pollack, NCJW BCS co-president; Patricia Espy, CFA executive director; Carole Benson, NCJW BCS co-president; and Peggy Kabakow, NCJW BCS board member. Courtesy NCJW BCS
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, who meet each Sunday at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly, began their weekly gathering with a special solidarity ceremony for Israel. Courtesy JCCOTP</p>
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 left for Israel to make aliyah. Among them, were a record 127 soon-to-be IDF soldiers, 13 of whom were from New Jersey. FIDF Deputy National Director Retired Col. Pinhas (Pinky) Zoaretz joins them. Courtesy FIDF
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, and Susan Penn, at the base of the Freedom Tower in Manhattan. The tour of the skyscraper-in-progress, conducted by Port Authority Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni, was arranged for New Jersey Jewish leaders by the office of Gov. Chris Christie. Courtesy JFNNJ
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 and the day camp in Nyack. Ramah Nyack sent rosh aidah (unit head) Ilana Sidorsky, shown here second from left, to answer questions and lead a pe’ulah (activity), and Ramah Berkshires sent staffer Josh Smith. The group is pictured with Rabbi Benjamin Shull, left. Courtesy TEPV
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, and Carol Sirota, Ida Borer, Debbie Resnick, and chair Helene Wohl (Paramus/Bat Sheva chapter), at the recent Runway to Fashion show. It was followed by dinner and tricky tray at Temple Emanu-El in Closter. Hadassah members modeled the fashions which were by Cabi Fashions/ Victoria Kucharski (Carolyn Anderson by Invitation). Proceeds benefited healing, teaching, and research work of Hadassah Hospital and the Hadassah Medical Organization. Courtesy Hadassah</p>
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 at Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley celebrated its religious school promotion ceremony on June 6. Rabbi Ben Shull; Cantor Mark Biddelman; the director of congregational education, Rabbi Shelley Kniaz; school administrator Marjorie Shore; and the seventh-grade faculty, Allison Ross and Allyson Gur-Aryeh, are shown with the graduates. Photo courtesy TEPV
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 Jewish Teen Philanthropy program at Yeshivat Noam. They learned about philanthropic giving and presented checks to the two recipient organizations, the Jewish National Fund and City Green, represented by Jennifer Papa and Amy Jolin with participants. Photo courtesy Areyvut
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 on June 12. The scouts, 17-year-old emissaries from Israel, blend song, dance, and story to teach about modern-day life in Israel. Photo courtesy GBDS
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 by seventh-grade girls. They also performed at Congregation Keter Torah in Teaneck on April 25 at a community-wide celebration. Photo courtesy Yavneh
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 at the Gerrard Berman Day School’s “Rock the Boat, Noah.” The ensemble production, performed March 28 at the Wayne Y, featured a witty script, sets, directors, costumes, and a classic rock score. Photo courtesy GBDS</p>
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, led a Yom Hashoah program for fifth-graders. After reading and discussing the poem “Butterfly” by Pavel Friedmann, the students made butterflies and wrote their feelings about Holocaust Remembrance Day. <br />
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 on Pi Day, March 14, also the birthday of Albert Einstein. Students were challenged to memorize as many digits of pi (a number whose digits never end) and participated in activities around pi and by learning about Einstein and his contributions to science and to Israel. Photo courtesy SSDS
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 for a pre-Passover celebration. Photo courtesy GY</p>
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; "Temple Beth Tikvah prepares for Passover")
 at Gan Aviv Nursery School in Bergenfield show off their hand-made Haggadahs. Photo courtesy GA
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; "pre-Pesach chesed car wash at Torah Academy")
 still in the possession of members of the Jewish Center of Teaneck community in advance of Passover on April 6. With him are Yoni Zierler, Cameron Blaikie, Michael Laves, and Isaac Student. Photo courtesy JCT</p>
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 in synagogue life. From left are SLI board members Howard Radow and Caryn Starr-Gates; speaker, Rebecca Missel; SLI director Lisa Harris Glass; and Sheldon Schmidt, SLI board member. Courtesy JFNNJ.</p>
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 League championship game on March 21, defeating the Ramaz Rams 7-3 at the JEC in Elizabeth. The team is coached by Yaniv Besterman. Allison Adler</p>
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 Chief of Staff, General Benny Gantz, left, with Congressman Steve Rothman; and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren. Rothman was recognized for his leadership in championing support for Iron Dome and joint U.S.-Israel missile defense programs, as well as his advocacy for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship. Courtesy Rothman’s office
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 at a Feb. 26 ceremony. The children, in costume, performed Biblical scenes as part of the celebration. Courtesy BPY</p>
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, which was marked locally and across the globe. Pictured are students from The Frisch School in Paramus as well as staff from Sharsheret. Photo Courtesy Sharsheret</p>
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 took second place and the Champion of Champions award went to TABC’s Dovid Greenfield, a four-time Wittenberg champion. The Frisch School in Paramus (top photo) took third place. Photos courtesy YU
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 members Sabina Sicklick of Hackensack and Peggy Kabakow of Demarest; with Charlene Vannucci, Jewish Home at Rockleigh director of volunteer services; NCJW BCS member Lee Lesser; Susan Lilly, Jewish Home’s director of geriatric care, and Chuck Berkowitz, president and CEO of the Jewish Home Family, at a Feb. 14 luncheon at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh honoring volunteers.</p>
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, at the Bergen County YJCC’s day program for adults with developmental disabilities. Eichhorn volunteers weekly to help S.A.I.L. members make projects such as yarn baskets, pictured. Courtesy YJCC
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. The scribe, sofer in Hebrew, showed them the special tools he uses to set down the words of Torah on a scroll. Courtesy SSDS</p>
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 created by the school’s B’nei Akiva emissaries from Israel, who teach and hold special programs in school. Hodaya Shavbatov is second from left; Ziva Fishhaut is on the right. Courtesy Moriah
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: Ira and Joan Kastrinsky and Sharon and Larry Metzger. Perfect Pita catered catered the dinner and Greig Atkinson of Back to Back Music provided the entertainment. <br />
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 ceremony. Courtesy YN
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, Ziva Fishhaut and Hodaya Shavbatov. Courtesy Moriah
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. The group donated $164 to the pantry. Courtesy NCJW
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; "Lubavitch director distributes Chanukah gelt, dreidels, kippas to school children")
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; "Temple Beth Rishon club makes Chanukah cookies")
; "Friends of Lubavitch chesed group visits Care One residents")
 on Dec. 11 at Glen Rock Jewish Center. The event themed “Chanukah Is for Giving,” included discussions, arts and crafts, and singing with Rabbi Neil Tow. Courtesy GRJC
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 to JFNNJ Bergen Reads in her honor. <br />
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; "Boys Town Jerusalem adds new solar-powered menorah")
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; "Mitzvah park cleanup")
; "Yeshiva University’s 87th Annual Hanukkah Convocation and Dinner")
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 and other treats. Courtesy JFNNJ
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, left, and several other members of Congress met with Ari Sacher, Iron Dome Systems Project Manager for Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in Israel, about the short-range anti-rocket system that he manages. Iron Dome has been deployed in southern Israel to intercept rockets launched by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. Rothman office
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; "Associate Rabbi Sharon Litwin installation")
; "Leon Wildes passes teaching position to son")
 in the New Jersey State House” to a group of nearly 30 women at Temple Emeth’s Women’s Rosh Chodesh Group on Dec. 1. Barbara Balkin
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, the JWV’s Lt. James I. Platt Post 651 (Fair Lawn), and Catholic War Veterans Fr. Washington Post #1710 (Paramus). Pictured are (from left) Jim Sullivan, the CWV Post 1710 commander; Mel Kaplan, JWV Post 651 commander; and Al Nahum, commander of JWV Post 669.</p>
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; "Shirley and Paul Pintel Nursery School Thanksgiving art display")
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 in his Washington office to discuss joint U.S.-Israel missile defense programs. After an 11-year career as the head of IMDO, Arieh Herzog, left, will be retiring and Yair Ramati, right, will be taking his place. Rothman serves on the 15-member House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, which allocates all U.S. funding for the U.S. military and joint U.S.-Israel defense programs. Courtesy Cong. Rothman’s office
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 with a choice of toppings with their children. Courtesy RYNJ
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; "Andrew Friedland Preschool students meet firefighters")
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; "Social Action Committee sponsors food drive")
; "Break the fast at Heritage Pointe")
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; "Temple Beth Sholom holds scholar-in-residence weekend")
; "Temple Sinai Sisterhood High Holiday fund-raising event")
; "Friendship Circle kickoff event")
; "Gan Aviv Nursery School families and teachers pick apples")
; "Heritage Pointe residents celebrate Rosh Hashanah")
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; "Chaverim Club member displays model sukkah")
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; "Temple Emanuel Early Childhood Program High Holiday celebration")
; "Teen volunteers at Valley Chabad’s Friendship Circle kickoff event")
 and Tzedakah (charity) day.” Among the activities was donating toys to OHEL Children’s Home and Family Services. Courtesy Ohel
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; "Rosenbaum Yeshiva students prepare for holidays")
; "William Paterson University Hillel shows documentary")
; "Ask the Rabbi at Ramapo College")
; "Gerrard Berman Day School 9-11 commemoration")
; "Lester Senior Housing intergenerational storytelling event")
 Mania” for grades one through eight, included interactive science stations and experiences. Courtesy SSDS
</p>', 'Opening day at Solomon Schechter Day School'); "Opening day at Solomon Schechter Day School")
; "Temple Beth El of Northern Valley participates in Family Promise program")
; "Friendship Circle of Bergen County’s New Jersey Walk")
 967-1334 or eccdirector@jccparamus.org. Courtesy JCCP
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; "Interfaith group holds Summer potluck dinner")
; "Cong. B’nai Israel social action committee raises funds for hospice organization")
; "Jewish Home residents visit Museum of Jewish Heritage")
; "Temple Beth Sholom")
; "Jewish Home Assisted Living")
; "Florence Melton Adult Mini-School")
; "Camp Little Sunshine")
; "Valley CTeens")
; "Local Holocaust survivors hosted by CareOne at Teaneck")
; "Temple Emeth in Teaneck honors congregants")
 Zeilicovich is pictured with Jake Krebs, Margaret Winick, Allison Kramer, Harold Winick, and Luca Albanese, members of the aleph religious school class of Temple Beth Sholom in Fair Lawn. The students received their siddurim on June 3. Courtesy TBS
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; "Men’s Club of Cong. Shomrei Torah holds blood drive")
; "Cong. B’nai Israel honors Rabbi/Cantor Lenny J. Mandel")
, third from left, is pictured with OU leadership, from left, Rabbi Josh Pruzansky of Edison, New Jersey regional director of public policy; Simcha Katz of Teaneck, president; Yehuda Neuberger, Institute for Public Affairs chair; and Nathan Diament, public policy director. <br />
Courtesy OU
</p>', 'Orthodox Union leaders attend annual Leadership Mission to Washington'); "Orthodox Union leaders attend annual Leadership Mission to Washington")
; "Lubavitch on the Palisades kindergarten graduation")
_medium.jpg', '<p>Lisa and Jeff Cohen of River Vale were honored by Temple Beth Sholom of Pascack Valley for their 13 years of dedication at a dinner-dance on June 5. Courtesy Temple Beth Sholom
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; "Frisch School holds second annual family golf outing")
; "Therapy dogs visits Gallen Adult Day Health Care Center")
; "Bergen County YJCC Seniors travel to Philadelphia")
; "Temple Avodat Shalom honors confirmands")
; "Shirley and Paul Pintel Nursery School graduation")
. The residences are for girls with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Brooklyn. Tzippy Waltuch
</p>', 'Bat mitzvah chesed project'); "Bat mitzvah chesed project")
; "Temple Emanuel seventh-grade promotion ceremony")
; "Touro College commencement")
; "Temple Emeth in Teaneck confirmands")
; "David Rukin Early Childhood Center Nursery School Grandparents’ Shabbat")
; "Friendship Circle of Bergen County hosts celebration for teen volunteers")
; "Jewish War Veterans Post #669 makes donation to Veterans Memorial Home in Paramus")
; "Yeshivat Noam girls hockey team has a champion undefeated season")
; "Kaplen JCC on the Palisades children participate in Mid-Atlantic Junior Maccabi Games")
; "Temple Beth Rishon ninth annual Murray Prawer Mitzvah Day")
; "Ma’ayanot High School for Girls presents “Heartbeats”")
; "Leah Sokoloff Nursery School Lag Ba’Omer celebration")
_medium.jpg', '<p>The YM-YWHA of North Jersey in Wayne celebrated Israel’s 63rd birthday with a variety of activities, including dancing with Rabbi David Bockman of Cong. Beth Shalom in Pompton Lakes, pictured. Event sponsors included UJA-Federation of Northern New Jersey’s Israel Programs Center, Dania Dorram, A. Michael Rubin, and Rabbi Stephen Wylen. <br />
Courtesy YM-YWHA of north jersey
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; "Hadassah marks Israel’s 63rd anniversary")
; "Bris Avrohom Lag Ba’Omer family fun festival")
 and Roi David, instructor, far right. The eight-member team of ninth-graders won first place for presentation and a second place for overall design in a field of 30 school teams. Courtesy BTJ
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 tribute dinner “Lights of the Night” on May 9 at The Hilton Woodcliff Lake. Paul Wichansky, born with cerebral palsy and unable to walk, who earned a Ph.D. from Rutgers University, was the keynote speaker. Teen volunteers were given certificates of achievement from Rabbi Dov Drizin, executive director of Valley Chabad. photo by Mario
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; "Gan Aviv Nursery School Yom Ha’Atzmaut celebration")
 of Yeshiva University’s affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminar and chair of the biology department at Yeshiva College. Deborah Wenger
</p>', 'Rabbi Dr. Moshe David Tendler discusses brain death criteria in Jewish legal tradition'); "Rabbi Dr. Moshe David Tendler discusses brain death criteria in Jewish legal tradition")
_medium.jpg', '<p>First-graders at Yavneh Academy in Paramus sang patriotic songs to residents at the Potomac Alzheimer Home in Paramus. Pictured with them are faculty members Elaine Weisfeld, Donna Domb, and Susan Berger. Courtesy Yavneh
</p>', 'Yavneh Academy first-graders sing to residents at Potomac Alzheimer Home'); "Yavneh Academy first-graders sing to residents at Potomac Alzheimer Home")
 and get ready to pay using shekels during a virtual trip to Israel. Courtesy Lubavitch on the Palisades
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; "Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey Yom Ha’Atzmaut celebration")
; "UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey Physicians and Dentists annual dinner")
; "Elvis impersonator at Gallen Adult Day Health Care Center")
; "Temple Emanu-El chocolate seders")
; "The Touro Graduate School of Social Work clinical seminar")
; "Fair Lawn Jewish Yom HaShoah program")
; "Remembering the Holocaust” program at Heritage Pointe")
; "Tel Aviv beach")
; "Hands")
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