Friend duo for forty five years celebrate Hanukkah together.
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For Montclair teens, a lesson not from a Holocaust ‘victim’ — but a survivor
Otto Salamon, who as a young boy endured the Holocaust with his family, told Montclair High School students about his experiences.
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Sounds of the shofar, safely
Hearing the shofar blow is a commandment for Jews on Rosh Hashanah: and it must be heard live. Montclair synagogues have a plan.
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Photos: Purim party pleasures
Despite many metropolitan area cancellations of Purim Carnivals, and two cancelled locally, in Caldwell and in the Oranges, it is a happy holiday, celebrated this year on Monday night, March […]
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Martin Golan to discuss book at Bnai Keshet
Martin Golan will read from his new book “One Night with Lilith,” and Rabbi Ariann Weitzman will about Lilith, at Bnai Keshet.
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In brief: ‘Roots of Antisemitism’ at Bnai Keshet
Professor Mark Leuchter will give a talk on ‘The Roots of Anti-Semitism” at the Bnai Keshet Kaplan Minyan on Saturday, Feb. 15.
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Photos: A Hanukkah “Fire on Ice” street party lights the night in Montclair
A crowd of hundreds parties on Church Street this year at Chabad Montclair ‘s “Fire and Ice” Hanukkah party, celebrating the miracle of the light over darkness with music, food, […]
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JewBelong Explains Judaism to the Disengaged
Stacy Stuart and Archie Gottesman had worked together for 25 years when they decided they wanted to try a new venture. The team behind the iconic (and sometimes offensive) Manhattan […]
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Photos: Chabad Montclair’s Purim Pastry Prep Party
The kids and their parents make hamantaschen at the workshop in Chocolate Works Sunday afternoon, March 3, sponsored by Chabad Montclair. They ready for the Jewish holiday of Purim with […]
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Purging the soul on Yom Kippur
Local rabbis consider Yom Kippur a cleansing day, not a dreaded one.
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Community in brief: new Rabbinic intern at Shomrei Emunah
Congregation Shomrei Emunah announces Lily Lucey as their new Rabbinic intern.
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Passover: wine welcomes the holiday
Wine is important in the Passover Seder.
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Tashlich is symbolic, and real: Montclair’s synagogues celebrate together
Congragation Shomrei Emunah and Bnai Keshet will celebrate Tashlich together on the first day of Rosh Hashana.