2008 Archive
Corzine signs document saluting NJ-Israel bonds 05.15.08
Diaspora groups protest court ruling on converts 05.15.08
Pol hopes McCain will blaze his comeback trail 05.15.08
Prosecutor cites Koran in trial of Muslim cleric 05.15.08
Survivor funds, NORCs top lobbyists’ wish list 05.15.08
Rabbi says Muslim cleric should not be deported 05.08.08
Urging fellow Muslims to pursue a peaceful path 05.08.08
Jewish leaders relieved as divestment plans die 05.08.08
Lautenberg raps challenger’s record 05.08.08
Local rabbis join effort to rain on China’s parade 05.08.08
Shuttered Short Hills caterer faces possible suit 05.08.08
Kadish affair seen in Israel as effort to find 'super mole' 05.01.08
Jewish War Veterans suspend alleged spy 05.01.08
Alleged spy’s cantor fears for his health 05.01.08
NJ man’s arrest carries echoes of Pollard scandal 05.01.08
N.J. man accused of spying for Israel 05.01.08
Groups ask Methodists to head off Israel plank 05.01.08
Iran as a dire threat, yet with ‘rational’ interests 05.01.08
Andrews touts timetable in bid to unseat senator 05.01.08
Benedict offers ‘shalom’ during synagogue visit 04.24.08
Court ruling on coach’s prayer divides experts 04.24.08
Florham Park physician fights return to Caracas 04.24.08
House seeks justice for refugee Jews 04.03.08
Blacks, Jews survey exhibit on race 04.03.08
NJ couple’s gift boosts Jewish life at Princeton 04.03.08
A surgeon’s heart beats to music and medicine 04.03.08
Judging Obama 03.27.08
Jews playing outsize role in super-delegate tally 03.27.08
Play shows Anne Frank as musical comedy foil 03.27.08
Artist’s present passion: drawing on Jewish past 03.27.08
Graves quickly restored at vandalized cemetery 03.27.08
Judge sentences youths for cemetery rampage 03.20.08
Bagels bit by inflation as wheat prices soar 03.20.08
Conservative professor seeks Lautenberg’s seat 03.20.08
Jewish Studies at Kean marks 10th anniversary 03.20.08
Rutgers rally mourns victims of yeshiva attack 03.13.08
‘They’ll be able to rise up’ 03.13.08
Leading Orthodox rabbi dies in automobile crash 03.13.08
Drew relents 03.13.08
Call for cooperation at conference 03.13.08
Scholar draws on cartoons in the Yiddish press 03.13.08
In NJ, Jordan’s king says ‘time is running out…’ 03.06.08
Professors’ ‘worst fears had come true’ 03.06.08
NJ man gets green light to pursue terror lawsuit 03.06.08
A Jewish ‘grandma’ can’t quit clowning around 03.06.08
Sapir Student Killed 02.28.08
Manischewitz runs short on Tam Tams 02.28.08
Fidel Castro departs 02.28.08
Temple helps Czech village remember its past 02.28.08
Lawyer skates thin line between rink and office 02.28.08
Northern Negev professors describe toll of missiles 02.21.08
‘Prayer for Conversion’ reinstated by Pope 02.21.08
Suffering in Sudan brings calls for action at Kean 02.21.08
Teenagers in cemetery case plead guilty 02.21.08
‘Jersey guy’ is Gov. Corzine’s new policy counsel 02.21.08
In Hoboken, an experiment for post-college Jews 02.21.08
Jewish Dems eye McCain challenge 02.14.08
GOP activist sees McCain doing well among Jews 02.14.08
Nothing but the truth… 02.14.08
Leader hopes to expand Israel’s religious horizon 02.14.08
Cops charge three men for Princeton-area graffiti 02.14.08
A Jew and Muslim walk onto a stage… 02.14.08
ISO: A mensch who wants to start a family 02.14.08
Nothing but the truth… 02.07.08
If it’s Tuesday… 02.07.08
Peace group’s head senses new possibilities 02.07.08
Shoa reparations attorney faces disbarment 02.07.08
Age can’t stop lifelong volunteer 02.07.08
As Super Tuesday nears, voters shuffle their options 01.31.08
Campus campaigns 01.31.08
Here’s the deal: For many voters Clinton is the candidate to beat 01.31.08
Obama: ‘Use your megaphone’ 01.31.08
Relative files suit in cemetery attack 01.31.08
Everybody’s an expert? 01.24.08
Rabbi issues holiday warning 01.24.08
SSDS Cranford offers parents tuition break 01.24.08
Speaker backs bill on Jewish refugees 01.24.08
Cherry Hill lawmaker Adler eyes open seat in House 01.17.08
Synagogues merge to form Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael 01.17.08
A crowded GOP field awaits a front-runner 01.17.08
Will Dems demand ‘change’ or ‘experience’? 01.17.08
'Like a tornado' 01.17.08
Chabad rabbis rip ‘gallows’ talk 01.10.08
Drew soph is bound for Israel 01.10.08
Jewish leaders hail enactment of Iran divestment bill 01.10.08
Lawmakers pass hate-crimes bill 01.10.08
Slavery apology heartens leaders 01.10.08
Transplant debate 01.03.08
JTS head calls for movement to embrace common principles 01.03.08
Tales retold 01.03.08
2007 Archive
A Jew studies the Gospels in the spirit of ‘pluralism’ 12.27.07
‘New approach’ 12.27.07
Like slaughter to the goats - New ways of thinking about Jewish food 12.20.07
People for the ethical treatment of humans - New ways of thinking about Jewish food 12.20.07
Thinking outside the bun - New ways of thinking about Jewish food 12.20.07
Drew scored for Israel policy 12.20.07
French diplomat: Tehran must face 'maximum pressure' 12.13.07
Holocaust fatigue?
Educators worry about the future of Shoa memory in the schools 12.13.07
NJ officials mark Hanukka at State House 12.13.07
Universities plan Israel trip for social work students 12.13.07
Federations, Rutgers team to address Jewish future 12.06.07
Finding a cause in refuseniks' struggle 12.06.07
From a 'cage' to a life of freedom 12.06.07
Seizing a galvanizing moment for American Jews and the world 12.06.07
Transforming a rabbi and his congregation 12.06.07
Welcoming the newcomers with the necessities of life 12.06.07
Iran divestment bill advances 12.06.07
Rabbis back bill that would abolish state's death penalty 12.06.07
Rep: We have to talk to Hamas 12.06.07
Parties scrambling for Ferguson seat 11.29.07
Drew reviews Israel travel ban 11.29.07
NJ sister community rattled after Dead Sea earthquakes 11.29.07
RU hosts Israeli water expert 11.29.07
Activists welcome suspect's extradition 11.22.07
Corzine marks Kristallnacht 11.22.07
Ferguson warns Lithuania 11.22.07
House backs funding for Polish museum 11.22.07
One paper, two communities, 10 years 11.22.07
Rabbi-psychologist says he's after Scott Garrett's seat in NJ's Fifth 11.22.07
'I was lucky' 11.22.07
Terminated 11.22.07
District 27 candidates spar over dual offices, spending 11.01.07
Intermarriage expert tapped to aid Conservative shuls 11.01.07
NJ-Israel Commission reasserts its economic mission 11.01.07
Rwandan invokes Anne Frank in telling story of her survival 11.01.07
Rutgers Hillel installs board on site of its future home 11.01.07
A maverick in his movement, but a mystic ahead of his time 10.25.07
The Heschel Century 10.25.07
Obama's supporters rebut reports saying Clinton is 'inevitable' 10.25.07
State commission's anniversary is opportunity to reflect on Shoa 10.25.07
Coulter shock
Reaction to pundit's comments on Jews divides along familiar political borders 10.18.07
Minority report
Ann Coulter's claim of 'fast track' Christianity flies in the face of mainstream church teaching
Jews at Montclair State see a burst of change 10.18.07
Groups post reward in beating of Lakewood teacher 10.18.07
Class action
The surprising, and controversial, growth of Chabad Hebrew schools 10.11.07
Groups share security funding 10.11.07
Megadonor offers harsh words on state of Jewish community 10.11.07
Praying or playing?
Coach at center of church-state flap invokes right to free speech 10.11.07
Corzine stands up for SCHIP, boosts pilot plan for the elderly 10.04.07
Critics blast scholar's inclusion at NJ homeland security confab 10.04.07
House urges trial group to relax rules for religious kids 10.04.07
Insider arrives as new principal of Cranford Schechter campus 10.04.07
Lawmaker honors mime for effort in the Resistance 10.04.07
Judge backs student protesters in clash over 'Hitler' buttons 09.27.07
Shuls host chancellor for talk on Conservative future 09.27.07
Biologist endorses sukka-builders' wetlands harvest 09.20.07
Christian pro-Israel event sounds warning on Iran 09.20.07
Jewish groups plan UN rally to denounce Iranian president 09.20.07
State Association taps Edison lawyer as executive director 09.20.07
Chabad on ice: The 'crazy' story of a roving Philadelphia lawyer 09.13.07
Christians stage pro-Israel rally 09.13.07
Israel commission's director backs shift to State dept. 09.13.07
NJ environmentalists launching national interfaith fellowship 09.13.07
Souls at sea: voyagers make their own Shabbat 09.13.07
The Nanny Diaries
For families and their non-Jewish au pairs, the learning process is a two-way street 09.13.07
What makes a synagogue? Rabbi, neighbors don't agree 09.13.07
Busy as a bee
Local family appreciates sweet nature of a timely hobby 09.06.07
Forgiveness starts with me
How does one move forward without bitterness? 09.06.07
You can go home again
Her parents' shul was a point of stability in an unstable world 09.06.07
A newbie meets green group's 100-mile, two-day bicycle test 09.06.07
Mom writes of daughters' deaths in order to remember 09.06.07
W. Orange Schechter accepts 22 students from Bergen school 09.06.07
Defense groups change course, back cop in 'dirty Jews' ruling 08.30.07
Holocaust educators ponder state's mandate 08.30.07
Rutgers Hillel welcomes first-year students 08.30.07
Tal Brody, basketball superstar, wants to lead Likud to victory 08.30.07
WO Schechter offers to absorb students from shuttered school 08.30.07
Biblical pulp fiction 08.23.07
Israel PAC laying bets on Giuliani, Hillary 08.23.07
Seller hints at farm deal to Jewish group 08.23.07
A survivor's view 08.23.07
Darfur activists turn sights on China Olympics 08.16.07
Putting the Hebrew in Hebrew school 08.16.07
Grim symbols greet NJ Holocaust scholar in Poland 08.16.07
Activists ‘awed’ by moderate Bangladeshi 08.09.07
Me and my shadow 08.09.07
NJ college presidents sign ad protesting UK Israel boycott 08.09.07
NJ Republican seeks a place in the center 08.09.07
Bush, senators spar over Springfield court nominee 08.02.07
Corzine signs funding measure seeking $450 mil for stem cells 08.02.07
No question about it: Livingston teenager is Jeopardy! champ 08.02.07
ADL sounds warning over Morristown rally 07.26.07
Defiant senator calls age talk a 'smear' 07.26.07
Free loan society expands statewide 07.26.07
Rutgers prez blasts boycott 07.26.07
Activist promotes simple way to prevent a major birth defect 07.19.07
Bring them home 07.19.07
A critic of VA to head Jewish veterans’ group 07.19.07
Hope amid horrors 07.19.07
New Jersey woman is tapped to spearhead JWI 07.19.07
From Yeshiva U. to Seton Hall
A scholar of hasidic thought has a message for Jews and Catholics 07.12.07
Hopkins seeks Ashkenazi Jews for study on pancreatic diseases 07.12.07
Inquiring Minds
A local religious school will soon ask the big questions 07.12.07
Philanthropies seek divestment from Iran, Sudan 07.12.07
Both sides draw on lessons of other states’ tuition tax breaks 07.05.07
Building homes, building bridges
A Newark imam seeks a different blueprint for repairing Jewish-Muslim relations 07.05.07
Contested memories
The summer of 1967 meant different things to Jews and African-Americans 07.05.07
Reports from the ‘war zone’
Memories real and surreal of days that changed a city forever 07.05.07
Feds: Vonage denied man’s religious needs 07.05.07
Gov’s line-item cuts will affect social services 07.05.07
Education partnership makes ‘painful’ decision to cut special needs unit 06.28.07
Play ball
In the land of milk and honey, it’s peanuts (but no Cracker Jacks)
Pols oppose earmark to Newark group
Schechter Upper School launches $4.5m makeover
Ex-ADL leader Goldstein to head immigration group 06.21.07
Former ambassador says Iraq war weakened Israel, boosted Iran 06.21.07
On trip to DC, the talk is of Iraq 06.21.07
A Pyrrhic victory for Hamas? 06.21.07
What might happen and what won't happen in Gaza 06.21.07
Assembly passes religious accommodation bills 06.14.07
Jewish leaders join rally against Medicaid cuts 06.14.07
Smith urges governments to eradicate anti-Semitism 06.14.07
Training camp
In a pre-summer ritual, workers from around the world learn the ropes at a program run by the New Jersey Y 06.14.07
A mechaieh!
Any way you say it, Union Yiddish club is about love and laughter 06.07.07
Bill urges new home for NJIC 06.07.07
Bill would give tax credits for private schools 06.07.07
Gay teacher alleges bias in denial of tenure by S. Orange/Maplewood 06.07.07
Governor taps Rabner for chief justice 06.07.07
Swastika attack prompts interfaith solidarity at Montclair synagogue 06.07.07
Bittersweet legacy
Israel won the lightning war, but peace remains elusive 05.31.07
From here to maturity
The author was in grade school when the war began. Here's what he and his country
learned then — and since. 05.31.07
‘Master teachers' are honored for their work in Holocaust education 05.31.07
New Jersey rabbi's new role begins where free trips to Israel leave off 05.31.07
UJC MetroWest extends emergency aid to Sderot 05.31.07
Vandals arrange books in swastika-shaped pile at synagogue parking lot 05.31.077
Yearning to be in Israel at a time of war 05.31.07
NJ Assembly bill seeks make-up exams for religious holidays 05.24.07
Student dedicates a great-grandfather’s gift to Israeli synagogue 05.24.07
U.S., Israel communities celebrate sister city ties 05.24.07
Where there’s smoke
Kosher gourmet salami, conceived in France, made in Newark 05.24.07
Whippany child-care center to remain open 05.24.07
A church and a synagogue seek memories of a visit by Dr. King 05.17.07
U.S. and Israel partners bridge schism over funds to ‘twin' communities 05.17.07
Groups mingle as students celebrate Middle Eastern culture at Princeton 05.17.07
It's all about the game: Softball league's friendly take on ‘Jew vs. Jew' 05.17.07
Love and marriage?
Therapists consider the possibilities 05.17.07
State federations set agenda, install president at annual meeting 05.17.07
Facing a deficit, JCC MetroWest mulls future of Whippany facility 05.10.07
GOP lawmakers join NJ colleagues backing House hate crimes bill 05.10.07
Raising hell, and journalism’s standards, for 50 years 05.10.07
Survivor and Iraqi share lessons in tolerance at coexistence festival 05.10.07
An 'orphan' community, Jewish Hudson County sees hope in a wave
of new residents 05.03.07
Darfur rally seeks support for sanctions on Khartoum 05.03.07
First among equals, Hadassah head faces new challenge in building consensus 05.03.07
Professor recalls power of witnesses at Newark's annual Shoa ceremony 05.03.07
Lautenberg aide says war distracts Bush on Israel, Iran 05.03.07
Professor recalls power of witnesses at Newark's annual Shoa ceremony 05.03.07
Clinton, at Rutgers, says tolerance is message of Imus scandal 04.26.07
Interfaith effort seeks to repeal 7% sales tax on nonprofit health clubs 04.26.07
Rutgers Hillel reaches out in solidarity with Virginia Tech 04.26.07
State ethics panel hears last witness in charge against reparations attorney 04.26.07
State summit against hate highlights power of coalition-building 04.26.07
Three-part harmony
UJC MetroWest launches 'unprecedented' campaign to support local day schools 04.26.07
Automobile accident aborts Corzine’s trade mission to Israel 04.19.07
Ex-big leaguer celebrates the day he switched teams 04.19.07
Jazz meets Yiddish in a concert intended to heal religious rift 04.19.07
S. Orange-born architect Eisenman describes Shoa memorial’s birth pangs 04.19.07
South Jersey cop seeks Jewish support in workplace harassment appeal 04.19.07
State's Yom Hashoa ceremony links genocides past and present 04.19.07
In Remembrance
Memoirs and novels capture the enormity — and the hope 04.12.07
Leading Reform rabbis with vision forged in NJ 04.12.07
Rutgers professor is a big fish in the world of marine ecology 04.12.07
Take it outside
Orthodox Jews with a hankering for nature are organizing strictly kosher adventure trips 04.12.07
Guiliani, McCain vie for Jewish support 04.05.07
In poll of New Jerseyans, Rudy is the man to beat 04.05.07
Pro-Israel Dems assess the candidates 04.05.07
Religious school schedules shifting to accommodate busier families 04.05.07
Seder brings together Jewish community and labor leaders 04.05.07
Ferguson letter urges protection for threatened cemetery in Lithuania 03.29.07
Mayor welcomes leaders’ ‘philanthropic liaison’ offer 03.29.07
Menendez seeks funding for Holocaust education 03.29.07
Rabbinical school admits gay and lesbian students 03.29.07
Rutgers Hillel hosts state conference to train students in pro-Israel advocacy 03.29.07
Unique, but no longer one-of-a-kind
For 25 years, Sinai School has led a revolution in how yeshivas serve special needs students 03.29.07
At Darfur rally, Menendez urges U.S. sanctions against genocide 03.22.07
Interfaith coalition rallies in Trenton in call for fair housing practices 03.22.07
Jewish lawmakers urge legislation for New Jersey to divest from Iran 03.22.07
Renovation project will honor roots of landmark Newark synagogue 03.22.07
ADL audit sees decline in attacks for 2nd year 03.15.07
Booker turns on ‘hesed’ for shuls’ tutoring effort 03.15.07
Communal workers take hold of Torah to recharge their spiritual batteries 03.15.07
Corzine, Menendez reach out to state’s Muslims at annual event 03.15.07
Jewish organizations allege troubling ties among Muslim groups 03.15.07
Nursing facility switches to for-profit management 03.15.07
Pascrell takes heat for invite to Islamic group 03.15.07
Israeli scholar accuses countrymen of ‘ethnic cleansing’ 03.08.07
Jewish communities driven to find marrow match for leukemia sufferer 03.08.07
Local women add names to petition seeking relief for wives in legal limbo 03.08.07
Partisan tensions cool on congressional staffers’ trip to Israel 03.08.07
Springfield police probe yeshiva boys’ complaints 03.08.07
Attorney notes Jewish stake in dispute over Christian event 03.01.07
Chaplains’ group to offer training to fervently Orthodox men and women 03.01.07
Jewish, Muslim students at Douglass deepen their bonds on a trip to Turkey 03.01.07
Raising come-back kids
A Purim parenting lesson 03.01.07(Purim Special)
Schechter bags second straight hoops title 03.01.07
Volunteers see the work yet to do in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath 03.01.07
Forget Persian beauty pageant, consider girl power this Purim 03.01.07 (Purim Special)
Special delivery
Unexpected treats enliven Purim baskets 03.01.07 (Purim Special)
Arab journalist weighs impact of satellite networks in the Mideast 02.22.07
Former German minister sees ‘dangerous vacuum’ in Mideast 02.22.07
Jerseyan suspect in Elie Wiesel attack 2.22.07
Neurologist is named (again) to state panel on brain injury 02.22.07
New Jersey to host first conference against hate 02.22.07
Observers see call for divestment at Princeton U. as ‘isolated’ 02.22.07
Playing basketball (and building bridges between two worlds) 02.22.07
Rabbis call on NJ for tougher environment measures 02.22.07
Reform rabbis mull resolution calling for phased withdrawal from Iraq 02.22.07
Court: Jewish cop faced ‘pranks,’ not hostility 02.15.07
Hawk warns against rhetoric by Jews on Iran 02.15.07
NJ effort empowers Sephardi women 02.15.07
Panelists debate lessons to be learned from century’s genocides 02.15.07
The Pope’s Defender
A Morristown nun leads a one-woman crusade to change minds about Pius XII’s role in the Shoa 02.15.07
Move in NY raises hopes for a private school tax break in NJ 02.08.07
NJ Supreme Court hears key case testing limits of religious land-use rulings 02.08.07
RU Hillel quarterbacks Super Bowl fund-raiser for New Brunswick’s needy 02.08.07
State leader elected president of U.S. support group for Meretz 02.08.07
The smell of basil, the agony of defeat NJ competitor gives it her all in national cooking contest 02.08.07
A downbeat Rodney Frelinghuysen explores new Washington alignment 02.01.07
A Rutgers professor thinks Iran is open to diplomacy — and tourism 02.01.07
Brazilian students spend their vacation learning with Chabad 02.01.07
Gay rights activist named to state panel reviewing civil unions 02.01.07
Kean urges action to gain freedom for three kidnapped Israeli soldiers 02.01.07
‘No more secrets’
A campaign to raise awareness of suicide’s impact on families 02.01.07
State health czar says access is the cure for what ails New Jersey 02.01.07
A taxing time for top lobbyist at state education association 01.25.07
Lawyer brokers a marriage between green groups and big business 01.25.07
Report sees new ways to engage the unaffiliated in Morris County 01.25.07
At Jewish learning fest, the chosen people overwhelmed by choices 1.18.07
Cuba on the edge
The president of Havana’s largest synagogue sees fresh signs of life for a fading congregation 1.18.07
In Princeton, Palestinian diplomat calls Olmert too ‘weak’ to make peace 1.18.07
Schechter looks within to name a new head of school 1.18.07
Students are urged to do the ‘write’ thing on Darfur 1.18.07
In Trenton, state leaders listen closely as Corzine outlines his plans for 2007 01.11.07
Local adoptive families pledge to share Ethiopian culture 01.11.07
Rabbi recalls state panel’s debate over death penalty 01.11.07
Saving Itai
The Ethiopian boy they had adopted was fading. That’s when a voice from their New Jersey past came to the rescue 01.11.07
The rebbe’s soldier: A journey into Judaism and the military 01.11.07
The ties that bind
NJ-born author examines the centuries of the American-Middle East relationship 01.11.07
Former chief justice takes pride in her defense of the system 01.04.07
Go North, Young Leader
Israel activists are sent on a mercy mission 01.04.07
Montclair couple lend name to effort that will train camping professionals 01.04.07
Superior Court upholds conviction in rabbi’s murder-for-hire case 01.04.07
2006 Archive
For Art’s Sake
Rockaway veteran recalls his role in rescuing treasures looted by the Nazis 12.28.06
Linden man fights for vets’ rights as JWV national commander 12.28.06
Pols call for release of soldiers 12.28.06
Rockaway native hopes he’s home to stay 12.28.06
Survey puts NJ Jews at 480,000 12.28.06
With one last matza run, Manischewitz factory says goodbye to Jersey City, hello to Newark 11.28.06
Dems’ fragile majority puts spotlight on NJ’s senior senior senator 12.21.06
Judge okays religious song in school talent show 12.21.06
Lawmaker leads pro-Israel charge from a safe seat in central New Jersey 12.21.06
Newark family business goes nuts for the Internet 12.21.06
Conservative day schools may relax admissions policy on converts-to-be 12.14.06
Local Conservative rabbis embrace movement’s ruling on gay inclusion 12.14.06
Local marine inspires holiday donations from schools, agencies 12.14.06
Muslim urges young people of faith to focus on their similarities 12.14.06
Red Cross partners with Jewish chaplains 12.14.06
New Providence councilman apologizes for ‘Christian nation’ remarks 12.07.06
New Jersey attorney appointed to head American Conference on Diversity 12.07.06
Successful pitch earns NJ man job as baseball exec in Israel 12.07.06
Yuks Redux
The past, and future, of Jewish humor 12.07.06
Deal or no deal
Conservative members prepare congregants for landmark ruling on gay inclusion 11.30.06
GOP assemblyman backs partnership rights for gay couples 11.30.06
‘Renaissance’ man
Colleagues honor Edison’s Eliot Spack for taking Jewish education out of its doldrums 11.30.06
Add another label to that kosher item: organic 11.23.06
Experts urge widened legal options for undocumented immigrants 11.23.06
Jewish, Palestinian groups sponsor IDF soldier critical of Israel 11.23.06
Tech conference shows how going green can be profitable 11.23.06
Whose life matters, anyway? 11.23.06
Young Jews they like this movie film!
Despite warnings from their elders, local teens say Borat is all in good fun 11.16.06
Israeli scientists show their stuff in New Jersey 11.16.06
Survivor seeks to overturn consensus on atrocity 11.16.06
Urban renewal
Newark’s oldest synagogue celebrates a renovation, and seeks to repair relations among Jews and Muslims 11.16.06
Election 2006 Coverage
After raucous election, Kean bows 11.09.06
Ferguson gets by with help from his (Jewish) friends 11.09.06
In District Five, a Democrat’s defeat does not dampen the party 11.09.06
Jewish Dems celebrating new faces, House win 11.09.06
Menendez camp hails victory as a win for Israel 11.09.06
Stender says she’ll be back, and supporters hope she will 11.09.06
Diplomatic reception helps defense agency mark its centennial 11.09.06
In interfaith first, synagogue accepts Christian seminarian as an intern 11.09.06
NJ experts make mark on reissued reference 11.09.06
Springfield woman to head Conservative body’s state region 11.09.06
A tight Senate race, and many voters still undecided 11.02.06
Devorah, Ruth, and me,
Or, who am I to judge kugel? 11.02.06
In debate, candidates bicker over war and stem cells 11.02.06
In Princeton, Conservative rabbis wrestle with dilemmas of Jewish law 11.02.06
Jews take sides, plan strategies in light of gay marriage ruling 11.02.06
Rabbi urges audience to fight a rising tide of ‘Christocrats’ 11.02.06
A family reunion for ‘descendants’ of David 10.26.06
Hadassah forum explores ‘moral duty’ to research stem cell therapies 10.26.06
Interfaith effort promotes screening of documentary on global warming 10.26.06
Menendez, Kean collide, and the topic is Connecticut? 10.26.06
Rutgers’ latest residence provides a model for Mideast coexistence 10.26.06
Senate candidates clash on Bolton, Iraq at forum in Livingston 10.26.06
Kean accuses Menendez of “pandering” to the Jewish community 10.19.06
Data on hate crimes questioned by ADL 10.19.06
Funders call emergency aid to Israeli Arabs an ‘imperative’ 10.19.06
Going into overdrive
Increased pressure to get into good colleges is taking its toll on today’s overextended teens 10.19.06
Rutgers Hillel purchases site for new facility 10.19.06
Survivor remembered as a ‘living legacy against Hitler’ 10.19.06
Montclair women’s gradual path from middle class to the streets 10.19.06
Advocates pressing plans for NJ Jewish museum 10.12.06
Community honors Raoul Wallenberg 10.12.06
Educators take another look at security in wake of shootings 10.12.06
Tom Kean: ‘It’s not about party’ 10.12.06
Robert Menendez: ‘We need to build’ 10.12.06
NJ Jewish groups at center of homeland security effort 10.12.06
Socialist Party candidate’s challenges only begin with his wife’s family 10.12.06
Campus Mideast clashes inspire Rutgers grad’s first documentary 10.05.06
Governor declares Oct. 5 Raoul Wallenberg Day 10.05.06
So many stories
Jersey background, Jewish roots enrich NJ native’s fiction 10.05.06
A bridge too far?
‘Maus’ creator says Newark Museum too much of a shlep 9.28.06
Israeli agribusiness offers technology to farmers in the Garden State 9.28.06
On a home turf visit, McGreevey is praised for his ‘revealing journey’ 9.28.06
Waxing or waning? 9.28.06
Corzine makes human rights plea at organization’s anniversary dinner 9.21.06
‘Jewish power’ is a force for good, says Forward editor 9.21.06
Local Jews join thousands at NY rally demanding action on Darfur genocide 9.21.06
A river-spanning exhibit on comic art draws inspiration from Jewish ‘masters’ 9.21.06
Rutgers students stage multi-ethnic rally for Middle East peace 9.21.06
Senator Lautenberg says Santorum helps oil co. avoid sanctions on Iran 9.21.06
The Days of Aaah
Sun and sand, introspection and renewal: Spending the High Holy Days on the beach 9.21.06
Dual calls for Jewish support challenge community organizers 9.14.06
Generations of the Holocaust hold inaugural ‘legacy’ event 9.14.06
Jewish Democrats press to topple New Jersey House Republicans 9.14.06
MetroWest prepares for Sept. 20 rally at UN in support of Israel 9.14.06
Our Israel: Reform synagogues hold Israel solidarity weekend 9.14.06
Social justice activist named Gov. Corzine’s chief counsel 9.14.06
Family members challenge claims by Jews for Jesus missionary 9.07.06
Hebrew Academy drops its affiliation with Conservative day school body 9.07.06
‘Long-term temporary’
One year after being driven out by Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans family adapts to a new life in Livingston 9.07.06
Rabbi to discuss his paper in support of ‘integrating’ gays 9.07.06
RU earns high ranking for college-bound Jews 9.07.06
Rutgers’ Bildner Center celebrates 10th anniversary with a year of events 9.07.06
Activists plan rally to refocus attention on Sudan 8.31.06
District 5 House race may be test of president’s popularity and reach 8.31.06
Jewish legal community welcomes Corzine’s choice for attorney general 8.31.06
Middlesex synagogue won’t let nine-hour blaze destroy its spirit, history 8.31.06
Problem-solving prof has last laugh on Soviets, Nazi forerunner 8.31.06
Rutgers Hillel spearheads back-to-school peace rally 8.31.06
Chabad emissaries encouraged to reach out to local politicians 8.24.06
For Gaza evacuees, a year of anger, upheaval, and glimmers of hope 8.24.06
Orthodox Rutgers Hillel students get a taste of life in Israel 8.24.06
Peres tells Madison group that Israel needs new tools for fighting terrorists 8.24.06
In the IDF by way of NJ, Haifa recruit navigates ‘surrealism’ of war 8.10.06
Montclair man named to head state panel on Native American affairs 8.10.06
Olmert urges American Jews to ‘share with us our challenge’ 8.10.06
Senator Menendez seeks to honor Holocaust rescuer with postal stamp 8.10.06
United through dance
West Orange choreographer to take his troupe home to Israel 8.10.06
For Young Judaeans, an unforgettable summer amid the rockets’ red glare 8.10.06
Area institutions beef up security in aftermath of Seattle shootings 8.03.06
Few local newspapers editorialize on the crisis in Lebanon 8.03.06
Lieberman challenge seen here as test of religious and Democratic loyalties 8.03.06
Rally held in Morristown urges support for Israel 8.03.06
War straining Israeli rescue service, says support group’s national director 8.03.06
Bipartisan support greets Israel on Capitol Hill 7.27.06
Hijacking survivor Millie Hodes dies at 85 7.27.06
Jews for Jesus targets NJ in latest swing of campaign 7.27.06
Open-door policy
Ofakim, MetroWest’s sister city in the Negev, shelters neighbors from Israel’s rattled north 7.27.06
Outside the Jewish community, but with a close eye on events in Israel 7.27.06
Rabbi takes part in ‘wrenching’ state talks on death penalty 7.27.06
For Schechter grads sharing a Jerusalem flat, it’s ‘the real world’ 7.27.06
Far from home, Israeli counselors juggle pride and anxiety 7.20.06
In Haifa, former emissary to MetroWest helps others deal with rain of rockets 7.20.06
‘Let us finish the job’
Hundreds of local activists attend Manhattan rally urging support of Israel’s right to defend itself 7.20.06
Warfare rattles vacation and study plans, but parents trust children to Israeli hosts 7.20.06
On-line religious liberals plan meeting for Montclair 7.13.06
Orthodox tobacco prohibition draws cloud of resignation from smokers 7.13.06
Pols urged to pass ‘moral’ state budget 7.13.06
A Staples moves in, and a pair of neighborhood staples close shop 7.13.06
Veteran communal worker takes reins at Healthcare Foundation 7.13.06
A long-time colleague pens a biography of former Gov. Kean 7.06.06
Flooding washes out camp openings in Pa. 7.06.06
Israeli expert weighs the spiritual toll of terror 7.06.06
Jersey-raised astronaut pays homage to Ilan Ramon 7.06.06
Workmen’s Circle sells nursing facility in Elizabeth 7.06.06
Catholic educators ‘bear witness’ in learning to teach the Shoa 6.29.06
Hundreds remember lasting legacy of Rutgers Hillel’s founding rabbi 6.29.06
‘Joy and pandemonium’ as Int’l Red Cross admits Israel 6.29.06
Newark native tapped to lead global effort 6.29.06
Report calls for end to practice allowing pols to hold two offices 6.29.06
State fare 6.29.06
International Red Cross reform efforts hit a snag in Geneva 6.22.06
Jewish leader takes key role in NJ immigration lobbying group 6.22.06
Rabbis praise effort to honor war dead 6.22.06
Activists see happy ending to Red Cross controversy 6.15.06
Appeals court says family can sue funeral home for emotional distress 6.15.06
Civil libertarian urges activists to rethink church-state separation 6.15.06
In address to communal workers, educator sees demise of old institutions 6.15.06
The New Ballgame 6.15.06
‘Newsweek’ editor warns against simplifying Iran debate 6.15.06
A passion for analysis drives an activist’s vision for the inner city 6.15.06
Pascrell says ‘no’ to Hamas aid, calls invasion of Iraq ‘big mistake’ 6.08.06
Meeting in Newark, Orthodox rabbis try to solve dilemma of Jewish divorce 6.08.06
On a cool, calm day, Salute to Israel Parade sweeps through NYC 6.08.06
Local scholar organizes conference on history of Modern Orthodoxy 6.01.06
Rabbi with New Jersey ties tapped for key post at upstart seminary 6.01.06
Secular Jews consider liberal future at Rutgers-Newark confab 6.01.06
The Beth, reborn
Healthcare Foundation of NJ celebrates a decade of funding compassionate care 6.01.06
A tale of two genocides
Rwandan and Jewish survivors bear witness at Shoa memorial 5.25.06
Day school champion seeks increased push among non-Orthodox 5.25.06
Local builder models tzedaka on home remodeling show 5.25.06
Publisher pulls plug on Middlesex Jewish weekly 5.25.06
America’s first female rabbi prepares for retirement 5.18.06
Rutgers honors Steven Spielberg for oral histories of Shoa survivors 5.18.06
Secularists meet for weekend of learning 5.18.06
No one comes close’: Mourning Sister Rose, an interfaith champion 5.11.06
Oldest Fairleigh Dickinson University graduate tells all 5.11.06
Sister Rose Thering, crusader against anti-Semitism, dies at 85 5.11.06
States of preparedness
Israel shares it expertise on terror’s aftermath with New Jersey’s responders 5.11.06
After stormy beginning, a Princeton series on Middle East ends quietly 5.11.06
At the podium, a day of consensus 5.04.06
‘not on our watch’ 5.04.06
Ferguson, in meeting with diplomat, urges Saudis to end Israel boycott 5.04.06
Kean backs stem-cell research on an ‘intimate’ trip to Israel 5.04.06
A math professor helps the OU get the bugs out — literally 5.04.06
Menendez seeks $10 million in grants for Holocaust education 5.04.06
Victim’s father ‘pleased, surprised’ as judge sentences Florida professor 5.04.06
JDate tells winning couple, ‘You oughta be in pictures’ 4.27.06
New Jersey board approves Touro’s medical school application 4.27.06
Rally honors legacy of slain French Jew 4.27.06
Area rabbis voice surprise, caution at JTS’ new leader 4.20.06
Israeli studies how NJ universities market their technology research 4.20.06
Israeli urges negotiations with Abbas 4.20.06
Rutgers Jewish and Indian students celebrate cultural diversity 4.20.06
Kean to travel to Israel with New Jersey delegates 4.20.06
Newark mayoral candidate subject of anti-Semitic flyer 4.20.06
College seeks okay for NJ med school 4.13.06
The exodus of Tamara 4.13.06
Iconic grandfather set family model of activism 4.13.06
Putting out fires: UMDNJ president vows to overcome scandals 4.13.06
ADL audit: State sees decline in anti-Semitism 4.06.06
Kean to offer master’s degree in Shoa studies 4.06.06
In Summit, leader touts Conservative movement’s ‘greatest contribution’ 4.06.06
Daughter of Egyptian ‘martyr’ seeks peace between Arabs, Jews 4.06.06
Full of life, and united in death 3.30.06
New Jersey mourns the victims of the Chile bus crash 3.30.06
Passaic Democrats dump candidate over terrorism remarks 3.30.06
Progressive conference urges Left to take stand against anti-Semitism 3.30.06
Rep. Pascrell urges outreach to Arab groups 3.30.06
Attorney testifies that he champions the underdog 3.23.06
Budget rattles lawmakers on both sides 3.23.06
State Democrats feud over freeholder candidate’s alleged anti-Israel remarks 3.23.06
‘Next Big Think’ retreat cuts across Jewish borders 3.23.06
AJC joins rally against House immigration bill 3.23.06
Zygi Wilf's Rookie Year 3.16.06
Sen. says Bush is ‘silent’ as Saudis host boycott confab 3.16.06
Jewish, Muslim students linking arms at Rutgers 3.16.06
Holocaust survivors and their children to speak at conference on trauma 3.16.06
Program salutes Israel - New Jersey partnership in neuroscience 3.16.06
Conference ponders a modern renaissance in Jewish philosophy 3.16.06
Conference gives voice to unsung role of rabbi’s wife 3.09.06
National camp conference sees new opportunities for crafting young people’s Jewish identity 3.09.06
At Princeton parley, profs ponder a renaissance in Jewish philosophy 3.09.06
Rutgers U. alumnae fight to save Douglass as separate college 3.09.06
Albert and Abraham: Rabbi reveals the Jew at the heart of genius 3.02.06
Genetic disease charity tries to rebuild after fire 3.02.06
Groups launch alternative to high school competition 3.02.06
Menendez woos Jewish leaders on global issues 3.02.06
In NJ talk, Syrian blames Israel for Mideast nuclear tensions 3.02.06
State officials rally resistance to ports takeover 2.23.06
Nazi symbols in Ramapo art exhibit called ‘offensive and hurtful’ by ADL 2.23.06
Attorney continues fight against his disbarment 2.23.06
Activists plan New Jersey conference to address left-wing anti-Semitism 2.23.06
Mixed reviews as Darfur advocates seek aid on Capitol Hill 2.23.06
Shabbaton reunion connects NCSYers 2.23.06
NJ Holocaust commission welcomes three new members 2.23.06
Parsippany program provides seniors with help in rejoining the workplace 2.16.06
Factory’s sales ripen after adding kosher mozzarella 2.16.06
NJ chef cooks up a new table ritual to celebrate Israel’s independence 2.16.06
JFS receives grants to expand services for at-risk children 2.16.06
‘Troubling’ report on skinheads sees growth among New Jersey groups 2.09.06
As New Jersey hears gay marriage case, rabbis split along movement lines 2.09.06
Webcasting from Newark, a new voice for Jewish teens 2.09.06
Unsung Heroes
Sold-out conference honors those who make the Torah service run smoothly 2.09.06
Conservative synagogues join forces to welcome interfaith families 2.02.06
Federations fight caps on rehabilitation, seek legislators' support on Medicare 2.02.06
‘Hell of a way to start’
Menendez on Alito, Hamas, and Iran 2.02.06
From the ashes of the Holocaust, the UN ignites a flame of remembrance 2.02.06
Local efforts seek pressure on lawmakers to stop Iran 2.02.06
After five years, Tenafly council votes 5-0 to end dispute over Shabbat boundary 2.02.06
Garrett defends criticism of U.S. Air Force Academy guidance on proselytizing 1.26.06
Hillary Clinton calls for ‘new vision’ in Middle East 1.26.06
Former Schechter head heals after second liver transplant 1.26.06
Weighing Anchor: A veteran ABC newsman joins Al Jazeera 1.19.06
Support for Santorum crosses party lines at pro-Israel fund-raiser 1.19.06
Communal workers consider a worrisome Jewish future 1.19.06
In inaugural talk, newly minted governor urges citizens to ‘hold me accountable’ 1.19.06
State’s top antiterror cop says Israel helped NJ prepare for disaster 1.19.06
Teaching those who teach the Holocaust 1.19.06
FUTURE TENSE: Israel faces a landscape without Ariel Sharon 1.12.06
Cast a giant shadow: Local experts ask what will replace Israel’s ‘one-man show’ 1.12.06
For Sharon’s NJ cousin, premier was a fun and caring family member 1.12.06
North Carolina withdraws from school contest over Shabbat issue 1.12.06
Montclair resident takes a Hebrew name to mark her identity as transgender woman 1.12.06
Administration asks old friend to speak out for Judge Alito 1.12.06
Codey’s valedictory includes renewed call for stem cell research funding 1.12.06
A Caring Community 1.5.06
Proud ACLU-NJ legal director defends liberties by day, takes liberties at night 1.5.06
Codey joins Lubavitch in celebrating Hanukka at State House portico 1.5.06
Workmen’s Circle leads charge against Wal-Mart 1.5.06
Democratic gadfly says daily soft-pedaled coverage of Jewish candidate 1.5.06