AndrewDuring the past few months, I’ve managed to hold my tongue during one of the most emotional summers in recent American history. As a community newspaper editor, I have a responsibility to a wide and diverse readership and mustn’t compromise the paper’s objectivity by appearing to take sides. Read More
A multilog with NJJN Editor-in-Chief Andrew Silow-Carroll.
Perhaps it was four decades too late, but Paul McCartney’s performance before 40,000 fans in Tel Aviv was a lovely ending to a long and winding road.Read More
October 2, 2008
In this installment of “What’s at Stake:” Rabbi Ira Budow, Lynn Sherman, Paul Tractenberg and Herb Horowitz. “What’s at Stake” will be a regular feature between now and Election Day. Read More
October 2, 2008
Some 200 members of the Jewish community demonstrated against a Highland Park store whose parent company was part of a group that hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that same night.Read More
October 2, 2008
Almost a year after its introduction, a bipartisan resolution condemning the Lithuanian government’s failure to protect a historic Jewish cemetery in Vilnius was approved by the House of Representatives on Sept. 25. Read More
October 2, 2008
Michael Granoff of Tenafly recently brought his vision for the future to the State House in Trenton — a vision of sustainable transportation, global energy independence, and freedom from oil.Read More
October 2, 2008
From the time Max was a young boy, he knew his Uncle Marshall was very sick. As many of us do when we fear the death of a loved one, Max began to distance himself from Marshall in small, often unconscious ways. Read More
This week’s parsha, Vayelech, is always part of the High Holy Day season. We read it either together with Nitzavim on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashana or, as this year, by itself on Shabbat Shuva, the Shabbat between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.Read More
October 2, 2008
The Maccabi Haifa Heat Basketball Club, an Israeli Premier League team, in partnership with United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ, has announced the launch of “Haifa Hoops for Kids,” the first ever Israeli sports philanthropic ticket program.Read More
