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Students at Yeshivat Noam in Paramus won first place at the Science Olympiad on May 6 at the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy in Livingston. Four other New Jersey yeshiva day schools participated: Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy, Jewish Educational Center in Elizabeth, Hillel Yeshiva in Ocean, and Solomon Schechter of Essex and Union County. The Science Olympiad is an international non-profit organization devoted to improving the quality of science education, increasing student interest in science, and providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers. Each school formed a team of 15 fourth- and fifth-graders who competed in 13 competitions. Solomon Schechter came in second place and JKHA in third.
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, Zachary Kohn, and Elianna Benhamu spoke during the ceremony. Stanley Fischman, director of general studies, assisted the students at the microphone.
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 spoke to students and faculty at the Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey in River Edge. The event, at the largest Jewish day school in Northern New Jersey, was facilitated by the Orthodox Union.
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 inscribed with the president’s name and years of service.
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 welcomed seventh-graders from the Gerrard Berman Day School Solomon Schechter in Oakland to the nation’s capital on May 19. They discussed such issues as the recent meeting between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and upcoming congressional priorities. To arrange a tour with Rothman, call (202) 225-5061 or visit https://forms.house.gov/rothman/webforms/tour_request.htm and fax to (202) 225-5851.
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; Swim In co-president and board member Mike Silverstein of Teaneck; Ava Weiss of Fort Lee; NCJW BCS co-vice presidents of community services Carole Benson of Englewood and Peggy Kabakow of Demarest; Ed Kabakow of Demarest; Swim In board member Abbot Reff of Fort Lee; Swim In co-president/physical therapist/NCJW BCS board member Ruth Cowan of Teaneck; Karen Sandberg and Susan Siegel, both of Fort Lee; Swim In and NCJW BCS board member Roxanne Reff of Fort Lee; and Millie Graye of Norwood.
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, center. Event proceeds benefited the senator’s re-election campaign. NORPAC president Ben Chouake is pictured with them.
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 held at the Jewish Center of Teaneck are from left, Heidi Fuchs, daughter of the late Joy Amsel; Amy Wasserman, coordinator; Myra Aksler; and Rabbi Lawrence Zierler, leader of the Jewish Center of Teaneck and chaplain for the Teaneck Fire Department.
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-c_medium.jpg', '<p>More than 60 women attended Beyond BRCA: The Next Generation of Genetic Discovery, a program at Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley on April 19. From left are congregant Susan Liebeskind; speaker Lauren Carpiniello, a genetics counselor in the human genetics program at New York University School of Medicine; and Elana Silber, director of operations for Sharsheret, which provides support for young Jewish women with cancer. The program was co-sponsored by the sisterhoods of Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley, Cong. B’nai Israel in Emerson, Temple Beth Shalom in Park Ridge, Temple Beth Or in Washington Township, Pascack Valley Hadassah, and the Bergen County YJCC in Washington Township.
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. Afterward, Senter led a model seder for students and their families.
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 765-9050. Events are made possible through funding of the Hudson County Division on Aging.
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 262-9898.
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 for Israel Defense Forces soldiers, to help prevent dehydration.
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 and naming ceremonies for women. Rabbi Dovid Wilanksy, Bris Avrohom administrator, left, is with Rabbi Baruch Lepkivker, program director and religious leader of Bris Avrohom of Jersey City, Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky, executive director; Bruce Berger and Michelle Berger, event chairs; Shterney Kanelsky, associate director; Rabbi Yossi Kanelsky, regional director and rabbi of Bris Avrohom of Old Bridge; and Rabbi Avremy Kanelsky, Torah education director.
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 595-0100, ext. 247.
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 791-7200 or visit www.jewishfairlawn.org.
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 616-5301.
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 award. The troop meets at the school. Members earned the award through discussion and research. Rebecca Finkelstein’s father, Rabbi Joshua Finkelstein of Temple Emanuel of North Jersey in Oakland, left, spoke to the girls and presented them with certificates.
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 836-7474 or visit www.hyattclassic.com/go/teaneck.html.
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 Hebrew School of Bris Avrohom in Fair Lawn.
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 in Brooklyn, a certified scribe, holds a piece of cowhide during his discussion of the making and writing of a sefer Torah at the Jewish Center of Teaneck on Nov. 23. He also discussed the writing of tefillin and mezuzot, and shared samples of them in various stages of completion. MICHAEL LAVES
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 before their concert.
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 595-0100, ext. 276.
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, Mount Bethel Baptist Church, and Christ Episcopal Church will continue the clean-up effort.
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, PNC Bank, PSE&G, Apple & Eve, and MyHome (specialists in home improvement). The event, which was conceived by the Kaplen JCC Program Director Carol Leslie, was co-chaired by Sara Levinson and Kayla Kesslin.
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 at Temple Emanu-El in Closter delivered holiday packages to residents at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh, including Mollie Lieblich, pictured. On Oct. 29, during a “Challahween” program, the teens baked more than 20 challahs to donate to the Center for Food Action in Englewood.
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, helped coordinate the event. It raised more than $700 to help feed needy families in Israel. Every week, Table to Table collects and distributes thousands of meals and picks 40 to 50 tons of fruits and vegetables that would otherwise be wasted.
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. They wanted a project they could work on closer to home, so they chose to remove trash and weeds at New Bridge Landing Park. UJA PHOTO</p>
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 planted shrubs and landscaped the campus of the Daughters of Miriam Center in Clifton under the direction of Stacey Orden, captain at the site. KEN HILFMAN</p>
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 voted in Tuesday’s general election at the Epiphany Elementary School in Cliffside Park, N.J. PHOTO BY JERRY SZUBIN
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 488-6800. PHOTOGRAPH BY GENENE KAYE
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 835-4199. LESLIE BERKELEY
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 833-0515. PHOTO BY MICHAEL LAVES
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 of Lubavitch on the Palisades met to pack cookie and honey gift bags, to be distributed to patients at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center and Nyack Hospital for the New Year when the teens visit them in a couple of weeks. Call (201) 871-1152, ext. 502.
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 from Exodus 15:11: “Celebratory song and dance, represented by the harp and jubilant figures, accompany our miraculous sea crossing.”</p>
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. “The holidays are both celebrated by and guard the Jewish people.”</p>
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 from Leviticus 19:2, meaning “you shall be holy,” and depicts tallit surrounding life events.</p>
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, with the concept coming from Deuteronomy, said Shull. It’s illustrated with a yellow star for the Shoah, the Israeli flag flying in Jerusalem, the Kotel, and a dove for peace and the end of the Torah.</p>
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