Like Willie Nelson, Mandy Patinkin is on the road again, and he’s loving it. Patinkin went into pandemic-induced exile at his country home in upstate New York in 2020, as his Instagram and Twitter — I mean X — followers know. (More on that later.) But he was far from idle. Read more » »

It’s not unusual to take a gap year between high school and college for study, service, or personal fulfillment. But the gap year that Tyler (TJ) Katz, 17, planned for the year between his graduation from Livingston High School this June and entering the University of Florida in 2024 is unusual. Read more » »

Ari Rosenblum, who took the helm of the Jewish Federation and Foundation of Rockland County as its chief executive officer earlier this month, is from a different country. Okay, Canada is not all that exotic. But there are differences, he said, between the American and Canadian Jewish communities. Read more » »

If we are lucky, as we get older our horizons expand as we continue to retain our solid footing in our world as it grows around us. But few of us get to revel in horizons as wide as the one that surrounds Rabbi Noam Marans. Read more » »

Last week, the Teaneck Township Council renamed a portion of Grayson Place as Paul S. Ostrow Boulevard. Mr. Ostrow, a lifelong resident of Teaneck, lives on Grayson Place with his wife, Ricki; it’s also where their children, Lauren and Michael, grew up. The renaming was to recognize Paul S. Ostrow’s decades of service to the citizens of Teaneck. Read more » »

Fifty-five years ago, the Catholic church came out with a document that arguably did more not only to improve Jews’ relationships with Catholics, but also to make Jews physically safer and more at home in the world. Read more » »

Lee Lasher of Englewood believes very strongly in the power of the Jewish community. Yeah yeah yeah, of course he does. He is the new president of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey. Doesn’t he have to say that? Well, no, he doesn’t, or at least not the way he says it. Read more » »