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As part of their study of World religions, the Freshman class of Saint Vincent's Academy in Newark was privileged to visit Temple B'nai Abraham in Livingston and meet Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz. Rabbi Dantowitz spoke about her academic and spiritual journey to become a...

By Rabbi Emeritus Clifford M. Kulwin, Star Ledger, Guest Columnist The college admissions scandal rolls merrily along. Last week, California mom Karen Littlefair pleaded guilty to having paid $9,000 to a company that took an online Georgetown University class for her...

It’s clear it’s antisemitism. But how to fight against this hatred isn’t as clear cut By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist  Clifford M. Kulwin, Rabbi Emeritus Temple B'nai Abraham An assailant with a machete storms into a rabbi’s home in Monsey. Shooters bent on killing...

SALT & HONEY The writings of Rabbi David Z. Vaisberg http://davidvaisberg.com/remember-the-mission/        

http://davidvaisberg.com/responding-to-the-executive-order-on-antisemitism/

By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist Clifford M. Kulwin After Tuesday’s massacre in Jersey City, New Jersey’s Jews are still in shock, just like the Jews in Pittsburgh last year. When our Shabbat services ended the day of that shooting, I left the sanctuary to be greeted by...

Friends, Many of us are still in shock from yesterday’s deplorable attack in Jersey City that evoked the recurring pain of anti-semitism and violence. Horrific events like these now seem to occur every day, and yet this one, 20 miles away, really hit home. When one...

"We Asked Rabbis About Their Holiday Sermons. Here’s What 65 of Them Planned to Say" by.Jodi Rudoren, Editor-in -Chief, The Forward An excerpt from this article in which Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz is quoted! The middah, or Jewish virtue, of anger — ka’as — is one with...

Rabbi provides clarity on Trenton council members’ remarks about Jews By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist Clifford M. Kulwin Reprinted from: https://www.nj.com/opinion/2019/09/rabbi-provides-clarity-on-trenton-council-members-remarks-about-jews.html...

Tisha B’Av 5779 by Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz, Sunday, August 11, 2019 “Will there be any chairs there? No, but I will bring one for you.” On Sunday morning I placed a few folding chairs in my trunk before I drove to the Peter Rodino Federal Building in Newark. When I...