Andrew Markowitz News Today

Viewing a solar eclipse is a lot like buying a house — in that, location is pretty much everything.

A community-wide project that was conceived a half dozen years ago is rapidly approaching the finish line.

A community-wide project that was conceived a half dozen years ago is rapidly approaching the finish line.

The Teaneck and greater Bergen County community came out in droves to show their love for Israel.

Rabbi Beni Krohn, of Young Israel of Teaneck, has been elected president of the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County (RCBC), succeeding Rabbi Zev Goldberg, rabbi of Young Israel of Fort Lee, who is concluding a two-year term.

Nearly a week after that nasty winter storm, cancelations, delays and serious travel woes continue as Southwest Airline makes a big promise to travelers.

On September 28, Tzom Gedaliah, seventh- and eighth-graders from Ben Porat Yosef, RYNJ, Tenafly Chabad Academy, The Moriah School, Yavneh Academy, Yeshivat He’Atid and Yeshivat Noam joined together for a screening of the acclaimed documentary “Screenagers.” Students were divided by grade and gender and gathered at four of the participating schools for the Yom Iyun program, which comes on the heels of the RCBC’s “Living Connected” community-wide Shabbat that engaged more than a dozen ...

(Courtesy of Shomrei Torah) On June 12, Congregation Shomrei Torah in Fair Lawn held its 47th annual dinner to recognize the shul’s past members, recent leadership and bright future.

First yeshiva day school for students with language-based learning differences to open this fall in Paramus. (Courtesy of Yeshivat Shalshelet) Yeshivat Shalshelet is set to open its doors at 80 West Century Road in Paramus this September, adding a much-needed option to the local yeshiva day school landscape.

Editor’s Note: The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) recently ran a mission to Poland with approximately 20 rabbis from around the world.