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Two Teaneck Fourth Graders Become Taekwondo Black Belts By Shira Kosowsky | April 29, 2021 On Sunday, April 11, Seth Lazar and Akiva Lewitan, two fourth-grade boys from Teaneck, received black belts in taekwondo. The two friends have been taking taekwondo classes at American Korean Tae Kwon Do on Teaneck Road with Master James Koh since July 2017. Seth and Akiva have been friends since they were in preschool, even though they attend different schools; Seth goes to...

By Pearl Markovitz | January 28, 2021 Sam Kaplan and wife, Marsha, have been Teaneck residents for the past 42 years. Between davening at Beth Aaron, Shaare Tefila and Chabad, and this year, the Trafalgar Minyan, they have come to know a great many Teaneckers. In 1985, the Kaplans and two friends now residing in Israel, Jeff Glazer and Aaron Mandelbaum, realized there was a “need and a niche” for bringing local Jews closer to Judaism. Thus the Jewish Learning Experience (JLE)...

By Pearl Markovitz | January 21, 2021 The sisterhood of Congregation Beth Aaron, headed by Debbie Sheffey and Gabriellle Silverberg, invited Dr. Michelle Sarna, wife of the UAE Chief Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, to address the community on Zoom this past Sunday evening, January 16. A large group of participants took advantage of this opportunity to hear what is actually happening on the ground across the world with Jewish residents in a Muslim country. The Jewish presence in the UAE began...

Not In Our Town Billings holds virtual Martin Luther King Jr. service Sunday and last updated 2021-01-17 20:25:31-05 BILLINGS — The racial equality group Not In Our Town Billings held a virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Day service Sunday with a theme of "bridge over troubled waters" where different local faith leaders offered their thoughts on the advice King would have for the people of today. Pastor Melvin Terry of All Nations Church and president of the Black Heritage Foundation spoke fir...

By Pearl Markovitz | January 07, 2021 The endless sea of Torah study can be navigated in myriad ways. Masechet Yevamot spans 122 pages. The current cycle of Daf Yomi completed Yevamot in 122 days. In contrast, Daf Hashavua began Masechet Yevamot in May of 2020 and anticipates its completion only in September 2022. Knowing full well the length of study of this masechet, the Mermelstein family sponsored the entire Daf Hashavua’s learning of Yevamot in memory of beloved husband, f...

Felder’s burnt shul, a place I called home The flames that ripped through the landmark Congregation Beth Aaron last Thursday, totally destroying the Boro Park minyan factory and its upstairs apartments, elicited a melancholy wave of nostalgia for those who have known the shul as “Felder’s” since its founding seven decades ago. “When your father was niftar,” one man told State Senator Simcha Felder, the son of shul founder Rav Tzvi Mordechai Felder ztz”l, “I felt that he was stil...

Yellowstone Public Radio Latke makers Richie and Amy Solomon at the Congregation Beth Aaron latke drive through on the first night of Hanukkah, Dec. 10, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has moved many faith communities to swap in person worship and activities for remote or steaming opportunities. Important holiday traditions have given them an opportunity to be creative. The Christmas Eve service at Eidsvold Lutheran Church in Somers is moving outside this year. Reverend Andrew Wendle says it will...

By Michal Rosenberg | December 16, 2020 It’s hard to believe a year has gone by since the horrific car accident that shook the Teaneck community and claimed the life of Shelly Mermelstein, z”l, longtime Teaneck resident, beloved community staple and true baal chesed. In honor of his first yahrzeit, his family gathered together Motzei Shabbat Chanukah, with some close friends, to make two siyumim and remember a man who valued Torah and family above all. Before the Mermelsteins...

Fire rips through Brooklyn synagogue By FOX 5 NY Staff Published  Firefighters rescued several people including children from the Congregation Beth Aaron in Borough Park. NEW YORK - Dozens of firefighters responded to a blaze that ripped through a synagogue in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn Wednesday. Video from the scene showed flames and smoke shooting out from the two-story building of the Congregation Beth Aaron at 4901 18th Avenue. 60 firefighters put out the fire that erupted at a...

What is Hanukkah All About? We Ask Billings Student Rabbi Looking at your calendar you may notice that Thursday (12/10) is Hanukkah. Like many Montanans, I knew very little about the Jewish holiday. In fact, I would bet that for most of us, our only exposure to Hanukkah is Adam Sandlers famous song. Longtime residents of Billings may remember the awful hate-crime circumstances that escalated on December 2, 1993 when a brick was thrown through the bedroom window of 6 year old Jewish boy. The wi...