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Congregation Beth Abraham’s annual dinner on Wednesday, June 15 will honor two deserving couples and kickstart the final stage of the fundraising campaign for the Bergenfield shul’s major expansion.

On a day with near-perfect weather, a crowd of nearly 300, including Beth Abraham’s rabbinic and lay leadership, members and local dignitaries showed up for an afternoon of fun for the kids, a sumptuous picnic-dinner buffet and a personal address from Congressman Josh Gottheimer.

On Sunday, March 20, numerous first response agencies jumped into action when parents called 911 about their missing child.

      On Sunday, March 20, 2022, numerous first response agencies jumped into action when parents called 911 about their missing child.

Congregation Beth Abraham members Tzippy and Ezra Giller were at the forefront of organizing an evening of tribute to Eli Kay, HY”D and the Michael Levin Base in Yerushalayim on February 20. Through their son Yossi living in Israel, they are connected to Eli Kay on a personal level and are appreciative of the vital work of the Michael Levin Base.

Given the uncertainty of the season, WBFO reached out to local faith leaders and freethinkers for a holiday message to Western New Yorkers.

The Yavneh graduating class of 2021 presented yet another captivating Holocaust production, the 44th since they were introduced by former Principal Rabbi Eugene Kwalwasser in 1977. The online presentation was aired on Tuesday evening, June 1. Entitled “Kindertransport,” the program explored the stories of four child survivors who were sent away by their parents to a safe haven in London before the outbreak of World War II. For the past 20 years, Rabbi Shmuel Burstein, rebbe and Jewish histor...

‘Donny Morris z”l Memorial Program’ Inspires Learning and Mitzvot By Pearl Markovitz | May 20, 2021 Nachman Daniel ben Aryeh Tzvi, Donny Morris, z”l, was gifted to his family, friends and communities in the U.S. and Israel for a brief 19 years. On Lag B’Omer he was taken from them during the tragedy on Mt. Meron. Thousands were in attendance at his heartbreaking levaya at Yeshivat Sha’alvim and tens of thousands joined via Zoom as he was buried on Har ...

Mirlana Morris to her son, Donny: ‘You touched so many lives with your kindness’ Mirlana Morris to her son, Donny: ‘You touched so many lives with your kindness’ The 19-year-old student from New Jersey was laid to rest in Jerusalem in a funeral attended by tens of thousands, including those online. (May 3, 2021 / JNS) With a cracking voice and tears in her eyes, Donny Morris’s mother, Mirlana Morris, eulogized her son. “I have so many questions,” she said through sobs, “but litt...

(Arutz Sheva and Jewish Link Staff) Rabbi Aryeh Waxman eulogized Daniel (Donny) Morris, a 19-year-old student from Bergenfield, New Jersey, who was a shana alelph student at the Shaalvim yeshiva and who perished in the disaster at Meron last week, in an interview with Kan News Sunday. Morris was a graduate of Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey (RYNJ) and the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy (MTA).  "Its so hard to talk right now. I just want people to know that Israel has lost an angel. When h...