Where Do We Go From Here? By Rabbi Zev Goldberg | April 29, 2021
The past year has been filled with challenges. With each storm cloud there is a silver lining. One of the silver linings in the Bergen County community has been the unprecedented level of communal unity. From the very beginning of the pandemic, our community has rallied together. Shuls acted in unison to close in March of 2020 and months later opened together, cautiously and deliberately. While each shul followed the guidance of its medical committee, there was a general commitment to acting in lockstep. I am proud that the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County led our community with Torah values and science-based guidance.
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’ oldest son, Chaim Mayer, made a siyum on Shisha Sidrei Mishna, he shared that in every masechet he learned he found something to remind him of his father something his father was careful about or interested in; that is the result of living a life dedicated to Torah.