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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 Yavneh Academy and Akiva goes to Yeshivat Noam. The Lazars and Lewitans first became friends when t...

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) was born, and Sam Kaplan became its president. During the course of the next 35 years, Kaplan estim...

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 long before the Abraham Accords were signed. In the 1970s, after the fortuitous discovery of an oil...

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 first, saying the day is one to reflect on race relations in Billings. “It is a good time to count...

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, father, grandfather and great-grandfather Shelley Mermelstein, Yosef Shmuel Shmelke, z”l, who was a...