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Embracing the joy of tradition at Passover
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (510+ words) This may be a hot take, but I love Passover. I know youu2019re thinking, u201cDo you really love the disproportionate amount of preparation and menu planning for the longest and most complicated meal of the year?u201d Yes! To borrow a baseball term…...
A journey through Southern India with BJE board member Molly Golubkow
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (752+ words) Molly Golubkow stands inside the Paradesi Synagogue in Ko- chi, India. For Board of Jewish Education of Atlantic & Cape May Counties (BJE) board member Molly Golubkow, a trip to India had long been a distant but persistent goal, sitting on…...
KBA first-grader pilots plane over Southern New Jersey
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (216+ words) Last month, Zelda Gutbezahl, a Kellman Brown Academy first-grader and daughter of Voice Assistant Editor Maayan Gutbezahl, took flight in a Cessna 172 aircraft over Southern New Jersey at Velocity Flight School in Williamstown. Taking off from Cross Keys Airport, the…...
Passover books help children enjoy the holiday
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (990+ words) We come together at the Seder to share the story of the Exodus from Egypt. To help children understand and enjoy the holiday, our libraries have dozens of age-appropriate books. This month we look at some of the newer titles....
Katz JCC documentary screening explores Black-Jewish civil rights alliance
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (197+ words) At the Katz JCC's 26th Annual Jewish Film Festival screening of the documentary, "Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round," were (from left), Sabrina Spector, executive director, JCRC of SNJ; Lisa Muchnick Coriano, associate executive director, Katz JCC; Rabbi Aaron Krupnick, rabbi…...
Broadway Live! 2026: A night of musical theatre for a meaningful cause
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (197+ words) On Monday, May11, the Roger & Jane Davis JCC Camps at Medford will host "Broadway Live!2026" at the Katz JCC. This uplifting evening of Broadway performances raises funds for life'changing community programs. "Broadway Live!" is an annual benefit concert featuring Broadway stars…...
Bubbles, Bags and Beats brings a fresh take on bingo
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (254+ words) Bubbles, Bags and Beats, presented by Jay Roberts Jewelers, is bringing a fresh take on bingo to the Katz JCC this spring'blending the classic game with a lively, social brunch experience. Taking place on Sunday, April 19, doors open at 10:00 AM…...
In a first, NBA game features 3 Israelis — Deni Avdija, Danny Wolf and Ben Saraf
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (605+ words) BROOKLYN " The Barclays Center had the energy of a bar mitzvah party on Monday night, as kippah-clad basketball fans and kids waving posters with Hebrew words of encouragement came to cheer on an NBA first: a game featuring three Jewish…...
A Jewish writers initiative launches its first film: a roommate comedy about a Holocaust survivor and his gay grandson
2+ week, 1+ day ago (683+ words) Noam Ash didn't expect his own life to become the inspiration for his first feature film. But that's what happened when the then-27-year-old was living with his grandparents in 2018. The screenwriter's conversations with his manager about another script he…...
Jewish baseball fans have created an exhaustive list of Jewish players. They missed Monte Pfeiffer.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (818+ words) For the first time in decades, a long forgotten major league baseball player has been posthumously identified as Jewish. Monte Pfeiffer, who played a single game for the Philadelphia Athletics some 112 years ago, had vanished into baseball obscurity " until a…...