After a canny Facebook-fueled campaign helped him trounce an incumbent, Chase Harrison will take his seat on the Millburn, N.J. Board of Education in January. He’s aiming to loosen rules around Advanced Placement courses by serving on the Board’s program committee. And he’s vowing to “shake things up” at the staid, tight-knit elected body. Oh,…
When news of a hidden trove of Nazi-looted art in Munich came to light this month, an 87-year-old man in a quiet retirement community in New Jersey straightened a copy of a Rembrandt self-portrait hanging on his wall, completely unsurprised. The picture is a constant reminder to Harry Ettlinger of his days with the “Monuments…
Max Levin makes more money sitting in his high school math class than most people do during a day at their office. At 11, the Jewish boy from Voorhees, N.J., was making his first stock picks, guided by his grandfather, a day trader in New York City. Two years later, he used his bar mitzvah…
A New Jersey Jewish woman who disappeared nearly five years ago might have been murdered by a confessed serial killer who committed suicide in jail before authorities could locate all of his victims, the FBI said on Wednesday. Debra Feldman, 48, was last seen at her home in Hackensack, in northern New Jersey, on April…
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach tweeted throughout a standoff with a gunman at the Garden State Mall in New Jersey, while his daughter and wife took cover inside. Boteach and three of his children were entering the mall to meet his wife and daughter near closing time on Monday night when mall patrons streamed through the doors…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie strongly advocated for charter schools, vouchers, and other forms of school choice during an Orthodox Union-sponsored Legislative Breakfast. Education was the primary focus of Sunday morning’s event, which drew a crowd of 600 people and lasted for two hours at Congregation Keter Torah in Teaneck, N.J. Orthodox Union representatives emphasized…
Three years ago I was living in Western Canada, and my oldest boy was a kindergartener at a Jewish day school there. The school was fine — neither spectacular nor terrible. I sent my son there because, frankly, it was the only Jewish game in town. But in my mind, I was going to send…
The Solomon Schechter School of the Raritan Valley in East Brunswick, N.J., will not re-open its doors this school year. The abrupt decision to close the school came only three weeks before the first day of classes. On August 7, parents received an email from the head of school stating: “Unfortunately, I have to confirm…
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