Category Archives: Judaism
Discovery of Buried Mikveh Prompts an Historical Overview of Baltimore’s Orthodox History
The report last month that a 166-year-old mikveh, dating from, at the latest, 1845, had been uncovered under the historic Lloyd Street Synagogue in Baltimore, had deep resonance for The Jewish Voice and Opinion’s observer, social critic, and demographic analyst Catriel Sugarman. Mr. Sugarman, who authors The Jewish Voice’s periodic “Catriel’s Notebook” feature, was the last bar mitzvah ever celebrated in the Lloyd Street Synagogue.
Englewood’s New Charter School Already Filled
Among the 23 charter schools approved by Governor Chris Christie to open this September is the Shalom Academy Charter School (SACS), a Hebrew immersion school that is intended to service children primarily from Englewood and Teaneck.
Settling a Kashruth Dispute on Cedar Lane in a Menschlik Way
Tweet After several weeks of dissension, the issue of Ima’s kosher restaurant on Cedar Lane in Teaneck may finally be settling down. All it will take is a meeting between the rabbis of the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County on one hand and the Brooklyn-based OK laboratories on the other. The meeting is scheduled for [...]
Pre-College Learning Center: NJ’s New Jewish High School Offering Customized Education for $5,000 Per Year
Tweet If all goes according to plan, the Pre-Collegiate Learning Center of NJ (PCLC) will open next fall in the Highland Park area with 30 Jewish ninth and tenth graders whose families have opted for a Jewish secondary school featuring individualized secular and Jewish learning, an ambitious computer-based curriculum, and all for an annual tuition [...]
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