Nearly two dozen residents from the greater Riverdale area penned an open letter last month asking the Riverdale Jewish community leadership to guide their congregants regarding the controversial judiciary reform proposal being floated in Israel.
Rabbi Scott Kalmikoff can introduce you to your ancestral family in less than 24 hours, if he didn’t take any breaks. He can share your story by analyzing an ancestor’s name in a voter registration card or the community where they originated.
Last week, JCRC-NY’s Bronx Leadership Mission to Israel included Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, SAR principal; Rabbi Barry Dov Katz, Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale; Senior Rabbi Steven Exler, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale; Jessica Haller, executive director, New Majority NYC; Matt Abrams Gerber, chief operations officer, Riverdale Y; Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson; Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark; and Rep.