Rabbi Beni Krohn, of Young Israel of Teaneck, has been elected president of the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County (RCBC), succeeding Rabbi Zev Goldberg, rabbi of Young Israel of Fort Lee, who is concluding a two-year term.
On September 28, Tzom Gedaliah, seventh- and eighth-graders from Ben Porat Yosef, RYNJ, Tenafly Chabad Academy, The Moriah School, Yavneh Academy, Yeshivat He’Atid and Yeshivat Noam joined together for a screening of the acclaimed documentary “Screenagers.” Students were divided by grade and gender and gathered at four of the participating schools for the Yom Iyun program, which comes on the heels of the RCBC’s “Living Connected” community-wide Shabbat that engaged more than a dozen area shuls in technology awareness. “Screenagers” was created in 2016 by physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston, who describes growing up in a tech-saturated world where she believes that balance needs to be drawn between screen time and screen-free time.
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 an enthusiastic participant in the local Daf Hashavua Program at Congregation Beth Aaron.