The relentless storms hitting the Bay Area have caused thousands of dollars of damage to homes across the Bay Area. But, when it comes to repairs who is.
When Chaverim of Bergen County and Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps were approached by Gift of Life, an organization that takes part in the international bone marrow registry, they learned of a desperate plea from a family in Australia with nowhere else to turn: Murray Foltyn, 41 and father of two, has been urgently searching for a matching blood stem cell donor.
In Jewish displaced persons' camps, survivors opened Jewish schools, started newspapers, composed music and began to rebuild their identities while waiting for a country that would take them in
Last month, Rabbi Larry Rothwachs wrote to his community in Teaneck, informing them that he will likely let his contract with Congregation Beth Aaron expire in 2027, as he prepares to head a new community in Ramat Bet Shemesh called Rotshtein Heights.