The Jewish Standard

We know that all the great Christmas songs were written by Jews. According to Wikipedia, Rudolph was created by Robert May as a storybook in 1939 and the song came later. No word on whether May was Jewish...

The New Jersey Jewish Standard provides the Jewish communities of Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, and Rockland counties with an indispensable newspaper that will present local, national, and world news of Jewish interest.

The days of our years are 70 years, and with strength, 80,” begins the 10th verse of Psalm 90. “In other words, we’re all ‘entitled’ to 70 years, and if we reach ...

In the midst of mounting day-school costs and the continuing recession, when parents and principals dream that vouchers may ease their financial burdens, comes a cautionary tale. On Wednesday, ...

The Middle East merry-go-round spun a little more out of control this week when Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced that his government would return to negotiations with Israel only ...

Libya’s ambassador to the United Nations, Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, has moved, at least temporarily, to an Englewood mansion owned by the Arab country. The move drew criticism from the city’s mayor, as well as from the Libyan’s neighbor, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. ...

When six educators from Nahariya came to town last week — teaching lessons about Chanukah (and, in two cases, math and geography) in each of six Bergen County day schools and 10 congregational ...

If the Jewish community has overcome many of the legal obstacles it faced in the past, there are new ones to replace them, says Marc Stern, acting co-executive director and longtime legal director of ...