Features
Locals responded quickly to youth’s disappearance: Many searched and prayed for Leiby Kletzky
July 16, 2011
Prayer services and volunteers for searching organized themselves in Bergen and Passaic counties only hours after Leiby Kletzky went missing Monday evening. Synagogue listserves, such as Teaneck Shuls, sent out calls for...
Local camps balance safety and fun: Local camps focus on safety
July 1, 2011
Local day-camp directors interviewed this week stressed that at their camps, safety is the top priority. Most are accredited by the American Camp Association, whose safety standards, according to all camp directors interviewed,...
A conversation with Alex Grobman: Evangelical publishing house aims to foster Israel support
June 30, 2011
Balfour Books, a division of ICON Publishing, was established in 2003 “to educate Christians about what is going on in the Middle East,” and specifically about Israel, according to its publisher, Jim Fletcher. The Evangelical Christian...
A conversation with Alex Grobman: Englewood historian arms Christians with facts about Israel
June 30, 2011
Alex Grobman, historian and Englewood resident, spoke last week and over the Fourth of July weekend with The Jewish Standard about his book “The Palestinian Right to Israel.” (The book is published by Balfour Books, a...
Local leaders get behind state resolution demanding stronger Iran sanctions: Pressure urged against energy companies seeking ‘loopholes’
June 30, 2011
New Jersey’s State Senate last Wednesday unanimously approved a measure urging the federal government to take stronger action in imposing and enforcing sanctions against Iran.
The resolution urges better enforcement of “current...
From nut allergies to gluten, Jewish camps and schools struggle with dietary limitations
June 27, 2011
No one goes to summer camp for the food. And school lunches? Used to be fried mystery meat and a side of bogus mashed potatoes, if you were lucky.
But that was before the healthy eating movement — and allergies — changed how camps and...
Write On For Israel program prepares teens to stand up for Israel on campus: Local student recognized for pro-Israel advocacy
June 27, 2011
Over the past year, as anti-Israel events on campus surged in what one professor characterized as an anti-Israel “drumbeat,” pro-Israel students at Rutgers University refused to sit quietly and be drowned out.
Among those...
Ramapo College to offer new minor in human rights and genocide studies: Program to promote student internships with New York City-based organizations
June 11, 2011
Starting this fall, Ramapo College of New Jersey will offer its students a minor in human rights and genocide studies. It will be the first program of its kind in New Jersey’s state college system, according to Michael A. Riff, director of the...
N.J. lawmakers laud decision to boycott ‘Durban III’
June 11, 2011
The Obama administration announced last week that the United States would not participate in the Durban III World Conference Against Racism, scheduled to take place in New York City in September, during the U.N. General Assembly...
Joan Rivers talks to the Standard about life and work and how to meet men
June 3, 2011
Ahead of her June 12 performance to benefit Gilda’s Club Northern New Jersey, the local chapter of a charity founded in memory of the comedian Gilda Radner to help those struggling with cancer, cancer survivors, and their families,...