Our Jewish World

Rabbi Shalom Lubin, who serves as spiritual leader of Congregation Shaya Ahavat Torah in Parsippany, and director of Chabad of Southeast Morris County in Madison, offered a fascinating look at “Chassidism: History, Philosophy, and Contemporary Life” in a free...

As part of our ongoing series of Our Jewish World talks by Jewish spiritual leaders, Rabbi Ellie Miller, the senior rabbi of Temple B’nai Or in Morristown, spotlighted “How Women Bring a Different Level of Spirituality to Jewish Practice.” Her three-part series, which...

Insights into the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, and the politics of the contemporary Middle East abounded in Rabbi Steven Bayar’s wide-ranging Our Jewish World series, titled “Spotlight on ISIS: What It Is, Why and How it Developed, What’s Ahead.” Our Jewish...

Rabbi Mark Biller, spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Ahm in Verona, offered a provocative three-part Our Jewish World series, titled “Here’s What They Ask When You Get to Heaven.” The series, which was free and open to the public, was held at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays,...

Rabbi Steven Bayar, spiritual leader of Congregation B'nai Israel in Millburn, offered an insightful look at ISIS in a free series of talks on Tuesday, Dec. 6; Monday, Dec. 12; and Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 12:30 p.m., at the Morris County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave., in...

Cantor Perry Fine of Temple Beth Shalom in Livingston led a fascinating free two-part series, called "Miriam and the Women Sang: Biblical Poetry and the Creative Musical Spirit,” at the Morris County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave., in Whippany. Cantor Fine’s classes,...

In a thought-provoking three-part series, titled “Journey of the Soul: An Exploration of Life, Death, and What Lies Beyond,” Rabbi Shalom Lubin led our group on a roller-coaster of insights, teachings, and mystical concepts related to the emotionally charged and often...