COUNTY PRESS RELEASE The leadership of a neighboring New Jersey borough has reached out to Rockland’s Jewish community to build better community ties in the aftermath of the Jersey City tragedy. Rockland County Legislator Aron Wieder was among those attending the meeting, which was held in Ramapo Town Supervisor Michael Specht’s office, and included Mike […]
By Kathy Kahn In yet another hateful attack, 11 members of the Tree of Life congregation were shot down by Robert Bowers, a deranged anti-Semitic white man, while the congregants celebrated the Sabbath at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday, October 27. Bowers was shot and subdued by police and is now in custody, […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT On February 16, 2017, the Rockland County Times predicted that a major German book would be published containing a chapter honoring Ludmilla Berkwic, a gifted Rockland pianist and piano teacher who passed away in 2005 but is still remembered by the thousands of the students she taught over a period of […]
Statement from Help Rescue Our Children In response to the guilty plea of Moshe (Moishe) Turner (of Monsey) last Friday, Jan. 18, Help Rescue Our Children (HROC), an Orthodox Jewish children’s advocacy organization, released the following statement by HROC founder, Rabbi Noson S. Leiter: “We thank the Ramapo Police once again for the painstaking and […]
Chanukah car parade tradition continues; Streets will be jammed with cars on Sunday, December 9 About 70 “menorah-mobiles” – cars with menorahs mounted on top -will parade throughout Rockland County on Sunday, December 9, the second night of Chanukah. The festivities will begin at a Monsey synagogue at 5 p.m. with a crafts program for children, […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE This production at the Westchester Broadway Theatre, the 177th in their history, ranks among their best. Bill Nolte leads the cast of the classic “Fiddler on the Roof,” giving an outstanding performance as Tevye, the dairyman. With direction and choreography by Richard Stafford, Fiddler entranced the packed house at Friday’s press performance. Nolte’s […]