When a synagogue closes its doors, the ner tamid, eternal flame, that hangs over the ark where the Torah is kept, is often permanently extinguished. But a broken ner tamid, rescued last year from United Orthodox Tomchei Tmimim Synagogue in Plainfield, has been repaired and rekindled in a new home, the second-floor entryway of offices for Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ in Whippany. Read more.
Thirty years since the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Jewish Federations of North America dedicated a plenary on Monday afternoon at the 2025 General Assembly to hono...