Harry Glazer

Dr. Barry Zisholtz was ready for a well-earned retirement and was looking forward to a slower pace and continued communal involvement. But when he learned about the shortcomings of his state representative, a fire lit within him and he chose to run for that position. Zisholtz, known as Dr. Z to his friends and former […]

As time marches on, it can get harder to maintain communal awareness of the plight of Israeli hostages still trapped, under unknown conditions, in Gaza. The “Kidnapped” signs are still on people’s lawns, and shuls still recite Tehillim daily. But as summer pursuits take our attention, the heightened sensitivity to the pain of the hostages […]

Chai Lifeline knew that they could count on Gila and Efraim Gerzberg of Highland Park for all sorts of support in their work. And that is why they sent a busload of energetic Israeli children who just landed at JFK airport, to the Gerzberg’s home on July 25 for a few hours of swimming and […]

The suicide attack on the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, which left 85 dead and hundreds injured, has stood out for decades as the most deadly attack on a Jewish community institution outside Israel in recent history. Two ceremonies earlier this summer enabled American Jewish communal leaders to take […]

Cong. B’nai Israel of Manalapan, New Jersey has invited members of the community to join them on Tisha B’Av to learn with their guest lecturer, Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier. Zuckier is a research associate at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey and a maggid shiur at Stern College. He received his Ph.D. […]

Carey Glass knew from his decades working as a certified prosthetist and orthotist, and his network in Israel, that the medical profession there could use his help. So he put together his own two-and-a-half-week mission to Israel. And his colleagues put his expertise to task, keeping him very busy throughout his stay. Glass, an active […]

If you were looking for signs of the reach and impact of the New Jersey Jewish Business Alliance (NJJBA) at their 10th Annual Legislative and Business Luncheon, they were readily evident. Held on August 6 at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, the NJJBA luncheon was supported by prominent corporate sponsors such as United Airlines, […]

Dozens of members of the Highland Park/Edison Jewish community from different shuls gathered and paid movie theater prices to get in the right mood for Tisha B'Av. They made their way to Cong. Ohav Emeth in Highland Park on Sunday night, Aug. 11 to watch the film “Legend of Destruction.”

This news story is part of a continuing series of articles in The Jewish Link, in which we will feature each of the leading candidates running for governor of the state of New Jersey. Although the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election is 14 months away, the primaries are much closer, so it is in our best interest to learn more about the candidates before next summer.

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