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By Joanne Palmer TV shadchan Aleeza Ben Shalom is in Ridgewood to help support BCHSJS Lost and found opportunities By Tzivia Bieler A second fiddler no more By Curt Schleier Yiddish Tevya Steven Skybell is Tony-nominated for ‘Cabaret’ Young readers meet local children’s book authors By Esther Kook It’s a lively Jewish Heritage Month at the Teaneck public library ‘They hid so I don’t have to’ By Joanne Palmer Jewish comedian tells jokes and deep truths — at the same time Unity on Yom Ha’Atzmaut By Leah Adler This year, Teaneck will mark the day differently Creating Jewish leaders on campus By Abigail Klein Leichman Nitzavim Fellowship helps gap-year students prepare for hostility at schools Parshat Kedoshim — the rich and powerful on trial By Rabbi Joseph H. 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