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Rabbi Ely Allen, director of By JLNJ Staff anniversary of the Rav Teitz Mesivta Hillel of Northern New Jersey for Academy, joined by Rabbi Eliyahu Teitz and Dr. Steven Singfer. the past 14 years, who has been an ish Studies for more than 20 years, Elizabeth, NJ—It was a night of CREDIT: ADINA ABRAMOV instructor at Yeshiva University for is making the momentous move celebration, reunion and network- the past seven years and at the Ber- ing for the over 450 parents, faculty, CONTINUED ON P. 16 CONTINUED ON P. 18 SUMMER gen County High School of Jew- Specials Ma’ayanot Rapids Win TABC’s Olam HaChochma Softball Championship SPORTS Program Broadens Its Students’ By Shalva Faber (’18) Intellectual Horizons On Friday, June 12, the Ma’ayanot What are the elements of crea- Rapids softball team wrapped up its tive writing? 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But some Fatah ed States joined in a choir of grief on Fri- over 50 years ago. charged protests across the U.S. over kill- offi cials, including Abbas spokesman Nabil day as it digested news of a shooting in a “We should all be looking in the mir- ings of black men. Abu Rudeineh, have denied the reports of historic black church in South Carolina. ror this morning and asking ourselves how A man who identifi ed himself as the the resignation. Hamas said it was not in- Condemning the murder of nine, which such a tragedy could happen in America in shooter’s uncle said he had recently been formed of the dissolution of the govern- took place during a Bible study at Ema- 2015, and what we can do to ensure that it given a .45-caliber handgun as a birthday ment and rejected any unilateral moves. nuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, doesn’t happen again,” Foxman said. present