🌱 Patch AM: What did visiting Israeli rabbis discover during Shabbat in Teaneck?

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In today's newsletter:

• What did visiting Israeli rabbis discover during Shabbat in Teaneck?
• Can Teaneck’s Highwaywomen turn last year’s success into championships?

Also on today's calendar: The Great Gatsby: Bergenfield High School Transforms into the Roaring Twenties for Fall Play and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the boat dock say when it was arrested? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 41 and low of 27 degrees.
• Sunday: Snow early in the morning, temps: high: 31, low: 20.
• Monday: Cold; breezy in the morning, with a high of 31 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Landmark Orthodox Union Mission Brings Israeli Rabbis to the U.S. to Build Bridges and Foster Unity (ou.org) — Israeli rabbis spent Shabbat in Teaneck, sharing an Oneg and Melaveh Malka with local hosts and getting a close look at the township’s Modern Orthodox community. The visit was part of a broader Orthodox Union mission to connect Israeli rabbinic leaders with American communities, many of whose members, including numerous Teaneck families, have made or are considering Aliyah.
   

• Girls basketball storylines to follow throughout the 2025-26 season (nj.com subscription) — Teaneck girls basketball is coming off a 21-7 season, a Big North National Division title, and deep county and state playoff runs, and returns star forward Lexi Carnegie with a strong supporting cast. The Highwaywomen face a brutal early schedule against top programs like Immaculate Heart, Manasquan, Pope John, Demarest, Bayonne, St. Thomas Aquinas, Morris Catholic, and New Providence, giving Teaneck fans plenty of high-level games to watch.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Teaneck

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• The Great Gatsby: Bergenfield High School Transforms into the Roaring Twenties for Fall Play
  Bergenfield High School, 80 S Prospect Ave, Bergenfield
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Holiday Vendor Pop-Up & Craft Fair at New Milford High School
  330 River Rd, New Milford
  9:00 am
• Tenafly Holiday Fair
  Huyler Park, 1 Piermont Rd, Tenafly
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 13

• The Second Reformed Church of Hackensack Jazz Vesper with Ardie Walser
  The Second Reformed Church of Hackensack 436 Union Street Hackensack, NJ 07601
  5:00 pm
• Ben Monder Trio
  brvshcul7ur3 , 482 Cedar Ln , Teaneck
  8:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• TUMC Christmas Cantata Concert
  Teaneck United Methodist Church , 201 Degraw Ave , Teaneck
  5:00 am
• Noteworthy Academy of Music
  Debonair Music Hall , 1409 Queen Anne Rd , Teaneck
  4:30 pm

Monday December 15

• Sensory Free Play
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Children's Room,
  10:00 am
• Crafternoon
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Children's Room,
  3:30 pm
• Gift Wrapping for the Holidays
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Auditorium, Hackensack - Gallery Space,
  5:30 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Music & Movement
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Auditorium,
  10:00 am

Saturday December 20

• 8th Annual Christmas Party for Teaneck Children
  260 Elm Ave , Teaneck
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Biggest Producer of Public Art in Bergen County Launches 'Mind Your Feelings' Art Installation —Northern NJ Community Foundation Read on Patch
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• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Teaneck. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Hackensack

• New High-Tech Meeting Room and Private Study Spaces Coming to Hackensack Library (tapinto.net)
• Ends Saturday! See HACPAC's Beloved Holiday Tradition, 'The Christmas Caper,' Dec. 12 & 13 (tapinto.net)
• Police investigating injury near Glen Rock train station (northjersey.com)

Leonia

• 10 observations, 10 days: What we've learned so far in 2025-26 N.J. swimming season (nj.com)

Ridgewood

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-- The Patch AM Team

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