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Nick Lewin

Tenafly

22

#11 Anthony Pizzuti

Lyndhurst

28

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Dan Regev #30

Tenafly

11

#4 Matt Slaby

Lyndhurst

12

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Nick Lewin

Tenafly

2

#4 Matt Slaby

Lyndhurst

3

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Although some families will soon be reunited with their loved ones who have been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza for more than 48 days, others continue to face an excruciating wait.

Many families have not heard from their relatives since Oct. 7 when they were kidnapped. The Red Cross has not visited them and there's been no news of their condition. Some have seen photos of them on social media as they were dragged and taken hostage.

"We have heard nothing," said Amir Hoshen Friday morning.

Hoshen's nephew, Rom Broslavski, was captured at the Nova music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7. He was working as a security guard and reportedly helped several of the teens escape to safety. In his last phone call with his mother, he told her he loved her and attempted to reassure her that he was safe.

"He's a leader, always volunteering, always trying to help people," Hoshen told NorthJersey.com and The Record last week.

Under the terms of a four-day Israel-Hamas truce, 50 women and children hostages are to be released over the four-day period in return for 150 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.

Hamas released the first group of hostages on Friday, including Israeli women and children and Thai farm workers, according to the Red Cross.

The hostages included 13 Israelis, according to Israeli media. Thailand also said 12 Thai nationals who had been taken hostage were released Friday. U.S. officials don't expect any Americans to be among the hostages released Friday.

As many as 39 Palestinian prisoners, expected to be women and children, could also be returned to the West Bank and Gaza on Friday.

Edan Alexander of Tenafly remains hostage

Edan Alexander of Tenafly, 19, is a graduate of Tenafly High School who has been described as "fun loving" and a "devoted friend" who enjoys parties, concerts and extreme sports.

He volunteered to serve in the Israel army last year following his high school graduation and was guarding the Gaza border when he was kidnapped on Oct. 7 by Hamas attackers who stormed into Israel, killed some 1,200 people and wounded scores more.

His mother, Yael, said she last spoke to him on the morning of Oct. 7, and he reassured her that he would be okay despite the attack that day. She said she knew something was wrong when he didn't return her calls later that day.

After a week, Israeli officials informed her that Edan had been kidnapped by Hamas. They have repeatedly asked about his whereabouts and well being but there's been no news.

"We have heard nothing. We are praying that all of the hostages will return home," she said at a forum at the Kaplen JCC in Tenafly in early November.

She declined to speak to NorthJersey.com but recently posted on Facebook, "Praying that you will come back us forever healthy and whole! I love you with all my heart."

Randolph Township Schools Business Administrator Stephen Frost, who has clashed with critical residents during his tenure at the Morris County district, has accepted a similar position in Tenafly for the next school year.

An employment agreement with the Tenafly Board of Education calls for Frost to assume his duties there as business administrator and board secretary beginning May 1. Frost declined to comment on his move Thursday, citing confidentiality restrictions on personnel matters. Randolph Superintendent Jennifer Fano did not respond to an email inquiry.

Tenafly Superintendent Michael Ben-David welcomed Frost to the district at a meeting of the school board in Bergen County on Monday. "We are excited about what Stephen brings to Tenafly, both in the way of education and work experience," he said.

Frost, who holds a law degree from Wake Forest University, joined the Randolph district as an assistant business administrator in 2019, taking over as administrator in 2022 with an annual salary of $185,000, district records show.

Salary information for his new contract with Tenafly was unavailable.

'Pain, chaos, and dysfunction'

During his tenure in Randolph, Frost became the target of some residents' groups opposed to Fano's administration. They criticized what they saw as overspending and accused Frost specifically of "creating a hostile environment across the district."

"We looked at everything holistically," one resident, Eliza Schleifstein, told the Randolph board at a meeting last February. "We asked questions, lots of them. We met with experts and people well-versed in school district operations and policies. The frequent response? WTF?"

After numerous confrontations at board meetings, Frost addressed his critics with a public statement in October, pushing back against what he labeled as "a small group of residents in our township [who] have and continue to create pain, chaos, and dysfunction in an attempt to undermine the very important work we do every day."

Frost defends work in Randolph

"The treatment I, our administration, our teachers and our support staff have been subjected to has often been so deplorable that it has made the working conditions for many intolerable," Frost said. "The abuse we receive extends far beyond anyone’s professional qualifications and is often deeply personal."

Frost defended the Fano administration, saying that in recent years it had successfully weathered difficult financial issues, state aid cuts and a pandemic. He accepted that "some people won't like me," but took exception to the "several years" of personal attacks.

"In email and other forms of communication I have received numerous attacks where the topic is about where I live, where I vacation, who I live with, and other details of my personal life which are completely inappropriate," Frost said. "The amount of vitriol the district receives is overwhelming."

How the districts compare

The Tenafly district, serving about 3,545 students, consists of four elementary schools, a middle school and a high school. The Randolph district also has four elementary schools, a middle school and a high school, serving 4,220 students.

The Randolph district found itself embroiled in a national controversy over "woke" and "cancel culture" activities in 2021 when it angered residents, Italian Americans and others by replacing "Columbus Day" on its school calendar with "Indigenous People's Day."

A subsequent vote to eliminate all holiday names on its calendar caused further outrage before it finally reversed course and reset the calendar to its original language.

William Westhoven is a local reporter for DailyRecord.com. For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community, please subscribe or activate your digital account today.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A former New Jersey resident is among the dozens of Israeli soldiers missing five days after the deadly surprise attack by Hamas on Israel.

Edan Alexander, a 19-year-old graduate of Tenafly High School in Bergen County, is among the missing, Gov. Phil Murphy said at an event in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Tuesday night.

Alexander graduated in 2022 and was serving in the Israel Defense Forces.

He was on duty near the Gaza Strip border at the time of the attacks and has not been seen since.

READ MORE: Psychiatrist provides ways to cope amid Israeli-Palestinian war

Residents in Gaza are facing an imminent loss of electricity -- as fuel supplies run dangerously low in the sealed-off territory.

Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes on suspected Hamas targets late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

Israel has called up more than 300,000 reservists to serve after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared war.

In Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered flags to fly at half staff and the State Capitol Complex to be lit up blue in support of Israel.

A rally was held at Philadelphia's City Hall on Tuesday.

Janelle Burrell

Janelle Burrell co-anchors CBS News Philadelphia from 4:30-8 a.m and at noon along with Jim Donovan.

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