December 2018
Suicide Bereavement Clinician Training Program
The suicide of a loved one can have a profound and sometimes devastating impact on those left behind, and requires a level of support that often goes beyond traditional grief counseling. Yet one of the most difficult problems faced by suicide survivors is finding mental health professionals whose education, training, and professional experience has equipped them to work effectively with survivors of suicide loss. This intermediate program is intended for licensed mental health professionals and others providing counseling services, such…
Find out more »June 2019
“Tiffany and American Synagogues”
Illustrated talk by author/curator Pat Pongracz at annual meeting of Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey, 7 p.m. at Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany. Light refreshments will be served. There is a $5 suggested donation. RSVP to Linda Forgosh at 973-929-2994 or lforgosh@jfedgmw.org.
Find out more »July 2019
License to drive
The Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest will host a discussion of the exhibit “13 Driver’s Licenses: 13 Jewish Lives” on Thursday, July 18, at 11:30 a.m. at the Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany. The exhibit opened on July 15 and will continue through July 31. Livingston resident Inge Stanton, a native of Lichtenfels, Germany, will discuss the discovery of an envelope containing 13 driver’s licenses confiscated from Jewish citizens of Germany in 1938. Three of the licenses belonged to…
Find out more »September 2019
American Jews and the Civil War
Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, 2-4:30 p.m. The talk by author/lecturer Bud Livingston is sponsored by Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey and will be followed by a Q&A. Light refreshments will be served. There is a $5 suggested donation. RSVP to Linda Forgosh at 973-929-2994 or lforgosh@jfedgmw.org.
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