October 2018
Music of Protest and Hope: Music Lovers’ Shabbat
Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 8 p.m. Call 973-762-7067.
Find out more »November 2018
The Price of Freedom: Veteran’s Day Program and Lunch
Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, noon. Free; RSVP to 973-762-7067.
Find out more »Shabbat B’Yachad
Shabbat B’Yachad: Celebrate The Gifts That People of Different Abilities Bring to Our Community. Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 8 p.m. Call 973-762-7067.
Find out more »January 2019
“Jews of Arabia”
Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 10 a.m. Presented by Dr. Gary Rendsburg, professor of Judaic studies at Rutgers University. Call 973-762-7067.
Find out more »The Jewish Music of Leonard Bernstein
The Jewish Music of Leonard Bernstein, in Celebration of the Composer’s Centennial, with Hazzan David F. Tilman. Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 7:30 p.m. Free; call 973-762-7067.
Find out more »February 2019
“Comparing Jewish & Chinese Religions”
Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 10 a.m. Lecture by Dr. Andrew Meyer, professor of East Asian Studies at Brooklyn College. Call 973-762-7067.
Find out more »Tuesday Talmud
The Tuesday Talmud Class at Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, continues on Feb. 18 at noon and will run through the spring. The free class, which is open to the community with texts provided, has rotating volunteer rabbis as teachers. Participants are studying tractate Ta’anit, which is available on the web or through the Sefaria app. Bring a dairy lunch. For more information and a schedule of classes, e-mail Babette Tenzer at rockytdog@aol.com.
Find out more »March 2019
Sisterhood of Salaam/Shalom
Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 10 a.m. Call 973-762-7067.
Find out more »“Resistance is the Lesson”
Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 8 p.m. With Lawrence Bush of Jewish Currents. Call 973-762-7067.
Find out more »“Resistance is the Lesson — Jewish Heroes & Heroines of the Holocaust”
Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 8 p.m. Call 973-762-7067.
Find out more »April 2019
“Do Animals Have Souls: A Pet Lover’s Guide to Spirituality”
Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 8 p.m. Speaker: Rabbi Ron Jacobs. Call 973-762-7067.
Find out more »May 2019
“Spy Wars: Revealing New Color to Mossad, Shin Bet, CIA, & Other Spy Stories”
Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 10 a.m. Presented by Yonah Jeremy Bob, intelligence, terrorism, and legal analyst at the Jerusalem Post. Call 973-762-7067.
Find out more »June 2019
Hebrew Free Loan of New Jersey Hosts Myron Sugerman!
Join Hebrew Free Loan of New Jersey as we host Myron Sugerman, aka “The Last Jewish Gangster,” for a night of inspiration and lessons on the life & history of the Jewish Mob. How does a nice Jewish boy become a gangster and international outlaw? Join HFLNJ and Myron Sugerman on June 13th at Congregation Oheb Shalom to find out the answers. Myron is the author of “The Last Jewish Gangster: From Meyer to Myron” and he will personally recount…
Find out more »Myron “The Last Jewish Gangster” Sugerman
Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Sponsored by Hebrew Free Loan of New Jersey, the talk will feature Sugerman, author of “The Chronicles of the Last Jewish Gangster: From Meyer to Myron,” discussing his life as part of the Jewish mob. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at hebrewfreeloanofnj.org/myron-sugerman-speaking-book-signing-event.
Find out more »September 2019
“Jews of New Jersey”
Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 10 a.m. Presented by Dr. Michael Rockland, professor of American Studies, Rutgers University. Call 973-762-7067.
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