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April 2019
Jewish journaling
“Our Stories, Ourselves — Jewish Journaling and More,” facilitated by Michele Bernstein Klausner, director of The Journal Center, is held at the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth Country, Freehold, Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon. It is based on the museum’s exhibit “Three Centuries of Growth and Change: A History of Jews in Monmouth County.” The fee is $5 per session. Call 732-252-6990 or visit jhmomc.org.
Find out more »Israel’s modern history
Congregation Beth Mordecai in Perth Amboy will continue a class on the modern history of Israel on Tuesdays, Feb. 26, March 12 and 26, April 9 and 30, and May 14, at 7 p.m. “Israel’s Milestones and Their Meanings,” taught by Rabbi Sara Metz and Mark Fertik, explores the pivotal events of 1917, 1947, and 1967. Each class costs $10. RSVP to Rabbi.SaraMetz@gmail.com for location.
Find out more »Love, Lust, and Power: David, The Biblical Character
Temple B’nai Abraham, Livingston, 11:30 a.m., part of Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz. Free; bring dairy lunch, beverages provided. To register, call 973-994-2290 or visit tbanj.org.
Find out more »“Knaani Jews: Pre-Ashkenazi Migrations to Eastern Europe”
B’nai Shalom, West Orange, 12:45 p.m. Ken Blady will explore the colonies of Jews who inhabited southern Ukraine before the arrival of Ashkenazim from the west. Call 973-731-0160.
Find out more »“Speaking Religious Truth to Political Power”
Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange, 6 p.m., part of Shabbat Scholar & Supper series. Rabbi Andrea Weiss, provost of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, coordinated “American Values, Religious Voices,” a multi-faith campaign in which 100 scholars wrote letters to government leaders for the first 100 days of the Trump administration. The cost for dinner, which starts at 7, is $36, $25 for TSTI members; register by April 19 at tsti.org/calendar/dinner-with-scholar-rabbi-andrea-weiss.
Find out more »Youth mental health
Jewish Family & Children’s Service will offer the third in a series of full-day Youth Mental Health First Aid certification sessions on Sunday, April 28, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the agency’s offices in Princeton. The program provides the tools to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance abuse disorders. Certification is from the National Council for Behavioral Health. Participants may include parents, clergy, teachers, counselors, and anyone who works with adolescents. There is a $10 lunch…
Find out more »Holocaust memories
Author Miriam Dobin, a second-generation survivor of the Holocaust and Hebrew School program director at Neve Shalom in Metuchen, will speak at the synagogue on Sunday, April 28, at 11 a.m. RSVP to 732-548-2238, ext. 11.
Find out more »Israeli Security Strategies: Challenges and Opportunities
Presented by: Dr. Jonathan Shimshoni A scholarly presentation about Israeli security strategy where it is challenged, what are the opportunities and how it may impact American security issues. Dr. (Brigadier General Retired) Jonathan (Yoni) Shimshoni served for 25 years with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), in field command and staff positions, culminating his career as Director of Planning for the Planning Division. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, where he has taught,…
Find out more »Yom HaShoah Commemoration at Congregation Beth Israel
Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains will commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, known as Yom HaShoah in Hebrew, on Sunday, April 28, at 5:30 p.m. The program is free and open to the community, and is appropriate for families. The event will feature presentations by guest speakers Heather Markowitz and Eva Vogel. Heather, a past president of Congregation Beth Israel, will share the story behind the Czech Holocaust Torah currently displayed in the synagogue’s lobby. She will explain how this sacred…
Find out more »Prisoner of War Robert Max
Mead Hall, Drew University, Madison, 4 p.m., part of Drew’s Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study series examining human rights, colonialism, genocide, and survival. Max was a U.S. soldier who was captured by the Germans during World War II and forced into slave labor. Contact ctrholst@drew.edu or 973-408-3600.
Find out more »Jewish journaling
“Our Stories, Ourselves — Jewish Journaling and More,” facilitated by Michele Bernstein Klausner, director of The Journal Center, is held at the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth Country, Freehold, Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon. It is based on the museum’s exhibit “Three Centuries of Growth and Change: A History of Jews in Monmouth County.” The fee is $5 per session. Call 732-252-6990 or visit jhmomc.org.
Find out more »“Living an Ethical Life: An Encounter with Mussar”
Sponsored by National Council of Jewish Women, West Morris Section and presented by Rabbi David Nesson at Morris County Library, Whippany, noon. Continues May 7 and 14. RSVP to iadpr@aol.com.
Find out more »Yom HaShoah
“Enduring Kristallnacht in America: A Story of Survival and Immigration” will be presented by Holocaust survivor Erwin Ganz on Tuesday, April 30, at 1:30 p.m. at JCC of Middlesex County, Edison. RSVP to 732-494-3232.
Find out more »May 2019
Current events
“Ripped from the Headlines” — a monthly informal discussion of Judaism and current events with Rabbi Benjamin Adler of Adath Israel Congregation — will meet on Thursday, May 1, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at McCaffrey’s Market in Yardley, Pa. Call 609-896-4977 or go to adathisraelnj.org.
Find out more »Voices of the Generations, a Holocaust Remembrance Presentation
B’nai Shalom, West Orange, 7 p.m. With Julie Kohner, an educator and child of Holocaust survivors whose family’s story was presented on “This is Your Life.” Call 973-731-0160.
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