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March 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 »Bernstein’s birthday
Leonard Bernstein — Happy 100th, a two-part miniseries, will be presented by conductor and composer Robert Butts, Ph.D., on Tuesdays, March 12 and 19, at 10:30 a.m. at JCC of Middlesex County, Edison. Each session costs $11, $8 JCC members. Call 732-593-5958.
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 »CLE accredited JLI course “Crime & Consequence”
wAn intriguing, thought provoking CLE (Continued Legal Education) accredited 6 week course for 10.8 Ethic credits! "Crime & Consequence" Exploring 3000 years of Talmudic perspective on conviction, sentencing, and criminal rehabilitation. If you are a Lawyer, an activist, or a passionate voter who cares deeply about society and Prison reform.. then this is for YOU! Classes are given in Princeton & Robbinsville, NJ. Register at jewishrobbinsville.com/jli or email rabbiychaiton@gmail.com for more information!
Find out more »Police in the Nazi Period and Now
The Jewish-Christian Studies Graduate Program is pleased to invite educators and other interested individuals to attend the professional Teachers Study Day, “Police in the Nazi Period and Now,” on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, from 9:00 am-3:00 pm at Seton Hall University. Our first speaker, Dr. Peter Black, will review the tragic history of police action in Europe of the Nazi period. The second speaker, Dr. Maria Haberfeld, will focus on police education in the United States and describe some of…
Find out more »Money Smart For Older Adults: How To Avoid Fraud & Scams
Financial exploitation has been called the “crime of the 21st century” with one study suggesting that older Americans lost at least $2.9 billion to financial exploitation in 2010 by a broad spectrum of perpetrators, including persons they know and trust, as well as strangers. Cognitive impairment diminishes the ability of some older adults to make financial decisions and to detect fraud and scams. This seminar is designed to provide you with information and tips to help prevent common frauds, scams…
Find out more »Senior fraud
The Oscar and Ella Wilf Campus for Senior Living, Somerset, will host “Money Smart for Older Adults: How to Avoid Fraud and Scams” with Bernie Sokal of MoneyCare Financial, LLC on Wednesday, March 13, at 4 p.m. Dinner will be served at the free program. RSVP to 732-568-1155 or doshri@wilfcampus.org.
Find out more »Eleanor Roosevelt
Rene Goodwin will portray “Eleanor Roosevelt” in person at a National Council of Jewish Women Metro Jersey Section program on Wednesday, March 13, at 7 p.m. at JCC of Middlesex County, Edison. Email ncjwmetrojersey@gmail.com.
Find out more »Yiddish heroes
A concert and lecture program, “Last Yiddish Heroes: Lost and Found Songs of Soviet Jews during World War II,” will be offered at 7:30 p.m. at Rutgers University’s Douglass Student Center, New Brunswick. The Toby and Herbert Stolzer Endowed Program of Rutgers’ Allen and Joan Bildner Center for Jewish Studies will feature Psoy Korolenko, singer-songwriter; and Anna Shternshis, Al and Malka Green Professor of Yiddish Studies, University of Toronto. In the early 1940s, a group of Soviet Jewish scholars began…
Find out more »Last Yiddish Heroes: Lost and Found Songs of Soviet Jews during World War II
During the Holocaust, Jews from across the Soviet Union told their personal stories through Yiddish songs that are now part of a Grammy-nominated recording in the world music category. Preeminent Yiddish singer-songwriter Psoy Korolenko teams up with Professor Anna Shternshis (University of Toronto) to bring these long lost songs to life in an all-new concert and lecture program.
Find out more »Bnai Keshet Rabbi Ariann Weitzman: A Mixed Multitude and a Singular People
As part of Union Baptist Church’s 2019 Interfaith, Ecumenical series of Sacred Studies: Race, Justice and Liberation, Bnai Keshet Rabbi Ariann Weitzman reflects on the "mixed multitude" that went out from Egypt; she interrogates assumptions of homogeneity in our communities and the truths and fictions around belonging. Free and open to all. For more information, call 973-746-4889 or visit www.bnaikeshet.org.
Find out more »Emergency tips
“When to Call 911” will be presented by Barbara Vaning, MHA, EMT instructor, Penn Medicine Princeton, on Thursday, March 14, at 1 p.m. at Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor. The program is cosponsored by Beth El’s Seniors and Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County. RSVP to 609-443-4454.
Find out more »“70 Reasons for Hope”
Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange, 7 p.m. Guest speaker is Amit Stern, shaliach for Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ. Register at tsti.org/calendar/israel-programs-2.
Find out more »“History through Text” Congregational Learning Series
Temple B’nai Abraham, Livingston, 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Clifford Kulwin explores “Art and the Jewish Renaissance.” Register at tbanj.org or call 973-994-2290.
Find out more »Scholar in Residence: the Myth and Reality of Judaism
Rabbi Ron Isaacs leads discussions distinguishing authentic Jewish teaching and practices from the many popular misconceptions that even knowledgeable and literate Jews and others believe. Our weekend features a dinner, short talk during morning services and a Havdala party and discussion. Event cost is $15 per adult, or $36 family.
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