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Alan Bernstein, a member of an immigrant benevolent organization “Landsmenschaft,” which has dedicated through documents of family stories and oral histories of survivors the memory of Jews who perished in pogroms in the town of Felshtin, will be guest speaker at an East Brunswick Hadassah program on Tuesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. at Temple B’nai Shalom, East Brunswick.

The featured speaker at the service on Friday evening, March 8, at 7:30, at Temple Sha'arey Shalom, will be Rabbi David Saperstein. He will speak on “The Jewish contribution to the fight for civil rights in America: a lecture in honor of Rabbi Sy Dresner." Rabbi Saperstein has been designated by Newsweek Magazine as the most influential rabbi in America and by the Washington Post as the "quintessential religious lobbyist on Capitol Hill." From 2015 to 2017, he served as…

Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 8 p.m. With Lawrence Bush of Jewish Currents. Call 973-762-7067.

In response to increasing interest in Aliyah from New Jersey, Nefesh B’Nefesh for the first time will bring its annual ‘Mega Event’ to The Garden State on March 10. Whether prospective immigrants are retirees, young professionals, families, married, or single, the Mega Event provides guidance about a wide-range of topics, including financial planning and budgeting, choosing a community, how to build a strategic job search plan, navigating the Israeli health care system, the ins and outs of buying or renting…

Nechumi Yaffe, an Israeli wife, mother, activist, and educator, will speak about Haredi (Ultra Orthodox and Chasidic) women, their special position as solo breadwinner, and their journey into the Israeli public square. Nechumi will discuss the creative ways Haredi women find to address the inherent tensions of their different role, and efforts to better integrate them into the modern, vibrant Israeli society. A new political wave is forming. Come hear her story. She is presently a post-grad researcher at Princeton…