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October 2018
Foundations of Jewish Family Living
Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael, 7:30 p.m. Ten-session Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning program taught by MJCBY Cantor Shana Onigman. Contact Rhonda Lillianthal at rlillianthal@jccmetrowest.org or 973-530-3519.
Find out more »Current events
A weekly current events discussion will be held at JCC of Middlesex County, Edison, on Fridays, Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, and 30, at 10 a.m. Cost is $60, $48 for JCC members. Call 732-593-5958.
Find out more »Domestic violence awareness
As part of October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Brandeis National Committee’s Middlesex Chapter will hold a panel discussion on the issue at East Brunswick Public Library on Friday, Oct. 19, at 1 p.m. A police officer from the East Brunswick Domestic Violence Response Team will discuss the emergency support that East Brunswick and many other municipalities provide. The chapter will be collecting food and household items for needy Middlesex County residents for the Crisis Room, East Brunswick. Contact Thelma at…
Find out more »Speaker Series Launch
Temple Sha’arey Shalom, Springfield, 8 p.m. Shabbat services. Dr. Karen Gaffney, Professor of English at Raritan Valley Community College and author of “Dismantling the Racism Machine,” will trace the history of race relations in America and provide action steps for combating racism. Call 973-379-5387.
Find out more »Jewish Pulitzer novelists
Congregation B’nai Israel, Rumson, is celebrating Jewish Pulitzer Prize novelists — Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, Bernard Malamud, and Saul Bellow — in a series of free Sunday seminars. Kicking off the series on Oct. 21 will be Prof. Andrew Meyer on Malamud at 11:15 a.m. On Nov. 11, Jack Needle, a retired Brookdale Community College history professor, will discuss the life and works of Roth. Rabbi Dov Goldberg will give a Friday night Nov. 30 sermon on Roth’s short novel…
Find out more »Upcoming Midterm Elections
Renaissance Group at Temple B’nai Or, Morristown, 12:30 p.m. Guest speaker is Ashley Koning, director of Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University. Lunch will be provided. Cost is $20, $15 Renaissance members. RSVP to Mitzi Szerlip at 973-839-1939.
Find out more »The untold story of the War Refugee Board and America’s efforts to save Jews
A little-known US government agency founded in 1944, the War Refugee Board rescued tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust. After undertaking a decade of research, Dr. Erbelding will share the stories of the young Treasury Department lawyers tasked with rescue, the bold and often secret and controversial steps they took to save lives, and the importance of remembering their efforts, even as we lament that more wasn’t done to save Jews. Dr. Erbelding is the author of Rescue…
Find out more »America’s efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust
Temple Sinai, Summit, 1:30-3 p.m. With Dr. Rebecca Erbelding, historian and curator at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Free, $10 for optional lunch. RSVP to office@templesinainj.org or call 908-273-4921, ext. 10.
Find out more »Hollywood Yiddishkeit: Jewish Images in American Film
Visit Temple Sholom of Scotch Plains on October 21, 7 pm, for an evening with author John Kenrick. Free and open the public, the evening's program is entitled "Hollywood Yiddishkeit: Jewish Images in American Film." It is a fascinating look at how an industry dominated by Jewish executives and creative talents has depicted Jews, from the silent era to the present. John Kenrick gives talks on theater and film history, has appeared in numerous documentaries, and is the author of…
Find out more »Mercer County Jewish Genealogy Society at Beth El Synagogue October Meeting
On Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 7:30 pm, the Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor, Mercer County Genealogy Society presents iBiographer.com - Learn how you can preserve your family's history. No one wants to lose precious life stories of loved ones. Over time the details and special moments of people's lives become lost and forgotten. Leave how you can preserve your family's history, and heritage in a SAFE, SECURE place. Share it with the whole family and save for future generations! Come and…
Find out more »Family histories
The Mercer County Genealogy Society will present “iBiographer.com,” in which participants will learn how to safely preserve their family’s history, at Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor on Sunday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Call 609-443-4454 or go to bethel.net.
Find out more »Westfield Hadassah
The community is welcome on Monday, October 22, at 12 noon to attend the Westfield Chapter of Hadassah's monthly meeting at Temple Emanuel in Greifer Sacks Hall. The program will be two members of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom sharing their thoughts. The Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom builds strong relationships between Muslim and Jewish women based on developing trust and respect and ending anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish sentiment. Adla Karim, originally from Egypt, and Marsha Malberg, from Somerset, members of the…
Find out more »Peer leadership
Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County is accepting 11th- and 12th-graders (as of the 2018-19 school year) to participate in Gesher LeKesher, a Jewish peer leadership program. As Gesher “madrichim” (peer leaders), teens lead “talmidim” (learners in grades seven-nine) in such areas as friendship, the impact of social media, peer pressure, healthy dating relationships, and addressing anti-Semitism on campus. Gesher LeKesher meets two Monday training sessions, 6:30-8:30 p.m., a month and an outreach session on Monday or…
Find out more »“Who is God’s Favorite?”
B’nai Shalom, West Orange, Oct. 22 and 29, 7 p.m. Rabbi Iscah Waldman, chair of Judaic Studies and teacher of Rabbinic literature and Talmud at Golda Och Academy, reveals the charm and wisdom of rabbinic tales about the creation of humanity. Free, register at bnaishalom.net/events.php# or call 973-731-0160.
Find out more »“Wrestling with Faith”
Chabad of West Orange, 7:30-9 p.m. Classes take place on Monday evenings through Nov. 26. Register at chabadwestorange.com/jli or call 973-325-6311.
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