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October 2018
Survivor Speaker Series
Brookdale Community College’s Center for Holocaust, Human Rights, and Genocide Education (Chhange), Lincroft, invites community members to its Fall 2018 Survivor Speaker Series. “One Lost Boy of the Sudan” will be presented on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m. Nathaniel Nyok was 8 years old when he left war-torn Sudan for a refugee camp thousands of miles away in Ethiopia. For 15 years he fought to survive, eventually immigrating to the United States. Cost is $10, free to Chhange members…
Find out more »The War Refugee Board and America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe
America has long been criticized for failing to give safe harbor to the Jews of Europe during World War II. Join Dr. Rebecca Erbelding as she discusses her groundbreaking new book on the War Refugee Board, established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt late in the war to save the Jews that remained. A historian, curator, and archivist at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Erbelding served as a historian for the Museum's newest exhibition, "Americans and the Holocaust."
Find out more »Saving Europe’s Jews
Dr. Rebecca Erbelding will deliver a lecture, “The War Refugee Board and America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe,” on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. at Rutgers University’s Douglass Student Center, New Brunswick. Erbelding, a historian, curator, and archivist at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, uncovered new archival materials that tell the story of the War Refugee Board, established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt late in the war. Free and open to the public, the talk is…
Find out more »“Current Perspectives on Israel”
Fall semester launch of “Current Concerns in Our World” series at Congregation Ohr Shalom, Summit, 9:30 a.m. Guest speaker is Rabbi David Levy, director of the American Jewish Committee in Millburn. Followed by 10:30 class with Rabbi Avi Friedman, “Issues in Contemporary Judaism.” The series costs $60, $15 for each class. Call 908-273-8130.
Find out more »Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning
Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange, 10 a.m.-noon. Classes, administered by JCC MetroWest, include “Crossroads of Jewish History” and “The Ethics of Jewish Living” and run through May 29. The cost is $675 for community members. Contact Rhonda at rlillianthal@jccmetrowest.org or 973-530-3519.
Find out more »American-Jewish experience
Examining the American Jewish Experience Through Short Stories, a series at Congregation Beth Chaim, Princeton Junction, will continue on Wednesdays, Oct. 10, with a discussion of “Children of Joy” by Joanne Greenberg, and Nov. 14, “The Four Questions” by Allegra Goodman, 11 a.m.-noon. Copies of each story are available via email or from the Beth Chaim office. Call 609-799-9401 or go to bethchaim.org.
Find out more »Stem cell update
Dr. Rick Cohen will report on developments in stem cell research at Neve Shalom, Metuchen, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. Cohen, an assistant research professor at Rutgers University, is part of a research team that recently received a major award from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to investigate human embryonic stem cell therapies for central nervous system disorders. Dinner will be served at 6:30; cost is $25 for checks received by Oct. 3, $30 from…
Find out more »AARP Safe Driving Class
YM-YWHA of Union County, Union, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost is $20 ($5 discount for Y members). RSVP to seniordirector@uniony.org or 908-289-8112.
Find out more »“Fauda” writer
Moshe Zonder, the Schusterman Visiting Israeli Artist-in-Residence at Rutgers University’s Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life and former head writer for the Israeli series “Fauda,” will speak on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. at JCC of Middlesex County, Edison. A dessert reception will follow. The event is cosponsored by the Rutgers Jewish Film Festival. RSVP by Oct. 4 to 732-494-3232 or Esther at 732-593-5969.
Find out more »“#MeToo in the Bible”
Sisterhood-The Women’s Connection at Temple B’nai Abraham, Livingston, 7:30 p.m. Celebration of Rosh Hodesh Heshvan; dairy nosh will be served. To register, go to tbanj.org or call 973-994-2290.
Find out more »Fridays with Rabbi Ari Lucas: Shabbat is Awesome!
Congregation Agudath Israel, Caldwell, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Weekly series delving into meaning of Shabbat. Free; register at agudath.org/events or contact caioffice@agudath.org or 973-226-3600.
Find out more »“Miriam: Cultural Memory, Mythmaking and Patriarchal Social Structures”
Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 10:30 a.m. Speaker is Mark Leuchter, religious studies professor at Temple University. Call 973-746-4889 or visit bnaikeshet.org.
Find out more »“Miriam: Cultural Memory, Mythmaking and Patriarchal Social Structures”
Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 10:30 a.m. Speaker is Mark Leuchter, religious studies professor at Temple University. Call 973-746-4889 or visit bnaikeshet.org.
Find out more »Inside the Mission to Capture Adolf Eichmann with Avner Avraham
An interactive conversation with AVNER AVRAHAM , Former Mossad Agent ,Consultant for the Major Motion Picture "Operation Finale" and Curator on the international exhibit, "Operation Finale: The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann" Inaugural Appearance in New Jersey..... Avner's recent interviews - BBC News, Fox5NY, CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, NY Times, I24News, CBN News, Tampa Bay Times and more....
Find out more »A Conversation with Avner Avraham: Inside the Mission to Capture Adolf Eichmann
Congregation Agudath Israel, Caldwell, 8 p.m. Avraham is a former Mossad agent and chief consultant for the motion picture “Operation Finale.” Cost is $10, $5 members. Register at agudath.org/event/A_Conversation_with_Avner_Avraham.html.
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