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June 2019
Ultra-Orthodox feminists
“Trends in Israeli Society: The Surprising Rise of Ultra-Orthodox Feminism” will be presented by Dr. Tanya Zion-Waldoks on Thursday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m. at The Jewish Center, Princeton. Zion-Waldoks is a gender scholar, feminist activist, and mother of four whose research examines intersections of religion, gender, and politics, with a focus on women’s social movements. Currently a post-doctoral Rothschild fellow at Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Religion, she will join the faculty of the Hebrew University of…
Find out more »Art and the Holocaust
Temple B’nai Abraham, Livingston, 7:30 p.m. Part of History through Text series with Rabbi Clifford Kulwin. Register online at tbanj.org or call 973-994-2290.
Find out more »Scholar in Residence Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich.
Congregation Shaya Ahavat Torah, Parsippany. Dr. George S. Rotter Memorial Shabbaton begins with Shabbat services at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner, and a presentation by Mendelevich, a former refusenik from the Soviet Union, “Confession of a Jewish Hijacker.” On June 15 Mendelevich will discuss “Tasting and Embracing Freedom: From Prisoner for Zion to Citizen of Zion World” following 9 a.m. services and kiddush. To check availability, contact Naomi Rotter at nbrotter@optonline.net or Rabbi Shalom Lubin at 973-896-6577.
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 »Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement
Renaissance Group of Temple B’nai Or, Morristown, 12:30 p.m. Rabbi David Levy, regional director of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) New Jersey, will speak at a luncheon meeting. Cost is $20, $15 Renaissance members. RSVP to Mitzi Szerlip at 973-839-1939.
Find out more »Women in leadership
Raritan Valley Hadassah will hold a panel discussion, “Women in Leadership,” on Wednesday, June 19, at 7 p.m. at Highland Park Community Center. Panelists are Highland Park Mayor Gayle Mittler; former Mayor Meryl Frank; Marlene Herman, president of the NJ State Association of Jewish Federations; and Debra Lancaster, executive director of the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University. Contact 732-819-0593 or raritanvalleyhadassah@gmail.com.
Find out more »“Confronting Racial Bias Within”
Temple Beth Am, Parsippany, 7:30 p.m. Presented by Pastor Jeff Ebert, part of the temple’s Rabbi Steven L. Mills Speaker Series. Call Debbie at 973-887-0046.
Find out more »Laden With Happiness and Tears: Yiddish Theatre in America
A Presentation by John Kenrick, Author of Musical Theatre: A History and Creator of Musicals101.com $12 non-members, $10 members
Find out more »Jewish journalist
Jane Eisner, who served for more than a decade as editor-in-chief at The Forward, will speak on Sunday, June 23, at 7 p.m. at Neve Shalom, Metuchen. She is now writer-at-large at the Forward and the 2019 Koeppel Fellow in Journalism at Wesleyan University. Light refreshments will be served. Call 732-548-2238.
Find out more »Polish research archives
“Using JRI-Poland and the Polish Archives for Genealogical Research” will be presented by Elana Broch on Sunday, June 23, at 7:30 p.m. at a Mercer County Jewish Genealogy Society program held at Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor. Broch is an amateur genealogist who has spent much of her research efforts trying to find out about her grandfather, a 1941 euthanasia victim. Call 609-443-4454 or go to bethel.net.
Find out more »Myron “The Last Jewish Gangster” Sugerman
Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Sponsored by Hebrew Free Loan of New Jersey, the talk will feature Sugerman, author of “The Chronicles of the Last Jewish Gangster: From Meyer to Myron,” discussing his life as part of the Jewish mob. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at hebrewfreeloanofnj.org/myron-sugerman-speaking-book-signing-event.
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 »Early American Jews
Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, Freehold, will present “A Tale of Two Cities: Tales from the Early History of the Jews in New York and Philadelphia,” a lecture by Rabbi Dr. Robert E. Fierstien in celebration of the Fourth of July and the 365th anniversary of Jewish settlement in America, at 11 a.m. A light lunch will follow. Admission is $5, $3 members, free for students. RSVP to 732-252-6990 or visit jhmomc.org/events.
Find out more »“Tiffany and American Synagogues”
Illustrated talk by author/curator Pat Pongracz at annual meeting of Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey, 7 p.m. at Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany. Light refreshments will be served. There is a $5 suggested donation. RSVP to Linda Forgosh at 973-929-2994 or lforgosh@jfedgmw.org.
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