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April 2019
Shabbat speaker
Rabbi Peter Grumbacher will be the featured speaker at 7:45 p.m. Shabbat services at Temple Shalom, Aberdeen. Grumbacher will share the story of his father, Ernst Grumbacher, who was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to the Dachau concentration camp during Kristallnacht on Nov. 9, 1938. Contact Ed Miller at speshuled1215@optonline.net.
Find out more »From the headlines
Rabbi Benjamin Adler will present “Ripped from the Headlines: Shabbat Edition” on Saturday, April 13, at Adath Israel Congregation in Lawrenceville, during the kiddush luncheon. RSVP to 609-896-4977 or visit adathisraelnj.org.
Find out more »Feting Nobel winner
A celebratory event for 2018 Nobel Prize Winner, Dr. Arthur Ashkin, will be held at Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI) in Rumson at 1 p.m. Nobel Laureate Ashkin, 96, is a longtime member of the congregation. A dessert reception will be followed by Ashkin — co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics — delivering his Nobel Lecture. RSVP by April 7 to emilie.kovit-meyer@cbirumson.org.
Find out more »Feting Nobel winner
A celebratory event for 2018 Nobel Prize Winner, Dr. Arthur Ashkin, will be held at Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI) in Rumson at 1 p.m. Nobel Laureate Ashkin, 96, a longtime member of the congregation, will begin with a dessert reception followed by Ashkin — co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics — delivering his Nobel Lecture. RSVP by April 7 to emilie.kovit-meyer@cbirumson.org.
Find out more »The History of the Italian Jews
A talk by Rabbi Michael Klein (Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Ahavat Olam, Howell, NJ) $12 non-members, $10 members
Find out more »German Jews in U.S.
Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey president Dr. Nathan M. Reiss will present “A Short History of German-Jewish Life in the United States,” an American Jewish Experience Lecture Series program, on Wednesday, April 17, at 10:30 a.m. at Highland Park Conservative Temple-Congregation Anshe Emeth. A $2 donation is requested at the door. Contact info.jhscj@gmail.com or 732-249-4894.
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 »Love, Lust, and Power: David, The Biblical Character
Temple B’nai Abraham, Livingston, 11:30 a.m., part of Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz. Free; bring dairy lunch, beverages provided. To register, call 973-994-2290 or visit tbanj.org.
Find out more »“Knaani Jews: Pre-Ashkenazi Migrations to Eastern Europe”
B’nai Shalom, West Orange, 12:45 p.m. Ken Blady will explore the colonies of Jews who inhabited southern Ukraine before the arrival of Ashkenazim from the west. Call 973-731-0160.
Find out more »“Speaking Religious Truth to Political Power”
Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange, 6 p.m., part of Shabbat Scholar & Supper series. Rabbi Andrea Weiss, provost of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, coordinated “American Values, Religious Voices,” a multi-faith campaign in which 100 scholars wrote letters to government leaders for the first 100 days of the Trump administration. The cost for dinner, which starts at 7, is $36, $25 for TSTI members; register by April 19 at tsti.org/calendar/dinner-with-scholar-rabbi-andrea-weiss.
Find out more »Holocaust memories
Author Miriam Dobin, a second-generation survivor of the Holocaust and Hebrew School program director at Neve Shalom in Metuchen, will speak at the synagogue on Sunday, April 28, at 11 a.m. RSVP to 732-548-2238, ext. 11.
Find out more »Rescuing Jewish children
Dr. Erwin Tepper will present “50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mrs. and Mrs. Kraus” at Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, Freehold, at 2 p.m. Tepper, a Monmouth County resident, was one of the 50 Jewish children who in 1939 were rescued from Europe by a philanthropic organization, Beth Sholom, and Philadelphia attorney Gilbert Kraus and his wife Eleanor, and brought to the United States. This program is made possible in part by the Monmouth County Historical Commission through…
Find out more »Israeli Security Strategies: Challenges and Opportunities
Presented by: Dr. Jonathan Shimshoni A scholarly presentation about Israeli security strategy where it is challenged, what are the opportunities and how it may impact American security issues. Dr. (Brigadier General Retired) Jonathan (Yoni) Shimshoni served for 25 years with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), in field command and staff positions, culminating his career as Director of Planning for the Planning Division. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, where he has taught,…
Find out more »Yom HaShoah Commemoration at Congregation Beth Israel
Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains will commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, known as Yom HaShoah in Hebrew, on Sunday, April 28, at 5:30 p.m. The program is free and open to the community, and is appropriate for families. The event will feature presentations by guest speakers Heather Markowitz and Eva Vogel. Heather, a past president of Congregation Beth Israel, will share the story behind the Czech Holocaust Torah currently displayed in the synagogue’s lobby. She will explain how this sacred…
Find out more »Prisoner of War Robert Max
Mead Hall, Drew University, Madison, 4 p.m., part of Drew’s Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study series examining human rights, colonialism, genocide, and survival. Max was a U.S. soldier who was captured by the Germans during World War II and forced into slave labor. Contact ctrholst@drew.edu or 973-408-3600.
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