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March 2019
Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Kroloff – Jewish values in 3 films and videos
Join us for a lunch and learn with Rabbi Kroloff! Discussion topics will include contemporary events, films of Jewish and general interest, spiritual issues, aging wisely, family concerns, the rabbi’s struggles, Israel, the American Jewish community, and recent developments in Jewish live. On Monday, March 18, join us as we discuss, "Jewish values (or absence thereof) in three films and videos: The Kominsky Method, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and the Green Book. A delicious and complimentary lunch will be offered.…
Find out more »The Herero Genocide: The 20th Century’s First Campaign of Racial Extermination
Drew University’s Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Madison, 4 p.m. Part of a Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study series examining human rights, colonialism, genocide, and survival with guest speaker Paul Edwards of Harvard University. Contact ctrholst@drew.edu or 973-408-3600.
Find out more »God and an Imperfect World
B’nai Shalom, West Orange, 7 p.m. Presented by Rabbi Mark Biller. Register online at bnaishalom.net/events.php#.
Find out more »Camille Pissarro and the Dreyfus Affair
Adult Forum of Congregation B’nai Israel, Millburn, 12:30 p.m. With Hirschhorn speaker and art lecturer Sheryl Urman Intrator. Cost is $12, $10 Adult Forum members. RSVP to Lois at 973-533-1809.
Find out more »Scholar in residence
Dr. Susannah Heschel of Dartmouth University will serve as Rabbi Gerald L. Zelizer Scholar in Residence Friday-Saturday, March 22 and 23, at Neve Shalom, Metuchen. She will present “The Life and Thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel” on March 22 at 7:30 p.m., “Jewish Views of Islam” on March 23 at 9 a.m., and “The Tenacious Nature of Racism” following Shabbat lunch on March 23. Contact Hazzan Sheldon Levin at hazzan@neveshalom.net or 732-548-2238, ext. 14.
Find out more »Shabbat Speaker Series at Temple Shalom
Miriam Ramos-Altomonte will be the featured speaker on Friday, March 22nd as part of Temple Shalom's Shabbat Speaker Series. Ms. Ramos-Altomonte is the Community Director of the March of Dimes. She will speak about in the issues related to premature birth and the challenges of care in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). Temple Shalom services begin at 7:45 pm. Temple Shalom is located at 5 Ayrmont Lane in Aberdeen. If you have any questions, contact Ed Miller at speshuled1215@optonline.net.
Find out more »Premature birth
Miriam Ramos-Altomonte will be the featured speaker at 7:45 p.m. Shabbat services at Temple Shalom, Aberdeen. Ramos-Altomonte, community director of the March of Dimes, will speak about issues related to premature birth and the challenges of care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Contact Ed Miller at speshuled1215@optonline.net.
Find out more »Boss and the Bible
Rutgers University Jewish studies professor Azzan Yadin-Israel will present “The Boss and the Bible,” the Marlene Pomper z”l Memorial Lecture at Highland Park Conservative Temple-Congregation Anshe Emeth on Sunday, March 24, at 10 a.m. Yadin-Israel is author of “The Grace of God and the Grace of Man: The Theologies of Bruce Springsteen.” A light breakfast will be served. The cost is $10 for non-members. Call 732-545-6482.
Find out more »The U.N. Social Service Agency That Became A Terrorist Incubator
JCC of Central NJ, Scotch Plains, 3 p.m. Sponsored by Israel Support Committee of Central NJ and presented by experts from the Center for Near East Policy Research. Cost is $10 in advance (mail to Israel Support, 18 Shalom Way, Scotch Plains, N.J. 07076), $12 at the door. Contact Conrad Nadell at conradwho@gmail.com or 908-531-8228.
Find out more »Rowan University Professor Joshua Gedacht.
Drew University’s Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Madison, 4 p.m. Part of a Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study series examining human rights, colonialism, genocide, and survival with guest speaker Gedacht, who examines the refugee crisis created by the persecution of Rohingya people in Myanmar. Contact ctrholst@drew.edu or 973-408-3600.
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 »The Talmud: A Biography
The life and times of an enduring work of Jewish spirituality The Babylonian Talmud is an unlikely bestseller. Originally written in a hybrid of Hebrew and Aramaic and available in myriad translations, it has remained in print for centuries and is more popular today than ever. Barry Scott Wimpfheimer’s new book The Talmud: A Biography tells the remarkable story of this ancient Jewish book and explains why it has endured for almost two millennia. He explains why reading the Talmud…
Find out more »“Love, Lust and Power: David, The Biblical Character”
Temple B’nai Abraham, Livingston, 11:30 a.m. Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz. Bring a dairy lunch; beverages will be served. RSVP to 973-994-2290 or visit tbanj.org.
Find out more »Professor David N. Myers; A Historian Reflects on Israel’s Past & Futrue
On Thursday, March 28, 2019, 7:30 PM at Temple B'nai Abrham, David N. Myers, Ph.D, Professor of Jewish History, UCLA and Board President, New Israel Fund will reflect on Israel's Past and Future. Free and open to the community. Israel was founded 70 years ago, but its future is as unknowable today as it was in 1948. Israel’s army is the most powerful in the region. Recent governments have sought new strategic alliances, making friends with former enemies and alienating…
Find out more »Professor David N. Myers: A Historian Reflects on Israel’s Past and Future
Temple B’nai Abraham, Livingston, 7:30 p.m. Register at tbanj.org or call 973-994-2290.
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