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October 2018
How a Fundamentalist Christian Became a Practicing Jew
Author Angela Himsel will discuss her new memoir, A RIVER COULD BE A TREE (Fig Tree Books Hardcover; Nov 2018) at the Flemington Jewish Community Center on October 7th at 12pm. Angela’s seemingly impossible road from childhood cult in rural Indiana to a committed Jewish life in NYC is traced with warmth, humor, and a multitude of religious and philosophical insights. Ms. Himsel is a freelance writer based in New York City whose work has appeared in The New York…
Find out more »The Story of the Jews of Trenton, NJ: A Talk by Arthur L. Finkle
Arthur L. Finkle of the Trenton Jewish Historical Society and author of Trenton’s Jews: Beginning, Adaptation and Achieving the American Dream
Find out more »Online hate speech
“Anti-Semitic Hate Speech and BOTS Epidemic” will be presented on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. at Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor. RSVP to admin@bethel.net or 609-443-4454.
Find out more »“What’s Jewish About Jewish Food?”
Morris County Library, Whippany, noon. Today and Oct. 16 and 22. National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) West Morris Section Rabbi Lecture Series with Rabbi Shalom Lubin, director of Chabad of Southeast Morris County in Madison. RSVP to iadpr@aol.com.
Find out more »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 »From Shtetl To Ghetto: Jewish Women On The Lower East Side
Presented by Dr. Leslie Fishbein, Associate Professor of American Studies at Rutgers-New Brunswick $3 members, $5 non-members, students free
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 »“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 »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.
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