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Series led by Rabbi Mark Biller and sponsored by National Council of Jewish Women’s West Morris Section, noon at Morris County Library, Whippany. Continues June 11 and 18. RSVP to iadpr@aol.com.

“The Dreyfus Affair: One of the Top Ten Trials in History” will be presented by Brandeis National Committee’s Middlesex chapter on Thursday, June 13, at 1 p.m. at East Brunswick Public Library with educator Susan Addleston. Bring a can of dog or cat food for donation to an animal shelter. Contact Thelma at 732-257-4833.

Co-Sponsored by Jewish Center Women It’s 2019 in the Start-up Nation, but women struggle for suffrage, like 1919. A woman was Prime Minister, but women are forced to sit in the back of the bus. Challenges to Israel’s ‘progressive’ nature are often blamed on its rapidly growing Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) sector, an insular politically powerful minority misaligned with Israeli secular culture. Now, a brave outspoken haredi feminist movement is emerging to challenge traditional norms from within. With multiple forces and transformations…

Join Hebrew Free Loan of New Jersey as we host Myron Sugerman, aka “The Last Jewish Gangster,” for a night of inspiration and lessons on the life & history of the Jewish Mob. How does a nice Jewish boy become a gangster and international outlaw? Join HFLNJ and Myron Sugerman on June 13th at Congregation Oheb Shalom to find out the answers. Myron is the author of “The Last Jewish Gangster: From Meyer to Myron” and he will personally recount…

“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…

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.

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.

A Presentation by John Kenrick, Author of Musical Theatre: A History and Creator of Musicals101.com $12 non-members, $10 members

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.