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August 2018
Musical Chocolate Shabbat
Special guest Tefillah Band will lead a musical Kabbalat Shabbat followed by a chocolate oneg. Free; RSVP to 732-381-8403, ext. 12.
Find out more »The Best of Jewish Comedy with Charlie Bernhaut
Union County Torah Center, Westfield, 8 p.m. Cost is $5. to RSVP to 908-789-5252 or info@torahcenter.org or register online at torahcenter.org.
Find out more »Fifty years of “HAIR”
“HAIR” in Concert — A Collaboration with Remember Jones will be presented at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal Park, in celebration of the Broadway musical’s 50th anniversary. The concert will feature Jones, a soul/pop vocalist from Asbury Park directing and starring as Claude alongside Tony Award nominees Constantine Maroulis as Berger and Mary Bridget Davies as Sheila. The event will also feature a showcase from The Hair Archives, a nonprofit recording the history of the musical and participation from…
Find out more »Afternoon of opera
“An Afternoon of Opera, Lovers, and Other Strangers” will be presented by the Seniors group at Beth El Synagogue, East Windsor, on Sunday, Aug. 19, at 3 p.m. The afternoon will present the arias and duets of Dvorak, Donizetti, Korngold, Massenet, Mozart, Puccini, and Verdi performed by sopranos Cecelia Chaisson, Eve Edwards, Ana Maria Ruimonte, Dora Schnur, and Shelly O’Hara Tapp; tenor Vincent Abamo; baritones David Hobbs and David Tapp; and Joseph Krupa at the piano. The cost is $10…
Find out more »Aloha, summer
An End-of-Summer Hawaiian Luau will be held Tuesday, Aug. 21, at the JCC of Middlesex County, Edison, featuring Hawaiian music with Bob James and a professional hula dancer (don’t forget to wear your grass skirt). Lunch is at 11:30 a.m., entertainment 12:45-2 p.m. The cost is $22, $19 for JCC members. No registration after Aug. 17. Call 732-593-5958.
Find out more »“Fiddler” in Yiddish
Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County will arrange a trip to see “Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish” at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City on Wednesday, Aug. 22, leaving Congregation Beth Chaim, Princeton Junction, at 9:30 a.m. and returning at approximately 5:30 p.m. “Fiddler,” directed by Oscar and Tony Award-winner Joel Grey, is in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles. Cost is $95, which includes a light dairy lunch and snack. To purchase…
Find out more »Senior “Luau” Luncheon
YM-YWHA of Union County, Union, 11:30 a.m. Full-course themed meal with entertainment. Cost is $8 ($5 members). RSVP to 908-289-8112, ext. 34, or seniordirector@uniony.org.
Find out more »Torah Scroll Procession
Sponsored by Chabad Center of Northwest NJ (beginning across from the White Meadow Lake Clubhouse), Rockaway, 4 p.m. Torah procession accompanied by live music and dancing and followed by festive meal and children’s crafts program. Visit onetorahway.org/newtorah or call 973-625-1525, ext. 202.
Find out more »Friendship Summer Camp
The Friendship Circle of Central Jersey will offer Friendship Summer Camp for children with special needs Monday-Friday, Aug. 27-31, 9:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m., featuring music, swimming, art, sports, trips, and outdoor water fun and giving individuals with special needs a chance to build friendships with teen volunteers and peers. Contact 732-536-2319 or muka@friendsnj.com.
Find out more »More Gershwin songs
Actor and singer Barbara McCarthy will present “The Songs of George Gershwin” Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 12:30 p.m., at the Edison Senior Center. McCarthy will also tell fascinating stories about Gershwin’s life. The free event is sponsored by the JCC of Middlesex County and the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey. To register, call 732-248-7346.
Find out more »Shabbaton with The Traveling Chassidim
Chabad of West Orange. Begins with Shabbat services and dinner at 7 p.m.; RSVP to chabadwestorange.com/fnd. On Sept. 1, services will begin at 9:30 a.m. followed by hot kiddush luncheon. At 9 p.m., a musical Havdalah and kumsitz will be held, followed by Selichot at 1 a.m. Contact 973-325-6311 or info@chabadwestorange.com.
Find out more »September 2018
“Bilvavi (in my Heart) — A Musical Journey Towards Wholeness”
Adath Shalom, Morris Plains, 8:30 p.m. Selichot themes will be explored through the Great American Songbook in a program cosponsored by Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael (MJCBY) and White Meadow Temple, and featuring Adath Shalom Cantor Lois Kittner, Dave Schlossberg, and MJCBY Cantor Shana Onigman. Selichot services will follow. Call 973-539-8549.
Find out more »A Selichot Musical Journey Towards Wholeness
Saturday, September 1, at 8:30 PM, Morristown Jewish Center and White Meadow Temple join together with Adath Shalom at 841 Mountain Way, Morris Plains, NJ, for a Selichot Cabaret and Service. Adath Shalom’s Cantor, Lois Kittner, will present themes of Selichot through some of the most beautiful songs of The Great American Songbook. Following the program there will a traditional Selichot service including brief talks by Rabbis Moshe Rudin (Adath Shalom), David Nesson (Morristown Jewish Center) and Charles Popky (White Meadow). RSVP…
Find out more »Selichot Night
B’nai Shalom, West Orange, 10:30 p.m. Learn about High Holiday music with Rabbi Robert Tobin and David Ackerman, shaliach tzibur for the holidays, followed by a service. Call 973-731-0160.
Find out more »“Israel and American Jews: Common Destiny or Separate Path?”
B’nai Shalom, West Orange, 7:30 p.m. With Knesset member and Deputy Minister Dr. Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States. Also features a performance by The West Point Jewish Choir, private student reception with Oren, and patron reception with Oren (cost is $180 and includes preferred seating) at 7. General admission is $36, $18 high school/college students. To purchase tickets, go to bnaishalom.net/events.php#oren.
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