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May 2019
Kabbalat Shabbat Katan
Please join us for Kabbalat Shabbat Katan and greet Shabbat with young families from TJC! We will sing songs, tell stories, and make new friends! Please join us afterwards for a dairy potluck dinner. Questions? Email us: sdiamondstein@thejewishcenter.org.
Find out more »Greeting Shabbat
Kabbalat Shabbat Katan with young families will be held on Friday, May 17, at 5:45 p.m. at The Jewish Center, Princeton. The program will be followed by a dairy potluck dinner. Contact sdiamondstein@thejewishcenter.org.
Find out more »June 2019
Mindful Prayer/Meditation Mincha, led by Ruth Goldston
Savor your prayer experience using mindfulness meditation techniques to focus on words, texts and ideas associated with the Shabbat afternoon or weekday evening service. In so doing, you will have the opportunity to discover the richness of silence, and to deepen your appreciation of the many layers of meaning in the liturgy. You will leave feeling relaxed, refreshed and centered. Even if you’ve never tried mindfulness or meditation before (or if you’ve tried and you think you’ve “failed”), you are…
Find out more »Shabbat Fun
Shabbes Fun with Jonah! will be held for kids during Torah services at approximately 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, at Adath Shalom Congregation, Lawrenceville. The interactive program is led by Jonah Adler. Visit adathisraelnj.org or call 609-896-4977.
Find out more »Shabbat Katan
Shabbat Katan is a monthly service designed for Preschool/Kindergarten-aged children and their families. Warm and spirited, this interactive Shabbat experience will include stories, prayers, songs, and a brief Torah reading. Stay for Shabbat Katan lunch and get to meet other families with little ones. Bring your friends, everyone is welcome! Questions? Email us: sdiamondstein@thejewishcenter.org
Find out more »Tikkun Leyl Shavuot 5779 at TJC
WARNING: Torah Learning is contagious and can cause an excited condition known as “Saturday Night Fever.” The following remedies are known to help: - Absorb wisdom in stimulating Workshops - Attend engaging Speed Learning Sessions - Expose self to a terrific TED-Style Torah Talk These remedies must be taken with food. Snacks provided beforehand, delectable desserts later. WORKSHOP LEADERS Rabbi Elisa Goldberg Harold Heft Fran Lees Juliana Ochs Dweck Cantor Jeff Warschauer Froma Zeitlin And More... SPEED LEARNINE PRESENTERS Meta…
Find out more »Shavuot celebration
Adath Israel Congregation, Lawrenceville, will celebrate Shavuot beginning Saturday, June 8, 7-9 p.m., with a seudah shelishit (traditional third Shabbat meal) along with Torah study. RSVP for dinner to 609-896-4977. Shavuot services will follow the dinner and Torah study at 9 p.m. On Sunday, June 9, Shavuot morning services will begin at 9:30. Shavuot evening services with Yizkor will be held at 7:30 p.m. Second-day Shavuot services will be held on Monday, June 10, at 9:30 a.m., with Yizkor at…
Find out more »All-night Shavuot Study Session
Chabad Educational Center, Rockaway, 10:45 p.m. Refreshments will be served throughout the night. Call 973-625-1525, ext. 202, or visit OneTorahWay.org/Shavuot.
Find out more »Shavuot celebration
Adath Israel Congregation, Lawrenceville, will celebrate Shavuot beginning Saturday, June 8, 7-9 p.m., with a seudah shelishit (traditional third Shabbat meal) along with Torah study. RSVP for dinner to 609-896-4977. Shavuot services will follow the dinner and Torah study at 9 p.m. On Sunday, June 9, Shavuot morning services will begin at 9:30. Shavuot evening services with Yizkor will be held at 7:30 p.m. Second-day Shavuot services will be held on Monday, June 10, at 9:30 a.m., with Yizkor at…
Find out more »Shavuos Kiddush Luncheon and Ice Cream Party
Chabad of West Orange, 10 a.m. Services with a reading of the Ten Commandments to be followed by a Kiddush Luncheon/Ice Cream Party at 12:15 p.m. Contact Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz at 973-325-6311 or go to chabadwestorange.com.
Find out more »Shavuot Extravaganza
Chabad Center of Northwest NJ, Rockaway, 11:15 a.m. Featuring reading and viewing of the Ten Commandments from a Torah scroll and dairy luncheon and children’s ice cream party. Call 973-625-1525, ext. 202, or visit OneTorahWay.org/Shavuot. A Shavuot program will also be held in Mountain Lakes; call Rabbi Levi Dubinsky at 973-551-1898.
Find out more »JEWISH CHILDREN’S ICE CREAM SHAVUOT TORAH RALLY IN HIGHLAND PARK
B"H The entire community is cordially invited to the Annual Jewish Children's Ice Cream Torah Rally celebrating the Jewish Holiday of Shavuot - the Giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai some 3,300 years ago! Hear the 10 Commandments! Enjoy Ice Cream (Dairy and Pareve) and Cheesecake! See a Torah Magic Show! Hear Jewish Holiday Stories and Sing Mitzvah Songs! Everyone - women, men, teens, boys, girls, toddlers, even infants - can do a mitzvah by coming to Shul and…
Find out more »Shavuot celebration
Adath Israel Congregation, Lawrenceville, will celebrate Shavuot beginning Saturday, June 8, 7-9 p.m., with a seudah shelishit (traditional third Shabbat meal) along with Torah study. RSVP for dinner to 609-896-4977. Shavuot services will follow the dinner and Torah study at 9 p.m. On Sunday, June 9, Shavuot morning services will begin at 9:30. Shavuot evening services with Yizkor will be held at 7:30 p.m. Second-day Shavuot services will be held on Monday, June 10, at 9:30 a.m., with Yizkor at…
Find out more »Scholar in Residence Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich.
Congregation Shaya Ahavat Torah, Parsippany. Dr. George S. Rotter Memorial Shabbaton begins with Shabbat services at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner, and a presentation by Mendelevich, a former refusenik from the Soviet Union, “Confession of a Jewish Hijacker.” On June 15 Mendelevich will discuss “Tasting and Embracing Freedom: From Prisoner for Zion to Citizen of Zion World” following 9 a.m. services and kiddush. To check availability, contact Naomi Rotter at nbrotter@optonline.net or Rabbi Shalom Lubin at 973-896-6577.
Find out more »120th Anniversary Closing Dinner
Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael, 6:15 p.m. Shabbat dinner followed by services featuring a presentation by synagogue historian Lewis Stone. RSVP by June 7 to joel@mjcby.org.
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