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October 2018
Rachel Coalition Women to Women Luncheon
October is Domestic Violence Month. Join Rachel Coalition at our Women to Women Luncheon featuring JENNIE WILLOUGHBY. Jennie is a domestic violence survivor who has been outspoken about her abuser, Rob Porter, a former White House aide. Willoughby’s experience has shone a bright light on domestic violence, and how abuse of power, privilege and victim blaming are still issues for victims when they tell their story. Buffet Luncheon $60.00 per person by October 23rd $70.00 per person after October 23rd Strict…
Find out more »November 2018
Israeli dance
Congregation AABJ&D in West Orange hosts Israeli dancing for women on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. for beginners; 8:45 for advanced beginners/intermediate. Cost is $10/week. Contact 973-736-1407, eschultz@aabjd.org, or dancesfromtheheart@gmail.com.
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National Council of Jewish Women: Metro Jersey Section will present “Women’s Issues in Israel” on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at JCC of Middlesex County, Edison, at 7 p.m. Guest speaker is Dina B. Charnin, NCJW director of Israel policy and programs. Light refreshments will be served. Contact ncjwmetrojersey@gmail.com.
Find out more »Grand Opening of The Birth Center of New jersey
We are having a Grand Opening event for The Birth Center of New Jersey on November 18, 2018, with a ribbon cutting promptly at 1 pm. We have invited hundreds of pregnant moms, midwives and doulas to this event. This is about women and their unborn babies in New Jersey. The infant and maternal mortality, as well as, morbidity rate in New Jersey is one of the highest in the nation. This is for women in general. There are a…
Find out more »December 2018
Author V. Lakshmi to Speak at Congregation Beth Israel
Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains will host a presentation on Thursday, December 6, at 7 p.m, by V. Lakshmi, author of Finding Your Way When Life Changes Your Plans: A Memoir of Adoption, Loss of Motherhood and Rediscovering Home. Sponsored by the synagogue’s Sisterhood, the event is free and open to the community. Finding Your Way When Life Changes Your Plans is a cross-cultural, adoptive-family love story. Born in a remote village in India, V. was adopted and raised by a…
Find out more »Rosh Chodesh United in Prayer
Rabbi Feldman, Cantor Warschauer, and JCW invite TJC Congregation and Community at Large to a very special morning minyan. Join us Sunday, December 9 at 9:00 am as we gather in solidarity with the Women of the Wall. This progressive group of women gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem every Rosh Chodesh in prayer and celebration of the new Hebrew month. For the past 30 years, WOTW has been organizing women to pray, read Torah, wear prayer shawls, sing…
Find out more »Chanukah Party and White Elephant Sale
JCC MetroWest, West Orange, 1:30-4 p.m. Sponsored by Jewish Women International (JWI) for single Jewish women 55+. Desserts and snacks will be served. Potential members are welcome. RSVP to 973-887-6363.
Find out more »Women’s class
Rabbi David Bassous holds a women’s class every Sunday at 10 a.m. at Congregation Etz Ahaim, Highland Park. Call 732-247-3839.
Find out more »January 2019
Women’s Dinner with Special Guest, Judge Rachel Freier
Chabad of West Orange, 7:30 p.m. Keynote speaker is Freier, the nation’s first woman chasidic judge. RSVP by Jan. 1 at chabadwestorange.com/dinner.
Find out more »The “Typical” Jewish Family Isn’t Typical Anymore
First in a four-part Women of Wisdom education series sponsored by Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ. Held at a private home, 10 a.m.-noon. A light kosher breakfast will be served. Couvert is $54 series, $18 per session. Register at jfedgmw.org/wow or contact Claudia Lukac at clukac@jfedgmw.org or 973-929-3057.
Find out more »New Jersey’s Women of Faith Discuss Faith, Social Justice and Sexism
Women of Faith in Action, invites the community to join them Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 35 Seminary Place, from 7:00-8:30pm., for a conversation about their experiences of being female leaders in particular faith traditions. Speakers include Rabbi Ariann Weitzman of Bnai Keshet in Montclair, Muslim Community organizer Nadira Pierre, Rev. Karen Hernandez-Granzen of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Trenton and Rev. Tracey Brown of Ruth Fellowship Ministries in Plainfield. They will discuss similarities, differences and universal…
Find out more »February 2019
Rosh Hodesh Adar 1 with Rabbi Dantowitz @ TBA
Rosh Hodesh is the celebration of the new Hebrew month and is a special time for women. Sisterhood—The Women’s Connection, led by Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz, welcomes all women to join in an evening of learning, warmth, and spiritual growth. On Wednesday, February 6, 7:30 PM, at Temple B'nai Abraham, Rosh Hodesh Adar 1 will be discussed. Adar I is an extra month on the Jewish Calendar (We know Rosh Hashanah is always “on time” but may feel “early” or…
Find out more »Temple Rodeph Torah Women’s Shabbat Dinner
Join us as we celebrate a community of women as we welcome Shabbat with dinner, song and good company. This service will be led by Rabbi Shira Stern, Cantor Joanna Alexander and Karen Joseph and will take place at Fred and Murry's. $40 TRT Members /$45 Non-members
Find out more »“Famous and Infamous American-Jewish Women”
Westfield Hadassah program at Temple Emanu-El, Westfield, noon, with guest speaker Susan Addelston. Bring lunch and pet food for donation to a shelter; coffee and tea will be served. Call 908-654-5508.
Find out more »“Strengthening Bonds Through Yoga”
Jewish Family Service of Central NJ’s Halpern Building, Elizabeth, 6:30-8 p.m. Launch of eight-week yoga program for girls 11+ and their mothers/female caregivers funded through a Jewish Women’s Foundation of New Jersey grant. RSVP to AReiner@jfscentralnj.org or 908-352-8375.
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