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March 2019
Police in the Nazi Period and Now
The Jewish-Christian Studies Graduate Program is pleased to invite educators and other interested individuals to attend the professional Teachers Study Day, “Police in the Nazi Period and Now,” on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, from 9:00 am-3:00 pm at Seton Hall University. Our first speaker, Dr. Peter Black, will review the tragic history of police action in Europe of the Nazi period. The second speaker, Dr. Maria Haberfeld, will focus on police education in the United States and describe some of…
Find out more »Live Well @JCC – Body Fit Strength
Live Well @ the JCC of Middlesex County in Edison is a health, fitness, and wellness program for the over-55 age group. Body Fit Strength, a functional fitness class to slow down the aging process and increase strength, bone and muscle density, balance, coordination and flexibility, will resume Thursday, March 7, and continue through April 25 (no class April 11), at 10:15 a.m. Each program costs $45, which entitles individuals to participate in Live Well programs through June 2019; free…
Find out more »Temple Rodeph Torah’s Bereavement Group
If you or a loved one has suffered a loss we invite you to join us at our bereavement group. This group is free and open to the community and run by Rabbi Shira Stern who is trained in pastoral counseling.
Find out more »Live Well @JCC – Chair Yoga
Live Well @ the JCC of Middlesex County in Edison is a health, fitness, and wellness program for the over-55 age group. Chair Yoga with Karen Rosen will continue on Wednesdays through Feb. 27, at noon. It will resume Wednesday, March 6, and continue through April 24. Each program costs $45, which entitles individuals to participate in Live Well programs through June 2019; free for Community Campus members. RSVP to 732-494-3232.
Find out more »Bereavement group
Rabbi Bryan Kinzbrunner will facilitate a free bereavement group on Wednesdays, March 13 and 27 and April 10, 3-4 p.m. at JCC of Middlesex County, Edison. Kinzbrunner is the campus chaplain for the Oscar and Ella Wilf Campus for Senior Living, Somerset. RSVP to Sue Horwitz at 732-593-5958.
Find out more »Money Smart For Older Adults: How To Avoid Fraud & Scams
Financial exploitation has been called the “crime of the 21st century” with one study suggesting that older Americans lost at least $2.9 billion to financial exploitation in 2010 by a broad spectrum of perpetrators, including persons they know and trust, as well as strangers. Cognitive impairment diminishes the ability of some older adults to make financial decisions and to detect fraud and scams. This seminar is designed to provide you with information and tips to help prevent common frauds, scams…
Find out more »Senior fraud
The Oscar and Ella Wilf Campus for Senior Living, Somerset, will host “Money Smart for Older Adults: How to Avoid Fraud and Scams” with Bernie Sokal of MoneyCare Financial, LLC on Wednesday, March 13, at 4 p.m. Dinner will be served at the free program. RSVP to 732-568-1155 or doshri@wilfcampus.org.
Find out more »Krav Maga Self-Defense Classes
Chabad of West Orange, 8-9 p.m. Six-week men’s self-defense course with “Fighting Rabbi” Michoel Shapiro, 8-9 p.m. Cost is $125. RSVP to fightingrabbi@gmail.com or call 714-376-7181.
Find out more »Hamantaschen baking
Center for Jewish Life, Marlboro, will hold a hamantaschen baking event at 7 p.m., in which women and girls will bake for the community’s seniors. Registration is $15 by Feb. 25, $18 from Feb. 26-March 7, free for CJL partners. RSVP by March 7 at cjlnj.com or call 732-316-7600.
Find out more »Eleanor Roosevelt
Rene Goodwin will portray “Eleanor Roosevelt” in person at a National Council of Jewish Women Metro Jersey Section program on Wednesday, March 13, at 7 p.m. at JCC of Middlesex County, Edison. Email ncjwmetrojersey@gmail.com.
Find out more »Yiddish heroes
A concert and lecture program, “Last Yiddish Heroes: Lost and Found Songs of Soviet Jews during World War II,” will be offered at 7:30 p.m. at Rutgers University’s Douglass Student Center, New Brunswick. The Toby and Herbert Stolzer Endowed Program of Rutgers’ Allen and Joan Bildner Center for Jewish Studies will feature Psoy Korolenko, singer-songwriter; and Anna Shternshis, Al and Malka Green Professor of Yiddish Studies, University of Toronto. In the early 1940s, a group of Soviet Jewish scholars began…
Find out more »Last Yiddish Heroes: Lost and Found Songs of Soviet Jews during World War II
During the Holocaust, Jews from across the Soviet Union told their personal stories through Yiddish songs that are now part of a Grammy-nominated recording in the world music category. Preeminent Yiddish singer-songwriter Psoy Korolenko teams up with Professor Anna Shternshis (University of Toronto) to bring these long lost songs to life in an all-new concert and lecture program.
Find out more »Bnai Keshet Rabbi Ariann Weitzman: A Mixed Multitude and a Singular People
As part of Union Baptist Church’s 2019 Interfaith, Ecumenical series of Sacred Studies: Race, Justice and Liberation, Bnai Keshet Rabbi Ariann Weitzman reflects on the "mixed multitude" that went out from Egypt; she interrogates assumptions of homogeneity in our communities and the truths and fictions around belonging. Free and open to all. For more information, call 973-746-4889 or visit www.bnaikeshet.org.
Find out more »Torah on Tap
Join us for our monthly gathering at KIXX – the Sports Bar in Kingston as we gather to share some food, a good beer and a conversation about some critical topic in our Jewish lives. The Rabbi always brings a text or a topic or a story that keeps us talking for at least an hour. We welcome new people to our group and we are open to any men in our community including people who have not yet joined…
Find out more »Iconic Culture: From Little Black Dress to Bell Bottoms
The Morris County Historical Society's latest exhibit explores cultural history through a retrospective featuring nearly 100 pieces from its historic textile collection. The exhibit highlights cultural milestones from the 1920s to the 1970s and clothing styles mirrored historical events. Open Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays, 1-4 p.m. $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, $3 for students, free for children.
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