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Rabbi Joseph Gelberman — the Jewish Center’s first full-time religious leader — who was hired in 1955, leads a service for youngsters in the sukkah in 1958. Photos courtesy The Jewish Center
September 9, 2019, 11:19 am
The Jewish Center at 70
A celebration of the past with a look toward the future
The Ford Mansion at Morristown National Park was built in 1773, and General George Washington established it as his headquarters in 1789-90.
July 24, 2019, 11:15 am
Historic patriotism of Morristown Jews on display
Dresser purportedly owned by John Hancock donated to Morristown Historical Park in 1940s
By Jed Weisberger
Lester Bornstein is embraced by the consul general of France, after she pinned on him the French Legion of Honor medal during a June 14 ceremony. Marilyn Bornstein stands next to her husband; looking on (between the consul general and Bornstein) is Michael Oren, the Bornsteins’ son. Photos by Johanna Ginsberg
June 26, 2019, 11:07 am
Local war hero awarded France’s highest honor
Lester Bornstein fought in Europe after D-Day landing
By Johanna R Ginsberg
The entrance to the Auschwitz Gate Photo by Iciar Palacios © Musealia
May 8, 2019, 11:53 am
‘Auschwitz didn’t just happen’
Ambitious show about the notorious death camp speaks to current moment; could signal new direction for Museum of Jewish Heritage
By Sandee Brawarsky
Eva Vogel, left, and Susan Stein of Morristown, both participants in the Drew University writing workshop, at a Holocaust symposium in April held at the College of Saint Elizabeth. Photo by Johanna Ginsberg
May 1, 2019, 12:42 pm
The Shoah’s impact on the next generation
Rising 2G community considers their own experiences to better understand their survivor parents
By Johanna R Ginsberg
As a child in Germany, Erwin Ganz saw his house ransacked by Hitler Youth during Kristallnacht. Photos courtesy David Schwartz
May 1, 2019, 12:31 pm
Synagogue produces filmed chronicle of Shoah survivors
Students interview area residents who lived through Nazi brutality
By Jed Weisberger
Martin J. Raffel
April 29, 2019, 3:26 pm
The A-bomb: Does necessity equal morality?
Part 2 of 2
By Martin J. Raffel
In a World Jewish Restitution Organization video, Holocaust survivor Greta Mares says the Nazis came and took “everything of value” from her family. WJRO
April 24, 2019, 11:12 am
New push for Polish property restitution
Pressure by WJRO comes as Poland balks on payments to non-citizens
By Stewart Ain
The author in front of the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. Photo Courtesy Martin Raffel
April 17, 2019, 11:57 am
Up close, and sometimes personal, with U.S. decision to drop Bomb on Hiroshima
Part 1 of 2
By Martin J. Raffel
The author in front of the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. Photo Courtesy Martin Raffel
April 15, 2019, 11:51 am
Up close, and sometimes personal, with U.S. decision to drop Bomb on Hiroshima
By Martin J. Raffel
The Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project aims to restore stones like the one toppled over between these two graves. (Photo courtesy Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project)
April 8, 2019, 11:21 am
‘Doing what communities do’ — taking care of holy ground
Project aims to rehabilitate Trenton’s Jewish cemeteries
By Michele Alperin
The ancient seal inscribed with Nathan-Melech’s name that was discovered in the City of David. (Eliyahu Yanai/City of David)
April 3, 2019, 12:37 pm
Facts on the ground: Jerusalem’s Jewish history
By NJJN Editors
Newly found sisters Melinda Wagner of Red Bank, left, and Miriam Carmona. (Photos Courtesy Melinda Wagner)
March 27, 2019, 11:28 am
Oh, sister, am I glad I found you
DNA test unites two half-siblings whose father fled the Warsaw Ghetto
By Jed Weisberger
Johann Sebastian Bach — Marissen says performance of his works should be an “educational opportunity.”
February 4, 2019, 11:05 am
Works of Bach include allusions revealing anti-Jewish attitudes
Professor will discuss composer’s ‘contempt’ in Rutgers program
By Debra Rubin
Documents from the exhibit “13 Driver’s Licenses: Thirteen Jewish Lives” Photo by Johanna Ginsberg
January 23, 2019, 11:53 am
Research on ‘13 Driver’s Licenses’ in Germany leads to New Jersey
Descendants of Bavarian town return for opening of exhibit
By Johanna R Ginsberg
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