Speaker will discuss arranged marriages

Hadassah will hold a dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at Temple Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen.

The guest speaker is Fraidy Reiss, founder and executive director of Unchained at Last, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women leave or avoid arranged/forced marriages.

Reiss will discuss her harrowing experience as a teenager fleeing an arranged and abusive marriage.

A Chinese kosher dinner will be served. The fee is $20. (Attendance is free to the 7:30 p.m. meeting.) Checks payable to Hadassah should be mailed to Renee Frank, 21 School St., Metuchen, NJ 08840.