Tag: Congregation Beth Chaim
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Artist talks about Holocaust survivor portraits on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Like many artists, Debra Kapnek focuses on painting subjects that interest her – still life, landscapes and abstract compositions. Painting portraits of Holocaust survivors was not among her interests – until she met Seymour Meyer, a neighbor and Holocaust survivor who shared his story with her. It was the chance meeting and her developing friendship…
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Congregation Beth Chaim grows online community during COVID
Amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, Congregation Beth Chaim, the largest Reform Jewish congregation in Mercer County, is continuing to grow a thriving online religious community despite congregants not being able to gather together in person. The latest online effort is a plan to host communal Zoom events so congregants can light Hanukkah menorahs together. “The…
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Blum hopes to ‘open the door’ as new rabbi of Congregation Beth Chaim; graduate of Lawrenceville School originally wanted to be a physician
To say that the handwriting was on the wall for Adena Blum to become a rabbi instead of a physician would be an understatement. Blum, who took over the reins July 1 as the senior rabbi at Congregation Beth Chaim in the Princeton Junction section of West Windsor Township, had always enjoyed learning about Judaism.…