Tag: Jewish Center of Princeton
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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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Jewish Center of Princeton plants daffodils in remembrance of children killed during Holocaust
Members of The Jewish Center of Princeton gathered outside their building on April 11 for a memorial ceremony to remember the 1.5 million children who died in the Holocaust. The Daffodil Project is a worldwide effort to remember the children of the Holocaust by planting 1.5 million daffodils around the world, one for each child…
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LOOSE ENDS 4/10: Connectivity
By Pam Hersh The current celebration of Passover (April 8-16) is a time when all of us – no matter what our faith – are waiting for the COVID-19 plague to pass over. The signature Passover seder question – “Why is this night different from all other nights?” – might elicit a response in the…
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Mourners fill Princeton synagogue for rabbi’s funeral service
To say the late Rabbi Adam Feldman made his mark as a rabbi, educator and friend would be an understatement. More than 500 people whose lives Feldman touched, directly or indirectly, paid tribute to him with their presence at his funeral service at the Jewish Center of Princeton on Dec. 29. Feldman, 55, who led…
