Tag: Jewish Family Services
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East Brunswick Hadassah makes ‘every bite count’
PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHRISTINE SULLIVAN East Brunswick Hadassah served up a Shavuot cooking demonstration and tasting on June 3 at the home of Cindy Lichtbroun. Chef Yvette Schlussel demonstrated a buffet of heart healthy foods seasoned with the cultural backgrounds of Jews in various countries. The dinner raised funds for the Hadassah Medical Organization,…
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Learn about the Jews of Trenton
The American Jewish Experience Lecture Series, presented by the Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey, continues for its 22nd consecutive year with a presentation by Art Finkle entitled “The Jews of Trenton.” The lecture will be held at 10 a.m. on June 11 at Jewish Family Services, 52 Concordia Shopping Center, Monroe. A donation of $2 is…
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Learn how to navigate genealogy for purposes of government documents
The American Jewish Experience Lecture Series, presented by the Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey, continues for its 22nd consecutive year with a presentation by Steve Stein entitled “Observing the 7th Commandment: Were Your Family Members Telling the Truth to the Government? And Other Inaccuracies.” Have you ever gotten conflicting information from different sources, even official government documents?…
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Brandeis meeting to include discussion of 1950s’ movies
Brandeis University Middlesex Chapter will meet at 1 p.m. on Nov. 16 at the East Brunswick Library, Civic Center Drive off Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. Movie clips from the 1950s will be shown, followed by conversation. The program is free and open to the public. The November social justice collection will collect toys for Jewish…
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Woman to speak about finding biological family 70 years after adoption
The American Jewish Experience Lecture Series, presented by the Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey, continues for its 21st consecutive year with a presentation by Sandra Lanman, entitled “Finding Family, Part II: the Search for Unknown Altstedter.” In 1997, Lanman found her mother’s biological family, 70 years after, and an ocean away, from where she was…
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Displaced homemakers invited to women’s support group
The Women’s Center at Jewish Family Services (JFS) will hold a women’s support group from 10:30 a.m. to noon every Tuesday, beginning Jan. 30, at JFS of Middlesex County, 32 Ford Ave., Floor 2, Milltown. The JFS Women’s Center serves displaced homemakers: women who are single moms, separated, divorced, widowed or living with a disabled…
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Music of Jerome Kern to be celebrated during Brandeis meeting
Brandeis University Middlesex Chapter will celebrate the music of Jerome Kern during a meeting at 1 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the East Brunswick Library, Civic Center Drive off Ryders Lane. The program is free and open to all. The November social justice collection will be a holiday toy drive for Jewish Family Services. For more…
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Jewish lecture series explores Sophie Tucker
The American Jewish Experience Lecture Series, presented by the Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey, continues for its 20th consecutive year with a presentation by Dr. Marcia Midler entitled “Outrageous Sophie Tucker: Cultural Rebel, Comedienne, Last of the Red Hot Mamas” at 10 a.m. on Oct. 3 at Jewish Family Services, 52 Concordia Shopping Center,…
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Community bands together to provide school supplies to children
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHUCK BINS Seventh grader Jaime, left, is one of 168 children who received a backpack full of school supplies at The Crisis Room at Aldersgate United Methodist Church on Ryders Lane in East Brunswick. The Crisis Room, Catholic Charities, Women Aware, East Brunswick Township and Jewish Family Services benefitted from a collection…