Tag: Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey

  • Federal funds through grant help further secure Temple B’nai Shalom, Vibrant Church in East Brunswick

    Federal funds through grant help further secure Temple B’nai Shalom, Vibrant Church in East Brunswick

    EAST BRUNSWICK – Federal funds through the Nonprofit Security Grant Program will help further secure the facility shared by Temple B’nai Shalom and the Vibrant Church. “The first clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution protects our legal right to freely practice our religious faith, but we must ensure members of the community can…

  • Jewish Federation delegates participate in Washington, D.C., conference

    Jewish Federation delegates participate in Washington, D.C., conference

    Leaders from Monmouth and greater Middlesex counties – the area served by the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey – recently joined with hundreds of other advocates from around the country in Washington, D.C., for the Jewish Federations of North America’s Washington Conference to urge the nation’s leaders to combat anti-Semitism and hate…

  • Axelrod Jewish International Film Festival 2022

    Axelrod Jewish International Film Festival 2022

    The Axelrod Performing Arts Center presents the 2022 Axelrod Jewish International Film Festival (AJIFF) featuring seven award-winning, critically-acclaimed, regional premiere films, plus the smash Israeli award-winning television drama, “The Chef.” The festival runs March 20 to April 10. All films for this year’s festival will be screened virtually. “Let It Be Morning,” Israel’s official entry…

  • Jewish organizations hold rallies against antisemitism

    Jewish organizations hold rallies against antisemitism

    Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) was among major Jewish organizations (including American Jewish Committee, The ADL, Hadassah, and the Orthodox Union) who signed a letter to President Joe Biden expressing appreciation for his strong stance throughout his career against antisemitism and now urging his administration to do more — and do better. The letter…

  • Your Turn: Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey stands with those in Israel

    Your Turn: Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey stands with those in Israel

    The Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey released the following statement regarding the unrest in the Middle East: Israel is currently experiencing large-scale terrorism with continuing rocket attacks originating from Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza. In recent days, more than 1,000 rockets have been aimed at civilian population centers across Israel: all…

  • Jewish Federation honors Monmouth Reform Temple president

    Jewish Federation honors Monmouth Reform Temple president

    At its annual (virtual) meeting on Dec. 8, the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey honored Monmouth Reform Temple, Tinton Falls, President Marjorie Wold, among several others, for extraordinarily leadership efforts in the Jewish community during 2020. Wold is a resident of Colts Neck, according to a press release from the federation, which…

  • Holocaust survivor celebrates 100th birthday with friends at Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County

    Holocaust survivor celebrates 100th birthday with friends at Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County

    Holocaust survivor Herbert Goldsmith celebrated his 100th birthday in early January. with staff and board members of Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County in Monroe, members of the Holocaust survivor program Cafe Europa, and Lisa Adler from the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey. In related news, Café Europa, a program for Holocaust…

  • Applications accepted for PJ Library Parent Ambassadors Program

    Applications accepted for PJ Library Parent Ambassadors Program

    The Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey received a grant from the PJ Library’s Harold Grinspoon Foundation to launch the PJ Library Parent Ambassadors Program. Four parent ambassadors will be hired to connect families with each other and the wider Jewish community through small-scale programs, social opportunities, and home-based gatherings meeting the needs…

  • Kosher Meals on Wheels continues to serve seniors who want to age in place

    Kosher Meals on Wheels continues to serve seniors who want to age in place

    Every morning Monday through Friday, you can find Sara Ullman outside the back of The Orchid Kosher restaurant on Main Street in Metuchen taking packaged prepared frozen kosher meals outside of crates and organizing the meals into coolers for midday deliveries across 14 Middlesex County municipalities. Along with organizing the meals leaving from Metuchen, Ullman…