Tag: Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey
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Jewish Federation to hold spring gala May 21
The Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey will hold its Party with a Purpose Spring Gala at 7 p.m. on May 21 at Club Pure, 1970 Route 35, South Amboy. Dinner, cocktails and entertainment by mentalist Sidney Friedman. Cost is $180 per person; $36 of which will be donated to the Jewish Federation’s…
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Holocaust remembrance program May 1 at JCC
An Interfaith Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance program will be held at 7 p.m. on May 1 at the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County (JCC), 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. The program will include readings and musical selections to remember all those who perished. The free event is co-sponsored by the Metuchen-Edison Area Interfaith Clergy…
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Families raising Jewish children can apply for free books and CDs
Monmouth and Greater Middlesex county-area families raising Jewish children will now have more opportunities to connect with each other by participating in Jewish life, thanks to a new program reimbursing them up to $100 to create and share their own Jewish-inspired experiences with neighbors, family and friends. The Get Together program is designed to help build social…
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Jewish Federation provides information on active-shooter response
The Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey conducted training sessions in Monmouth and Middlesex counties for Jewish and interfaith community leaders to learn next-level approaches to active shooter/attacker scenarios. Subject matter expert, Jin Kim, who retired in 2018 after 23 years with the FBI, presented ways to build beyond the Run–Hide–Fight approach to further empower…
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Author to discuss observing all 18 Jewish holidays in one year
The Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey will hold a night with author Abigail Pogrebin from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 at The Barn, 93 Church Lane, East Brunswick. She will discuss her book “My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew,” detailing her year observing and trying to understand every Jewish holiday.…
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Songs of George Gershwin event Nov. 5
The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County and the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey are sponsoring “The Songs of George Gershwin” performed by Barbara McCarthy at 2 p.m. on Nov. 5 at the Piscataway Public Library, 500 Hoes Lane, Piscataway. This event is free and open to the public as space allows.…
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Songs of George Gershwin will be performed at the Edison Senior Center Aug. 23, 29
Actor and Singer Barbara McCarthy will perform “The Songs of George Gershwin” at 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 23 and 29 at the Edison Senior Center, 2963 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. The event, which is sponsored by The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County and the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey, is free and…
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More than 100 community members join interfaith discussion on Israel
SOUTH RIVER – Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders from throughout New Jersey held a public discussion on the modern State of Israel. “It’s Complicated: A Discussion of Israel, Christianity and Islam, and Building Bridges to Peace,” was sponsored on April 25 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen’s Office of Ecumenical and Interfaith Affairs as a follow-up to…
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Hundreds of Jewish teens take part in day of service
Hundreds of Jewish teens from Monmouth and Middlesex counties joined a global teen service initiative to make the world a better place. The Middlesex County Fire Academy in Sayreville sponsored J-Serve on April 22. In addition to performing various community service projects, teen participants learned, through live fire and rescue demonstrations, how public safety professionals…