An Interfaith Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Program will be held on Wednesday, May 1, at 7 p.m. at JCC of Middlesex County, Edison. The event is co-sponsored by the Metuchen-Edison Area Interfaith Clergy Association, the JCC, and the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey. Call 732-494-3232.
Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael, 7 p.m. RSVP to joel@mjcby.org.
Eva Wiener, one of the few surviving passengers of the MS St. Louis, the German ship that was denied entrance to the United States and Cuba in 1939 and whose Jewish passengers were forced to return to Europe, will speak at 10:30 a.m. at Congregation B’nai Israel, Rumson. Survivors and their families will light a […]
Jenny Rich will present “Holocaust Memory in America” at a Great Minds Salon on Thursday, May 9, at 8 p.m. at The Jewish Center, Princeton. Rich is an assistant professor of sociology at Rowan University and director of the Rowan Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Dessert will be served. There is $5 admission for […]
Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva in Edison will honor the community’s Holocaust survivors at its annual dinner, themed “Hand in Hand: Legacy. Inspiration. Education,” on Sunday, May 19, at 5 p.m. at Chabad House at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Register at rprydinner.org by May 13.
Sponsored by Chabad Center of Northwest NJ, Rockaway, in observance of Schneerson’s 25th yahrtzeit. Chartered air conditioned buses will leave the Chabad Educational Center, 65 Pawnee Ave., at 9 a.m. and return at 1:30 p.m. Includes catered breakfast. Contact 973-625-1525 or rabbib@onetorahway.org or visit onetorahway.org.
1944, the depths of the Holocaust: Why would a Swedish diplomat care about the doomed Jews of Hungary? And yet, Raoul Wallenberg risked it all time and again to save thousands of us. And then, as the Third Reich crashed down, the Soviets arrested this greatest rescuer of all time. His fate is lost in […]
New York, N.Y.---The Deal community will honor the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) at its annual “Evening of Inspiration” on Thursday, August 8, in Deal. Lisa Oved, Samantha Harary, Ariela Ben Dayan and Charles Ben Dayan are the evening’s chairpersons. Harry Adjmi will serve as the Master of Ceremonies. Special highlights of the benefit will […]
Mezza Restaurant, Livingston, noon. Honoring Roslyn Eagle. Donations will support metastatic breast cancer research at Hadassah Hospital in Israel. There is a $54 minimum donation. Contact pszornitzer@aol.com.
Holocaust survivor Lois Flamholz will describe her fight for survival at a Kristallnacht program held during Shabbat services at Congregation Beth Ohr, Old Bridge, on Friday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Call 732-257-1523.
Congregation Beth Israel, Scotch Plains, 7:30 p.m. Presentation by Holocaust survivor Fred Heyman. An oneg Shabbat dessert reception will follow. Contact Faye Bodenstein (frgbnj@aol.com), Claire Bornstein (clairebn@comcast.net), or Rita Geller (rmgeller@comcast.net) or call 908-889-1830.
Temple Beth Shalom, Livingston, 6:30 p.m. Shabbat service featuring music, song, and word honoring the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Contact 973-992-3600 or office@tbsnj.org.
The community is invited to take part on Friday January 17th when Temple Shalom of Aberdeen honors the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On January 17th at 7:45 pm, Temple Shalom, 5 Ayrmont Lane in Aberdeen, will welcome Rev. John Armstrong of New Light Baptist Church and his congregation to Friday […]
A Martin Luther King. Jr. Day of Service will be held at the Wilf Campus for Senior Living’s Education and Resource Center, Somerset, on Monday, Jan. 20, 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. The food drive and sorting event will support the Franklin Food Bank. Non-perishable food items may be dropped off prior to the event […]
Author Dr. Jerry Bagel will speak about his parents, Sam and Helen Bagel — the subject of his book “The Numbers on My Parents’ Arms” — on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 11 a.m. at Har Sinai Temple, Pennington. Helen and Sam Bagel were Polish Jews who later came to America to be chicken farmers in […]