Doomed ship
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJEva 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 […]
Feting Nobel winner
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJA celebratory event for 2018 Nobel Prize Winner, Dr. Arthur Ashkin, will be held at Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI) in Rumson at 1 p.m. Nobel Laureate Ashkin, 96, is a longtime member of the congregation. A dessert reception will be followed by Ashkin — co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics — delivering his […]
Feting Nobel winner
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJA celebratory event for 2018 Nobel Prize Winner, Dr. Arthur Ashkin, will be held at Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI) in Rumson at 1 p.m. Nobel Laureate Ashkin, 96, a longtime member of the congregation, will begin with a dessert reception followed by Ashkin — co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics — delivering his […]
Organ donation
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJ“The Story of a New Kidney and a New Life” will be presented at 11:15 a.m. at Congregation B’nai Israel, Rumson. The program will feature donor recipient Art Steinman and will include a discussion on the Jewish view of organ donation with Rabbi Dov Goldberg. Refreshments will be served. Contact emilie.kovit-meyer@cbirumson.org or 732-842-1800, ext. 203.
Ancient Jewish graffiti
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJA lecture, “Jewish Graffiti in the Ancient World,” will be presented by archeologist and Brooklyn College Professor Karen Stern at Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson at 11:15 a.m. Stern, author of “Writing on the Wall: Graffiti and the Forgotten Jews of Antiquity,” will discuss her recent discoveries of tomb, theater, and synagogue inscriptions that provide […]
Art lecture
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJA lecture, “Looted Art Rediscovered: The Gurlitt Find,” will be presented by art historian Vivian Gordon at Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson at 11:30 a.m. Several years ago, German police stopped Cornelius Gurlitt at the border and discovered a secret stash of art in his trunk. Later they raided his Munich apartment and found over […]
Norman Mailer’s cousin
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJ“My Cousin Norman Mailer” will be presented by the author’s cousin Gail Becker at Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson at 11:15 a.m. Refreshments will be served. Contact Emilie Kovit-Meyer at emilie.kovit-meyer@cbirumson.org or 732-842-1800, ext. 203
Jewish Pulitzer novelists
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJCongregation B’nai Israel, Rumson, continues its celebration of Jewish Pulitzer Prize novelists — Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, Bernard Malamud, and Saul Bellow — in a series of free Sunday seminars. Needle will discuss the life and works of Bellow on Jan. 27; the series will conclude when Gail Becker presents “Personal Reflections on Norman Mailer” […]
Holocaust resistance series
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJA three-part series on Jewish resistance to Nazism at Congregation B’nai Israel, Rumson, will continue with Jack Needle, retired professor of history at Brookdale Community College, presenting “The Various Dimensions of Resistance.” The last program of the series, on Jan. 20, will be “Other Actions of Jewish Armed Resistance,” a focus on the Warsaw Ghetto […]
Holocaust resistance series
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJLola Kline, niece of the three brothers who led the Bielski partisan group during World War II, will kick off a three-part series on Holocaust resistance at 11:15 a.m. at Congregation B’nai Israel, Rumson. In the first part, Kline will speak of her experiences and describe partisan resistance to the Nazis. Program moderators are Jane […]
Jewish Pulitzer novelists
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJCongregation B’nai Israel, Rumson, continues its celebration of Jewish Pulitzer Prize novelists — Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, Bernard Malamud, and Saul Bellow — in a series of free Sunday seminars. Needle will discuss the life and works of Bellow on Jan. 27; the series will conclude when Gail Becker presents “Personal Reflections on Norman Mailer” […]
Mafia Jews
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJMyron Sugerman, whose family history is closely entwined with the Mafia, will highlight the mob’s little-known role in fighting Nazism and providing clandestine aid to the fledgling state of Israel at 11:15 a.m. at Congregation B’nai Israel, Rumson. Following his talk, Sugerman will sign his book, “The Last Jewish Gangster: From Meyer to Myron.” Books […]
Mafia Jews
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJMyron Sugerman, whose family history is closely entwined with the Mafia, will highlight the mob’s little-known role in fighting Nazism and providing clandestine aid to the fledgling State of Israel at 11:15 a.m. at Congregation B’nai Israel, Rumson. Following his talk, Sugerman will sign his book, “The Last Jewish Gangster: From Meyer to Myron.” Books […]
‘Food and Faith’
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJRabbi Ron Isaacs, coauthor of “Let’s Eat: Jewish Food and Faith,” will speak at Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson at 11:15 a.m. Isaacs, currently the rabbi at Beth Judah Temple in Cape May, is the author of more than 100 books, and will be selling and signing this one after his talk. Contact emilie.kovit-meyer@cbirumson.org or […]
Jewish Pulitzer novelists
Congregation B’nai Israel - Rumson 171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJCongregation B’nai Israel, Rumson, is celebrating Jewish Pulitzer Prize novelists — Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, Bernard Malamud, and Saul Bellow — in a series of free Sunday seminars. Kicking off the series on Oct. 21 will be Prof. Andrew Meyer on Malamud at 11:15 a.m. On Nov. 11, Jack Needle, a retired Brookdale Community College […]