Cross-cultural conversations
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJ“A Community Cafe: A Cross-Cultural Conversation” will be held by the Gesher Committee of Neve Shalom, Metuchen, on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2-4 p.m. The program is based on the World Cafe model, a method that facilitates community dialogue. Speakers are Sheila Tabanli, a Muslim immigrant from Turkey and now a U.S. citizen; Deborah Bendayan, a […]
Film presentation “BOMBSHELL: The Hedy Lamarr Story”
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJOn Saturday, September 21, at 9:00 PM (immediately following the 8:00 PM Selichot service) Neve Shalom will be showing a new documentary: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. The film follows the life of Hedy Lamarr from her youth as the daughter of Austrian Jews through her rise to fame, the Nazi onslaught, her departure for […]
Shabbat Speaker Lior Sternfeld: Iranian Jews in the 20th Century
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJOn Friday, October 18 at Neve Shalom’s 7:30 pm service, guest speaker Lior Sternfeld, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Penn State University, will be talking about Iranian Jews in the 20th Century. The Jews of Iran in the Twentieth Century held many important positions, created successful businesses, and maintained a vibrant culture […]
Parsha insights
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJSteve Gross will conduct a Torah study session on Ki Tetzei, “The Hated Wife, the Rebellious Son, and How to Merit Long Life,” on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 10:30 a.m. at Neve Shalom, Metuchen. Participants will join the rest of the congregation for Musaf at 11:30. Contact Wendy Kushner at whkushner@gmail.com.
Jewish journalist
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJJane Eisner, who served for more than a decade as editor-in-chief at The Forward, will speak on Sunday, June 23, at 7 p.m. at Neve Shalom, Metuchen. She is now writer-at-large at the Forward and the 2019 Koeppel Fellow in Journalism at Wesleyan University. Light refreshments will be served. Call 732-548-2238.
Holocaust memories
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJAuthor Miriam Dobin, a second-generation survivor of the Holocaust and Hebrew School program director at Neve Shalom in Metuchen, will speak at the synagogue on Sunday, April 28, at 11 a.m. RSVP to 732-548-2238, ext. 11.
Tribute honorees
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJBarbara and Eliot Spack of Edison will be honored for their devotion to Jewish and secular causes on Sunday, April 7, at 2 p.m. at Neve Shalom, Metuchen. Couvert is $50. To place an ad in the tribute journal or to make a reservation, contact office@neveshalom.net or 732-548-2238, ext. 12.
Scholar in residence
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJDr. Susannah Heschel of Dartmouth University will serve as Rabbi Gerald L. Zelizer Scholar in Residence Friday-Saturday, March 22 and 23, at Neve Shalom, Metuchen. She will present “The Life and Thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel” on March 22 at 7:30 p.m., “Jewish Views of Islam” on March 23 at 9 a.m., and “The Tenacious […]
55-Plus
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJThe singers “Girls Night Out” will perform at the next meeting of the 55-Plus Club at Neve Shalom, Metuchen, on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 1-3 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Call Roz Charnes at 908-964-7840.
55-plus
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJMarty Schneit will speak about Fred Astaire at the next meeting of the 55-Plus group at Neve Shalom, Metuchen, on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 1-3 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Call Roz Charnes at 908-964-7840.
Welcome to America
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJNeve Shalom, Metuchen, will host a “Welcome to America” concert — an afternoon of multicultural music, costumes, and foods — on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. Musical groups include Makhelat HaMercaz, the Jewish Choir of Central New Jersey, performing songs in Hebrew and Yiddish by Jewish immigrants to America or their composer children; an […]
Dance party
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJ“It’s A Dance Party!” will be sponsored by Metuchen-Edison Hadassah at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, at Neve Shalom, Metuchen. Dance and fitness instructor Aubree Marchione will teach Latin dance steps. Cost is $25. RSVP by Nov. 14 to reneefrank49@gmail.com.
Hunger Walk
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJNeve Shalom and the Metuchen Edison Area Interfaith Clergy Association (MEAICA) will sponsor a 5K Hunger Walk on Sunday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. The walk will begin and end at the Metuchen synagogue; funds collected will help alleviate hunger locally, nationally, and globally. To participate, contact Rita at office@NeveShalom.net and pick up a pledge […]
Stem cell update
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJDr. Rick Cohen will report on developments in stem cell research at Neve Shalom, Metuchen, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. Cohen, an assistant research professor at Rutgers University, is part of a research team that recently received a major award from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to investigate human embryonic […]
Musical meeting
Neve Shalom 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, NJTenor Ted Thomas will entertain the 55-Plus Club Wednesday, Sept. 5, 1-3 p.m. at Neve Shalom, Metuchen. Refreshments will be served. Call Roz at 908-964-7840.