• Week of January 31, 2010

• Living the ‘Impossible Dream’
  NJ actor takes on coveted role by Ron Kaplan (Life & Times)
• Jewish and Christian kids visit Shoa museum by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Child care center to reopen at fire-damaged temple by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Airport windows land at E. Brunswick shul by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Hebrew charter school holds lottery for slots by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Birthright wins another heart by Elaine Durbach (Monmouth News)
• Teen volunteers stay out late to help Manhattan homeless by Debra Rubin (Monmouth News)
• Exhibit highlights career of a pioneering rabbi by Elaine Durbach (Monmouth News)
• Israel teen workshop to focus on advocacy by Debra Rubin (Monmouth News)
• Sentence in bias attack is seen as too lenient by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• JCC MetroWest to end child care in Whippany
  Brody Center ‘victim’ of ‘economic realities,’ says top administrator by Johanna Ginsberg (New Jersey News)
• A ‘Third Intifada’? by NJJN Editorial (Editorial)
• The shul around the corner by Andrew Silow-Carroll (Editor's Column)
• The ‘Massachusetts Massacre’ and the ‘Gaza 54’ by Jared Silverman (Op-Eds)
• Historian Howard Zinn,  practitioner of tzedek
  In ‘A People’s History,’ he taught America a new kind of story by Rabbi Arthur Waskow (Op-Eds)
• I can’t go on, I’ll go on: A Middle East lament by Leonard Fein (Op-Eds)
• Human rights forum turns a spotlight on hatred by Elaine Durbach (New Jersey News)
• Rain of challenges
  Resilient Arad debates politics, migrants, and the haredim next door by Gil Hoffman (New Jersey News)
• NJ lawmakers rap Gaza blockade
  Local Democrats say restrictions harming Israel’s security needs by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Agencies brace as Christie weighs cuts
  Various Jewish bodies rely on state funding for array of services by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Artist, 95, shows his cards
  Exhibit is celebration of a creative explosion that began late in life by Elaine Durbach (Life & Times)
• ‘An opportunity for Israel to show good side of its society’
  Questions for Yohannes Bayu by Robert Wiener (MetroWest News)
• Israeli pol: ‘Baruch Hashem’ for public relations problem by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• Cranford okays extension of Shabbat boundary by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Jewish Agency reaches out to Israelis abroad by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Beginning the spiritual conversation
  Yitro — Exodus 18:1-20:23 by Rabbi Richard Hirsh (Touch of Torah)

• Week of February 07, 2010

• Local donors taking lead role in securing Birthright Israel by Johanna Ginsberg (New Jersey News)
• UJC launches major push for summer camp
  ‘Holistic’ plan focuses on first-time families, hires full-time staffer by Johanna Ginsberg (New Jersey News)
• Family’s $5 million gift is devoted to continuity
  Cooperman Fund will help Birthright, camps, and teen philanthropy by Johanna Ginsberg (New Jersey News)
• Paranoiacs with enemies by NJJN Editorial (Editorial)
• The Times vs. the ‘savage partisans’ by Andrew Silow-Carroll (Editor's Column)
• Overdue honor for a patient World War II vet by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Rep. Frelinghuysen goes back to class by Special to NJJN (New Jersey News)
• J Street’s NJ chapter holds first meeting
  In Princeton, activists say group represents widening of debate by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Less is more: The tyranny of the supermajority by Dr. Gilbert N. Kahn (Op-Eds)
• Mitchell’s way: Let’s not talk, and say we did by Douglas M. Bloomfield (Op-Eds)
• The quandary in the closet
  My uncle left behind some Nazi artifacts, and a dilemma for me by Johanna Ginsberg (Life & Times)
• Sam becomes a man, and one of the boys
  Temple meets child’s special needs as he is called to the Torah by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• At workshop for job-seekers,  the goal is fresh thinking
  Talk by ‘neurocoach’ is latest in JFS series; ‘make it personal’ by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Letterman sidekick brings ‘magic’ to MetroWest by NJJN Staff (MetroWest News)
• UJC MetroWest raises $100,000 for Haitians by Robert Wiener (MetroWest News)
• Birthday ‘boy’ is link to temple’s Newark roots by Robert Wiener (MetroWest News)
• Lessons beyond the laws
  Mishpatim — Exodus 18:1-20:23 by Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman (Touch of Torah)

• Week of February 14, 2010

• ‘Higher’ education: A lesson across religions by Rabbi Daniel T. Grossman (Op-Eds)
• Slain Arizona officer had roots in New Jersey by Salvatore Caputo, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix (New Jersey News)
• Former governor to be honored by Rutgers Hillel by Debra Rubin (New Jersey News)
• To broaden its appeal, school drops affiliation by Elaine Durbach (New Jersey News)
• Israeli eco-connection continues at area schools by Lori Silberman Brauner (Monmouth News)
• Hillel helps
  Haitian staff inspires yeshiva students to raise funds by Debra Rubin (Monmouth News)
• From bima to stage
  Actress, playwright honors late husband’s Shabbat observance by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Student explores Shabbat in Israel by NJJN Staff (Middlesex News)
• In the company of heroes
  On the road with the ‘Joint’ in Turkey and Uzbekistan by Lee Livingston (Middlesex News)
• JFCS to honor rabbis, senior services staff by Special to NJJN (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Scholar shares texts with Christian audience by Lori Silberman Brauner (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Shoa-era scrolls are reunited at center’s rededication by NJJN Staff (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• A ‘singer of songs’ speaks to victims of domestic abuse by Special to NJJN (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• ‘Lifelong learner’ to lead nat’l education group by Elaine Durbach (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Chabad school caters to children of emissaries by Debra Rubin (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• “Images of Normandy Beach” by NJJN Staff (Jewish Newsreel)
• Look inside
  Teruma — Exodus 25:1-27:19 by Rabbi Joyce Newmark (Touch of Torah)
• In deed and now name, an Orthodox trailblazer
  ‘Rabbah’ Hurwitz sees women like her as ‘wave of future’ by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• A lobby, not a conspiracy by NJJN Editorial (Editorial)
• Ham and angst by Andrew Silow-Carroll (Editor's Column)
• When we listen to each other, we all learn by Rabbi Arthur Waskow (Op-Eds)
• What we talk about when we talk about peace by Jared Silverman (Op-Eds)
• Rare drawings depict horrors of D-Day landing
  Widow discovered artist’s hidden trove of wartime sketches by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Synagogue burial societies make loving comeback by Johanna Ginsberg (New Jersey News)
• Volume considers Jewish gems of the ‘diamond’ by Ron Kaplan (Life & Times)
• Ukrainian survivor tells of hiding, narrow escapes by Robert Wiener (MetroWest News)
• Shul joins community effort to increase inclusion by Eta Levenson (MetroWest News)
• Local baker opens kosher cakery in Springfield
  Owner of Michelle’s loves making ‘homey, comfortable desserts’ by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• New series links universities with JCC
  Profs to give talks on Jewish culture, identity, and Israel by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Scotch Plains JCC is gearing up for a revamp
  Looking to the future, center leaders plan to expand and enhance by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Basking Ridge congregation celebrates 20 years
  Growth and success mark B’nai Israel’s first two decades by Elaine Durbach (Central News)

• Week of February 21, 2010

• Christie backs off on cuts to busing by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News, MetroWest News)
• Thumbs down by NJJN Editorial (Editorial)
• Seems like old times by Andrew Silow-Carroll (Editor's Column)
• When leaders lose their sense of mission by Dr. Gilbert N. Kahn (Op-Eds)
• No single movement owns halachic Judaism by Rabbi Menashe East (Op-Eds)
• Who says not every day is Purim? by Daniella Ashkenazy, JTA (Life & Times)
• A holiday with two faces
  Purim | Tetzave — Exodus 27:20-30:10 by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb (Touch of Torah)
• Lautenberg is treated for ‘curable’ lymphoma by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Gay rights advocates score Democrats at rally by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Divided Cutler Street shul to stay open under new board by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• If Rabbi Meir’s wife had a voice
  Local author mixes fact, fiction to depict Jews of Middle Ages by Johanna Ginsberg (Life & Times)
• Prof taps Jewish background for novel by Debra Rubin (Life & Times)
• ‘Tireless’ cocreator of historical society dies at 85 by Robert Wiener (MetroWest News)
• Have puns, will revel: Purim sets the stage for parody by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• West Bank mayor promotes personal vision of coexistence by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Local nurse serves on medical team in Haiti
  Disaster response group treated 500 quake victims a day by Debra Rubin (Central News, Middlesex News)
• Dietician gives boys lowdown on fitness by Elaine Durbach (Central News)

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