• Week of January 02, 2011

• ‘Reform is more open to meeting the challenge’
  Questions for David Ellenson by Robert Wiener (Monmouth News)
• Students make ‘Eco Connection’ with Israel by Jill Garbi (Monmouth News)
• Rabbi to describe journey from church to Torah by NJJN Staff (Monmouth News)
• New look, new directions for family service agency by Jill Garbi (Monmouth News)
• Cultural Commission celebrates the Sabbath by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Community celebrates Ahavas Achim’s expansion by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Scholar sees opposing trends in interfaith affairs by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Israeli rabbi: Diaspora pluralists must speak up by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• NPR alumna defends network’s Israel coverage by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Anti-earmark pledges seen hurting Jewish-run projects
  Nonprofits see gaps if House passes ban on spending method by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Paragon or pariah? by NJJN Editorial (Editorial)
• Ask Dr. Difference, fear edition by Andrew Silow-Carroll (Editor's Column)
• Seattle bus ad decrying ‘Israeli war crimes’ rejected by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Paterson paper alleges WikiLeaks-Israel link
  Arabic weekly joins Islamist websites in promoting theory by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Activists hope to spark interest in electric cars
  AJCommittee to host alternative energy ‘geek’ by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• The price of a stolen diamond: a mother’s guilt
  Replacing a wedding ring meant answering a son’s tough queries by Johanna Ginsberg (New Jersey News)
• Ecuador: Pageantry, socialism, and insecurity by Jared Silverman (Op-Eds)
• America’s wrong turns on the road to peace by Saul Singer (Op-Eds)
• The wrong man to end Israel’s growing isolation by Ori Nir (Op-Eds)
• The year in Jewish sports by Ron Kaplan (Sports)
• Biblical inversions
  Bo — Exodus 10:1-13:16 by Rabbi Richard Hirsh (Touch of Torah)
• Israeli rabbi sees pressing need for pluralism by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• Local cookie company has new recipe for success by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• ‘Torah does not differentiate between our races’
  Questions for Rabbi Enan Francis by Robert Wiener (MetroWest News)
• Federation sends up a flare for Israel’s missing soldiers
  Poster raises awareness, spurs action to rescue seven captured Israelis by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Where Karen met Joel:  an on-line dating success story by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Girls’ invention puts fizz into healthy drinks by Elaine Durbach (Central News)

• Week of January 09, 2011

• ‘Just Debbie and her guitar — it was magical’
  Local clergy recall how famed singer touched their lives by Johanna Ginsberg (New Jersey News, MetroWest News)
• The power of words by NJJN Editorial (Editorial)
• Teaching a generation to listen by Andrew Silow-Carroll (Editor's Column)
• Why Jews take a national tragedy so personally by Dr. Gilbert N. Kahn (Op-Eds)
• ‘The most pro-Israel Congress ever’? Don’t bet on it by Douglas M. Bloomfield (Op-Eds)
• Orthodox Jews seated on Livingston council
  Rieber and Shapiro seeking lower taxes, ‘greater transparency’ by Robert Wiener (MetroWest News)
• NJ Y Camps raises standards to assist celiac sufferers
  Staffers welcome Columbia U. experts on genetic disorder by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler - Webdvar Bo 5771 by Johanna Ginsberg (Jewish Newsreel)
• Rabbi’s videos bring ‘Torah to the people’ by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• Friedman: ‘a blessing to the world of synagogue music’ by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• When unwanted e-mails come between friends by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Cranford children link with ‘birthday angels’ by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Multi-generational Day of Service to honor King by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Moses meets ‘Mad Men’ in new take on Torah by Ron Kaplan (Life & Times)
• Don’t leave home burdened down
  Beshalah — Exodus 13:17-17:16 by Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman (Touch of Torah)

• Week of January 16, 2011

• Mourning the trees on their New Year by Joel Leibowitz (Op-Eds)
• Temple members take a ‘green mitzva’ tour by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Debbie Friedman mourned locally by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Pro-Israel delegation recalls visit with Rep. Giffords by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Jews assist victims of Perth Amboy fire by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Renamed shul trades ‘Concordia’ for ‘Shalom’ by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• African-Americans and Jews build bridges by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Rutgers returns looted painting to victims’ kin
  University museum says German portrait belongs with heirs by Debra Rubin (New Jersey News)
• Schechter kids tote Shabbat in a backpack by NJJN Staff (Monmouth News)
• A teacher offers lessons in standing up to evil by Debra Rubin (Monmouth News)
• Agency extends helping reach to families
  JF&CS to cross county borders to aid more in need by Jill Garbi (Monmouth News)
• ‘Music from the heart’ by Elaine Durbach (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Honoring agency partnerships for young and old by Jill Garbi (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Grant brings ‘continuity’ to shul’s Israel efforts by Jill Garbi (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Friendship Circle offers place for ‘special’ people by Debra Rubin (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Shabbat service makes space for ‘reflection’ by Lori Silberman Brauner (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Synagogue fund boosts area anti-hunger projects by Elaine Durbach (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Jews ‘have to learn how to talk’ to one another
  Questions for Leonard Fein by Robert Wiener (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• What Palin didn’t say by NJJN Editorial (Editorial)
• Two worlds by Andrew Silow-Carroll (Editor's Column)
• Agreeing to disagree; or, the limits of ‘unity’ by Jared Silverman (Op-Eds)
• Rep. Giffords and the limits of matrilineality by Rabbi Jason Miller (Op-Eds)
• Interfaith group studies Bible with ‘fresh ears’
  In synagogue chapel, rabbi, ministers lead discussion of Gospels by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• Morristown teen competes for slot at hasidic songfest by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• ‘Obama’s rabbi’ honors King, renews his message by NJJN Staff (MetroWest News)
• Bar mitzva ‘makes’ history with book about shul by Robert Wiener (MetroWest News)
• A lawyer and ‘quick study’  sets out to repair the world
  Jon Rosenberg wants ‘service’ to be central to Jewish identity by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• Federation funds foster community outreach
  New ‘program-based’ allocations process leads to innovation by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Historian’s talk to explore Shoa’s uniqueness
  Kean prof says fight all racism, but stresses: Holocaust was different by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Meet the Merchants — J&S Designer Flooring
  Mendham couple fled Iran to ‘weave’ a new story here by Robin Friedman (MetroWest News)

• Week of January 23, 2011

• Photography exhibit tells toy stories, and more
  JCC’s Gaelen gallery features works about the human image by Robert Wiener (Life & Times)
• Lending a hand by NJJN Editorial (Editorial)
• Lost in Time by Andrew Silow-Carroll (Editor's Column)
• What happens in Tunisia won’t stay in Tunisia by Dr. Gilbert N. Kahn (Op-Eds)
• Israel alienates minorities — and its best friends by Phil Horn (Op-Eds)
• Diversity is itself a lesson at annual festival of learning
  Limmud NY attracts Jews of all stripes to weekend of study by Larry Yudelson (New Jersey News, MetroWest News)
• Congregation reaches out to adults with special needs
  Morris Co. synagogue offers ‘engagement’ on monthly basis by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• Singer aims to inspire devout women like her by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• State Senate panel advances vouchers system
  Orthodox Union lauds corporate tax breaks for tuition assistance by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Basic responsibility
  Mishpatim — Exodus 21:1-24:18 by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb (Touch of Torah)
• Mom puts the ‘mitzva’  in her own bat mitzva
  Study and good deeds combine in a focus on special-needs kids by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Rutgers program builds bridges with Israel
  Jews and Christians explore how country delivers social service by Elaine Durbach (New Jersey News)
• Federations aid Rutgers Hillel’s pro-Israel efforts by Debra Rubin (New Jersey News)
• Denied: Hebrew-language charter high school
  Turned down twice, organizer says she will apply again by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Christie defends choice for Passaic judgeship
  Conservative bloggers link Clifton attorney to ‘radical’ clients by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Birthright attacker must do community service
  Israeli judge says man was ‘delusional’ when he beat NJ woman by Gil Hoffman (New Jersey News)
• ‘I’ll never stop checking over my shoulder’
  Attacked in Israel, NJ woman dreads assailant’s return by Debra Rubin (New Jersey News)

• Week of January 30, 2011

• Teens make a midnight run for needy in NYC
  Beth Miriam group joins CNN hero’s ‘Angel’ operation by Jill Garbi (Monmouth News)
• Busy cantor brings music back to Freehold shul by Elaine Durbach (Monmouth News)
• ‘Yad Squad’ trains congregants to read Torah by Debra Rubin (Monmouth News)
• Edison yeshiva children mark MLK Day by giving to others by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Federation launches ‘planned giving’ campaign by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)

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