Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad is a refreshing mix of comedy, music, spoken-word and show-stopping burlesque, featuring the gals who learned to smoke at Hebrew School, got drunk at their Bat-Mitzvahs and would rather have more schtuppa than the chupah, featuring performers seen on Comedy Central, HBO and Late Night TV. These badass chosen chicks boldly dare to deconstruct years of tradition, expectations and guilt in a fast-paced vaudeville extravaganza. It’s ain’t yo’ mama’s Fiddler!

$20

732-721-6555

Sponsored by: Primetime Comedy Club,

Guest speaker Jesse Galef of the Secular Coalition of America discusses the coalition and its mission to increase the visibility of non-theistic viewpoints and strengthen our government’s secular character as the best guarantee of our freedom. Hosted by progressive Jewish writer and scholar Bennett Muraskin, this monthly session of the Jewish Cultural School & Society’s (JCSS) adult education series is free to all interested adults. Visit http://www.jcss-nj.org for more.

Bennett Muraskin, 973-734-1972

Sponsored by: Jewish Cultural School & Society (JCSS)

Rabbi Alan Brill, Ph.D. of the Department of Jewish-Christian
Studies at Seton Hall University will be lecturing on his new book, “Judaism and Other
Religions.” He will be signing copies of the book after the lecture.

Father Lawrence Frizzell, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Sponsored by: Jewish-Christian Studies

Dr.  Israel Rubin will present a program of rich arias and colorful video scenes, drawn from his personal, intimate knowledge of the opera world.
Guests are welcome.  Light refreshments will be served.

For further information, call Elaine Borowsky, 973-338-4025.

Sponsored by: Bloomfield, Belleville, Nutley chapter of Hadassah.

The Jewish Community Housing Corporation will continue its “Lunch with an Expert” series with low vision specialist Dr. Bethany Fishbein speaking about the most advanced technologies available today to help seniors with low vision due to macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and other conditions.

Joel Goldin at 973-929-2725 (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))

Sponsored by: Jewish Community Housing Corporation

Against the Tide is a compelling film that documents what happened in United States during the Holocaust.

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Sponsored by: Holocaust Council of MetroWest

TURNING OIL INTO SALT with Anne Korin and Aaron Scheinberg
AJC and its partners Environment NJ, GreenFaith, Livingston Public Library, Operation Free, and Temple B’nai Abraham invite the public to a forum on energy independence featuring Anne Korin, co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security and chair of the Set America Free Coalition, and Aaron Scheinberg, NJ Coordinator for Operation Free. 

This program is free and open to the community. 

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For more information or to make a reservation call 973-379-7844 or e-mail us at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Sponsored by: American Jewish Committee

Ori Nir, spokesman for Americans for Peace Now, Hussein Ibish, senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine, and a local representative of J Street (TBA), will discuss prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian two-state solution under the Obama administration and ways that citizens can become involved in the peace process themselves.  The event is free and open to the public.  All points of view are welcome and respectful dialogue is encouraged.  For more information go to http://www.BeAboutPeace.com.

Paul Surovell at 973-763-9493 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
http://www.BeAboutPeace.com

Sponsored by: South Mountain Peace Action, Maplewood and South Orange NJ

Join Temple B’nai Abraham’s Sisterhood & Men’s Club for a Rachel Coalition Program, “Not to People Like Us: Rachel Coalition Responds to Domestic Violence in the Jewish Home.” Led by Jewish Family Services Executive Director Reuben Rotman, Rachel Coalition Past Chair Lesley Frost, and Rachel Coalition Speakers’ Bureau Chair and TBA member Myrna Wertheimer, this eye-opening program will alert attendees to warning signs of abusive relationships so they can help friends or relatives in need.

This event is free and open to the public. Coffee and dessert will be served.

Contact the Temple B’nai Abraham office at 973-994-2290 or visit the TBA website at http://www.tbanj.org.

Sponsored by: Rachel Coalition

NY/NJ Jews in their 20’s and 30’s is joining Moishe House Hoboken for a great Friday night dinner in Hoboken, NJ. Chinese food will be served! Meet people from Hoboken and all over Jersey, eat good food, and imbibe. All food is kosher. Only good times allowed.

Dinner starts at 8:30pm and is at 1313 Grand St apt 306 in Hoboken, NJ 07030. So bring yourself, bring friends, and bring a good attitude cause we are going to eat and have fun. All are welcome.

*NY/NJ Jews in their 20s and 30s is an online group on Meetup.com that is designed for Jewish people in their 20’s and 30’s in the metropolitan area to meet and mingle with other young Jews to network, build friendships, and maybe more! This is not a singles group, so all are welcome: single, in a relationship, married, etc. Some things we do for fun:
Dinners, comedy nights, happy hours, musicals, hiking, walking tours, weekend trips, museum visits, movies, etc.

*Moishe House Hoboken is a pluralist (but mostly secular) Jewish organization of, for, and by young adults located at 1313 Grand Street, apartment 306, Hoboken NJ.

To contact Leah, organizer of NY/NJ Jews 20s and 30s, email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Sponsored by: NY/NJ Jews in their 20s and 30s & Moishe House Hoboken

Andrew Silow-Carroll, Editor-in-Chief of the New Jersey Jewish News, will present a discussion about Israel and foreign relations.
The event, which includes brunch for $3, is open to the public, with advance reservations required by March 20.

(908) 277-0200

Sponsored by: Renaissance Chavurah

The Etz Chaim MTJC Community Seder will be on the second night of Passover, Tuesday evening, March 30, at 7:30.  The seder is a joyous celebration of Passover led by our Rabbi Benjamin Levy, which includes telling the Passover story as well as traditional Seder songs and, of course, a full-course kosher meal.  The cost is $45 for adults, $18 for children 7 - 17, and children under 7 are free. There is a flyer with reservation form online at
  http://www.EtzChaimMTJC.org/Flyer/Seder70.pdf
and our office (732)251-1119 will be glad to answer any questions.

There is a flyer with reservation form online at
  http://www.EtzChaimMTJC.org/Flyer/Seder70.pdf
and our office (732)251-1119 will be glad to answer any questions.

Sponsored by: Congregation Etz Chaim Monroe Township Jewish Center

Forty-two years after his murder, the lifework of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. continues its powerful impact. Professors Floresta Jones and Frank Rother will provide background and personal stories of Dr. King. Artist and human rights activist Barbara Bickart will present When, a reflective documentary piece based upon visitors’ reactions to the physical space where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, the old Lorraine Motel where the National Museum of Civil Rights is now housed.

HGHREC is a registered provider of professional development hours with the NJ State Department of Education.

Tickets: $5.00, HGHREC members and BCC students: Free
No credit cards will be accepted.

Phone: 732-224-2769
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.holocaustbcc.org

Sponsored by: Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale Community College

Monmouth University will host an exhibit of Jacob Landau’s The Holocaust Suite (1968) on April 8-23, 2010, in the Monmouth University Library, Seminar Room (102), Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ. Docent tours are available. To schedule a tour, please contact Professor Susan Douglass at 732-263-5509 or via email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Hours: April 9 (Friday)-11am-1pm, 2pm-3pm; April 11 (Sunday) - 12pm-1pm; April 12(Monday)-3pm-5pm; April 13(Tuesday)-2:30pm-4:30pm, 6pm-7pm; April 14(Wednesday)-11:30am-12:45pm; April 15 (Thursday)- 1pm-2pm; April 16 (Friday)-11am-1pm; April 17 (Saturday) - 2pm-3pm; April 18(Sunday)-12pm-1pm, 2:30pm-5:30pm; April 20 (Tuesday) - 9am-10am, 11:30am-12:30pm; April 21 (Wednesday) – 2pm-3pm, 5pm-6pm; April 22 (Thursday) – 9am-10am, 1pm-2pm, 6pm-7pm; April 23 (Friday) - 1pm-2pm

The Holocaust Suite by the internationally known painter and printmaker Jacob Landau is a beautiful and disturbing set of seven lithographic prints. Commissioned by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, these lithographs were published in Albert Friedlander’s popular collection of Holocaust writings, Out of the Whirlwind.

Mr. Landau was neither a Holocaust survivor nor the son of a survivor. However, right after the war he met with a group of Buchenwald survivors, which profoundly affected him. He concluded that “The Holocaust is the ultimate test of our humanity, and we flunked that test. Not just what Hitler did but what the rest of the world didn’t do.” As a result, he says “The Holocaust sits on our shoulders like an incubus and we cannot exorcise it.”

It is this haunting presence that generated the Holocaust Suite, which Mr. Landau calls a “series of tragic and satiric works that float over the abyss of human pretensions.” A powerful indictment as well as profound humanist statement, the prints draw us into an interaction with the men and women of their panels as more than simply victims.

The prints are “exquisitely drawn works,” as the late Stephen C. Feinstein, scholar of Holocaust art at the University of Minnesota, has said. Yet “there is no redemptive message or moral paradigm that we can take away to resolve our discomfort,” as Jane Denny, Director of Education, The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Brookdale Community College, observes. “This is what Jacob Landau wanted.”

Born in Philadelphia, PA (1917), where he launched his career as an illustrator, winning national prizes at age 16 and a scholarship to the Philadelphia College of Art, Mr. Landau had over sixty one-person shows. And he was the recipient of many awards, including tiffany, Guggenheim and National Arts Council grants. His work is included in the MOMA, Metropolitan, New Jersey state and Hirshhorn museum collections among many others. A master teacher, he retired as professor emeritus at New York’s Pratt Institute. In 1996 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts by Monmouth University. Mr. Landau died in 2001.

Media contact: Petra Ludwig at 732-263-5507.

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Sponsored by: Monmouth University

The Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company performs The Legacy Project in recognition of Yom HaShoah and to celebrate Jewish culture through contemporary dance.  There will be a special free post-performance reception honoring Holocaust survivors and to meet choreographer Carolyn Dorfman (whose parents are survivors) and the dancers of this powerful work. $20 general admission; $15 Seniors/Kean alumni, faculty & staff; $10 children and students
NCJW info:  908-351-9113; .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) ;
Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company:  908-687-8855

Susan P. Coen   908-351-9113 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Sponsored by: Kean University and Union County Section, National Council of Jewish Women

In a student matinee that is open to the general public, the Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company performs The Legacy Project in recognition of Yom HaShoah and to celebrate Jewish culture through contemporary dance.  There will be a special post-performance talkk-back with choreographer Carolyn Dorfman (whose parents are survivors) and the dancers of this powerful work.

Kean Stage Box Office:  908-737-7469
NCJW info:  908-351-9113; .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address);
Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company:  908-687-8855

Sponsored by: Kean University and Union County Section, National Council of Jewish Women

Doors open 6:15 p.m. and admission is $10. Cash prizes can be up to $1,000, depending on attendance, so bring your friends. Must be 18.

The Flemington Jewish Community Center is located at 5 Sergeantsville Road
(Route 523 south, across from the police station) in Raritan Township.

(908) 782-6410

Sponsored by: Flemington Jewish Community Center

Celebrate Israel 2010
Activities for all ages! All events are FREE!
Film screening…photo exhibit…Israeli vendors…interactive exhibits, and more…
• Sunday, April 18, 2010

Yom Hazikaron
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Film screening 9:15 - 10 a.m. followed by memorial ceremony and Israeli-American discussion groups
Photo exhibition
Yom Ha’atzmaut
12 - 4 p.m.

Israeli food and vendors
Children’s carnival games and rides
Puppet show, face painting, and balloon art
Interactive exhibits and games prepared by MetroWest synagogues and Israeli and American teen groups
Special Guest Speaker: Gil Hovav, Israeli culinary journalist and TV personality and great-grandson of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, reviver of the Hebrew language
A cappella performance by acclaimed vocal group Six13

For more information visit http://www.ujcnj.org/celebrate

• Yom Ha’atzmaut: noon to 4 p.m.

http://www.ujcnj.org/celebrate

Sponsored by: UJC Israel Program Center

Monmouth Torah Links invites the Jewish community to An Evening of Sushi and Spirit, featuring Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis.  Rebbitzen Jungreis is a world renowned lecturer and has authored four best-selling books, including her latest release “Life Is A Test.”  Enjoy a lavish sushi buffet followed by an exciting presentation.  The event will take place at the Marlboro Fire Company, 5 South Main Street on Sunday, April 18 at 7:30pm.  Reservations suggested, $18 in advance, $25 at the door.  Contact Monmouth Torah Links at 732-377-9551 or email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Reservations suggested, $18 in advance, $25 at the door.  Contact Monmouth Torah Links at 732-377-9551 or email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Sponsored by: Monmouth Torah Links

Doors open 6:15 p.m. and admission is $10. Cash prizes can be up to $1,000, depending on attendance, so bring your friends. Must be 18.

The Flemington Jewish Community Center is located at 5 Sergeantsville Road in Raritan Township.

(908) 782-6410

Sponsored by: Flemington Jewish Community Center

Please join us to commemorate the first genocide of the twentieth century as we remember the Armenian Genocide with the film, The River Ran Red. Using the archives of 400 testimonies of survivors and eyewitnesses, award-winning filmmaker J. Michael Hagopian weaves a compelling story of the search for survivors of the 1915 Genocide along the Euphrates River. Discussion will follow.

HGHREC is a registered provider of professional development hours with the NJ State Department of Education.

For more information and to register please contact HGHREC.

Phone: 732-224-2769
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.holocaustbcc.org

Sponsored by: Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale Community College

Are you a mother raising Jewish children…but you’re not Jewish?
Don’t do it alone!!!!!
The Mother’s Circle is an umbrella of FREE educational programs and resources for non-Jewish women raising Jewish children within the context of intermarriage or committed relationship.
The Mother’s Circle course focuses on Jewish rituals, traditions, ethics, and the how-to’s of creating a Jewish home. Through the course participants are able to connect with women who are in similar situations. The curriculum combines both learning and sharing. The course facilitator brings knowledge and experience, but the participants shape the dialogue as they bring their various experiences and backgrounds to the group.

Dana Lichtenberg
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Sponsored by: Morris County Connection

Major fundraising event for Family Service of Morris County (FSMC), a nonprofit social service organization, serving over 6,000 children, familes and seniors for nearly 200 years.  This event attracts nearly 300 of our community’s most affluent and philanthropic individuals.  All proceeds from the event support over 20 innovative programs and services.  The evening will include a cocktail reception, silent and live auctions, dinner, and entertainment by Tropical Storm.  Honored at the event will be former FSMC Board Member Len Muscarella (in memoriam), Interactive Media Associates and current FSMC Board Member, David Welsh, Normandy Real Estate Partners.  Black tie optional.

For more details, visit http://www.fsmc.org or contact Janet Horowitz, FSMC Director of Development, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or (973) 538-5260 x310.

Sponsored by: Family Service of Morris County, Morristown, NJ

Join us for Jewish Journey of Discovery at the Newark Museum for families with children ages 3-10

Free museum admission, snack & kosher lunch
Fun Family Scavenger Hunt with prizes
Educational Workshops (for children ages 3-10
provided by Museum educators with art projects available
Parking available on site at a nominal fee.
RSVP required by Friday, April 16, 2010. For more information and to register, visit http://www.ujcnj.org/museumday

For additional information contact Marla Rottenstreich at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Day School Coordinator at The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life, an agency of United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ

For more information and to register, visit http://www.ujcnj.org/museumday
Marla Rottenstreich at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Day School Coordinator at The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life, an agency of United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ

Sponsored by: The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life, an agency of United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ

In observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, join the Jewish Cultural School & Society (JCSS) for a special screening of this stirring documentary of the life of Hanna Senesh, the Hungarian-Jewish poet who emigrated to Palestine in 1939, only to return five years later on a rescue mission to save the Jews of Hungary. Visit http://www.jcss-nj.org for more.

Bennett Muraskin, 973-734-1972

Sponsored by: Jewish Cultural School & Society (JCSS)

Debbie Friedman will delight the audience at Neve Shalom to help celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Susy Schwartz Memorial Concert.  Proceeds fund stipends for students’ educational trips to Israel.  General admission is $20 for adults ($25 if purchased at the door), and $12 for children under 12.  Free babysitting for ages 3-8 while parent attends concert will be available by pre-registration.

Use the Website (http://www.neveshalom.net) for concert information and ticket purchasing, or contact the Neve Shalom office at 732-548-2238 or Rena Kallman, concert chair, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Sponsored by: Susy Schwartz Memorial Scholarship Fund at Neve Shalom

Discuss future planning and when to begin.  It is never too early to begin the process.  We will have the opportunity to hear from an insurance consultant, an attorney, and a care planning coordinator, each of whom specializes in working with families of individuals with disabilities.
Please RSVP to confirm attendance.

Rebecca Wanatick, Community Coordinator, MetroWest ABLE
(973) 929-3129
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Sponsored by: MetroWest ABLE

Women’s Awareness Day
Featuring Dani Shapiro, author of Devotion. A very personal story about the questions we all ask.
For more information and to register, visit http://www.ujcnj.org/awareness or contact Shay Rodney at (973) 929-3174.

Shay Rodney at (973) 929-3174

Sponsored by: UJC Women's Philanthropy

Current Campers, Alumni, Family & Friends Everyone Is Welcome! Join Us For: Music, Games, Sports, Arts & Crafts,
Challenge Course, Contests, Fun and So Much More! Pizza Lunch & Snacks Will be Served

Raindate: Saturday, May 8th
RSVP by Thursday, April 29th

973.584.0078 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

973-584-0078

Sponsored by: Stonybrook Day Camp, Liberty Science Center, REI and other local business's

Doors open 6:15 p.m. and admission is $10. Cash prizes can be up to $1,000, depending on attendance, so bring your friends. Must be 18.

The Flemington Jewish Community Center is located at 5 Sergeantsville Road

(908) 782-6410

Sponsored by: Flemington Jewish Community Center

Listen to and discuss excerpts of Yiddish programs from American radio’s Golden Age. (Don’t worry—the commentary’s in English ... but maybe you’ll learn a bisl Yiddish.) Hosted by progressive Jewish writer and scholar Bennett Muraskin, this monthly session of the Jewish Cultural School & Society’s (JCSS) Adult Education series is free to all interested adults.

Bennett Muraskin, 973-734-1972

Sponsored by: Jewish Cultural School & Society (JCSS)

Doors open 6:15 p.m. and admission is $10. Cash prizes can be up to $1,000, depending on attendance, so bring your friends. Must be 18.

The Flemington Jewish Community Center is located at 5 Sergeantsville Road in Raritan Township.

(908) 782-6410

Sponsored by: Flemington Jewish Community Center

Doors open 6:15 p.m. and admission is $10. Cash prizes can be up to $1,000, depending on attendance, so bring your friends. Must be 18.

The Flemington Jewish Community Center is located at 5 Sergeantsville Road in Raritan Township.

(908) 782-6410

Sponsored by: Flemington Jewish Community Center

Doors open 6:15 p.m. and admission is $10. Cash prizes can be up to $1,000, depending on attendance, so bring your friends. Must be 18.

The Flemington Jewish Community Center is located at 5 Sergeantsville Road in Raritan Township.

(908) 782-6410

Sponsored by: Flemington Jewish Community Center

The Jewish Contribution to the American Musical.  The show, both entertaining and educational, pays tribute to the great Jewish writers and stars of musical theatre. Imagine evocations of everyone from Al Jolson & Fanny Brice to Zero Mostel & Barbra Steisand; and tributes to writers from Irving Berlin to Richard Rodgers to Jonathan Larson (RENT). The revue spotlights classic musicals ranging from GUYS AND DOLLS to WICKED. Proceeds benefit funding programs for the youth and the elderly, Meals on Wheels, Save the World Committee, and the Edison-Metuchen-Colonia-Woodbridge and surrounding community at large.

http://www.theychangedbroadway.blogspot.com
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(732)548-2238 Ext.24

Sponsored by: Congregation Neve Shalom

Doors open 6:15 p.m. and admission is $10. Cash prizes can be up to $1,000, depending on attendance, so bring your friends. Must be 18.

The Flemington Jewish Community Center is located at 5 Sergeantsville Road in Raritan Township.

(908) 782-6410

Sponsored by: Flemington Jewish Community Center

Reunion for any and all campers, counselors and staff of the Passaic/Clifton (NJ) YM-WHA Day Camp

http://www.ydaycamp.com

Sponsored by: Y Day Camp Reunion Committee

Doors open 6:15 p.m. and admission is $10. Cash prizes can be up to $1,000, depending on attendance, so bring your friends. Must be 18.

The Flemington Jewish Community Center is located at 5 Sergeantsville Road in Raritan Township.

(908) 782-6410

Sponsored by: Flemington Jewish Community Center