Join JBN after work hours at the Oppenheimer & Co. Office hosted by Marc Leibowitz. Marc brings some great assets to JBN - a wide network of contacts, founder of a BNI chapter that has grown to 40+ members, President of Columbia U. alumni assoc., and high-level involvement in JNF and other Jewish agencies. This will be high-impact networking as a monthly JBN event.

$8 in advance, $10 at the event. There is no charge for Premium Members.

Kosher refreshments will be served.

Google & MapQuest directions are not optimal. Please follow these Directions instead:

Turn onto Vreeland from Columbia Turnpike at the traffic light.  Make the first left into our parking lot.  The building will be on your left.  Drive around to the front of the building and park.  Ask for Marc Leibowitz at Oppenheimer on the third floor.  If necessary, feel free to call him on his cell:  973-908-4738.

Marc Leibowitz: (973) 908-4738

Sponsored by: Jewish Business Network

Bring your pre-school children in their PJs for a short Friday Night Shabbat service, some singing, maybe a bedtime story - all concluding with some juice and cookies.

Rabbi Moshe Rudin
rabbi@templehatikvahnj.org

Sponsored by: Temple Hatikvah

Please join us for services (9:30 AM), followed by our special Lunch & Learn event (11:30 AM) presented by Prof. Eugene Kontorovich (Northwestern University), a leading expert in international law.  We will discuss Israel’s legal rights to the land of Israel.

www.shalomheritagecenter.org
609-443-7170

Sponsored by: Shalom Heritage Center

Jews the world over stay up all night studying the night of Shavuot.  We will be covering Mishnayos Berachos:  Prayer, Blessings, and Shema.

www.shalomheritagecenter.org
609.443.7170

Sponsored by: Shalom Heritage Center

A fun event for children of all ages!
Please join us as we learn about the 10 Commandments, hear a wonderful story about the Holiday of Shavuos, and eat some delicious dairy desserts!

www.shalomheritagecenter.org
443-7170
info@shalomheritagecenter.org

Sponsored by: Shalom Heritage Center

The Sisterhood of Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains will host a reception featuring image consultant Janet Cargill on Wednesday, May 30, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.  Cargill is the author of the book Look Damn Good: At Your Age, With Your Body and On Your Budget.  Wine, cheese and crackers, dessert and coffee will be served at the event, which is open to the community.

Janet Cargill is an image consultant, author and motivational speaker.  She spent more than 16 years as a wardrobe consultant, fashion show coordinator, executive sales trainer and award-winning salesperson for Brooks Brothers, Ralph Lauren and Liz Claiborne.  Cargill will explain how a woman can discover her own unique beauty and how to work with it in alignment with who she is, her lifestyle, her body type, her age and her budget. 

“We chose Janet Cargill to speak at our spring event this year because she’s a dynamic presenter and her message to feel good about our looks empowers all women,” said Rita Geller, Sisterhood event co-chair, Congregation Beth Israel. 

To register or for more information, contact Sisterhood event co-chairs Rita Geller (rmgeller@comcast.net or 732-381-6035) or Rebeca Sass (rbsass@comcast.net or 908-612-8123), or call the synagogue office at 908-889-1830.  The event costs $10. 

To register or for more information, contact Sisterhood event co-chairs Rita Geller (rmgeller@comcast.net or 732-381-6035) or Rebeca Sass (rbsass@comcast.net or 908-612-8123), or call the synagogue office at 908-889-1830.

Sponsored by: Congregation Beth Israel Sisterhood

The community, which is owned and operated by The Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey, offers numerous amenities, including kosher dining, daily social activities, laundry rooms, intercom system, 24-hour emergency response system for apartment, and on-site medical services.  Village Apartments is also a short walk from shopping, medical offices, parks, and dining in downtown South Orange.  Transportation is also available for residents.  Hors d’oeuvres and ice cream will be served

To RSVP, call Cheryl at (973) 763-0999.

Sponsored by: The Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey

The community is invited to attend a truly innovative Shabbat service, which will blend the unique Kol Am liturgy with music performed by the vocal and instrumental talents within the congregation.

732-792-8000

Sponsored by: Congregation Kol Am

Experience Shabbat!  Saturday morning’s service will feature guest artist Todd Herzog, composer, guitarist and vocalist, along with Temple Shalom’s adult choir, youth choir and students.  Bagels will be served following services.

Shabbat is an opportunity for parents to bless their children.  To have your own personal blessing for your child included in the service, email the wording to Margo at biomusicmm@aol.com.  The suggested format is:

Child’s name (optional)__________.
May you be blessed with __________________________________.

RSVP requested to Temple Shalom: 5 Ayrmont Lane Aberdeen, NJ 07747 or email Margo: biomusicmm@aol.com.

Margo at biomusicmm@aol.com

Sponsored by: Temple Shalom

Includes tours of mansion, gardens, Buffet Lunch at Phillipsburg Manor, side trip to Union Church to view Matisse and Chagall windows.
All transportation, food, beverages, gratuities included.
Price: $75 per member $80 non-members
Reservations only by receipt of check for $75 (or $80)
Make check payable to Marlboro Hadassah
Reservations accepted up to May 24
Send to
Marlboro Hadassah
PO Box 208
Wickatunk, NJ 07766
ATT: Rockefeller Trip

Questions? Contact Marion via Hadassah gmail:
marlborohadassah@gmail.com subject line: Rockefeller

Sponsored by: Marlboro Hadassah

Come march with us as we celebrate Israel. This event is open to everyone. Buses leave from the temple and return at 6:00pm. This event is $18 per person for temple members and $25 for non-members.

Temple Rodeph Torah

Sponsored by: Sisterhood and Men's Club

Rimon Center, in conjunction with the RWJUH BoggsCenter, will be hosting an Inclusive Support Workshop for individuals with special needs from 2- 5PM on Sunday, June 3, 2012.  Building connections with community and congregation will be the focus.  Recognizing and supporting inclusion of all individuals with disabilities and their families brings special gifts and service to our community. Utilizing resources and providing strategies within our faith community is a true work of chesed.  Open to the public.  Refreshments served.

For more information call Laurie Dinerstein- Kurs at 609 443-1844 or to register contact Carole Ramirez at The Boggs Center 732 235 9307

Rimon,

483 Dutch Neck Road, EastWinsorNJ08520

.  www.rimoncenter.org 609 918 9750

Laurie Kurs - 609/443-1844

Sponsored by: Rimon Center AND Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - Boggs Center

A workshop for developing methods of bringing inclusion into our faith community for individuals and family members dealing with special needs.

Laurie Dinerstein-Kurs   443-1844
Gloria Golbert - 443- 8643

Sponsored by: Rimon Center AND Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - Boggs Center

Rimon Center, in conjunction with the RWJUH Boggs Center, will be hosting an Inclusive Support Workshop for individuals with special needs from 2- 5PM on Sunday, June 3, 2012.  Building connections with community and congregation will be the focus.  Recognizing and supporting inclusion of all individuals with disabilities and their families brings special gifts and service to our community. Utilizing resources and providing strategies within our faith community is a true work of chesed.  Open to the public.  Refreshments served.

For more information call Laurie Dinerstein- Kurs at 609 443-1844 or to register contact Carole Ramirez at The Boggs Center 732 235 9307

Rimon,  483 Dutch Neck Road, East Windsor NJ 08520.  www.rimoncenter.org 609 918 9750

Thank you and sorry for the confusion.

Laurie Dinerstein-Kurs

Laurie Dinerstein-Kurs 443-1844 OR Carole Ramirez at The Boggs Center 732 235 9307

Sponsored by: Rimon and RWJUH Boggs Center

On Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 2:30 PM, the Beth El Synagogue Werner Lecture Fund presents ‘An Afternoon of Yiddish Song.’  Arrangements of classic Yiddish songs will be performed by sopranos Dora Schnur and Janet Nagourney, violinist Rachel Katz, and pianist Bill Beitmann.

Beth El Synagogue Office, (609) 443-4454; www.bethel.net.

Sponsored by: Werner Lecture Fund

“Ever Since Adam,” a humorous and moving look at relationships between men and women.  The show features songs and dramatizations of literature by Mark Twain, Shakespeare and other classic writers.  Performances are Sundays, June 3, 3:00 & 7:30;  June 10, 8:00;  June 17, 3:00 & 7:30 at The Monroe Township Jewish Center, 11 Cornell Ave, Monroe Township. Tickets are$12. Visit www.bimahplayers.org or call 609-409-9367.

Myra Cohen Klenicki DirBimahPlayers@aol.com

Sponsored by: Monroe Township Jewish Center

The Central Jersey Chapter of the Republican Jewish Coalition will host U.S. Senator Norm Coleman (MN, 2003-2009) on topic “2012 and the Jewish Vote”, June 3rd @ 7:30pm, Congregation Sons of Israel, 33 Gordons Corner Road, Manalapan, RSVP 212-922-0839. Cost $10/RJC members, $20/non-members, Students free w/ID. Kosher refreshments served.

Greg Menken, 212-922-0839, newyork@rjchj.org

Sponsored by: The Central Jersey Chapter of the Republican Jewish Coalition

Join JNF for a day of Golfing and Leisure!
Register online at JNF.org

For more information, contact Joel Leibowitz at 973-593-0095 x820

Sponsored by: Jewish National Fund

The Jewish Federation of Monmouth County will be holding its Annual Meeting on June 6th,  at 6:30 pm at the Doubletree Hotel (Sterling Ballroom) in Tinton Falls, NJ.

We will be honoring Alan Winters and other community volunteers for their outstanding contributions to Federation and our community.

The evening will feature our annual meeting, a light supper, Israeli wine, dessert, and live music with 12NightMusic; an Israeli klezmer band.

The event is open to the entire community but reservations are required.

To RSVP:

Contact Lindsay Cannon at lindsayc@jewishmonmouth.org or 732-866-4300

The couvert is $18.

Lindsay Cannon
lindsayc@jewishmonmouth.org
732-866-4300
www.jewishmonmouth.org

Sponsored by: The Jewish Federation of Monmouth County

Morning Minyan Friday, June 8, at 7:00 am
A great way to start your day!Join us for Prayer, Study and a Bagel Breakfast co-sponsored by the Perry B. Goldstein Minyan Fund and Hazak. RSVP to Zelda at 856-751-4201 or to Hazak’s TBS mailbox at Temple Beth Sholom,1901 Kresson Rd, Cherry Hill.NJ 08003.

Zelda Greenberg 856-751-4201

Sponsored by: the Perry B. Goldstein Minyan Fund and Hazak

With music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and a book by Alfred Uhry, Parade is based on the true story of the 1913 trial of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, who was unjustly accused and convicted of murdering a thirteen-year-old employee, Mary Phagan in Atlanta, Georgia. Through the difficult process of proving his innocence, Leo and his wife find a new way to love and support each other.  Parade will run for 3 weekends beginning June 8, 2012.

For more information visit www.4thwalltheatre.org.  Tickets are $24 Gen, $20 Srs, $15 Students and may be purchased online.

Sponsored by: 4th Wall Theatre

Something wicked this way comes to the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, on Saturday, June 9, 8 PM, as American Idol’s Constantine Maroulis (Tony Award-nominee, Rock of Ages) joins nearly a dozen Broadway favorites to salute the sinister side of Broadway in the fundraising evening, Life Upon the Wicked Stage: Broadway’s Greatest Villains, Thieves & Ladies of the Evening. Constantine Maroulis will perform showstoppers from Jesus Christ, Superstar and Chess. Other musical highlights include numbers from Sweeney Todd, Oliver!, The Phantom of the Opera, Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Man of La Mancha, and more. Peter Candela, (Disney’s The Lion King) serves as Musical Director. Life Upon the Wicked Stage is written, produced and directed by Stephen Kantrowitz and Jodi Chekofsky and benefits the Bickford Theatre Guild’s ongoing support of the Morris Museum. Tickets are $125 and $250, including a lavish Meet-the-Stars Reception following the performance.  Limited $65 show-only-tickets are also available. Call 973-971-3706 or www.morrismuseum.org.

Laurel Smith, Box Office manager, 973-971-3706 or info@bickfordtheatre.org

Sponsored by: Bickford Theatre Guild

This event is open to anyone over the age of 9. Air-conditioned buses will be leaving TRT and head to the banks of the Lehigh River. The cost is $85 which includes transportation, rafting, and lunch.

Temple Rodeph Torah

Sponsored by: The Men's Club

We are going to honor people who were our founding members of our synagogue.

We are currently looking for people with family ties to CAI’s 1920-1955 era. Please contact us by calling Meryl 973-226-3600 or by email to office@agudath.org.
**perhaps this should be on the community page?-please contact me at the event submitter information

Sponsored by: Congregation Agudath Israel

Project Shalem will host its last event of the season, an Open House as well as a Year-End Party on June 10, 2012 from 4 to 6 PM, at Mt. Freedom Jewish Center, a Modern Orthodox shul located in Randolph, NJ.  Project Shalem is a monthly special needs inclusion program targeted at young adults ages 16 plus and has been in operation serving the MetroWest and surrounding communities for the past 2 years. .

Fran London, Project Shalem Coordinator at 201-410-6338 or glidalover@gmail.com

Sponsored by: Mt. Freedom Jewish Center

An Exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by artist Barbara Israel
Beyond Time and Place: Paintings of Israel
June 10- July 6, 2012. Regular Hours: Wed- Sat 12:00- 5:00 PM
OPENING RECEPTION- MEET THE ARTIST
SUNDAY JUNE 10th 5- 8 PM at Gallery; Live music featuring jazz standards

Regular gallery Hours   Wed-Sat 12:00- 5:00 PM
201-247-8787 or 973-650-6374

Sponsored by: ACL ART GALLERY

Cantor Jen will be accompanied by Larry Leipow.
Temple Beth Sholom Hazak will hold our summer celebration lunch meeting on June 12, 2012 at noon. Our gathering is at the synagogue. The ticket price is $5 for the general public, members are free, but without a reservation the cost is $10. Please RSVP by June 7 to Hazak at TBS, 1901 Kresson Rd, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 include your check made out to Hazak.

Contact Vivian at vnf1023@yahoo.com or Zelda at 856-751-4201 if you have questions

Sponsored by: Temple Beth Sholom Hazak

Sign up now for KISLAK Adult Center in the Poconos, June 14th through June 19th, 2012   and enjoy these 3 special lecture series:
Ira Epstein- They Made Us Laugh- Pioneers of Comedy
Explore the humor of Jack Benny, Sid Caesar, Carol Burnett, Danny Kaye, Lucille Ball, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, and George Burns and Gracie Allen. Examine their routines and consider how key elements such as timing, pacing, delivery and stage presence have contributed to make them ever-popular
Chaim Lauer- From Abraham to Bibi: Biblical Geo-political Insights for Today
During this 5 part lecture series, we will work to discover insights and strategies from the Bible that should help guide us in these days of political turmoil. If Menachen Begin could apply lessons learned from Yaakov Avinu (Our patriarch Jacob) perhaps today’s Jewish leaders could also benefit from such a review. We will look at lessons drawn from the lives of Abraham, Jacob, Moses and Mordechai, among others. And we will see how such things as Zionism, “halachah”, “kashrut” and the “Mashiach” (Jewish law, keeping kosher and the Messiah) have been affected by geo-political attitudes and forces.
Randal Woodfield- Rodgers and Hammerstein- Kings of the American Musical
For many of us, Rodgers and Hammerstein II are simply a part of the fabric of our lives. They gave us some of the greatest moments of American Musical Theater history as creators and producers of their own works as well as those of other creative teams. Of course they will always be best remembered for their “Big Five” shows: Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and their final collaboration The Sound of Music. Come and enjoy this wonderful excursion through a few of your sweetest memories,
Members of several area synagogues & The Katz JCC Adult Services are going to Camp Kislak, from June 14 to June 19.*Join us for study, worship, and exercise, Bridge, music, crafts, entertainment, tennis, boating and fellowship. Private accommodations are available. All expenses including transportation, kosher meals and programming are included for $550 per person, double occupancy. Contact Sharon Siegel at the Katz JCC, 856-424-4444 .ext. 1297 or Arlene Blocher through Temple Beth Sholom at 856-751-6663 for details and applications
*You must be a member of a participating senior group

Contact Sharon Siegel at the Katz JCC, 856-424-4444 .ext. 1297 or Arlene Blocher through Temple Beth Sholom at 856-751-6663 for details and applications www.tbsonline.org/kislak/

Sponsored by: Temple Beth Sholom Hazak and Katz JCC Adult Program

Klezmer and Jewish entertainment featuring the Hester Street Troupe.  For more information: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNkPW5CN1pw

http://www.morrismuseum.org/bickford/customer/product.php?productid=268&cat=45&page=1

Sponsored by: Bickford Theater

Renowned tenor Cantor Alberto Mizrahi, known to audiences the world over as “the Jewish Pavarotti,” and Makhelat Hamercaz Jewish Choir of Central New Jersey take the stage at the Marasco PAC for an afternoon of timeless classics from the stage, the bima, the concert hall, and the land of Eretz Israel.  Cantor Mizrahi has performed with major symphony orchestras throughout the United States, Europe, and Israel, and with legendary artists Theodore Bikel and Dave Brubeck. Tickets for the performance ($25 general admission/$15 for seniors & students) may be purchased in advance, at the door, or online at www.MercazChoir.org.

For more information, call (732) 422-6444 or (732) 985-2778, or purchase tickets online at www.MercazChoir.org.

Sponsored by: Makhelat Hamercaz Jewish Choir of Central New Jersey

July 2 through August 4, 2012
9AM to 3PM, Monday to Friday
Eric Hafen, Artistic Director of the Bickford Theatre, will direct a five week theatrical experience. Bring out the best in your children while they learn to: ACT, SING, AND DANCE. The workshop is also taught by seasoned theatre professionals.  See your kids perform in a final musical production on the stage of the Bickford Theatre.
**Grades 7-12; $700 members of Morris Museum/Theatre Guild, $675 (before May 15)

Call 973.971.3706 to register!

Sponsored by: Morris Museum