UJC federation board approves merger with Central

Unanimous vote is next-to-last step before creation of 'Greater MetroWest'

by Elaine Durbach

May 24, 2012

Members attending the annual meeting of the United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ unanimously approved its merger with Jewish Federation of Central NJ. Read More

Jewish firefighters honor a champion of memorials

by Robert Wiener

May 23, 2012

Sol Moglen, the Caldwell resident who spearheaded a campaign to honor heroes of 9/11, was honored himself May 20 by the Ner Tamid Society, an organization of Jewish members of the New York Fire Department. Read More

Darfur refugees settle into a life of work, study

JVS is helping connect Jewish community and genocide survivors

by Robert Wiener

May 23, 2012

Sixteen refugees from war-ravaged Darfur are rebuilding their lives in the Newark area, thanks to a federal grant and the assistance of the Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest. Read More

Football hero a surprise guest at UJC fund-raiser

by Johanna Ginsberg

May 23, 2012

Former Rutgers football hero Eric Legrand was a surprise guest at the 2012 Spring Fling, an annual fund-raiser for United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ. Read More

Agudath Israel celebrates a 90-year milestone

In 1922, 30 families built the first home for a growing shul

by Johanna Ginsberg

May 16, 2012

Congregation Agudath Israel of West Essex in Caldwell is celebrating a milestone: the 90th anniversary of its very first building. The synagogue’s 30 founding families constructed that first home on Washburn Avenue in Caldwell in 1922, two years after they formally established themselves as a congregation. It was a one-room, stucco facility that served the congregation known then as the Jewish League of Caldwell. Since then, the congregation has moved once, expanded, changed its name, undergone two subsequent renovations, and grown to 940 families. Read More

Therapist shares men’s ‘secrets’ with 500 women

M. Gary Neuman says, ‘We need to love, and feel connected’

by Elaine Durbach

May 16, 2012

Like women, men crave to feel loved and appreciated, M. Gary Neuman says. But unlike women, men compartmentalize what goes on in their lives, and, whatever those compartments contain — marriage, work, or their favorite sports team — they love to win. So, in light of these “secrets” about men, his advice to wives is: “Make your husband feel like a winner.” Read More

Local leaders honored with national women’s award

by Elaine Durbach

May 9, 2012

Two close friends, Wendie Ploscowe of United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ and Freida Posnock of the Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey, have been named as Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award winners by their respective communities. Read More

The Lilith women’s salon comes to Montclair

by Johanna Ginsberg

May 9, 2012

Lilith is now in Montclair. On May 6, about 15 women from Bnai Keshet gathered at the Montclair home of Jessica Siegel for a text-based discussion about women’s relationships through the lens of the Passover seder. The group, including women in their 30s as well as grandmothers and everyone in between, was led by synagogue member and Jewish educator Shoshana Silberman, author of A Family Haggadah. Read More

CNN analyst raises awareness of campaign issues

by Johanna Ginsberg

May 9, 2012

According to CNN news analyst Gloria Borger, in assessing the central issues in the upcoming presidential campaign — It’s the economy, stupid. In a talk to over 250 community members at the Aidekman campus in Whippany for Women’s Awareness Day on May 2, Borger offered her take on the 2012 presidential race. “There is a clear campaign choice,” she said. “These are two candidates with different visions for America on all kinds of levels.” Read More