Agudath Israel celebrates a 90-year milestone
In 1922, 30 families built the first home for a growing shul
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
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Therapist shares men’s ‘secrets’ with 500 women
M. Gary Neuman says, ‘We need to love, and feel connected’
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
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
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The Lilith women’s salon comes to Montclair
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
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
For olim, what they need to succeed
Rishon Letzion partners celebrate anniversary of assistance program
May 2, 2012
The immigration and absorption of Ethiopian Jewry in Israel is a modern-day epic of the Jewish people. The community is overcoming the barriers and challenges of integration into Israeli society, due largely to the steadfast commitment of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s North American partners and the ongoing support of North American federations. Read More
Family reunion was centuries in the making
May 2, 2012
Over 265 Schwarzes filled the social hall at Oheb Shalom Congregation on April 29, marking the reunion of family that can trace its roots to Bavaria in the late 1600s. Everyone in the room could link their lineage back to one of a later generation of 12 siblings, the children of Mendel Schwarz and Bella Adler of Floss, in what is now Germany. Seven of them came to the United States in the mid- to late 1800s. Read More
Israelis, Americans dialogue on identity
Peoplehood Project brings Ofakim visitors on a tour of the region
May 2, 2012
While Israel marked its memorial day and celebrated its 64th anniversary, the thoughts of 11 Israelis visiting the MetroWest community turned to home. Read More
Scholar helps shuls see beyond denominations
Rabbi Arthur Green to speak at synagogues that studied his work
May 2, 2012
Last year, three friends who lead three synagogues of different denominations spent the year with Rabbi Arthur Green. Read More
Synagogue honors 65-year mainstay of its choir
Howard Haimann, 77, has performed under four different cantors
May 2, 2012
Howard Haimann, 77, of Morristown has been singing for a lifetime. By the time of his bar mitzva in April 1948, he was already a member of the choir at the Morristown Jewish Center. Read More
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