AJC guest sees little moderation in Islam
May 7, 2013
A former career operations officer with the CIA warned that moderation is “not the norm” in the Muslim world, while the Jewish organization that hosted her insisted that peaceful dialogue between Jews and Muslims is still possible. Read More
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Yeshiva welcomes gift of a Torah scroll
May 6, 2013
Yeshiva at the Jersey Shore welcomed a century-old Torah scroll April 28 with music, dancing, and food. Read More
A community ‘call out’ for needed funds
May 6, 2013
In an effort to smooth out the flow of contributions throughout the year, Jewish Federation of Monmouth County has decided to restructure its Super Sunday fund-raising day in 2013. Instead, it is focusing on a series of smaller, more frequent Community Call Days. Read More
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25 years for Western Monmouth Chabad
May 6, 2013
Chabad of Western Monmouth County will mark its 25th anniversary with a gala on Sunday evening, May 19, at The Heldrich in New Brunswick. Read More
SSDS celebrates Israel at home and abroad
May 6, 2013
In a way, all the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Monmouth County students were “in Israel” for Independence Day — while some were celebrating 6,000 miles from New Jersey, the rest were on a virtual visit created right in their Marlboro school. Read More
Israeli superstar to lift up the Jersey shore
May 6, 2013
An Israeli superstar who has a history of lifting spirits with his music will bring his fluency in a host of cultures and languages to the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park on Wednesday evening, May 22. Read More
Educator grateful to federation for ‘this life’
At Women’s Main Event former Ukrainian will share story of rescue
April 24, 2013
Not a day goes by that Jewish educator activist Alina Gerlovin Spaulding doesn’t remember that it was the agency she speaks for that, she said, “gave me this life.” Read More
Aberdeen temple reaches golden milestone
April 24, 2013
When Paul Robinson and his wife Lenore joined Temple Shalom in Aberdeen in 1970, they had a fairly simple goal — to find a place for their son to become a bar mitzva. Now, 43 years later, Paul is president of the congregation and getting ready for its golden anniversary celebration scheduled for May 10-11 capped by a Saturday night gala dinner. Read More
Rising Stars sets dates for Mermaid’s splash
April 8, 2013
The theater went dark at Axelrod Performing Arts Center last November, when its home, the Ruth Hyman JCC in Deal, was shut following a bankruptcy ruling. But this spring, the spotlights will shine again on the young members of the Rising Stars Youth Performing Arts Program as they get set to present their first musical production since the JCC’s closing. Read More
Retirees shine a light for Yom Hashoa
April 8, 2013
Residents of the Seabrook continuing-care retirement community in Tinton Falls prepared to commemorate Yom Hashoa, Holocaust Remembrance Day, by lighting battery-powered candles outside their unit doors. Read More
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