Women share spirit of federation giving

Luncheon recalls music of defiance written in Nazi era

by Susan Bloom

May 6, 2013

Music composed by Holocaust-era composers formed the centerpiece of the May 2 spring luncheon of the Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks Women’s Philanthropy. Read More

Author hunts secrets of anti-Nazi resisters

Jud Newborn calls ‘White Rose’ siblings ‘source of inspiration’

by Johanna Ginsberg

May 6, 2013

Jud Newborn first fell for the story of Hans and Sophie Scholl when he arrived in Germany to do field work for his dissertation at the University of Chicago. Read More

Survivors’ son relates tales of grief, rescue

Special to NJJN

May 6, 2013

Shalom Torah Academy of East Windsor commemorated Yom Hashoa, Holocaust Memorial Day, by welcoming Leon Goldenberg, who told students in the fifth-eighth grades about his family’s experiences during and after World War II and the heroism of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who rescued tens of thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary. Read More

Richard Kohn, ‘quiet, humble’ leader, 81

by Robert Wiener

May 6, 2013

Attorney Richard Kohn, a leading member of the Princeton Mercer Bucks Jewish community, died in Pennington on March 29 at the age of 81. Read More

Women perform ‘knitzvah’ for the needy

by Susan Bloom

May 6, 2013

The Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks’ Women’s Philanthropy division recently launched “Lion Brand Knitzvah,” a multigenerational group dedicated to knitting scarves, hats, and blankets for local hospitals and other area recipients in need. Read More

Enlightenment questions, modern answers

Leora Batnitzky traces definitions of Judaism through four centuries

by Johanna Ginsberg

April 17, 2013

Judaics scholar Leora Batnitzky has a warning for her students and readers. “Often, we just assume the way things are is the way things have always been,” said the chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Princeton University. “But we cannot understand the unique challenges we face today without understanding how they differ from the past.” Read More

JFCS gala draws record attendance

by Susan Bloom

April 12, 2013

Records were broken on March 9, as Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County welcomed nearly 500 community members and local business representatives to its largest annual fund-raiser. Read More

‘We need not run away from death’

Questions for Rabbi Dayle Friedman

by Robert Wiener

April 8, 2013

From the time she was a seven-year-old in Denver, Dayle Friedman knew she wanted to be a rabbi. But her career path became clear as an undergraduate at Brandeis University, when she volunteered at “leading Shabbat services at what we called an ‘old-age home.’” Read More

Princeton bat mitzva helps a kindred spirit

by Michele Alperin

April 8, 2013

Tali Schnitzer of Princeton was having a hard time finding a bat mitzva project that she connected with personally — until the perfect project presented itself at the Princeton Montessori School, where she is a seventh-grader. Read More