Jews for Giants
For New Jersey football fans, ‘Super Sunday’ is time to celebrate
February 1, 2012
Okay, so there aren’t a lot of “big-name” Jews in the National Football League these days. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a lot of passionate New Jersey Giants fans who shep lots of naches over the NFC champions’ rematch with the New England Patriots in Indianapolis on Feb. 5 — a.k.a. Super Bowl Sunday. Read More
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Israel trip explores Judaism and social justice
Local YU students visit prisons, schools, and low-income areas
February 1, 2012
Spurred on in part by last summer’s protests in the United States and Israel, 40 college students spent part of their semester break exploring Jewish social justice in Israel. Read More
Newark’s inequalities drive aide’s ‘sense of obligation’
City’s sustainability chief finds inspiration in Jewish experience
February 1, 2012
As a resident of the Ironbound section, Stephanie Greenwood is one of the few Newark residents among the members of Ahavas Sholom, the city’s last functioning historic synagogue. Read More
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NJ shul attacker confessed, county prosecutor says
February 1, 2012
The 19-year-old man charged in attacks on two northern New Jersey synagogues confessed to the crimes, prosecutors said. Read More
MetroWest hosts security briefing
Attorney general leads officials in reviewing concerns over attacks
February 1, 2012
New Jersey’s new attorney general was the featured speaker at a high-level security briefing for law enforcement officials and Jewish leaders at the Aidekman Jewish Community Campus in Whippany. Read More
Rutgers brass offer assurances to Jewish leaders
Harassment probe, pro-Palestinian events prompt tete-a-tete
January 25, 2012
State Jewish leaders met with Rutgers University officials last month, winning assurances that the state university remains a “welcoming place for Jewish students.” Read More
Merging federations view programs in Israel
Chief executives visit projects supported by their NJ communities
January 25, 2012
Chief executives of United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ and the Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey were in Israel last week to tour projects initiated by both federations. Read More
Bid by Hebrew high rejected a fourth time
Opposition buoyed after Times reports ‘repeated distortions’
January 25, 2012
The Tikun Olam Hebrew Language Charter High School has been rejected for a fourth time by the state Department of Education. Read More
Hebrew-language charter: Legal fight a waste of funds
Latest salvo in dispute between Hatikvah and E. Brunswick schools
January 25, 2012
In an effort to bring an end to what it believes is “a groundless lawsuit” by the East Brunswick Board of Education, a Hebrew-language charter school has filed a request to force the board to make public the costs of its legal fight. Read More
In Berlin, NJ cantors honor a broken musical legacy
Choral festival recalls city’s Jewish past and incalculable losses
January 25, 2012
Remembering the rich Jewish cultural life in Germany before the Holocaust, two New Jersey cantors traveled to Berlin to participate in a Jewish music festival. Read More
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