Greater Monmouth County News

2006-2009 Archive

2009 Archive (through August 18)

2008 Archive

Camera traces aftermath of Hitler’s foiled ‘plan’ 04.22.08

Shoa center’s new name to reflect wider mission 04.22.08

Journalist shares story of her religious return 04.22.08

ADL expert urges hope despite Mideast tension 04.22.08

Groups mourn young victims of Jerusalem yeshiva attack 04.08.08

Schechter director says this semester is her last 04.08.08

Local couple helps rescue area survivors services 04.08.08

At young leaders event, an emphasis on activism 04.08.08

Fate leads photographer to assist Jews in distress 03.18.08

Girl’s effort puts smiles on Israeli orphans’ faces 03.18.08

Manalapan JCC seeks to expand family programs 03.18.08

Medical ethics’ roots seen in Torah 03.18.08

Sisterhood ‘V-Day’ play raises funds for women 03.18.08

Agency seeks funding match for survivor service 03.04.08

Hundreds heed appeal for bone marrow donation 03.04.08

Ushering theater to a new stage 03.04.08

Bible scholar explores ways art and text relate 03.04.08

Convert’s path reflects study’s findings 03.04.08

Aberdeen man heads effort to fight teen suicide 02.19.08

Ex-priest shares journey to Orthodox Judaism 02.19.08

Schools, temple rally for ailing youngster 02.19.08

Student cantor pedals for Reform causes in Israel 02.19.08

‘Suffering’ for a cause 02.19.08

Chabad, JCC offer lecture series 02.05.08

Conference honors foot soldier in battle against prejudice 02.05.08

JCC growth spurs staff changes 02.05.08

M’town graduate student trains with Holocaust museum staff 02.05.08

Biennial inspires local rabbi 01.22.08

Hadassah project: It’s a wrap 01.22.08

Feminist recalls festival’s comeback 01.22.08

Israel sessions aim to turn teens into campus advocates 01.22.08

Reform group leader unfurls welcome mat 01.22.08

Federation wins federal grant for NORC plan 01.08.08

Bill earmarks Ocean agency 01.08.08

For Rumson activist, a major role at WJC 01.08.08

Chabad hosts menora lightings 01.08.08

Aliya flight reunites twin brothers from Marlboro 01.08.08

2007 Archive

New Marlboro mayor shaped by family and faith 12.11.07

Students put 'give' in Thanksgiving 12.11.07

Honoring a director's starring role at JCC 12.11.07

Hillel Yeshiva welcomes pair of Israeli goodwill ambassadors 12.11.07

Film panel explores genocide 12.11.07

Yeshiva students give more than money to Israeli charity 12.11.07

On Super Sunday, a call for giving 11.29.07

Holocaust Center honors Brookdale college president 11.29.07

Red Bank professional to head Conservative group 11.29.07

Shul hosts interfaith Thanksgiving event 11.29.07

Wayside woman is named president of family agency 11.29.07

Bill containing funding for local NORC passes House 11.13.07

Choir brings songs of peace 11.13.07

Close-knit team helps spread warm feelings 11.13.07

Making it a good day for some good deeds 11.13.07

Manalapan's Sons of Israel marks its 90th anniversary 11.13.07

Retreat mixes spirit with love of nature 11.13.07

Super Sunday goal is $380k 11.13.07

District 12 tickets see taxes, ethics as keys to election 11.01.07

Agency's tribute to chapel owners raises $100,000 11.01.07

People of the books 11.01.07

Prophet motive: A Bible literalist's year of revelations 11.01.07

Two River festival shows films on genocide, anti-Semitism 11.01.07

Celebration of Israel's 60th starts with youth choirs 10.18.07

Senator, challenger trade barbs 10.18.07

Synagogue gets an early glimpse of women's Torah commentary 10.18.07

Temple donates charitable crop to Matawan church food bank 10.18.07

Grant backs Jewish-Arab understanding 10.01.07

JCC 'day of caring' to spread mitzvot 10.01.07

Leaders share a common vision for growth of women's giving 10.01.07

Name art provides 'salvation' for former teacher with MS 10.01.07

PTO raises funds for new computers 10.01.07

Annual campaign kickoff raises $550k 09.20.07

'Family' business preserves memories for generations 09.20.07

From the Pulpit: Messages for the New Year 09.20.07

Pioneer in pastoral care takes on new role in Marlboro 09.20.07

Yad Vashem to honor couple who hid Holmdel man in Shoa 09.20.07

52 weeks later...
In New Jersey, the Jewish year just past was a time for activism 09.20.07

JCC's celebration of the arts: a festival of learning, friendship 09.04.07

Look it up: Monmouth gets entry in new encyclopedia 09.04.07

Over the Top
Fund-raiser reaches summit of Kilimanjaro 09.04.07

Survivor tells of meeting with child of Nazi tormentor 09.04.07

Yeshiva wins grant to boost Three R's 09.04.07

Chabad rabbi sues Freehold for treating house as shul 09.04.07

Monmouth to offer free loans

Pair to raise money climbing African peak

From Ethiopia to Israel, leaders escort emigres to new homes

Eruv in Manalapan is a sign of change

Eatontown natives power Israel to surprising success in softball

Principal hits ground running 08.07.07

Festival donation will assist bereaved Israeli families 08.07.07

JCC to celebrate the arts on an ‘Olympic’ scale 08.07.07

Local man to host annual environmental awareness festival 08.07.07

Monmouth to offer free loans 08.07.07

Oakhurst cancer patient needs blood donations 08.07.07

Rabbi offers comfort when words of ‘why’ fail 08.07.07

Shoa Torah scrolls find home aboard naval ship 07.10.07

Shul attains historic status with arrival of new rabbi 07.10.07

Temple celebrates Shabbat by the sea 07.10.07

Anne Frank inspires award-winning poem 06.26.07

Annual meeting celebrates successes 06.26.07

Kids hop on a chance to aid disabled peers 06.26.07

Rabbi’s new pulpit was a family decision 06.26.07

TV star’s talk helps raise $50,000 for Schechter 06.26.07

Activist probes for signs of extremism 05.29.07

Bat mitzva donates a ‘cool' $450 for theater scholarships in Red Bank 05.29.07

Monmouth U. to stage fourth culture festival 05.29.07

Women's funder raises over $319,000 05.29.07

Aberdeen nursery school donates children's books to hospital in Neptune 05.15.07

Budding inventor cleans up at contest 05.15.07

Communities walk, party in celebration of Israel 05.15.07

Deal JCC to host 2007 Maccabi ArtsFest 05.15.07

Facing a German past from a home in America 05.15.07

Former bookkeeper sentenced in theft from JCC in Monmouth County 05.15.07

For lovers of books, a national grant to explore Jewish books about lovers 05.15.07

Marching to salute Israel and unity 05.15.07

Red Bank man is inducted into high school hall of fame 05.15.07

ABC reporter to headline funder for federation women’s division 04.17.07

Family service to expand aging, adoption programming 04.17.07

Festival will celebrate Israel in all its aspects 04.17.07

Helping Israelis and Palestinians understand each other’s story 04.17.07

Postage stamp collectors cherish their own little corners of Jewish history 04.17.07

Annual fair will raise funds and spirits on Israel’s behalf 04.03.07

For art’s, and health’s, sake
A painter raises awareness of cancer risks 04.03.07

JCC groups match singles by interests and age group 04.03.07

Couples honored for completing Torah study 03.20.07

A homecoming for a child who fled Nazi Germany 03.20.07

Israeli immigrants describe trips from Ethiopia, Belarus 03.20.07

Passover ‘University’ teaches the ins, outs of Passover 03.20.07

Chabad honors Marlboro woman for her Yiddishkeit, volunteerism 03.06.07

Federation effort extends outreach to both halves of a growing community 03.06.07

Hadassah members donate fire truck to Israel’s scorched north 03.06.07

PROJECT SOS
Slain soldier’s dad urges support for those fighting a war he opposes 03.06.07

Teen takes a crash course in Jewish political action on a trip to Washington 03.06.07

Athletes have a ball at ‘painful’ JCC tourney 02.20.07

Collector chooses life of medicine, faith 02.20.07

Group honors family coping with child’s fatal cancer 02.20.07

Lincroft student named finalist by Intel Science Talent Search 02.20.07

Museum in Israel brings message of tolerance to New Brunswick 02.20.07

Seven county residents appointed to New Jersey-Israel Commission 02.20.07

A doggone clever idea earns student first place in invention contest 02.06.07

Advanced seminar broadens educators’ grasp on the Holocaust 02.06.07

Artist draws on her own experiences to illustrate kids’ book on cancer 02.06.07

Grateful Holocaust survivor relates little-known tale of a British rescuer 02.06.07

Temple’s sisterhood bakes ‘hummies’ for Jewish GIs 02.06.07

In Manalapan, library exhibition preserves the voices of the Shoa 01.23.07

Israel inspires musician’s passion for making, and sharing, music 01.23.07

Monmouth prof sees hope in talks with Israelis, Arabs 1.09.07

New JCC president wants a center that meets community’s needs 1.09.07

New Web site hopes to take the pulse of Monmouth County 1.09.07

2006 Archive

Coordinated effort on behalf of the missing 12.26.06

Israel teens dispel myths by visiting area schools 12.26.06

JFCS turns to social work pro as new exec 12.26.06

Rumson activist works to make UN a more hospitable place for Israel 12.26.06

Jewish Family & Children’s Service names new executive director 12.12.06

Local rabbis debate Conservative ruling on gays 12.12.06

Oh, brother: A Rutgers University alumnus writes a history of his Jewish fraternity 12.12.06

On Hanukka, says rabbi, it’s better to give and receive 12.12.06

Thanks to Arabs and Jews, a Gaza boy is treated at Monmouth hospital 11.23.06

Local hero returns to raise funds for Israeli terror victims 11.14.06

Mission to local agencies reinforces the message of Nov. 19 Super Sunday 11.14.06

Mitzvah Day volunteers cross county spreading good deeds, good cheer 11.14.06

Outgoing service head honored 11.14.06

Rabbi learns of war’s effects in briefings and site visits in Israel 11.14.06

Visitors see a landscape on the mend but Israelis are still hurting 11.14.06

Area rabbis are united in their support for federation phonathon 11.02.06

Researcher given honorary degree at MU Founders’ Day 11.02.06

Rumson physician honored by his Riverview hospital peers 11.02.06

Shoa survivor brings real-life perspective to film festival 11.02.06

Students create quilt for terror victims 11.02.06

Family service staff lauds retiring chief executive 10.17.06

Helping Israelis in need — without litmus tests 10.17.06

JCC sets its day of caring 10.17.06

Support group helps Holocaust survivors ‘celebrate and commiserate’ 10.17.06

Survivor describes escape route through Christianity and back again 10.17.06

University and institute agree to promote legacy of famed NJ painter 10.17.06

At pro-Israel rally, local attendees feel strength and pride in numbers 10.05.06

Federation gearing up for Super Sunday 10.05.06

Jersey shore yeshiva opens doors 10.05.06

Major Gifts Event raises $500,000 for ’07 campaign 10.05.06

Sense of history guides a local champion of voters’ rights 10.05.06

Chabad of the Shore celebrates its grand opening in Long Branch 9.21.06

Interim rabbis will serve as guides during Marlboro shul’s transition year 9.21.06

‘Moral courage’
Brookdale’s Holocaust center screens a film about survivors and saviors 9.21.06

UJC’s national campaign chair sees impact of U.S. giving in Israel 9.21.06

A donation of books enhances Judaica collection at Monmouth Univ. Library 9.5.06

Brushes with danger spur woman’s commitment to cancer patients 9.5.06

Holocaust educators take chilling journey through Europe’s darkest chapters 9.5.06

Interim rabbi to guide Beth Torah through a process of transition 9.5.06

The ‘day after’
On a mission to Israel’s battered North, a view of a people both bowed and defiant 9.5.06

Win or lose, participants call Maccabi Games a ‘gold-medal summer’ 9.05.06

Family service honors local couple, raising $150,000 for agency 8.22.06

Marlboro family observes Israeli life — up close and personal 8.22.06

Monmouth community responds to Israel crisis; campaign at $150,000 8.22.06

Monmouth’s oldest synagogue undergoes artistic renovation 8.22.06

Area institutions beef up security in aftermath of Seattle shootings 8.07.06

Dinner raises $233,000 for federation’s annual campaign 8.07.06

For area teens, summertime in Israel becomes a lesson in crisis management 8.07.06

In time of war, leaders are reminded of impact of Diaspora philanthropy 8.07.06

Monmouth Reform Temple’s new rabbi seeks to make world a better place 8.07.06

Synagogue grieves as officials probe former rabbi’s use of funds 8.07.06

Federation service prays for peace, calls for action 7.25.06

Israeli Mideast expert says war’s goal is complete victory over Hizbullah 7.25.06

For a Jew raised in Lebanon, emotional tugs from both sides of divide 7.25.06

Local athletes gear up for 25th annual JCC Maccabi Games 7.25.06

Supporters raise funds at events promoting special-needs program 7.25.06

Yeshiva head hopes to fuse spiritual, academic goals 7.25.06

Interfaith expert says peace process lacks ‘spiritual’ dimension 7.11.06

Local activist chairs a music festival to raise environmental awareness 7.11.06

Monmouth mourns soldier killed in sister city of Arad 7.11.06

Monmouth U. receives Fulbright to host Israeli, Palestinian scholars 7.11.06

New jobs, new baby, new school mark Long Branch rabbi’s hectic first year 7.11.06

An ambitious goal for 2007 6.27.06

Area rabbi helps Polish Jews return to their severed roots 6.27.06

Celebrating a supporter’s ‘bonds’ with Israel 6.27.06

Doc and roll: Retired physician seeks fellow Jewish motorcyclists 6.27.06

In with the new as federation welcomes St. Lifer as president 6.27.06

Freehold ‘Center’ celebrates 95 years 6.13.06

Monmouth youth float down Fifth Ave. in annual parade saluting Israel at 58 6.13.06

operation promise
Monmouth trio take part in fact-finding trip to Ethiopian Jewish community 6.13.06

Teen’s memorial walk yields record funds for cancer research 6.13.06

A survivor recounts her journey from silence to bearing witness 5.30.06

Grads urged to embrace careers in ‘tikun olam’ 5.30.06

JF&CS receives MAZON grant for hunger
relief 5.30.06

Main Event raises more than $200,000 for Monmouth federation 5.30.06

With a gift of lilies, gardener honors her immigrant roots 5.30.06

Yeshiva head will focus on individuals 5.30.06

Israeli liaison to Fort Monmouth lauds ties with United States 5.18.06

Monmouth synagogues protest Darfur genocide 5.18.06

Shrewsbury artist finds ‘shelter’ in the traditions of Judaism 5.18.06

A ‘righteous’ choice to help others survive 5.02.06

Community gathers for Yom Hashoa remembrance 5.02.06

Ground Zero architect shares his lofty vision 5.02.06

Medical center calls Manasquan honoree an ‘inspiration’ 5.02.06

Temple Shaari Emeth prepares for 40th anniversary celebration 5.02.06

Author brings “Star” power to women’s donor luncheon 4.04.06

Community Yom HaShoa observance eyes ‘strength in numbers’ 4.04.06

Federation funds resettlement effort for Jews evacuated from Gaza Strip 4.04.06

New yeshiva program gives students running start on business careers 4.04.06

Tel Aviv One mission resonates with young Monmouth leader 3.21.06

Freehold woman combines faith and commitment to activism 3.21.06

A NJ doctor treats young Darfur victims 3.21.06

Seminars offer principals time to go back to school 3.21.06

Beth Ahm rabbi sees class for adults as celebration of a life-long journey 3.21.06

BCC Holocaust Center marks anniversary as ‘Center of Excellence’ 3.07.06

Hadassah health awareness program urges area students to ‘check it out’ 3.07.06

Purim reminds physician of her personal liberation 3.07.06

A convert’s journey to Jewish literacy 2.21.06

Tefillin event binds members of local synagogues 2.21.06

JCC ‘Ironmen’ suffer for the fun of it 2.21.06

Freehold barn eyed as site of new Jewish museum 2.07.06

Rodeph Torah marks 25 years with music and memories 2.07.06

Ocean Township couple gives back on journey from Arad to Addis 2.07.06

Holocaust Center honors student anthology winners 2.07.06

West Long Branch Eagle Scout builds garden and reflection area at Temple Beth Miriam 1.24.06

Long-time acquaintance says Olmert will carry out Sharon’s vision 1.24.06

New yeshiva in Deal will serve Ashkenazi population 1.24.06

Rutgers student finds ‘homecoming’ on visit to Israel 1.24.06

In local community, warm recollections of warrior and statesman 1.10.06

Manalapan man named to New Jersey-Israel Commission 1.10.06

Assemblywoman says Democratic critic’s Web site crosses a line 1.10.06

Schechter eighth-graders pursue dream — and funds — for Israel trip 1.10.06

New head of Family & Children’s Service says can-do agency can do even more 1.10.06