• Week of May 20, 2012

• Strong words for Israel during debate for NJ Dist. 10 seat
  Five candidates field questions at JCC in West Orange by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News, MetroWest News)
• UJC federation board approves merger with Central
  Unanimous vote is next-to-last step before creation of 'Greater MetroWest' by Elaine Durbach (New Jersey News, Central News, MetroWest News)
• Dist. 10 candidates field queries on debt, Israel
  Democrats respond to CRC questionnaire by Special to NJJN (New Jersey News)
• Universal systems
  Bemidbar - Numbers 1:1-4:20 by Rabbi Richard Hirsh (Touch of Torah)
• Hamas and Fatah: No reconciliation, no peace by Douglas M. Bloomfield (Op-Eds)
• The two-state solution is in Israel’s best interest by Moshe Azoulai (Op-Eds)
• Jewish firefighters honor a champion of memorials by Robert Wiener (MetroWest News)
• Darfur refugees settle into a life of work, study
  JVS is helping connect Jewish community and genocide survivors by Robert Wiener (MetroWest News)
• Israeli Arab guides both sides to coexistence by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• From court to classroom, school tallies success
  JEC leaves its mark in basketball, science, and Torah contests by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• NJ religion-in-adoption bill heads for vote in legislature by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Kushner alumnus urges students to ‘fight back’
  Aaron Marcus recalls role at center of RU’s debate over Mideast by Johanna Ginsberg (New Jersey News)
• Golda Och breaks ground on major renovation
  Wilf family kickstarts construction to update 1950s lower school by Johanna Ginsberg (New Jersey News)
• Remembering a man with a ‘passion for music’ by NJJN Staff (Life & Times)
• Shavuot 5772
  Five steps to studying and learning from the Torah by Dasee Berkowitz (Life & Times)
• Football hero a surprise guest at UJC fund-raiser by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• One people, separate worlds by Andrew Silow-Carroll (Editor's Column)
• Remember the Munich 11 by NJJN Editorial (Editorial)
• Hospice volunteer listens ‘in a different way’ by NJJN Staff (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Hospital rises on its chief’s guiding principles by Special to NJJN (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• ‘Jewish Legacy’ initiative launched in Mercer by Debra Rubin (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Greenwood House sends patients Shabbat cheer by Elaine Durbach (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• String of Pearls celebrates two-decade milestone by NJJN Staff (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• EU funds Hadassah College science project
  Rutgers a partner of multinational group in Bio-Xplore initiative by Debra Rubin (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Essay by local student wins newspaper writing contest by Jill Garbi (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Schoolkids learn lessons on Shoa and civil rights by Alan Richman (Monmouth News)
• Pioneering women to gather for historic forum
  First rabbis to share their experiences in breaking ground by Jill Garbi (Middlesex News)
• Fashion maven gives insider’s view at Main Event by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)

• Week of May 13, 2012

• Dist. 10 race demands community’s attention
  CRC forum to feature four candidates vying for Rep. Payne’s seat by Gordon Haas (Op-Eds)
• The 2012 election: ‘A pox on both your houses!’ by Dr. Gilbert N. Kahn (Op-Eds)
• In Israel, gay rights is ‘a vision that unites us’ by Michael B. Oren (Op-Eds)
• Pledges of value
  Behar-Bechukotai - Leviticus: 25:1-27:34 by Rabbi Joyce Newmark (Touch of Torah)
• Soul food
  Synagogues plant gardens to feed the hungry by Johanna Ginsberg (New Jersey News)
• District 9 contenders stake out views on the left
  Rothman and Pascrell tout liberal credentials in Montclair U. debate by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Agudath Israel celebrates a 90-year milestone
  In 1922, 30 families built the first home for a growing shul by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• Therapist shares men’s ‘secrets’ with 500 women
  M. Gary Neuman says, ‘We need to love, and feel connected’ by Elaine Durbach (MetroWest News)
• June meeting will see vote on federation union
  Central leadership will field questions on MetroWest merger by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Main Event looks back in praise, ahead in hope by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Event will gather generations of the Holocaust
  Statewide ‘celebration of survivors’ will urge ‘passing the torch’ by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• NJ rabbi joins effort to ban groups from parade
  Targets deny charges by hawkish coalition that they support BDS by Johanna Ginsberg (New Jersey News)
• Study festival energizes Jews with roots in FSU by Debra Rubin (New Jersey News)
• Back to the ‘Garden’
  Author opens window on ’30s Berlin by Ron Kaplan (Life & Times)
• Cousin, Cousine, Cuisine by Andrew Silow-Carroll (Editor's Column)
• ‘A work of progress’ by NJJN Editorial (Editorial)
• Groups largely unswayed by Israel’s Iran debate
  Fearing nuclear threat, groups aren’t heeding some calls for caution by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)

• Week of May 06, 2012

• Local leaders receive Women’s Philanthropy award by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Longing for Longie
  Film will take a look at an ‘underrated’ mobster by Ron Kaplan (Life & Times)
• Family service offers insights on Asperger’s by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Central JCC head leaving to take Baltimore post by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Local leaders honored with national women’s award by Elaine Durbach (MetroWest News)
• The Lilith women’s salon comes to Montclair by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• Hebrew U. plans new center for brain studies by Elaine Durbach (New Jersey News)
• Inter-generational partners connect
  Students, seniors share views on education, technology, values by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Kindertransport survivors share stories with students
  Couple tell of being torn from parents during Shoa rescue by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• JCPA: Protect campus Jews and free speech by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Why the Jews — and the world — need Israel by Sarit Catz (Op-Eds)
• For the U.S., is it ‘Do as I say, not as I do’? by Jared Silverman (Op-Eds)
• Finding vision and action among Israeli Arabs by Phyllis Bernstein (Op-Eds)
• Measured language
  Emor - Leviticus: 21:1-24:3 by Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman (Touch of Torah)
• Family values by Andrew Silow-Carroll (Editor's Column)

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