• Week of February 12, 2012

• Federation recognized for synagogue relations by Robert Wiener (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Diplomat and students explore hot topics in Israel
  Daniel Kurtzer, Princetonians meet West Bank officials by Robert Wiener (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Film explores a friendship formed in hardship by Robert Wiener (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Greenwood House’s doors are now open to all by Robert Wiener (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Cantor Wisnia honored at commemoration
  Auschwitz survivor sings in ceremony honoring victims by Elaine Durbach (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Federation makes ‘BIG’ Israeli goods promotion
  Princeton effort could serve as ‘national model’ by Robert Wiener (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Orthodox alumni mark a milestone at Princeton
  Yavneh House, haven for camaraderie and kosher meals, turns 50 by Jill Garbi (Princeton Mercer Bucks News)
• Time out
  Mishpatim - Exodus: 21:1-24:18 by Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman (Touch of Torah)
• Gift of a house is windfall for family agency
  Hillside pair’s bequest means $300,000 and a chain of good deeds by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Turning Friday night into ‘an island in time’
  Cranford synagogue joins national effort to promote Shabbat by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Oprah’s hasidic documentary showcases rabbi’s art show by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• ‘Green’ course links kids in Elizabeth and Israel
  Bruriah students enjoy video chat with peers in partnership town by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Jeremy Lin and the American couch potato by Rabbi Joshua Hess (Sports)
• Millburn planning board denies Chai Center
  After 22 months, vote ends congregation’s bid for new building by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• ‘A changing Middle East with increasing threats’
  QUESTIONS FOR...Yaakov Katz by Robert Wiener (MetroWest News)
• Special needs advocates talk shop on inclusion
  Synagogues explore challenges, prospects for improved access by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• Pro-Israel PAC hosts House majority leader
  Eric Cantor describes concern over Iran among Arab leaders by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Shalit, ‘closing circle,’ visits commander’s kin
  Former captive tells of colleagues’ valor in 2006 terror attack by Gil Hoffman (New Jersey News)
• Rabbis on all sides as gay marriage bill passes
  Christie promises veto as NJ Senate votes for measure by 24-16 by Larry Yudelson (New Jersey News)
• Terms of engagement by Andrew Silow-Carroll (Editor's Column)
• Faith and compromise by NJJN Editorial (Editorial)
• Are Syria’s people owed America’s protection? by Jared Silverman (Op-Eds)
• Advocacy 101: Give reasons to support Israel by Elliot Mathias (Op-Eds)
• Couple’s gift thought to be largest-ever to community fund
  Coopermans donate $20 million toward planned giving arm by Robert Wiener (MetroWest News)
• Iran expert says sanctions are having an impact
  Clawson: Cautious Israel keeping military option on front burner by Elaine Durbach (MetroWest News)
• Christie offers tough talk on Israel at AIPAC gala
  Pundits ask whether gov may be eying vice-presidential nod by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Crisis in U.S.-Egypt Relations by Buzz Warren (Op-Eds)
• Car dealer ‘gives back’ to Chabad by NJJN Staff (Monmouth News)
• Progress, though slow,  being made to save JCC by Jill Garbi (Monmouth News)
• Netanyahu blames Iran for attacks on diplomats in India, Georgia by JTA (New Jersey News)
• B’nei mitzva ceremony highlight of Birthright trip by Jill Garbi (Monmouth News)
• Workmen’s Circle seeks $35m for stalled ‘Village’ by Robert Wiener (Monmouth News)
• Police advise local agencies on boosting security measures by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)
• Community rallies to give man his freedom by Debra Rubin (Middlesex News)

• Week of February 05, 2012

• Respect the seeker
  Yitro - Exodus 18:1-20:23 by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb (Touch of Torah)
• ‘Guardsmen’ seek to protect Israeli farmlands
  Volunteer security force ‘impresses’ visiting federations by Gil Hoffman (New Jersey News)
• Prophets, protectors, and the pro-Israel divide by Professor Steven M. Cohen (Op-Eds)
• Flatows build unusual Israeli home for Torah
  Terror victim’s parents contribute study room to secular high school by Robert Wiener (MetroWest News)
• Chai Center zoning bid enters its ‘final’ lap
  Years of hearings yield little accord over Millburn shul by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• AJC interfaith rep sees hope for Muslim-Jewish relations
  Rabbi Noam Marans says America serves as moderating force by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Student chemists honor fallen Israeli astronaut
  Golda Och Academy recreates Ilan Ramon shuttle experiment by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)
• Cemeteries seek solutions for interfaith families by Johanna Ginsberg (New Jersey News)
• Three faiths share views on divinity at Rutgers by Debra Rubin (New Jersey News)
• People with ASD have much to offer employers by Samantha J. Herrick (Life & Times)
• Teacher shares lessons from his own history
  Joel Glazer looks back on his five decades in Union classrooms by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• When a free press shackles reasonable debate by Dr. Gilbert N. Kahn (Op-Eds)
• Saving lives one motorcycle trip at a time by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Black and white by Andrew Silow-Carroll (Editor's Column)
• Missing the reality by NJJN Editorial (Editorial)
• Iconoclastic Israeli rabbi seeks backing from NJ Jews by Robert Wiener (New Jersey News)

• Week of January 29, 2012

• Menendez deplores string of anti-Semitic attacks
  Leaders laud shul’s mission to support Russian immigrants by Jill Garbi (Monmouth News)
• Local adult learning program earns an international honor
  Community model for Melton garners achievement prize by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• Public comment on Chai Center postponed by Johanna Ginsberg (MetroWest News)
• JDC doc shares inspiration of work in Ethiopia by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Preserving Jewish stories, and passing them on
  For Peninnah Schram, folklore is a tradition to be shared in person by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• At Israel event, few sparks, and little agreement
  Synagogue hosts panel with opposing views on achieving security by Elaine Durbach (Central News)
• Barking up the right tree: A sustainable lesson
  Tu B’Shevat 5772 by Tami Lehman-Wilzig (Life & Times)
• Ecological awareness at the tap of a finger
  Tu B’Shevat 5772 by Rabbi Daniel M. Cohen (Life & Times)
• Going forward: an act of hope
  Beshalach - Exodus: 13:17-17:16 by Rabbi Joyce Newmark (Touch of Torah)
• Israel’s alarm over Iran: alarmist or prescient? by Jared Silverman (Op-Eds)

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