Yeshiva students curate their own family stories

by NJJN Staff

January 30, 2012

Reaching beyond Ocean to explore countries around the world, seventh-graders at Hillel Yeshiva put their families’ ancestral legacies on display in the school’s sixth annual Jewish Heritage Fair. Read More

Federation funding matches or exceeds last year’s

by Jill Garbi

January 30, 2012

A new streamlined allocations process has enabled the Jewish Federation of Monmouth County to reduce paperwork and ease the pressures on its partner and beneficiary agencies, while enhancing the focus of the grants and allocations made by the federation on strategic impact in the community. Read More

At King tribute, clergy ‘stand up for equal rights’

by Jill Garbi

January 17, 2012

A challenge to pursue their own dreams in tribute to those of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. elicited a standing ovation from attendees at an interfaith gathering in Oakhurst. Read More

Local planters show the way ‘Back to the Garden’

by NJJN Staff

January 17, 2012

For the last two years, three Aberdeen houses of worship have watched their interfaith garden grow. Members of Temple Shalom, Temple Beth Ahm, and the Matawan United Methodist Church plant and reap at Gan Tikvah Garden of Hope, located on Temple Shalom’s property. Read More

Program broadens SSDS curriculum

by NJJN Staff

January 17, 2012

A new specialty program has been added to the curriculum at Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Monmouth County that has students literally singing with glee. Read More

Family service expands therapy for youngsters

by Jill Garbi

January 17, 2012

The play’s the thing as Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Monmouth County expands its therapy services for youngsters. Read More

Israeli teens arrive for ‘bridge-building’ trip

by Elaine Durbach

January 17, 2012

The group of 19 visiting Israeli teenagers, all residents of Arad, are participants in Project Gesher, a three-year bridge-building project — gesher means “bridge” in Hebrew — linking them with 22 teens from five NJ communities: Monmouth, Princeton Mercer Bucks, Central NJ, Margate, and Cherry Hill. Read More

Towns welcome completion of first Shabbat boundary

by Jill Garbi

January 3, 2012

Last month, Shabbat-observant Jews living in a 10-mile loop of Marlboro and Morganville were able for the first time to push baby strollers to shul on Saturday, carry a book or reading glasses, or bring a Shabbat meal to a neighbor, thanks to the completion of the area’s first eruv. Read More

Two anniversaries and a festival

Party fetes holiday, key milestones for museum, synagogue

by NJJN Staff

January 3, 2012

It was a triple celebration as nearly 80 people gathered in Freehold Dec. 22. The candles were lit on a giant menora to mark the third night of Hanukka, members of Congregation Kol Am were there to celebrate a decade since their synagogue’s founding, and everyone paid tribute to the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County. Read More