Family agency celebrates 75 years as local ‘lifeline’

by NJJN Staff

January 13, 2012

This year’s Diamond Jubilee Gala — to be held Feb. 25 at the Westin Princeton — will honor the Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County itself in recognition of the thousands of people it has touched in its 75 years. Read More

Israeli teens arrive for ‘bridge-building’ trip

by Elaine Durbach

January 13, 2012

One of the first surprises for a group of visiting Israeli teenagers who arrived in the United States in late December was the sight of the Empire State Building lit up in blue and white, in tribute to Hanukka. Read More

‘We can be emissaries to people of other faiths’

Questions for Cantor Steven Stoehr

by Robert Wiener

January 13, 2012

Last month, Cantor Steven Stoehr presented a mini-concert and program on the Holocaust: How Much More Personal Can It Get? at Adath Israel Congregation of Lawrenceville. On Jan. 23, at 7:30 p.m., the synagogue will present a documentary in whose production he played a key role. Read More

Green in action

Princeton rabbi offers ‘Simple’ ways to further Jewish environmentalism

by Ron Kaplan

December 12, 2011

As much fun as the holiday season can be, it is nevertheless one of the biggest offenders when it comes to wasteful behavior. Why not wrap the presents using the Sunday comics section and send paperless “e-cards?” Read More

Robert Albert, 95,  mentored local leaders

by Robert Wiener

December 12, 2011

Robert Albert, 95, a former clothing store owner and leader of the Jewish community in the Trenton area who served as a mentor to younger generations of community leaders, died Nov. 25 in Sarasota, Fla. Read More

Super Sunday is community celebration of giving, getting

by Matt Schuman

December 12, 2011

The annual Super Sunday phonathon, a daylong event held Nov. 20 at Rider University in Lawrenceville, attracted hundreds of volunteers and raised an estimated $200,000, well in excess of the goal of $150,000. Read More

Twin brothers turn baking into a mitzva

by Elaine Durbach

December 12, 2011

On Friday, Dec. 23, there will be a bake sale at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North. Nothing exceptional about that — except that the baked goods won’t be from the parents; they’ll be the work of 13-year-old twins Joel and Matthew Damron of Plainsboro. Read More

Celebrating 75 years of ‘Families Helping Families’

by Jill Garbi

November 14, 2011

Founded in 1937 as the Jewish Welfare Board, the organization helped waves of immigrants and displaced persons resettle in the Princeton Mercer Bucks area. In the early ’50s, a wave of Egyptian-Jewish immigrants arrived, followed by a group from Hungary in 1956. Read More

Federation putting the ‘fun’  in community fund-raising

by Matt Schuman

November 14, 2011

On Nov. 20, Rider University will be more than the site of a legion of volunteers making calls for the Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks’ annual Super Sunday phonathon. On that day, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., the Lawrenceville campus will be a destination. Read More