Cantor’s journey from Auschwitz to bima

by Debra Rubin

June 3, 2013

From performing as lead soloist in the 80-man choir of the famed Tlomackie Synagogue in Warsaw to escaping from a Nazi transport; from his rescue by the U.S. Army to his return to Poland as an honored guest, Cantor David Wisnia has experienced the best and worst of humankind. Read More

Creating community, one note at a time

by Johanna Ginsberg

June 3, 2013

Three years ago, Lashir, the Jewish Community Choir of Princeton, was lucky enough to land veteran Jewish music educator and choir conductor Marsha Bryan Edelman as its director and conductor. Read More

Community campus plans at a ‘standstill’

Years-long dream totters as team seeks options

by Marilyn Silverstein

June 3, 2013

The dream of creating a Jewish Community Campus for Princeton Mercer Bucks — a central address for the region’s Jewish services, programs, and activities — is in limbo. Read More

Musical ‘miracle’

Nonagenarian’s remarkable journey

by Michele Alperin

June 3, 2013

A musician, composer, conductor, Zionist, and Jew, Moshe Budmor is celebrating his 90th birthday by inviting his friends and the larger Princeton community to a concert showcasing his recent work. Read More

Synagogue inspires teen’s mitzva mission

by Michele Alperin

June 3, 2013

Sometimes a small synagogue community can make a huge impression on a teen. For 13-year-old Jaden Weiss, Bordentown’s 60-family Reconstructionist synagogue, Temple B’nai Abraham, has proved to be just such a place. Read More

‘Collaboration with Israel is essential’

by Rabbi Ira Budow

June 3, 2013

For the 15th year, the eighth-grade class from Abrams Hebrew Academy in Yardley, Pa., visited Israel as the culmination of their years of studies in Hebrew, Jewish history, Tanach, and Talmud. Read More

An ‘extraordinary’ day of learning

by Debra Rubin

May 7, 2013

Members of Hadassah learned how to manage their time, how lobbyists win support for Israel, and how Israeli medical researchers are saving lives there and around the world, during a day of talks and workshops in Monroe. Read More

Women share spirit of federation giving

Luncheon recalls music of defiance written in Nazi era

by Susan Bloom

May 6, 2013

Music composed by Holocaust-era composers formed the centerpiece of the May 2 spring luncheon of the Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks Women’s Philanthropy. Read More

Author hunts secrets of anti-Nazi resisters

Jud Newborn calls ‘White Rose’ siblings ‘source of inspiration’

by Johanna Ginsberg

May 6, 2013

Jud Newborn first fell for the story of Hans and Sophie Scholl when he arrived in Germany to do field work for his dissertation at the University of Chicago. Read More