2008 Archive
Booker’s ‘d’var Torah’ ties religion and renewal 04.22.08
Dershowitz raps Carter for ‘bigotry’ on Mideast 04.22.08
Federations join forces for women’s fund-raiser 04.22.08
Unease and hope collide on visit to Israel’s south 04.22.08
Meryl Frank is tapped for key AJCongress role 04.22.08
Schechter raises $150K at event starring Dr. Ruth 04.22.08
Kurtzer: Peace demands ‘robust’ effort by U.S. 04.22.08
A ‘food maven’ revisits the recipes of his youth 04.22.08
Kids craft Pesach relief for needy in Gulf region 04.22.08
JCC event helps kick off Israel@60 celebrations 04.22.08
Survey will help planners weigh needs of population 04.08.08
Yeshiva students learn of daily life in Sderot 04.08.08
Scholar’s talks explore religion and pop culture 04.08.08
Scholar charts evolution of Israelis’ views on war 04.08.08
Steady rain of missiles strains Israeli hospital 04.08.08
Synagogue gives Torah to Israeli youth village 03.18.08
Kashrut specialist warns of effects of high prices 03.18.08
Torah Links students send Purim joy to troops 03.18.08
B’nai Tikvah welcomes rabbi with music, ‘love’ 03.18.08
Shul forum sheds light on hospice dilemmas 03.18.08
Hillel staffer reports on latest anti-Israel protest 03.18.08
Renamed Y to develop new East Brunswick site 03.04.08
Federation honors pair with fund in their names 03.04.08
Nursery school children donate to cemetery fund 03.04.08
Congregation sets table for banquet of learning 03.04.08
Academics depict toll of missiles from Gaza 02.19.08
Author describes tests facing Ethiopian Israelis 02.19.08
Experts lament abuses in Jewish divorce cases 02.19.08
Funding drive to fix graves falling flat 02.19.08
Lecture series is homage to family’s legal legacy 02.19.08
Museum visit honors Dr. King, Daniel Pearl 02.19.08
Area Cub Scouts pitch in to help damaged cemetery 02.05.08
B’nai Tikvah to sell paintings by famed local artist 02.05.08
Campus celebrates five years 02.05.08
Israel expert: Bad intelligence complicates response to Iran 02.05.08
Contest serves ‘taste of heaven’ 01.24.08
Metuchen student hopes to promote harmony in Israel 01.24.08
Temple Emanu-El hosts legal scholar 01.24.08
Yeshiva kids greet gift of Torah scroll 01.24.08
Federation wins federal grant for aging-in-place effort 01.10.08
In Highland Park talk, JTS chief asks Conservative Jewry to unite 01.10.08
Meals of remembrance 01.10.08
Synagogue offers holiday hospitality to area homeless 01.10.08
2007 Archive
Super Sunday follow-up yields record donations 12.11.07
Med students celebrate Hanukka 12.11.07
Monroe synagogue celebrates rabbi's 10th anniversary 12.11.07
Outreach expert sees 'opportunity' in intermarriage 12.11.07
Schechter kids team with federation for tzedaka's sake 12.11.07
Temple buzzes with mitzvot 12.11.07
Israeli judo expert gives women a fighting chance 12.11.07
Columbia prof defies vandals who left Nazi threats 11.29.07
B'nai Tikvah hosts interfaith Thanksgiving service 11.29.07
East Brunswick temple hosts talk on climate change 11.29.07
Rutgers grad hosts fund-raiser 11.29.07
Super Sunday breaks record 11.29.07
Teen hosts parley on tolerance 11.29.07
Scholars take separate paths into the mystic 11.01.07
Activist for immigration decries 'broken' attitudes toward Israel 11.01.07
After 54 years, sweet honors for a beloved teacher 11.01.07
Army chaplain talks of service to war's Jewish troops 11.01.07
Federation revamps its relations council to expand advocacy 11.01.07
Group urges efforts to counter anti-Israel propaganda 11.01.07
Marathon man seeks sponsors for epic '26 miles of mitzvot' 11.01.07
NJ intern seeks to foster peace through green activism 11.01.07
Biblical garden for a beloved son grows in Monroe center 1018.07
Federation's 'magical' mission to mark Israel's 60th birthday 10.18.07
Girl's bat mitzva project will mark Kristallnacht 10.18.07
JCC sees jam-packed sukka as symbol of campus energy 10.18.07
JFVS forming new group for those mourning spouses 10.18.07
Middlesex gift of youth center remembers soldier killed in Gaza 10.18.07
Neve Shalom remembers cantor for legacy of learning 10.18.07
Interfaith panelists share challenges 10.18.07
Israeli sees state's revival in merging religious, secular 10.18.07
Author: Raising teens is parent-synagogue partnership 10.04.07
Golf outing brings in money to purchase van for seniors 10.04.07
Local schools, organizations pack UN plaza 10.04.07
School helps Ukraine students mark holiday of Simhat Torah 10.04.07
'Shabbos Park' gets an upgrade 10.04.07
Synagogue buries books, sacred objects damaged in 2006 fire 10.04.07
Bat mitzva asks synagogues to go green for Israel's sake 09.20.07
Bat mitzva donates Torah to Etz Ahaim 09.20.07
Schechter boasts spirit of renewal 09.20.07
Seeing a niche, Orthodox rabbis reach out to Rutgers' unaffiliated 09.20.07
Shul hoops league says, "We're all on the same team" 09.20.07
Couple plans trip south to thank ‘Paper Clips' students 09.04.07
Federation banks on planned gifts 09.04.07
How family's 'trade' inspired interim rabbi in East Brunswick 09.04.07
Local Schindler Jew writes novel about 'the List' 09.04.07
Man arranges trips to show off Israeli antiterror units 09.04.07
Son hears news of the grave of father he buried in Warsaw 09.04.07
A quiet agency is a ‘guardian angel’ for those in need 08.07.07
For nonagenarians, a time to be honored 08.07.07
Georgia rabbi tapped to lead Congregation B’nai Tikvah 08.07.07
Local leaders escort Ethiopian emigres 08.07.07
Local man on patrol against Medicare fraud 08.07.07
Student spends summer on research scholarship 08.07.07
Campers get a glimpse of power on capital tour 07.26.07
Couple’s gift allows JVFS to expand its senior services 07.26.07
Cyclists will raise funds for cancer institute 07.26.07
Edison woman cochairs a sold-out Hadassah confab 07.26.07
Healthcare advocate is named UN goodwill ambassador 07.26.07
Shul to offer full-day child care 07.26.07
Soccer coach's latest goal is helping Israeli kids 07.26.07
Community comes together to aid leukemia victim 07.10.07
Federation elects Lee Livingston as president 07.10.07
Highland Park congregation celebrates return to shul 07.10.07
Jerseyans visit with Gush Katif evacuees 07.10.07
Middlesex drive hits $100,000 for youth center in Nitzan 07.10.07
Agencies pitch in to buy van for seniors 06.26.07
Federation celebrates successes at annual meeting
NJ leader chairs showcase for hi-tech Israeli businesses
Rutgers, Ben-Gurion U. partner on disaster response
Synagogue hosts lecture marking Israel-India ties
Temple honored with early look at film about Pearl
Values program marks its one-year anniversary 06.26.07
East Brunswick students work to raise awareness of relationship violence 06.12.07
Edison Orthodox flex political muscle as mayor's slate tops primary 06.12.07
Federation closes record campaign 06.12.07
Israeli Scouts bring an upbeat message in performance at Cong. Neve Shalom 06.14.07
New voices take part in allocations process 06.14.07
Planning begins for Israel's 60th 06.14.07
Preschool's trike rally raises funds for Tennessee children's hospital 06.14.07
Activist briefs leaders on anti-Israel messages in Palestinian media 05.29.07
Campaign seeks funds to build youth center for Gaza evacuees 05.29.07
Cong. Beth Ohr celebrates 50 years 05.29.07
Edison teen to lead sixth annual walk for breast cancer research 05.29.07
On Shavuot eve, Congregation Etz Chaim dedicates a restored Torah scroll 05.29.07
‘Project Runway' mentor shows Main Event that philanthropy is in fashion 05.29.07
Austrian students seek to keep stories of Monroe survivors alive 05.15.07
Congregation helps scribe complete new Torah scroll 05.15.07
Drawn together
New Brunswick plays host to art exhibit born in Israel 05.15.07
Filmmaker explores tentative ties among Israeli, Palestinian girls 05.15.07
Middlesex students display spirit at Salute to Israel Parade 05.15.07
SSDS receives surprise $1 million donation 05.15.07
Survivor and Iraqi ex-pat share lessons in tolerance at coexistence festival 05.15.07
A multifaith gathering in Edison commemorates Yom Hashoa 05.01.07
Famed Talmud scholar Adin Steinsaltz wows audiences at Young Israel, Hillel 05.01.07
Federation seeks funding, and synergy, by offering corporate sponsorships 05.01.07
Highland Park gives green light to Ahavas Achim for expansion 05.01.07
Once we were slaves
East Brunswick woman cites her Jewish values in fight to preserve farm 05.01.07
Rebellion at Auschwitz is celebrated at Young Israel remembrance event 05.01.07
Reporter depicts survivors' defiant last stand at Catskills colony 05.01.07
Teens' clown act is serious mitzva for nursing home residents 05.01.07
Diet doc: Nothing faddish about healthy foods, healthy expectations 04.03.07
Expert on First Ladies sees ‘baggage’ hurting Clinton’s presidential bid 04.03.07
Highland Park temple makes moves to return to building 04.03.07
Historian shares discovery of Dead Sea Scrolls figure 04.03.07
Rabbi urges community to avoid gossip, engage in ‘kosher’ talk 04.03.07
Bone marrow drive brings out community 03.20.07
Community relations specialist urges outreach to counter Iranian threat 03.20.07
For the ‘Fonz,’ perseverance spelled success despite childhood challenges 03.20.07
Highland Park Y ends bid for new building in move that signals end of an era 03.20.07
Sharon adviser calls Iran dire threat to Israel and rest of world 03.20.07
Statewide Israel conference to be held at Rutgers 03.20.07
Students show off art during annual show at Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva 03.20.07
Alternate proposal by citizens’ group takes Y supporters by surprise 03.06.07
Physician explores Jewish dilemmas in confronting end-of-life decisions 03.06.07
A rabbi urges community to face reality of domestic violence 03.06.07
Donna Glazer remembered for fighting spirit, and love of Torah 02.20.07
Theatrical bat mitzva girl stages fund-raiser for young cancer survivor 02.20.07
Analyst will outline U.S., Israeli missteps that strengthened Iran 02.06.07
A summery ‘thank you’ for supporters who give each day to federation 02.06.07
Bringing Bob all back home
In Old Bridge, life-long Bob Dylan devotee maintains a ‘shrine’ to the ’60s troubadour 02.06.07
Chabad House of Monroe to build $2.5 million center 02.06.07
Family, personal problems often lead to food issues, says therapist at Y talk 02.06.07
Synagogue donates Torah scroll to Hillel’s Conservative community 02.06.07
Activist shares her concern for suffering in Africa 01.23.07
Café owner shares the secrets she learned from mom and grandma 01.23.07
Catholic and Jewish students visit Shoa museum, learn about intolerance 01.23.07
Edison mayor seeks to bring sense of unity to township 01.23.07
Educator brings a magic touch to event on faith and spirituality 01.23.07
Lecturer urges Orthodox community to perform acts of loving-kindness 01.23.07
New family service head takes over in Middlesex 01.23.07
Bat mitzva is inspired, and inspires others, to help elderly immigrants 1.09.07
Cantors and choirs will sing in benefit for fire-damaged temple 1.09.07
due north
Anshe Emeth group explores Israel’s history 1.09.07
Federation to thank donors at ‘Under the Boardwalk’ 1.09.07
Hair mitzva: Five-year-old donates her long locks to help other children 1.09.07
Highland Park Planning Board considers latest proposal for new Y 1.09.07
Israel activists on mission of mercy 1.09.07
Psychiatrist urges rabbis to prepare for congregants’ addiction struggles 1.09.07
Veterans visit comrades in a celebration of Jewish fighting spirit 1.09.07
2006 Archive
Agency renews license to assist families in adoption services 12.26.06
Bostoner Rebbe to visit Highland Park in support of budding hasidic shul 12.26.06
JFVS director retires with long list of accomplishments and admirers 12.26.06
Karnit Goldwasser: ‘Please don’t stop thinking of us’ 12.26.06
Muslim, Jewish college students offer hope for peace in Middle East 12.26.06
Scholar sees Orthodoxy ‘Sliding’ to the Right 12.26.06
Temple Emanu-El remembers less fortunate during annual Mitzva Day 12.26.06
Bioethicist explains how cultural values shape Israeli medical care 12.12.06
Catholic, Jewish leaders see hatred disguised as anti-Zionism 12.12.06
Israeli official sees positive signs for his country at United Nations 12.12.06
Local rabbis debate Conservative ruling on gays 12.12.06
Monroe synagogue celebrates new scroll with ‘Year of Torah’ 12.12.06
Orthodox riders object, and Edison drops talk of moving train station 12.12.06
Shul celebrates Sephardi traditions with dedication of new Torah cover 12.12.06
SSDS art auction raising money for programs, scholarships 12.12.06
Synagogue thanks rescue teams for response to August’s fire 12.12.06
Activist adds boycott, divestment to arsenal in genocide fight 11.28.06
Highland Park Conservative Temple, Congregation Anshe Emeth to merge 11.28.06
Launch of two local Jewish newspapers sees battle for share of county readership 11.28.06
‘Mitzva heroes’ out in force to promote acts of charity 11.28.06
Orthodox synagogues’ program focuses on anger management 11.28.06
Pledges of $519,000 make Super Sunday a super success 11.28.06
Residents object to Edison meeting on Shabbat 11.28.06
In Somerset, Chabad rabbis gather for a movement-wide celebration 11.28.06
Interfaith event to go behind ‘tea and sympathy’ of Catholic-Jewish dialogue 11.16.06
Rabbi ‘comes home’ to lead historic Perth Amboy synagogue 11.16.06
Super Sunday volunteers plan to ‘be there’ on Nov. 19
For an organization that is ‘always there’ for them 11.16.06
Temple’s activity day kicks off ‘Awaken the Jew Within’ program 11.16.06
Visitors see a landscape on the mend but Israelis are still hurting 11.16.06
Author saw ‘stars,’ woke up with new interest in Jewish tradition 11.02.06
Bible scholar sees positive lessons in Torah tales of family dysfunction 11.02.06
Cyclists hit the road on behalf of Alyn hospital 11.02.06
Edison community welcomes new rabbi and cantor to Emanu-El 11.02.06
Journalists see balance where Israel’s advocates perceive bias 11.02.06
Organizers urge a super effort on Super Sunday 11.02.06
Rutgers dorm seeks to bridge Mideast divide 11.02.06
Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe opens its own religious school 10.17.06
Governor joins revelers at Chabad Rutgers’ sukka 10.17.06
Highland Park family wins sukka in raffle to benefit federation fund 10.17.06
On a road less traveled, a glimpse of Jewish history 10.17.06
Out of Africa, an Orthodox trio’s unorthodox climb up Kilimanjaro 10.17.06
Ponds couple marks holiday with guests and giving 10.17.06
Trauma expert sees collaboration as key to state’s disaster response 10.17.06
Y optimistic for approval of compromise plan 10.17.06
Trauma expert sees collaboration as key to state’s disaster response 10.17.06
Beth El reaps in joy a renovation project that was sown in tears 10.05.06
Hadassah president speaks of Israel’s resilience in face of war 10.04.06
Institutions share tips on welcoming unaffiliated 10.04.06
Lion confab sees power of women and giving 10.05.06
Local Jews join thousands at Central Park rally against Darfur genocide 10.05.06
Middlesex community stands together at UN rally in defense of Israel 10.05.06
Rabbi comes home to lead Chabad House in East Brunswick 10.05.06
Fire-ravaged synagogue: ‘more than just a building’ 9.21.06
Interim rabbi to guide Cong. B’nai Tikvah as synagogue searches for its ‘beshert’ 9.21.06
Mideast expert lays out Israel’s missteps in its war on Hizbullah 9.21.06
Soldier tells of tense moments as a reservist in southern Lebanon 9.21.06
A sukka-builder raises the roof — and funds for rebuilding Israel 9.21.06
Vigil participants in East Brunswick shed light on Darfur crisis 9.21.06
At emotional Israel rally, activists put emphasis on needs still to be met 9.5.06
Development director comes home to help build Hillel’s future 9.5.06
Family members challenge claims by Jews for Jesus missionary 9.5.06
Instinct guided medic’s rush to pluck Torah scrolls from the flames 9.5.06
October 1 set as new target date for merger of Jewish family agencies 9.5.06
Rutgers University graduate dreams of diamonds in Israel 9.5.06
Teens plan ways to incorporate lessons of six-week leadership tour in Israel 9.5.06
‘They weren’t alone’
Community responds with an outpouring of aid after devastating fire at a ‘backbone’ congregation 9.5.06
Middlesex synagogue won’t let nine-hour blaze destroy its spirit, history 8.31.06
Area synagogues’ donations channeled through array of efforts 8.22.06
Community survey will help plan for future services and programs 8.22.06
Middlesex federation and area groups to rally in support of Israel 8.22.06
Planning board postpones hearing on proposed $8 million Y, condos 8.22.06
Public affairs exec tells Middlesex to advocate for Israel 8.22.06
Solidarity mission reaches out to embattled Israelis 8.22.06
Synagogue school goes high-tech and on-line 8.22.06
Three families fulfill dream of making aliya 8.22.06
Analyst sees Iran’s fingerprints on Hizbullah attacks on Israel 8.08.06
Area institutions beef up security in aftermath of Seattle shootings 8.08.06
Communities join hands to pledge support for Israel 8.08.06
Local institutions gear up to help Israel cope with scale of the crisis 8.08.06
Local leaders miffed by church’s invite to Jews for Jesus speaker 8.08.06
Perth Amboy Y leaders bequeath assets to array of Jewish groups 8.08.06
Purchase of ark stirs New Jerseyans’ memories of coal town congregation 8.08.06
Teen’s summer fun included study, politics, and tikun olam 8.08.06
Two camp counselors, two countries, with common hopes and fears 8.08.06
Agency helps immigrants open doors to services, citizenship 7.25.06
East Brunswick Schechter names two top administrators 7.25.06
Federation ties a blue ribbon to support Israel 7.25.06
Leaders’ visits dramatize Jewish survival in Israel and Ukraine 7.25.06
Survivors’ group seeks to raise money for veterans 7.25.06
Warfare rattles plans, but parents trust their son to his Israeli hosts 7.25.06
Development director comes home to Hillel 7.20.06
For ATID program participants, the federation’s future is now 7.11.06
South Brunswick Chabad buys new digs to accomodate growing programs 7.11.06
Congregation strikes rare note of intrafaith harmony 7.11.06
A dynamic duo ascends the bima at Edison’s Temple Emanu-El 7.11.06
Federation rolls out welcome wagon for adult communities newcomers 7.11.06
Hearing on Y proposal postponed 7.11.06
A Rust Belt community’s Torah ark gets a new life at a Monroe synagogue 7.11.06
Students and survivors share stories in a project bridging the generations 7.11.06
Activist seeks help in ‘stamping out’ disease 6.27.06
Congregation B’nai Tikvah pays tribute as its rabbi prepares for ‘new challenge’ 6.27.06
Family agencies celebrate their histories, volunteers ahead of merger in July 6.27.06
Federation quarters gets a facelift even a mother-in-law could love 6.27.06
Fresh face for a time-honored mission at federation’s 21st annual meeting 6.27.06
Rogoff to step down as rabbi of East Brunswick Jewish Center 6.27.06
With funders’ help, area teens look forward to time in Israel 6.27.06
A colorful send-off for a welcoming rabbi 6.13.06
Sustaining the Y 6.13.06
Torah honors memory of Chilean bus crash victims 6.13.06
Venerable New Brunswick temple rededicated 6.13.06
Author’s son recounts his family’s plight under Argentinean junta 5.30.06
College honors those whose educations were interrupted by the Holocaust 5.30.06
Diocese ‘knights’ Jew for support of hospital 5.30.06
Federation initiative stresses participation over dollars 5.30.06
Highland Park temple marks 75 years as a center for faith and family 5.30.06
Synagogues’ effort hopes to harness the power of positive thinking, doing 5.30.06
Woodbridge’s last synagogue merges with Metuchen’s Neve Shalom 5.30.06
Committee of two sound warning on genocide 5.18.06
Corzine defends his ‘hard choices’ at temple talk in New Brunswick 5.18.06
Conference tackles persecutions past and present 5.18.06
Jewish family service agencies tentatively agree to merger 5.18.06
Musician draws on songs of his youth 5.18.06
Community gathering remembers Shoa as seen through the ‘eyes of a child’ 5.02.06
County prosecutor testifies to a dream of trading the bar for the rabbinate 5.02.06
Date set for hearing on Highland Park Y’s plans 5.02.06
Historic shul pins its future on young rabbi 5.02.06
Local clergy pledge ‘never again’ at Shoa program 5.02.06
At a chilly fund-raiser, Muslims and Jews warm to each other 4.27.06
Jewish history buffs mine Rutgers libraries special collection 4.27.06
Students give Katrina victims a ‘break’ 4.27.06
Empty chairs sadden holiday for families of Chile crash victims 4.18.06
Rabbi’s sourcebook finds ‘sweetness’ in the hard job of adult caregiving 4.18.06
Students dedicate ‘Afikoman of Freedom’ to helping Ethiopian Jews relocate in Israel 4.18.06
Cemetery tour is a trip down ‘Memory Lane’ 4.04.06
Highland Park weighs Y’s plans for new facility and condos 4.04.06
Local motorcyclists plan ride south to remember Shoa, honor survivors 4.04.06
Women’s Division’s Main Event highlights fun with a purpose 4.04.06
Concert raises hopes and funds for Jews in Israel and around the world 3.07.06
Danish cartoon controversy inspires interfaith event in Old Bridge 3.07.06
Shabbaton reunion connects NCSYers past and present 3.07.06
Young Gaza strip evacuees find a haven in Middlesex 3.07.06
For leader, Hillel means ‘everything’ 3.02.06
Jewish Unity Live expected to draw 1,000 to celebration of study 3.02.06
Cemetery tour offers glimpse of Middlesex’s buried past 2.21.06
Lions leap at chance to create a teenage mitzva corps 2.21.06
Moshe Aaron Yeshiva to mark bat mitzva year 2.21.06
Community ‘raises voices’ to assist resettlement of Ethiopian Jews 2.21.06
Former CIA staffer sees missteps in administration’s approach to security 2.21.06
Scholar’s words inspire ‘hesed’ association in its outreach to the sick, homebound 2.07.06
Student spends college break helping clean up New Orleans 2.07.06
Series examines a troubled era in black-Jewish relations 2.07.06
Panel explores Jewish perspectives on homosexuality 2.07.06
Adult classes stress Judaism as means to enrich lives 2.07.06
Rutgers Hillel plans Israeli Culture Festival 1.26.06
A matter of respect 1.24.06
Catholic, Jewish teens bond on trip to Holocaust Museum 1.24.06
Concert to raise money for Ethiopian Jews 1.24.06
Middlesex Jews debate rabbi’s call for disease to strike Iranian leader 1.24.06
Saturday night live: Yeshiva celebrates 15-year tradition of parent-child study 1.24.06
Splitting the difference 1.24.06
Workmen’s Circle latest to charge ‘high cost’ of Wal-Mart 1.10.06