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October 2020
Five-Week Series Wednesdays, October 21 - November 18 1:00 - 2:30 PM ET Ever wanted to create a character out of nothing but words? Invent a world? Promote a product? Present a fresh take on a common problem or experience? Is there a story you were meant to tell? Do you want to tell your own story? This 5-week class will give you time, support, suggestions, and exercises to help you unleash your inner author. Each week will focus on…
Tickets Here Join us on-line as we celebrate the life and brilliance of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg z"l with New York Times bestselling author, Janice Kaplan. Opening remarks by Lisa Harris Glass, Chief Operating Officer of Jewish Federation of Northern NJ. Janice Kaplan, the New York Times bestselling author of The Gratitude Diaries, will talk about her exciting new book The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World. In this powerful book, she explores why the extraordinary…
Join us for a moderated community discussion group on key topics in Jewish life. Using the Chai Mitzvah guide for source material, our group discussion is designed to provoke thought as well as action. Our discussion will take place on Zoom. About Chai Mitzvah Our tradition tells us that a full Jewish life involves our head, heart, and hands. The Chai Mitzvah program is unique in that it is experiential involving both communal and personal opportunities for growth. It’s more…
November 2020
Five-Week Series Wednesdays, October 21 - November 18 1:00 - 2:30 PM ET Ever wanted to create a character out of nothing but words? Invent a world? Promote a product? Present a fresh take on a common problem or experience? Is there a story you were meant to tell? Do you want to tell your own story? This 5-week class will give you time, support, suggestions, and exercises to help you unleash your inner author. Each week will focus on…
Join us for a moderated community discussion group on key topics in Jewish life. Using the Chai Mitzvah guide for source material, our group discussion is designed to provoke thought as well as action. Our discussion will take place on Zoom. About Chai Mitzvah Our tradition tells us that a full Jewish life involves our head, heart, and hands. The Chai Mitzvah program is unique in that it is experiential involving both communal and personal opportunities for growth. It’s more…
Five-Week Series Wednesdays, October 21 - November 18 1:00 - 2:30 PM ET Ever wanted to create a character out of nothing but words? Invent a world? Promote a product? Present a fresh take on a common problem or experience? Is there a story you were meant to tell? Do you want to tell your own story? This 5-week class will give you time, support, suggestions, and exercises to help you unleash your inner author. Each week will focus on…
In this new documentary, Minority of One, Hussein Aboubakr shares his incredible story that chronicles his childhood in Cairo, Egypt, raised to villainize Jews, his revelation in high school that these beliefs were steeped in lies, being persecuted and jailed for studying Israel and Hebrew at Cairo University, becoming an organizer in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian Revolution and finally, his ultimate asylum to the United States working as an Assistant Professor of Hebrew Studies. First, register for the event…
In this new documentary, Minority of One, Hussein Aboubakr shares his incredible story that chronicles his childhood in Cairo, Egypt, raised to villainize Jews, his revelation in high school that these beliefs were steeped in lies, being persecuted and jailed for studying Israel and Hebrew at Cairo University, becoming an organizer in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian Revolution and finally, his ultimate asylum to the United States working as an Assistant Professor of Hebrew Studies. Students will gather on Zoom…
Five-Week Series Wednesdays, October 21 - November 18 1:00 - 2:30 PM ET Ever wanted to create a character out of nothing but words? Invent a world? Promote a product? Present a fresh take on a common problem or experience? Is there a story you were meant to tell? Do you want to tell your own story? This 5-week class will give you time, support, suggestions, and exercises to help you unleash your inner author. Each week will focus on…
Friday, November 20 11 AM on Zoom Explore the rich and vibrant history of the American Jewish Community beginning with how and why they ended up in the Dutch Colony of New Netherlands in 1654, the years of living under Dutch and British rule, and having to choose sides in the War for Independence. Lecture by Bruce Tucker, historian. Register to receive your free Zoom link by emailing Ruth at [email protected] These programs are offered as a complimentary gift to…