Tributes and Memorial Gifts - December 2020
JEWISH FEDERATION N THE HEART OF NEW JERSEY To Denise Hametz, in honor of her birthday, from Laura and Jesse Mintz; to Erik Bronst…
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A Special Modeh Ani: Gratitude for the COVID Vaccine
A Federation supporter sent us an inspiring version of the prayer Modeh/Modah Ani written by writer Rabbi Menachem Creditor. It brings us feelings of hope and gratefulness.
Tributes and Memorial Gifts - November 2020
JEWISH FEDERATION N THE HEART OF NEW JERSEY To Arlene Golden, in memory of Donald Golden, from Wendy and Jerry Marks; to Bette Epstein, in honor of her birthday, from Kaye Paletz; to Dian and Lawrence Perkel and Family, in memory of Ida Rose, from the Federation Board and Staff, Rhona and …
Commemorating Veteran's Day
East Brunswick Jewish Center commemorated Veterans Day on their annual “Veterans Shabbat,” with veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces and Israel's IDF. Federation's Dan Rozett participated as an American-Israeli veteran of the IDF, noting that veterans of the U.S. and Israel's militaries…
Local Organizations Commemorate Kristallnacht
On the night of November 9, 1938, violent anti-Jewish demonstrations broke out across Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Violent mobs, spurred by antisemitic exhortations from Nazi officials, destroyed hundreds of synagogues, burning, or desecrating Jewish religi…