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May 22, 2025

Is There A Jewish Way to Observe Memorial Day?

Though this article, written by Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz for JewishBoston was published over ten years ago, it resonates with us for Memorial Day in 2025.

"As a modern American holiday, and a federal and civil holiday, Jewish texts do not prescribe particular observance to this day. The que…

May 22, 2025

2025 NJ Gubernatorial Candidates Respond to Jewish Community Priorities

Nassau Government Relations, as representatives of the Jewish Federations of New Jersey, submitted a questionnaire to all 2025 gubernatorial candidates. The questionnaire was directed to the concerns of the Jewish community.  All primary candidates from both parties were sent multiple reque…

May 8, 2025

Hebrew School Teens Volunteer to Purchase Food Pantry Donations

In April, Federation partnered on our sixth annual educational food pantry collection and lesson with the Hebrew school students from B'nai Shalom and East Brunswick Jewish Center. The students started by raising money for the Jewish Family Services food pantry, and then they went to East B…

May 7, 2025

Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey Partners with Dignity Grows

One out of 4 American women can’t afford monthly menstrual supplies, which creates barriers to work, social life, and school. Jewish Federation is partnering with Dignity Grows to fill this gap in the human services safety net. On Monday, May 5, a group of Federation volunteers convened at…

May 1, 2025

Jewish American Heritage Month

So what does it mean to be Jewish? “Jews are a family that became a faith that stayed a family,” in the words of Rabbi Yehiel Poupko of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago. Our tradition has ritual, cultural, historical, culinary, linguistic, social, and ethical aspects. Not a…

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