Around our community
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- Teens from the NCSY youth group spent the weekend at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh, engaging with residents and enhancing their Shabbat experience. The ongoing program has become so popular there is a waiting list for participants. (Courtesy Jewish Home Family)
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- On January 9,150 members and friends of the New Jersey Region of the American Jewish Committee were invited to the Indian consulate in Manhattan for a post-Chanukah celebration and Indian cuisine. The group was greeted by Riva Ganguly Das, third from right, India’s consul general in New York. (Courtesy AJC)
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- Participants of Temple Emanu-El of Closter’s Hazak, a program for seniors, enjoyed a morning of “Jewish Jeopardy” and lunch with Rabbi Alex Freedman. (Courtesy Emanu-El)
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- Shomrei Torah of Wayne’s religious school students decorated puppets to donate to the Children’s Cancer Institute at Hackensack University Medical Center. (Courtesy ST)
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- Students from the Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies who participate in the Jewish Volunteer Corps’ yearlong class visited with residents of the Daughters of Miriam Center in Clifton, sharing stories about bar and bat mitzvahs, weddings, and visits to Israel. The students will continue to visit residents throughout the year to build relationships, learn their Jewish histories, and document them in photos and videos. (Courtesy BCHSJS)
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- Temple Beth El of Northern Valley hosted Elaine Freed Lindenblatt, pictured right, author of “Stop at the Red Apple,” at a brunch. (Courtesy TBENV)
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- A Jewish Association for Developmental Disabilities resident works with Rabbi Moshe Grossbaum of Friendship Circle to make oil from an olive press. The oil is used to light a menorah. The Friendship Circle brings Jewish learning and music to the J-ADD residents in a socially friendly environment each month. This program was through a grant from Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey. (Courtesy J-ADD)
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