Around our community
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- Linda Cohen of the Jersey Hills section of the National Council of Jewish Women presented a $1,500 check to the Opportunity Center in Fair Lawn. She is shown here with some of the center’s clients. The chapter has been a long-time supporter of the center, a year-round day program for adults with developmental disabilities; it is a private, nonsectarian, not-for-profit organization. (Courtesy NCJW)
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- J-ADD residents celebrated Purim wearing 1960s-themed Purim costumes. The annual J-ADD Purim party with dinner and dancing was sponsored by the sisterhood of Congregation Beth Sholom of Teaneck. (Courtesy J-ADD)
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- Dani Dayan, Consul General of Israel, left, with Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky, Bris Avrohom’s executive director. They met to talk about the activities and programs Bris Avrohom provides to the Jews from the former Soviet Union. In anticipation of their partnership in programs with Israel, Rabbi Kanelsky presented Consul Dayan with a tzedakah box with engravings of the Western Wall, Chabad Lubavitch headquarters, and Bris Avrohom’s logo. (Courtesy Bris Avrohom)
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- Last Sunday, students from the Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies visited the Yad Leah Volunteer Center in Passaic, where they sorted, folded, and packed clothing to be sent to Israel. The school held a clothing drive that netted 12 bags of new and gently used clothing. Jessica Sosland Katz, a BCHSJS alumnae who heads Yad Leah, spoke to the group about the importance of sending clothing for Israel as meeting a basic need. (Courtesy BCHSJS)
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- Jean Kirch, left, the director of development at the Center for Hope and Safety, with Evelyn Auerbach, program chair for the Jersey Hills section of the National Council of Jewish Women. Ms. Kirch spoke at this month’s NCJW meeting about the center, an emergency shelter for women and children fleeing domestic violence. Before the meeting, handmade jewelry created by members of the Adler Aphasia Center were displayed and sold. (Courtesy NCJW)
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- Temple Beth El of Northern Valley in Closter held the second concert of its new MusicLAB (Live At Beth El) concert series, sponsored by Whole Foods Market. Entertainment was by the jazz group Bucky Pizzarelli and Friends. Bucky performed with his performance partner, Ed Laub, Bucky’s son, bassist Martin Pizzarelli, and violinist Aaron Weinstein. (Courtesy TBENV)
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