Around our Community
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- Master comedy hypnotist Tom Deluca is pictured onstage with volunteers at the JCC of Fort Lee/Congregation Gesher Shalom’s annual Cantor’s Concert on December 3. Other performers included Cantor Paul Zim and stand-up comic Dave Goldstein. (Courtesy JCC Fort Lee)
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- High school students from Congregation Shomrei Torah in Wayne visited residents of the Paterson Federation Apartments. (Courtesy ST)
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- On December 9, Rabbi Noah Fabricant of Temple Beth Or in Washington Township lit the Chanukah menorah at the township’s annual holiday celebration at Veterans Square Park. (Courtesy TBO)
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- As part of Sinai Schools’ speech/language therapy program, the children in Sinai’s program at the Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey have a monthly “Giver’s Club” meeting, where they plan chesed activities. Students in the 2S class chose a Chanukah toy drive as their first project of the year. They worked in small groups to make posters and have begun to collect toys, which they will deliver to the children’s ward of a local hospital. (Courtesy Sinai)
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- The gimmel class of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey’s ulpan class had an early Chanukah celebration. Standing, from left, are Paula Cantor, Stephanie Gottesman, Julie (Yehuda) Eisen, Zahava Gall, teacher Ava Silverstein, and Annette Lieb. Chana Klein, Elli Grayzel, and Barbara Starr are seated. Simone Wilker, Ilana Cutter, John Choi, Jane Rosen, and Idajean Fisher are not pictured. For ulpan information email joyceg@jfnnj.org.
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- Students in the Glen Rock Jewish Center’s Hebrew school made edible Chanukah dreidels. (Courtesy GRJC)
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- Eric Mayer shared his story of resistance and Holocaust survival at a program at Temple Beth Tikvah in Wayne. Mr. Mayer also has donated a Holocaust Torah to the shul. (Courtesy TBT)
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- Becca “beccs” Gastfriend, left, and Cantor Ellen Tilem performed at a Sharsheret Chanukah benefit concert at Temple Emeth in Teaneck. (Barbara Balkin)
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- Families at Temple Emanu-El of Closter enjoyed the Chanukah “Bubble Show” and a festive dinner. (Courtesy Emanu-El)
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