Presidents Day in Franklin Lakes

Presidents Day in Franklin Lakes

Rabbi Joseph Prouser, left, and the mayor of Franklin Lakes, Charles J.X. Kahwaty.
Rabbi Joseph Prouser, left, and the mayor of Franklin Lakes, Charles J.X. Kahwaty.

In a return to an in-person commemoration of Presidents Day, the rabbi of Temple Emanuel of North Jersey in Franklin Lakes, Joseph Prouser, will offer a program whose centerpiece is the Gettysburg Address, which Rabbi Prouser has translated into Hebrew and set to haftarah trope. This year, he will chant it at a breakfast program at the shul; local office holders, including the town’s new mayor, Charles J.X. Kahwaty, will read relevant texts. The February 20 program, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., is sponsored by shul members Linda Schwager, who is the mayor of Oakland, and past president Susan Yudin.

For information, call (201) 560-0200 or email office@tenjfl.org.

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