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Year: 2022

 
The November FBI Tweet
December 28, 2022
Dorit Zimerman Security Grant Consultant
On November 3, the FBI received credible information of a broad threat to synagogues in New Jersey....
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Shining a Light in the Darkness
December 22, 2022
Dorit Zimerman Security Grant Consultant
The last few months have seen antisemitism thrust into the public sphere, with comments by Kanye West and Kyrie Irving leading to an uptick in biased ...
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Knowing Where You Came From
December 16, 2022
Karen Auerbach Bocaletti Manager, Jewish Historical Society of Greater MetroWest NJ
“You’ll never get lost if you know where you came from.” My beloved mother’s words suddenly carry new and profound meaning....
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Finding Common Ground in Our Shared Values
December 8, 2022
Emily Fox Director of Jewish Educational Initiatives
Just as the shamash shines more and more light each night of Hanukkah, we too can be helpers and through our actions shine light in the world....
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Miracles Believe in Me
December 6, 2022
Robert Lichtman Chief Jewish Learning Officer
On Hanukkah... we take a stance against the encroaching darkness as a Jewish community to initiate miracles for the Jewish People....
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Give Your Child the Gift of Jewish Camp this Hanukkah
December 5, 2022
Tracy Levine Director, One Happy Camper NJ
This Hanukkah, consider giving your child the gift of Jewish camp – it will pay dividends in spades in the most amazing of ways....
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What It Means to Be MetroLeZion
December 1, 2022
Avi Siegel Director of Teen Initiatives
Diller is just one of the many places that we welcome teens and their families into relationships with one another and Federation....
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3 Minutes That Changed 2,000 Years of Jewish History
November 29, 2022
Robert Lichtman Chief Jewish Learning Officer
75 years ago today, the UN General Assembly approved the "Partition Plan" supporting the establishment of a Jewish state...
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Really, Could Thanksgiving Be Any More Jew-ish?
November 17, 2022
Robert Lichtman Chief Jewish Learning Officer
Here's the basic framework of a holiday. Try to guess who celebrates it....
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Teachers as Learners
November 16, 2022
Sharon Cohen Early Childhood Day of Learning Planning Committee Member, Teacher at Congregation Beth El
Last Thursday 200 early childhood educators gathered for a day of learning and sharing. ...
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Looking Back in Praise and Ahead in Hope
November 10, 2022
Jill Hershorin Archivist and Curator, Jewish Historical Society of Greater MetroWest NJ
Today marks the anniversary of Kristallnacht, an annual reminder of the atrocities committed against the Jews of Germany 84 years ago and also a...
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Israel’s Elections
November 4, 2022
The Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest and its Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) respect the integrity of Israel’s elections,...
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Our Communal Responsibility to Combat Hate and Antisemitism
November 4, 2022
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ is not standing idly by while hatred for Jews continues to climb to unprecedented levels....
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The Next Generation of Jewish Philanthropy
October 31, 2022
For families raising children here in Greater MetroWest, there are endless opportunities to explore and grow at every stage of your Jewish journey....
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Paving the Path to a Brighter Future
October 31, 2022
Avi Narrow-Tilonsky Donor Relations Associate, JDC
Ethiopian and Bedouin students proudly completed an engineering course supported by the Shared Society committee of our Global Connections dept....
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Treasures of our Communal History
October 27, 2022
Dov Ben-Shimon Federation CEO
I look forward each year, on the Sunday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, to seeing so many of our community members at our annual Newark Cemetery...
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Fragile Reality
October 14, 2022
Benjamin Mann Chief Planning Officer
The sukkah’s reminder of our fragile reality is why we need the Jewish Federation....
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An Israeli Addition to the Family
October 4, 2022
Abigail Diamond 12th grader at Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School
Those six months hosting a rishona created a connection we would all cherish, turning out to be one of the most unforgettable experiences of my life....
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