Educators Are Answering the Call
October 26, 2023
Rebecca Hindin
Director of the Greater MetroWest New Jersey Day School Initiative
I just got off the phone with Michal. She and her family arrived here on October 15 to stay with relatives in Livingston after the attacks in Israel...
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Planting Seeds for Future Generations
February 3, 2023
Benjamin Mann
Chief Planning Officer
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Our Right Start to Jewish Early Childhood Education
February 1, 2023
Emily Fox
Director of Jewish Educational Initiatives
Jewish early childhood centers are also warm and welcoming homes for the entire family....
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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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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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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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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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So Many Ways for Teens to Give
June 3, 2022
Josh Brown
Guest Author
In Greater MetroWest there are countless opportunities, cohorts, and service projects recruiting teens to help the community....
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Unwrapping the Gift of Torah
May 31, 2022
Robert Lichtman
Chief Jewish Learning Officer
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Our Power to Bring Good into the World
May 25, 2022
Robert Lichtman
Chief Jewish Learning Officer
Today we are rocked... but sadly not shocked... by the murder of 19 children and two adults in Texas....
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Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month
May 19, 2022
Jill Hershorin
Archivist and Curator, Jewish Historical Society of Greater MetroWest NJ
In May we celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month. In Greater MetroWest there’s a lot of heritage to celebrate!...
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Another Holiday I Never Heard of?
May 19, 2022
Robert Lichtman
Chief Jewish Learning Officer
Lag Ba’Omeris a time when beautiful celebrations happen throughout the Jewish world....
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Shouting from the Rooftops
May 3, 2022
Emily Fox
Director of Jewish Educational Initiatives
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Reliable Transportation Is a Necessity for Successful Day Schools
April 18, 2022
Sandy Myers Grawert
Associate Director, Jewish Community Relations Committee
Reliable transportation is part of the foundation of the success of any school and is often the only way that both parents can hold employment....
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