Engaging Iran Sunday, February 1
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Drew University Campus, Madison, NJ
Untucked Saturday, February 7
7:30 p.m. Crestmont Country Club, West Orange
from Memory to History Through Thursday, March 12 Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany
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A blog by UJC's Executive VP, Max Kleinman
Mitzvot of MetroWest
On Sunday, I had the privilege of speaking to hundreds of students who are a year away from their B'nai Mitzvah at "Mitzvot of MetroWest," sponsored by our Jewish educational agency, The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life. At the Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, over two dozen projects and philanthropies "hawked" service projects suitable for B'nai Mitzvah. Upon reflection, I have attended too many B'nai Mitzvah ceremonies at which the Bar or Bat Mitzvah takes on projects that have no connection to Jewish community or peoplehood. >>MORE>>
from the New Jersey Jewish News
By Robert Wiener, NJJN Staff Writer
Seminar on Iran looks beyond threat to Israel
A wide variety of concerns about Iran — including its nuclear intentions, its treatment of women and minorities, and its controversial president's chances for reelection in June — will be on the agenda Feb. 1 at a conference at Drew University in Madison. >>MORE>>
On the Ground in Israel
by Amir Shacham, UJC MetroWest Director of Israel Operations My Rabbis Israel was watching the “inauguration festivities” with mixed feelings. It was clear, however, that the power of the historical moment was stronger than the monotonous legitimate concerns that we have about the new administration. The media was doing its job. Images of Obama and Martin Luther King, Jr. were flickering on our television screens all week long. Amazingly, the “Gaza War” suddenly seemed almost like an historical anecdote, although we have just now begun to measure its consequences. >>MORE>>
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