LIVINGSTON, NJ — More than 140 attendees from Temple B’nai Abraham’s congregation and the community-at-large listened in rapt attention as demographer Steven Cohen enumerated and explored how the strong post-war “middle” of American Jewry is shrinking. Speaking at this year’s Bloom Family Memorial Lecture, titled “The Shrinking Jewish Middle,” Cohen is the research professor of […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, the Reform synagogue at 432 Scotland Road in South Orange, will host a Shabbat, Scholar and Supper on Friday, April 27. The speaker will be Joshua Cohen, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League’s New Jersey office, who will address the congregation during dinner with the topic: “Imagine a […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Maplewood native Jules Heningburg, a senior captain on the Rutgers University men’s lacrosse team, was selected in the first round, seventh overall, by the Florida Launch in the Major League Lacrosse draft on April 19. Heningburg, a Seton Hall Prep graduate, became the first ever Rutgers first round pick. Heningburg equaled Keith […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Thursday, April 26, SOMA Action will host a discussion led by a panel of prominent journalists on the role of the press in the age of President Trump; the panel had originally been scheduled for March 8, but was delayed due to snow. Panel participants are: John Cassidy, staff writer […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams swept a meet with West Side and East Side on April 19 at Schools Stadium in Newark. Boys Irvington 108, East Side 14 Irvington 73, West Side 56 Girls Irvington 67, West Side 40 Irvington 77, East Side 23 IHS boys’ […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Police Department will hold a special needs symposium on Friday, April 27, from 6 to 10 p.m. at Liberty Middle School, 1 Kelly Drive in West Orange. The WOPD recently implemented Take Me Home, a registration and tracking program that helps law enforcement locate seniors, special-needs children and […]
By Steve Tober Correspondent MONTCLAIR – Montclair Kimberley Academy’s boys lacrosse team has had a long tradition of sending its Cougar laxmen onto the college ranks to continue playing the game they love. Two more seniors are set to play at the next level, with attackman Ryan Dancy of Glen Ridge headed to Rhodes (Memphis, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Performing Arts Center’s Herb and Milly Iris Gallery will host a closing reception for the current exhibition, Joe Waks’ “Kwalite Paintings,” on Sunday, April 22, from noon to 3 p.m. The exhibit from New Jersey artist Joe Waks features mixed-media paintings with imagery from a bygone era that […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Chamber of Commerce will hold its most prestigious event of the year, the annual awards dinner, on Wednesday, May 9, at Wilshire Grand Hotel, 350 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. The event begins at 6 p.m. and will honor outstanding community servants and business leaders. This year’s […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The county’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs invites the public to participate in Essex County’s 2018 Fishing Derbies. The free events will be held in various locations in the Essex County Park System. Each derby is free and open to children ages 15 and younger. All children must be […]