LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women received a $9,678 block grant from the Essex County Department of Economic Development, Training and Employment, Division of Housing and Community Development. The grant will go toward expanding the programs offered by the NCJW/Essex Center for Women, which have helped thousands of women […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Every year, Rabbi Clifford Kulwin of Temple B’nai Abraham embarks on visits to children of temple members at colleges in the Northeast, Midwest and South, such as Indiana University, University of Michigan, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Penn State, Syracuse, Bucknell, Rutgers, Princeton and many others. He logs numerous driving and flying […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The eighth annual Essex County Meet the Mayors Event will be Saturday, April 7, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Westminster Hotel, 550 West Mt. Pleasant Ave. in Livingston. The mayors of all 22 Essex County towns, as well as the mayors of Little Falls and Clifton, have been invited to participate. […]
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy’s first proposed budget increases state “formula” aid that goes directly to school districts by $283.6 million, the initial step toward fulfilling the state’s school-funding obligation, according to a March 15 press release from the NJ Department of Education. The budget also increases aid for expanded preschool, STEM programs and […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The students of the Early School of Temple B’nai Abraham enjoyed learning about the upcoming holiday of Passover. They particularly delighted in the hands-on experience of making matzo, unleavened bread, one of the key symbols of this significant Jewish holiday. The students were involved in the entire process from culling the wheat […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino announced March 6 that Ali Muhammad Brown pleaded guilty to the 2014 murder of Livingston teenager Brendan Tevlin. Brown, now age 34, fatally shot Tevlin, 19, while he was waiting at a stop light in West Orange on his way home to Livingston. In his court […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — On Monday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m., Temple B’nai Abraham’s Bloom Family Memorial Lecture Fund will present “The Shrinking Jewish Middle,” with Steven M. Cohen, research professor of social policy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, and director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at Stanford University. The temple […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Join artists and art lovers and the Arts Council of Livingston for an exciting visit to one of the most unique arts destinations in the United States on Tuesday, May 15, as they visit Mana Contemporary, a creative community of painters, photographers, sculptors, dancers, film specialists and performers. This docent-led tour will […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Mother/daughter relationships are complex and the loss of a mother brings a flood of emotions. Aside from the natural grief one feels, there can be regret, guilt and an extreme feeling of loss that could never be replaced. “A Conversation with Daughters – How to Deal with the Death of a Mother,” […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. presented his 15th annual State of the County Address on Monday, Feb. 26, in the Essex County Hospital Center in Cedar Grove. The multimedia presentation outlined county achievements and improvement projects completed in 2017, highlighted the services and programs offered by Essex County and announced […]