WEST ORANGE / LIVINGSTON, NJ — New Jersey Department of Transportation officials announced the start of a resurfacing project on Route 10 that will require single-lane closures between Livingston and West Orange in Essex County as the project advances. Having begun Friday, Feb. 17, the lane closures will continue from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Are you planning a bar or bat mitzvah, wedding or other celebratory event? Come to the annual party showcase at Temple B’nai Abraham, 300 E. Northfield Road in Livingston, on Sunday, Feb. 26, from noon to 3 p.m. There will be numerous vendors, including DJs, bands, photographers, videographers, caterers, florists, decor designers, […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Sign up now for computer classes at the Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women. Basic Excel is scheduled for six classes on Mondays and Wednesdays beginning March 1 from 9 to 11 a.m. Intermediate Word will run for five sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning March 2 from 10 a.m. […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Dr. Joshua Schor, medical director of Daughters of Israel in West Orange, led a post-screening conversation on “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,” based on the bestseller by Dr. Atul Gawande. The event, sponsored by Greater MetroWest CARES, took place Jan. 30 at the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy. The […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — For the sixth year straight, the nation’s largest charity evaluator has awarded the Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges its top rating in recognition of the organization’s sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency. “Only 5 percent of the charities we evaluate have received at least six consecutive four-star evaluations, […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — With the threats to reproductive health care access becoming ever more real, according to a press release from NCJW/Essex, a program on Thursday, Jan. 26, “The Information Void: A Discussion of Reproductive Health Education,” drew a crowd of 200 people ready to take action. The program, sponsored by more than 20 organizations […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — On Wednesday, Feb. 15, and Wednesday, March 1, at 7 p.m., Temple B’nai Abraham’s 2017 Bloom Lecture Series will offer perspectives on the Media and the Holocaust with lectures on “The Anne Frank Phenomenon” and “The Holocaust on American Television,” led by professor Jeffrey Shandler, chair of the Bildner Center for Jewish […]
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Constituents of New Jersey’s 11th Congressional district continued to press Republican Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, who represents parts of Essex, Morris, Sussex and Passaic counties, to explain his views on a number of the new Trump administration’s policies. With signs and slogans of “Where’s Rodney?” and “We’re not going away,” voters from various […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — “History Through Text” is a seminar to be offered throughout the year, at Temple B’nai Abraham in Livingston. Led by Rabbi Clifford Kulwin, each class will also be a stand-alone unit, taught in blocks, so that an inability to attend all — or even most — of the sessions will not be […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — On Saturday, Feb. 4, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., the Jewish Learning Program of Temple B’nai Abraham in Livingston invites families to a fun evening learning about havdalah and the ending of Shabbat. The event will include craft activities, stories and a fun mobile planetarium program presented by Matthew Meyer of What’s […]