Life in Transition? The RISE Institute can help

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Reaching Into Self-Empowerment is a program offered at the NCJW/Essex Center for Women that will help you achieve your goals, transform your fears, improve your coping skills, gain strength from past experiences and much more. This upcoming RISE program will be held on six consecutive Tuesdays, beginning Nov. 8, from 10 a.m. […]

‘BARKtoberfest’ pet adoption event coming to Turtle Back Zoo

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Meet adoptable dogs, cats, puppies and kittens while supporting local animal shelters and rescue groups during “BARKtoberfest,” scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange. The event will take place in the zoo’s Berson Learning Center, located directly off Northfield […]

Award-winning journalist to discuss the Supreme Court at NCJW event

FLORHAM PARK, NJ — NCJW/Essex will present award-winning journalist Dahlia Lithwick, a contributing editor at Newsweek and senior editor at Slate, to discuss the Supreme Court on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m., at Brooklake Country Club, 139 Brooklake Road in Florham Park. Lithwick writes the “Supreme Court Dispatches” and “Jurisprudence” columns for Slate, and […]

Recognizing the warning signs of eating disorders

LIVINGSTON, NJ — With the pressure in today’s society on appearances and dieting, the Linda and Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women is presenting a workshop on the “Warning Signs of Eating Disorders in Pre-Teens and Teens” on Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 7:15 to 9 p.m. Do you know what is considered normal teenage concern […]

Youngsters with special needs invited to enjoy the theater

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston Community Players invites youngsters with special needs and their chaperones to a performance of the Broadway musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” The show is based on the Peanuts comic strip created by Charles Schultz. It is a series of vignettes, whose main focus is Charlie Brown, a little boy […]

NCJW honors two couples for philanthropy, leadership

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The National Council of Jewish Women, Essex County Section, held a “spotlight gala” to honor two couples who have shown unflagging support of the organization and to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women, according to a recent release from the organization. The gala, […]

LSO to kick off season with eclectic program

LIVINGSTON, NJ — In his second season opener as musical director and conductor of the Livingston Symphony Orchestra, maestro Anthony LaGruth has chosen a diverse musical program from the vivacious and stately to the diabolical and dramatic with Kabalevsky’s “Overture to Colas Breugnon,” Mozart’s “Haffner Symphony,” Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain” and Franck’s “Symphony in […]

Junior League accepts applications for Community Grants program

MILLBURN, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills invites local nonprofit organizations to apply for a Community Grant for 2016-2017. JLOSH offers grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. Grant recipients will be announced in spring 2017. The grants will be awarded to qualifying organizations whose programs further JLOSH’s new “Fill the […]

‘State of the Garden State’ at TBA

LIVINGSTON, NJ — With no statewide elections in New Jersey in 2016, national issues are taking center stage this election cycle. However, with Gov. Chris Christie’s potential role in a Trump administration, at least one “safe” congressional seat in play, and the state’s economic, transportation, education and environmental sectors heavily influenced — even jeopardized — […]

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