Seton Hall announces ‘South Orange Days’

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall Athletics and the South Orange Village Center Alliance have designated the Saturday, Jan. 20, men’s basketball game vs. Xavier at Prudential Center and the Sunday, Feb. 25, women’s basketball game vs. DePaul at Walsh Gymnasium as “South Orange Days” to celebrate the school’s partnership with its hometown village. To […]

Beth El announces new study program

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Congregation Beth El in South Orange has announced that its Beth El Beit Midrash, or “House of Study,” program in partnership with Project Zug, a leading Jewish study organization, will launch its 2018 program of partnered study, or chavruta, on Jan. 28. The word zug is Hebrew for “pair” or “couple” […]

JLOSH elects new president for 2019-2020 year

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills recently announced that its board of directors has approved Isabelle S. Felix as the president-elect-elect who will serve as president of the organization in the 2019-2020 league year following membership approval. Felix joined the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills in […]

Maplewood Garden Club presents ‘The Pen & the Trowel’

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Explore the writing-gardening connection on Monday, Jan. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker St., Maplewood, when the Maplewood Garden Club hosts Marta McDowell. She teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and lectures widely. For years she has been interested in writers who garden […]

B’nai B’rith Federation House celebrates 25th anniversary in South Orange

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The B’nai B’rith Federation House celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Dec. 11 South Orange Board of Trustees meeting, with residents and employees filling the seats of the South Orange Performing Arts Center. Owned by the Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey, the building houses seniors in need of […]

Learn about Arthur Szyk with Beth El

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Join Congregation Beth El in South Orange for a private tour of the “Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art” exhibit at the New York Historical Society on Sunday, Jan. 7. This private tour of a fascinating and revealing exhibit at the New-York Historical Society will explore the activism of Szyk, the Polish-born […]

Winter KinderConcert at Oheb Shalom

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Oheb Shalom Congregation will host a Winter KinderConcert on Sunday, Jan. 7, at 3 p.m. featuring oboist Lynne Cohen and flutist Jill Sokol. Admission is charged. Oheb Shalom is located at 170 Scotland Road in South Orange. Visit www.OhebShalom.org for details.

WSOU collects more than 350 pounds of food for local food bank

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — As part of its commitment to community service, student-run WSOU 89.5 FM at Seton Hall University continued its annual participation in the “Students Change Hunger” program, collecting more than 350 pounds of food for the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. WSOU became involved with Students Change Hunger because of the tremendous […]

NAACP to host acclaimed author

EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Oranges & Maplewood Unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will host a presentation by acclaimed author and speaker Khalil Gibran Muhammad of Harvard University on Sunday, Jan. 7, at 3 p.m., at Elmwood United Presbyterian Church, 135 Elmwood Ave. in East Orange. Muhammad will be […]