NAWBO Central & Northern NJ to hold networking dinner in WO

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The National Association of Women Business Owners Central & Northern NJ chapter invites women business owners and professionals to its holiday dinner and business expo on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 6 p.m. at the Wilshire Grand Hotel, 350 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. The evening will include dinner, exhibitors with […]

Chabad celebrates season with intense joy

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Chabad of West Orange celebrated Yud Tes Kislev, the “Rosh Hashanah of Chasidus,” at the home of Rabbi Mendy and Altie Kasowitz on Tuesday evening, Nov. 27 — 19 and 20 Kislev on the Jewish Calendar. Special guest, Rabbi Boruch Hecht, director of admissions at the Rabbinical College of America, shared […]

Adler Aphasia Center receives Grotta Fund award

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Grotta Fund for Senior Care of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest NJ recently announced a $15,000 grant to The Adler Aphasia Center as the recipient of its first Impact and Sustainability Award. Through this grant, Grotta acknowledged and honored the excellence and impact of the Adler Aphasia Center, […]

Learn with the Chabad rabbi

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Attend a Jewish Learning Institute lecture with Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz on Monday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m. at Chabad of West Orange, 401 Pleasant Valley Way. The lecture — “How Can I Relate to a God I Cannot See?” — will explore if a finite human can have an intimate relation […]

JCHC to hold free Hanukkah concert with Kol Dodi at JCC

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metropolitan New Jersey will hold a free Hanukkah concert featuring Kol Dodi, the community chorale of Greater MetroWest NJ, on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m. at the JCC MetroWest Theater, 760 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. The free one-hour concert, open to the public, […]

Thanksgiving Luncheon focuses on comfort, aid, kindness

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Chamber of Commerce, West Orange Rotary Club, Lions Club and Orange-West Orange chapter of UNICO hosted their annual Thanksgiving Luncheon at Mayfair Farms on Nov. 21, inviting the founder and president of HEART 9/11, Bill Keegan, to be the guest speaker. Residents listened to Keegan discuss his nonprofit […]

De Mendez gives details on storm response

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education discussed the Nov. 15 snowstorm that wreaked havoc in town at its Nov. 20 meeting, with acting Superintendent Eveny de Mendez explaining the decision not to call for an early dismissal, which resulted in many of the district’s students being stranded on buses for up […]