SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Holocaust survivors at Cafe Europa received challah made by fourth-graders at the Golda Och Academy on March 21 at Congregation Oheb Shalom in South Orange. This socialization program is presented in partnership with Congregation Agudath Israel of Caldwell and Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ.
LIVINGSTON, NJ — JFS MetroWest and Livingston High School will offer a free screening of “The Hunting Ground” on Wednesday, April 5, at 7 p.m. at the Livingston High School, 30 Robert Harp Drive in Livingston. This event is free and open to the community thanks to support by the Livingston Home & School Association, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Rachel Coalition will host its annual Women to Women luncheon on Tuesday, March 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Wilshire Grand Hotel, 350 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. The luncheon will feature a presentation by Evan Stark, author of “Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal […]
FLORHAM PARK, NJ — JFS MetroWest understands that raising children is gratifying but can also be overwhelming and challenging. To help parents better understand their child’s behavior and learn skills to parent more effectively, JFS is offering the four-part series “Helping Your Children Thrive.” Short readings will be distributed prior to each session relevant to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Eta and Mark Levenson of West Orange recently made a $50,000 gift to Jewish Family Service of MetroWest from the Eric Eliezer Levenson Foundation For Hope in memory of their son, Eric Levenson. Part of their gift will be used to dedicate a treatment room at the JFS Florham Park office […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The RSVP Center of Essex & Hudson Counties, which is sponsored by Jewish Family Service of MetroWest, won two 2016 FEMA Individual and Community Preparedness Awards. The awards were honorable mention for Outstanding Inclusive Initiatives in Emergency Management and honorable mention for Community Preparedness Champions. The awards recognize the outstanding efforts […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Each Thanksgiving, families get together, sit around a crowded table and dig in. There is the usual fare — turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce — and then those extras that make each Thanksgiving meal unique and special. It may be thanks to Grandma’s apple pie or Aunt Helen’s potato kugel. Surrounded […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Jewish Family Service of MetroWest in conjunction with Greater MetroWest ABLE is presenting “What About Me?” — a parenting workshop to support siblings of children with special needs — on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. This workshop will […]
Don’t normalize domestic violence; help to end it instead
EAST ORANGE, NJ — October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and much has been done to bring awareness to the disease so far. But this is also National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and more should be done to combat this insidious killer lurking in our society. FAMILYConnections, a nonprofit organization based in East Orange […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — From left are Onie Meyers, Sam Maslansky and Bonnie Sue Golden, who received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for their work at Daughters of Israel in West Orange. The three volunteer with the RSVP Center of Essex & Hudson Counties, which is sponsored by Jewish Family Service of MetroWest. Myers and […]