B’nai Shalom to host ‘Gift-it-4Ward’ event

WEST ORANGE, NJ — In anticipation of Passover, B’nai Shalom in West Orange is pulling out all the stops to help families make sure that young children find the seder and the entire holiday to be both meaningful and fun. Children, parents and grandparents who participate in the synagogue’s first Passover Cooking & Crafting for […]

A women’s seder at TBA

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Rosh Hodesh is the Hebrew term for the beginning of the month on the Jewish calendar and has evolved into a women’s holiday. Temple B’nai Abraham’s Sisterhood – The Women’s Connection joins together, led by Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz, a few times a year to welcome the new month with conversation, learning, […]

Green Hill residents celebrate Passover

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Green Hill Senior Living hosted its annual model seder on Monday, April 10. Each year Cantor Mel Novick, a member of the activities team, leads a Passover seder primer on the eve of the holiday. Residents learn about the exodus of the Jews from slavery in Egypt and the purpose of […]

Preschoolers at TSTI get hands-on about Passover matzo

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The 3-year-old classes at the Iris Family Center for Early Childhood Education at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel got up close and personal with matzo preparation, in advance of the Passover holiday. Rabbi Yisroel Rosenblum of the Living Legacy program brought a model matzo bakery for the youngsters at the South Orange synagogue, […]

A women’s seder and TBA

LIVINGSTON, NJ — On Tuesday, April 4, Temple B’nai Abraham’s Sisterhood joined together with women from the community to participate in a women’s seder led by Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz and spearheaded by Sisterhood Seder Chairwoman Donna Ellenbogen. More than 80 women joined in for a meaningful evening of spiritual awareness before the Passover holiday.

Head start on reading the hagaddah

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Daughters of Israel residents Roslyn Berman, left, and Doris Silver got a head start on reviewing the haggadah before the first Passover seder began on Friday evening, April 29. Photo Courtesy of Renee Glick

Happy Passover at Green Hill

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Green Hill held an early Passover seder for residents. Cantor and activities assistant Mel Novick shared the story of Passover, the seder plate and the seder rituals with the elders. Jewish residents read from the Haggadah, the ceremonial prayer book. Residents enjoyed individual seder plates with egg, matzo, charoset and horseradish. […]