Annual Spring Marketplace returns to B’nai Abraham

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Temple B’nai Abraham will hold its Spring Annual Marketplace on Wednesday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside the temple at 300 E. Northfield Road in Livingston. Admission and parking are free, and the community is invited to attend. The marketplace will feature unique and quality gift items for the […]

JLP reaches out to IDF

LIVINGSTON, NJ / ISRAEL — Students of the Jewish Learning Program of Temple B’nai Abraham participated in Connections Israel’s Purim project by creating Purim cards and donating funds to send Purim baskets, shalach manot, to soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces in Israel. Making the donations even more significant to the JLP students, were that […]

TBA Sisterhood spring gala fundraiser

LIVINGSTON / WEST ORANGE, NJ — Temple B’nai Abraham Sisterhood’s annual spring gala fundraiser will be at Crestmont Country Club in West Orange on Thursday, April 7, at 7 p.m. Proceeds from this event will go to the Sisterhood L’Dor, V’Dor Education Fund, which will benefit community and temple events including the Sisterhood Speaker Series, […]

That’s no moon — it’s a Purim shpiel

LIVINGSTON, NJ — This year’s Purim shpiel at Temple B’nai Abraham had a “Star Wars”-themed twist on Megillat Esther with Rabbi Clifford Kulwin as Mordechai Kenobi; Cantor Jessica Epstein as Princess Lei-Esther; Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz as ReyVashti and TBA members Dave Harris as the emperor and Ethel Singer as Darth Haman. Pictured, Mordechai Kenobi […]

In search of ancient Israel at TBA

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Temple B’nai Abraham’s 2016 Bloom Lecture Series will offer “In Search of Ancient Israel” with professor Gary A. Rendsburg, Blanche and Irving Laurie Professor of Jewish History in the Department of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University, on Tuesdays, April 5, 12 and 19, at 7 p.m. Over three lectures, Rendsburg will review […]

Renowned pianist and conductor Vladimir Feltsman at TBA

LIVINGSTON, NJ — The last piano solo recital in Temple B’nai Abraham’s Jewish Legacy of the Piano series features renowned pianist and conductor Vladimir Feltsman on Sunday, March 20, at 3 p.m. He will play Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” and Schumann’s “Kinderszenen” and “Carnival Scenes from Vienna.” Feltsman holds the Distinguished Chair of Professor of Piano at the […]

Zarin shares her Jewish mother secrets

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Jill Zarin, formerly of “The Real Housewives of NYC” and co-author of “Secrets of a Jewish Mother,” regaled a large crowd at the Temple B’nai Abraham Sisterhood Speaker’s event on March 15, with her experiences as a cast member of a reality television show as well as her life after the show. […]

TBA Mitzvah Morning experiences huge success

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Temple B’nai Abraham held its annual Mitzvah Morning on Sunday, March 13. The successful event included 10 on-site projects, five collections, a Bridges Run and a blood drive in conjunction with Community Blood Services. The event was co-sponsored by temple groups including the Social Action Committee, Men’s Club, Membership, Sisterhood, the PTA […]

TBA Mitzvah Morning

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Join the members of the Temple B’nai Abraham congregational family for “Mitzvah Morning” on Sunday, March 13 — sponsored by the Temple B’nai Abraham Social Action Committee with the Membership Committee, Men’s Club, Prime Time, Early School Parents’ Council and Religious School PTA — as they participate in a morning of activities for all ages […]

Rosh Hodesh celebrated by TBA Sisterhood

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