SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey-Tefilo Israel’s Rabbi Daniel Cohen, Rabbi Allie Klein and board President Sue Wishnow made a special visit to synagogue members who make their winter home in Florida. The visit, which has become an annual tradition, took place on March 1 at Wycliffe Country Club in Lake Worth, Fla., where everyone […]
Religious and government leaders take a firm stand following hateful graffiti, JCC bomb threat
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE / WEST ORANGE, NJ — Things have certainly been tense in America in the last few months, with organizations like the ACLU showing a marked increase in anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and racist incidents. Unfortunately, Essex County has also experienced some of this hatred. Residents and officials in Essex County were disheartened during […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The ballroom at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange was recently transformed into an indoor drive-in movie theater. Children from the Iris Family Center for Early Childhood Education decorated cartons that became their own “cars.” They then climbed in to enjoy a screening of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cartoons while munching on […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Members of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange rolled up their sleeves to participate in a community challah bake on Feb. 7 in the kitchen at Community FoodBank of New Jersey, located in Hillside. The event, “Kneading for Those in Need,” was sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Last fall, three synagogues in South Orange — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, Beth El Congregation and Congregation Oheb Shalom — set out to help resettle at least one refugee family and give them a new start in South Orange-Maplewood. The first family, refugees from the devastation in Syria, arrived in mid-January. Two […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Thirty-five members of the Women’s Connection of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel got together recently for an evening of stretching bodies and relaxing minds at a yoga and meditation event. Yoga instructor Jill Vacarro from Millburn led attendees in various poses and Anne Sussman of Mindful Meeting Place in Maplewood, who is also […]
Community will miss Gurland, his work and personality
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Gerald Gurland, noted architect and longtime member of West Orange’s Historic Preservation Commission and Planning Board, died at the age of 81 on Feb. 2. Gurland played a consistent role in maintaining the character of West Orange for more than 20 years, initially as member of the Planning Board’s board of […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Forty-two members of the (RE)Connection group at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel gathered recently for a playoff football potluck at the home of synagogue members Andrea and David Baum in Short Hills. Among those who enjoyed a Sunday afternoon of socializing over food, drink and football were, from left, Debbie Taffet of Short Hills, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A major part of the Hanukkah story is that one day’s worth of oil burned for eight days. In honor of the holiday, members of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange collected and donated 135 bottles of cooking oil to the Interfaith Food Pantry of the Oranges; TSTI is one of […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange threw a rocking Hanukkah party with an evening of fun for young families on Dec. 16, 2016. Children in preschool through second grade got ready for the holiday by making edible menorahs and coloring, after which they enjoyed a pizza dinner and attended an intergenerational […]