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‘Jewish Music in America’ Session 1
The first of Cantor Perry Fine’s Our Jewish World Zoom presentations.

NCJW, West Morris Section Paid-Up Membership Brunch Nov. 12: THE UNEASY BALANCE: ASSIMILATION VS. MAINTAINING JEWISH TRADITION
Historical novelist Michelle Cameron of Chatham is intrigued by the question of whether, throughout history, Jewish people have chosen to assimilate or to hold fast to the customs and traditions of their forebears. And her latest novel, “Babylon,” centers around this very question. Cameron will be the special guest speaker for the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), West Morris Paid-Up Membership Brunch on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 10 a.m. at a private home in Mendham.

‘Jewish Music in America’ with Cantor Perry Fine
Cantor Perry Fine, of Temple Beth Shalom in Livingston, will present a three-part series, called “Jewish Music in America.” The topics will be “Jewish Music in America: In the Movies” on Thursday, Nov. 16; “Yiddish favorites,” on Thursday, Dec. 7; and “Klezmer,” on Thursday, Dec. 14. All three programs will be held at 1 p.m. via Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent early in the week of the program.

Free Zoom Event Dec. 3 at 10 a.m.: Desert Embroidery from Israel
Listen to Huda share her inspiring story of founding the non-profit Association for the Improvement of Women’s Status, Lakia, on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 10 a.m., via Zoom. The association is the first recognized Bedouin women’s organization in the Negev, Israel. According to the Joint Distribution Committee, in this current crisis in the Middle East, there has been an outpouring of unity and mutual support between the Jewish and Arab Israelis.