Mar 27, 2019 | Membership
Every year before Pesach, my kids’ preschool teacher, Lillie Brandt, would remind the moms that the purpose of scrubbing our houses was to remind us what it was like to be worked as slaves. Passover is the time when we celebrate our liberation from slavery and the...
Mar 27, 2019 | Fundraising
Linda Coppleson, a soferet (female Torah scribe), will offer fascinating insights into this little-known profession at National Council of Jewish Women, West Morris Section’s Personal Giving Thank-You Brunch. The event will be held on Sunday, June 2, at 10 a.m.,...
Nov 27, 2018 | Fundraising
Jeffrey Yoskowitz, co-author of The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods and a chef-entrepreneur at the intersection of food, culture and business, gave an engaging workshop/demonstration for Section members, and family, friends, and neighbors of...
Jan 6, 2019 | Our Jewish World
Rabbi Steven Bayar, spiritual leader of Congregation B’nai Israel in Millburn, led three fascinating free talks in our Section’s Our Jewish World series at the Morris County Library in Whippany. Our Jewish World is coordinated by Ilene Dorf Manahan and...
Jan 6, 2019 | Community Service
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), West Morris Section, and Morristown Jewish Center–Beit Yisrael (MJCBY) recently co-sponsored a talk, titled “The Romani People: Europe’s Ancient South Asian Transplants,” presented at MJCBY. The talk was...
