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Paid-up Membership: Nov. 14 – ‘Stories of Survival: A Conversation about the Holocaust, Heroes, and Hope’

Paid-up Membership: Nov. 14 – ‘Stories of Survival: A Conversation about the Holocaust, Heroes, and Hope’

Becca Gallick-Mitchell, a third-generation Holocaust educator, recipe developer/blogger, and the founder of the InstaGrandma’s Kitchen website, will be the special guest speaker for our Paid-Up Membership meeting via Zoom. Her presentation, “Stories of Survival: A Conversation about the Holocaust, Heroes, and Hope,” will be held at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14 and is open to all paid-up members at no charge. Annual membership is $40; a three-year membership is $108.

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Cyber Dangers

Cyber Dangers

Recently, well-known celebrities and politicians have made headlines for their scandalous cyber activities. US Congressman Anthony Weiner used Twitter to send sexually suggestive pictures of himself to adult women and underage girls, Jerry Harris, star of the Netflix docuseries Cheer solicited child pornography from underage boys through Snapchat, and Congresswoman Katie Hill stepped down after serving only five months when nude photos of her were distributed both online and by a tabloid without her knowledge or consent.

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Author Michelle Cameron to Keynote Our Paid-Up Membership Meeting

Author Michelle Cameron to Keynote Our Paid-Up Membership Meeting

NCJW, West Morris member Michelle Cameron, a novelist and poet, is the award-winning author of a new novel—her third one—titled Beyond the Ghetto Gates (She Writes Press). Beyond the Ghetto Gates recently won the Silver Medal for Historical Fiction at the Independent Book Publishers Awards. Michelle will be our special guest speaker at the Paid-Up Membership Meeting on Thursday evening, November 12, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Please note this revised date for our Paid-Up Membership Meeting. We will be joining with members of the Morristown Jewish Center Sisterhood for this online gathering.

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Susan Neigher Receives Highest Honor in NCJW

Susan Neigher Receives Highest Honor in NCJW

Susan Neigher, longtime co-president of National Council of Jewish Women, West Morris Section, has received the prestigious Hannah G. Solomon Award, the highest honor in NCJW. The award is named for the organization’s founding mother, whose leadership motivated others to fight for needed social change over the past 125 years.

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Creativity Blossoms at Paid-Up

Creativity Blossoms at Paid-Up

Five talented members of our Section shared their creative process as part of “The Creation Story . . . From a Different Angle,” our Paid-Up Membership Brunch, held at a member’s home. Presenters included jewelry artists, a quilter, an author, and a cake-making maven.

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Literary Lights: Join Our Book Club!

Looking to share your love of books and reading with other like-minded women? Join our wonderful monthly Book Club! You’ve probably noticed the upcoming books being read by the Book Club, headed by Sharon Feigin. The list appears on the back page of each copy of the...

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