Author Michelle Cameron to Keynote Our Paid-Up Membership Meeting

Sep 5, 2020 | Featured, Membership

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...

Susan Neigher Receives Highest Honor in NCJW

Jun 23, 2019 | Membership

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...

From the Presidents: Remember We Were Slaves

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...

Creativity Blossoms at Paid-Up

Jan 6, 2019 | Membership

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....

Following the Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre: Letters of Support from Our Community

Nov 27, 2018 | Membership

Our Section has received letters of support after the horror in Pittsburgh.  The Diversity Coalition of Morris County issued this public statement: One Community The Diversity Coalition of Morris County, which represents multiple faith-based and community...

Paid-up Membership Brunch Nov. 11: ‘The Creation Story . . . from a Different Angle’

Sep 19, 2018 | Membership

We discovered some of the hidden talents of our members at a special Paid-up Membership Brunch on Sunday morning, Nov. 11, at a private home in Morris Plains. Called “The Creation Story . . . from a Different Angle,” the program featured a number of our highly...