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Community Calendar
This calendar is for community events sponsored by Greater MetroWest Jewish organizations, which take place in our community.
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Apr 2, 2021
Apr 4, 2021
Easter
Apr
1 2021
CMM: Habitat for Humanity - Session #2 (Teens Only)
9:30AM - 1:00PM
TBD
TBD
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
Community Mitzvah Month: Habitat for Humanity - Session #2
Through Habitat for Humanity, volunteers help families bu…
Apr
5 2021
JCC Central: Conversation with Author VIRTUAL
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Online
via Zoom
Virtual, NJ Virtual
Conversation with Author, Meg Waite Clayton, The Last Train to London
Apr
5 2021
CMM: Letters Against Depression (Teens Only) VIRTUAL
7:00PM - 8:00PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
Community Mitzvah Month: Letters Against Depression
Join us on Zoom to hear speaker Sophie Riegel, author of Don’t…
Apr
6 2021
Local Allocations Committee Mid-Year Meeting #4 VIRTUAL
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
Location TBD. Zoom link will be provided prior to the meeting if necessary.
Apr
7 2021
Torah with Dov VIRTUAL
10:30AM - 11:30AM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
Torah with Dov and Rabbi Matthew D. Gewirtz, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
Apr
7 2021
Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration with Kean U. - VIRTUAL
7:00PM - 8:00PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration with Kean University - VIRTUAL
Apr
8 2021
Staff Yom HaShoah Commemoration - VIRTUAL
10:00AM - 11:00PM
virtual
virtual
virtual, NJ virtual
Staff Yom HaShoah Commemoration
Apr
8 2021
Yom HaShoah Music and Poetry Commemoration with Temple B'nai Or
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Temple B'nai Or
60 Overlook Road
Morristown, NJ 07960
Remember the Shoah with music, poetry, stories, texts read by children, and a video testimony. Join the warm communit…
Apr
9 2021
JCC Central: Conversation with Author VIRTUAL
12:30PM - 2:30PM
Virtual
Virtual
Virtual, NJ Virtual
JCC Central: Conversation with Author, Esther Safran Foer
Yom Hashoah Community event with JCC of Central NJ and JCC…
Apr
11 2021
CRC: 18 Day Challenge Begins VIRTUAL
12:00AM - 11:55PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
CRC of Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ: 18 Day Challenge Begins
Participants will receive daily "challenge…
Apr
11 2021
CMM: Newark Conservancy Gardening
12:00PM - 3:00PM
Greater Newark Conservancy
32 Prince Street
Newark, NJ 07103
Community Mitzvah Month: Newark Conservancy Gardening
Get your hands dirty by tending to the Greater Newark Conservanc…
Apr
11 2021
Global Connections Family Drive-Thru Scavenger Hunt
12:00PM - 7:00PM
Greater MetroWest
x
x, NJ 07981
Join us for a fun family experience – a drive-thru scavenger hunt in celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s In…
Apr
11 2021
CMM: Dignity Grows Packing (Teens Only)
2:00PM - 3:30PM
Aidekman Jewish Community Campus
901 Route 10
Whippany, NJ 07981
Community Mitzvah Month: Dignity Grows Packing
Dignity Grows, a non-profit organization launched by Jewish Federatio…
Apr
12 2021
KDS: Mission to Ethiopia VIRTUAL
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
KDS: Virtual Mission to Ethiopia.
This event is intended for households who make a minimum gift of $25,000 or more t…
Apr
12 2021
Yiddish: Biography of a Language
4:30PM - 5:30PM
The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life
12 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Jeffrey Shandler’s new book, Yiddish: Biography of a Language, engages with the Yiddish language in the unusual for…
Apr
12 2021
JSDD Board of Trustees Meeting - VIRTUAL
6:00PM - 8:00PM
JSDD
270 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, NJ 07052
JSDD Board of Trustees Meeting
Apr
12 2021
Holocaust Council Board Meeting - VIRTUAL
7:00PM - 9:00PM
virtual
virtual
virtual, NJ virtual
Board Meeting
Apr
13 2021
Yom HaZikaron Ceremony
1:00PM - 2:30PM
Online
via FaceBook Live
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
This English-speaking ceremony broadcasted from Israel is a chance for Jews from around the world to participate in a…
Apr
13 2021
JCC Board of Trustees Meeting
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Tepper Conference Room
760 Northfield Avenue
West Orange, NJ 07052
JCC Board of Trustees Meeting
Apr
14 2021
Unpacking Israel: Yom Ha'atzmaut! VIRTUAL
7:30PM - 8:30PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
Unpacking Israel: Yom Ha'atzmaut
Celebrate Israel’s Independence Day through Story and Song
Apr
15 2021
JCC Yom Ha'atzmaut Concert VIRTUAL
1:15PM - 2:15PM
JCC MetroWest
760 Northfield Avenue
West Orange, NJ 07052
Join us for a concert, virtually! Live from Tel Aviv!
Free Zoom concert for adults
Apr
18 2021
JNF-USA National Virtual Breakfast for Israel
10:30AM - 11:30AM
Virtual
Link sent on registration
Florham Park, NJ 07932
Join us for an engaging, impactful, and informative virtual Breakfast for Israel! Gather together with your community…
Apr
18 2021
Meet the Israelis (Teens Only) VIRTUAL
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
MEET THE ISRAELIS is an innovative program that exposes participants to the cultural, ethnic, and political diversity…
Apr
18 2021
CRC: 18 Day Challenge - Session #1 VIRTUAL
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
CRC of Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ: 18 Day Challenge
Participants will receive daily "challenges" whi…
Apr
19 2021
Rutgers Hillel Annual Gala VIRTUAL
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Rutgers Hillel
70 College Ave
New Brunswick , NJ 08901
Annual event honoring community leaders , supporters and student rising stars.
Apr
19 2021
Synagogue Presidential Suite - A Roundtable Discussion VIRTUAL
8:00PM - 10:00PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
Synagogue Presidential Suite - A Roundtable Discussion VIRTUAL
To register, click here: https://www.jfedgmw.org/s…
Apr
20 2021
Negev Council Platform Meeting VIRTUAL
8:30AM - 2:00PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
Negev Council Platform Meeting
Apr
20 2021
VIRTUAL Heart to Heart Mission - Part 1
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
Virtual Heart to Heart Mission - Part 1
Apr
20 2021
Shared Society & Jewish Pluralism Platform Meeting - VIRTUAL
7:00PM - 9:00PM
VIRTUAL - Zoom link will be provided prior to the meeting
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
Shared Society & Jewish Pluralism Platform Meeting
Apr
21 2021
JHS: Jewish Women In American Film VIRTUAL
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Zoom Meeting
Whippany, NJ 07981
Jewish Women in American Film: From Femme Fatale to Super Hero. Historian John Kenrick uses film clips, rare…
Apr
22 2021
Torah with Dov VIRTUAL
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
Torah with Dov - In Honor Of Dr Lynne B Harrison
Apr
22 2021
A World Within Worlds: The Music of Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell
7:00PM - 8:00PM
THIS IS AN ONLINE EVENT
12 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
An online musical performance and presentation by Anthony Russell drawing on a rich world of sound--Yiddish art songs…
Apr
22 2021
Building Confidence - A Workshop with Dr. Becky VIRTUAL
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
In this workshop, Dr. Becky reframes confidence, as she denes confidence very differently that what's "out there" in …
Apr
25 2021
CRC: 18 Day Challenge - Session #2 VIRTUAL
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
CRC: Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest
Participants will receive daily "challenges" which will include articles…
Apr
26 2021
Synagogue Leadership Seminar VIRTUAL
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
Synagogue Leadership Seminar: Change, Collaboration, Mergers
https://www.jfedgmw.org/sls
Apr
26 2021
JCC of Central NJ Board of Directors Meeting
7:30PM - 9:30PM
JCC of Central
1391 Martine Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
JCC of Central NJ Board of Directors Meeting
Apr
27 2021
JFEDGMW Board of Trustees Meeting VIRTUAL
8:30AM - 10:30AM
Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus
9001 Route 10
Whippany, NJ 07981
Jewish Federation Board of Trustees Meeting
Apr
27 2021
VIRTUAL Heart to Heart Mission - Part 2
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
VIRTUAL Heart to Heart Mission - Part 2
Apr
27 2021
South Orange-Maplewood Parents Meet and Greet VIRTUAL
8:00PM - 9:00PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
We are excited to 'host' a unique virtual event for parents with young children who are new to the South Orange/Maple…
Apr
29 2021
Local Allocations Committee Final Meeting VIRTUAL
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Online
via Zoom
Greater MetroWest, NJ 07981
Local Allocations Committee Final Meeting. Zoom link will be provided if necessary.
Apr
30 2021
Lag B'Omer Open House
5:00PM - 6:30PM
Temple Emanu-El
756 East Broad Street
Westfield, NJ 07090
All are welcome to Temple Emanu-El's Open House Lag B'Omer party! Come meet our clergy, religious school/and early…