Why I came to Greater MetroWest

Efficient. Tax-wise. Charitable. These words are often used to describe community foundations like the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest NJ (JCF),the largest community foundation in New Jersey.

Joan Rivers asked, “Can We Talk?” but We Want to Listen…

I love the shofar. I mean, really, we get to blow a horn in temple?

Everybody Loves a Checklist…Don’t You?

Maybe it’s the mom in me, but I love a checklist. I’ve got one for packing my daughter’s trunk for sleep-away camp, another for packing up the family (including the dog!) for vacation, one for hosting Rosh Hashanah dinner, and a much longer one for hosting Passover.

It’s just easier…

Engaging the Family at Thanksgivukkah

A guest blog by Eileen Heltzer

 

Yes, yes, I’ve jumped on the bandwagon and am trying to blend Thanksgiving and Hanukkah into one word: Thanksgivukkah.

 

Well, it won’t happen again – at least not for about 70,000 years — so we might as well embrace it, right?

 

Aside from s…

The Gift in the Red Box (hint: it’s not a tzedakah box)

A guest blog by Eileen Heltzer

I don’t think she meant the box to be so important, but in the end it was. It was the little red box that my husband’s grandmother left behind when she died. 

Grandma Pearl’s life was long. She ended it near her family, without much to be distributed. I…