News Archive

New Jersey Jewish News (10/8/14)
Four agencies connected with the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ have been awarded a total of $1,269,900 in grants from the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey.

New Jersey Jewish News (10/8/14)
An offhand comment by Ido Sarig, 18, of Rosh HaAyin got a group of young Israelis in Whippany discussing strange American foods.

New Jersey Jewish News (10/15/14)
Addressing an audience in Livingston on Oct. 7, Israeli war correspondent Alon Ben-David drew the loudest applause when he described his country’s new generation of soldiers.

New Jersey Jewish News (10/15/14)
A month and a half before she was crowned Miss World in 1998, Linor Abargil survived a violent rape and stabbing at the hands of a fellow Israeli.

New Jersey Jewish News (10/22/14)
Malcolm Hoenlein said “help” is needed to protect Israel from its enemies.

New Jersey Jewish News (10/22/14)
Kasim Hafeez was taught from childhood that much of the evil in the world could be attributed to Jews and Israel.

New Jersey Jewish News (10/29/14)
A double portion of Israeli charm and appreciation was dished up to those attending the Choices event hosted by Women’s Philanthropy of Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ on Oct. 23.

New Jersey Jewish News (10/29/14)
Even as they agreed on strong support of Israel and opposition to Iranian nuclear weapons, three local congressional candidates differed on solutions to domestic issues in separate presentations Oct. 28.

New Jersey Jewish News (11/5/14)
A Muslim man who changed from anti-Israel activist to Zionist mesmerized a crowd of more than 300 at the Israel Advocacy Summit held Nov. 2 at the Aidekman campus in Whippany.

New Jersey Jewish News (11/5/14)
When Abraham and Jessica Denenholz Levin died over three decades ago, leaving boxes and boxes of family documents, their six children nearly tossed the lot. But two of the siblings, Rebecca Lubetkin of Mountain Lakes and Treasure Cohen of Maplewood, decided to save and meticulously sift through the trove.

New Jersey Jewish News (11/12/14)
It was like one more birthday treat for Anitta Fox. At the Oct. 30 gathering honoring the 90-year-old and her “remarkable” family, she discovered a long-lost relative.

New Jersey Jewish News (11/12/14)
It was time to focus on the positive. Terrorists might be embarking on “a whole new ball game,” Robert Kuchner told his audience in Whippany on Nov. 5, acknowledging the news of recent attacks in Jerusalem, “but we’re going to have a fun evening.”

New Jersey Jewish News (11/18/14)
SUPER SUNDAY — the annual phonathon and largest community fund-raiser in support of the United Jewish Appeal campaign of Greater MetroWest NJ — this year will take place on Dec. 7, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. at the Aidekman Jewish Community Campus in Whippany and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Wilf Jewish Community Campus in Scotch Plains.

New Jersey Jewish News (11/18/14)
General Assemblies always inspire me,” said Dov Ben-Shimon, executive vice president/CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ, two days after returning from the annual gathering of the Jewish Federations of North America.

New Jersey Jewish News (12/23/14)
Last summer, the Gaza conflict put a damper on exchange programs between the Greater MetroWest community and Israel. Some were canceled, others delayed.

New Jersey Jewish News (11/25/14)
Students at the Jewish Educational Center’s Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy heard firsthand of the painful tragedy experienced by the Yifrach family, whose son Eyal was kidnapped June 12 and murdered along with two other Israeli teens, Naftali Fraenkel and Gilad Shaar.

New Jersey Jewish News (11/25/14)
Students, community leaders, alumni, and staff looked on as ground was broken for a new home for Rutgers Hillel.

thealternativepress.com (11/25/14)
Ken Rotter of Westfield is among the chairs of this year’s Super Sunday, the annual fund-raising phonathon and day of community building in support of the United Jewish Appeal Campaign of Greater MetroWest NJ (UJA). Super Sunday will be held on December 7, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. at the Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus in Whippany and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Wilf Jewish Community Campus in Scotch Plains.

News12 New Jersey (12/2/14)
The Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest New Jersey is taking part in “Giving Tuesday” by helping make more than 700 challahs for other charity organizations.

New Jersey Jewish News (12/3/14)
Lahav Harkov, Knesset reporter for The Jerusalem Post, will give a behind-the-scenes look at the Israeli parliament at Temple Beth-El Mekor Chayim in Cranford on Monday, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m.

NJ.com (12/3/14)
Volunteers with the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest New Jersey braided, baked and packaged more than 700 loaves of challah bread at a "Giving Tuesday" event at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Hillside. (Katie Lannan | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

New Jersey Jewish News (12/3/14)
Undeterred by icy sleet, around 370 volunteers turned up at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey on Tuesday, Dec. 2, for the giant Challah Bake. Organizers said there were so many people eager to participate, they had to turn some away.

New Jersey Jewish News (12/10/14)
While their elders worked the phones at two Super Sunday locations, teenagers put their persuasive powers to work in the evening session of the annual fund-raiser for the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ.

New Jersey Jewish News (12/10/14)Children pounded drums, vendors sold Israeli jewelry, and politicians and plain folk dialed the phones as the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ held its annual Super Sunday fund-raising phonathon in two bustling locations.

New Jersey Jewish News (12/17/14)
The state’s Jewish federations and other Jewish organizations are spearheading an interfaith effort to cope with the rising problem of hunger in New Jersey.

New Jersey Jewish News (12/17/14)
Needy Holocaust survivors in New Jersey will benefit from an increase in allocations by the organization that administers Shoa restitution and indemnification funds from Germany.