A special High Holiday message for 5769
Relections for the new year
By Rabbi Gordon Geller Temple Emeth Shalom
      Nipping at the very heels of summer's fun and relaxation, the immediate dawn of autumn's new Jewish year, 5769, focuses the spiritual attention of our congregational family. We now enter the worldwide Jewish time of introspection, self-evaluation and self-examination.
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G-D sees! A moral for our times
By Rabbi Max Fox Congregation Rodef Sholom
      The story is told of the 18th Century Chassidic leader, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, who was returning home to Berditchev in a horse and carriage driven by a Jewish coachman. As they were drawing closer to Berditchev, they passed luscious fields strewn with newly cut bundles of hay.
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Benefiting our great nation by drawing on our faith
Rosh Hashanah reflections:
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Special to the Jewish Times
      We are approaching the start of a new year, during which America will elect a new leader. As we use this time to reflect on our lives and how we lead them, I feel it would also be most appropriate to reflect on religion in general — and Judaism in particular — and how we lead our lives as Jews in this great American nation.
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Gerald Weinstein pledges $100,000 to establish professorship in Jewish Studies
      Judge Gerald Weinstein, former longtime Board of Trustees member and Board Chair of The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, has pledged $100,000 to establish the Judge Gerald and Claire Weinstein Professorship in Jewish Studies.
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Women's Philanthropy 101
FEDERATION NEWS
      Women's giving, on a national level, is the fastest growing component of annual campaigns, now representing more than 22 percent and rising every year. In our community we have two recognition programs for women's giving: for those giving a minimum gift of $1,800 there is the Pomegranate level and for a minimum gift of $5,000 there is the Lion of Judah.
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Beth Israel Youth hold Car Wash for Scholarships and Tzedakah
      On a beautiful, sunny Sunday morning members of Congregation Beth Israel's BITY youth group held a car wash. The group was raising funds for scholarships for regional weekend retreats.
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Jewish Community
      Tania Grossinger kicks off Jewish Book Month Author Tania Grossinger will kickoff Jewish Book Month for the Board of Jewish Education's ONE BOOK, ONE JEWISH COMMUNITY AT THE SHORE at the Milton and Betty Katz JCC on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m.
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Shore Memorial's Surgical Services Department honors retiring Operating Room Nurse Manager
      Ann Furst, RN, received Shore Memorial Hospital's 2008 Surgical Chairman's Award on Sept. 18 during a ceremony at Harbor Pines Golf Club. The award was presented by Dr. Leonard Galler, chairman of the Department of Surgery at Shore Memorial. Dr. Galler also presented Furst with a proclamation from the City of Somers Point.
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Beth Israel Youth hold Car Wash for Scholarships and Tzedakah
     Natalie Cohen and Ian Cummings dry cars as Brianna Hafetz and Brooke David look on.
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Alzheimer's Association's Memory Walk set for Oct. on AC Boardwalk
      The Alzheimer's Association's annual Memory Walk has a new location this year, kicking off Oct. 5 at Kennedy Plaza on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. The 5K walk is expected to draw nearly 3,000 people from the region, to raise awareness and funds to fight the disease.
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The Richard Stockton College of NJ among the top institutions in Princeton Review
      The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey was one of 212 top institutions of higher education to be featured in the current edition of "The Best Northeastern Colleges" survey of the Princeton Review. "We are pleased to have been recognized in a positive light by Princeton Review's 'Best Northeastern Colleges,'" President Herman J. Saatkamp Jr. said.
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