Jewish Texts and Positive Aging We search and probe our classic texts to seek meaning for our lives. In this session, we will examine several key Torah texts that provide a theological foundation for our third and fourth stages of life. We will see how we can look at these Torah texts to be supported in the tradition's call to never stop growing, seeking and learning.Sunday, March 6 11:30am
Jewish National Fund - VIRTUAL USA Breakfast for Israel:Click for more information and to Register Join us virtually with fellow members of the Central New Jersey community to learn about the impact we have on the land and people of Israel. Hear from renowned chef Lior Lev Sercarz about the Galilee Culinary Institute by JNF (GCI), a one-of-a-kind total-immersion culinary institute, located in the heart of Israel’s northern Galilee region. A pillar of Jewish National Fund-USA’s Go North initiative, GCI combines culinary and restaurant expertise, tourism, and entrepreneurship, and is expected to transform northern Israel into a thriving community and culinary hub. Sunday, March 6 11:00am
CHILDREN OF GOD: AN INTERFAITH CONVERSATION: Tolerance and acceptance only happens when we know and understand one another. The Greater Freehold Clergy Association has always been committed to bringing our communities together in worship, action and learning. Please join us for these panel discussions and special educational opportunities where we will explore facets of Islam, Christianity and Judaism in order to understand our differences as well as our commonalities. The purpose of these programs is to build mutual understanding and acceptance.
Sin and Confession in Our Traditions Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Click Here To Register for Sin and Confession Once you register, you will receive a dedicated link to use for the program.
Thursday, March 24, 2022 7:00 p.m. The Only Woman in the Room By Marie Benedict She was beautiful. She was a genius. Could the world handle both? A novel about Hedy Lamarr. Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her beauty leads to a starring role in a controversial film and marriage to a powerful Austrian arms dealer, allowing her to evade Nazi persecution despite her Jewish heritage. But Hedy is also intelligent. At lavish Vienna dinner parties, she overhears the Third Reich's plans. One night in 1937, desperate to escape her controlling husband and the rise of the Nazis, she disguises herself and flees her husband's castle.
She lands in Hollywood, where she becomes Hedy Lamarr, screen star. But Hedy is keeping a secret even more shocking than her Jewish heritage: she is a scientist. She has an idea that might help the country and that might ease her guilt for escaping alone—if anyone will listen to her.
Lifelong Learning: Movie: Joachim Prinz: I SHALL NOT BE SILENT: Sunday, April 3 11:30am-1:00pm In Berlin in the 1930's, the civil rights of Jews were systematically stripped away. A young rabbi refused to be silent. His name was Joachim Prinz and he set out to restore the self-esteem of the German Jews. Knowing the Nazis were monitoring his every word, and despite repeated arrests, Prinz continued to preach about the value of Judaism. He saved many lives by encouraging Jews to emigrate from Germany.
Expelled from Germany in 1937, Prinz arrived in the United States, the land where democracy had supposedly triumphed over bigotry and hatred. Here, he witnessed racism against African Americans and realized the American ideal was not a reality.
As rabbi of Temple B'nai Abraham in Newark, NJ and later as President of the American Jewish Congress, Prinz became a leader of the civil rights movement. Prinz worked to organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, declaring, "bigotry and hatred are not the most urgent problem. The most urgent, the most disgraceful, the most shameful and the most tragic problem is silence." Moments later, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech.
