CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Religious
Event Highlight
 | Bestselling author Dr. Eric Braverman will discuss his book “Younger Brain, Sharper Mind” and his six-step plan for preserving and improving memory and attention at a WELL Health Symposium at the Kaplen JCC, Friday, June 1. VIP reception, 11 a.m.; program, 11:30; lunch, 1 p.m. Sharon Potolsky, (201) 408-1405 or well@jccotp.org. |
01 February 2012
Torah learning/Melton
Temple Emanu-El of Closter begins a Torah Institute, through Feb. 15, and a Melton II class, both at 7:30 p.m.
(201) 750-9997
03 February 2012
Shabbat
Cong. Shomrei Torah has tot Shabbat for those 6 and younger with their families, 5:45 p.m.; at 6:30, the Kadima youth group will lead services.
Shabbat
Barnert Temple offers a potluck supper at 6 p.m. followed by a musical Shabbat Shirah service at 7:30, with the music of Josh Nelson, the Worship Band, adult and youth choirs, and the K-6 religious school students.
(201) 848-1800
Shabbat
Temple Avodat Shalom holds tot Shabbat, 6 p.m., for children 6 and under and their families; kosher Shabbat dinner at 6:30 (fee for dinner), and family services and lay-led alternative services, 7:30.
(201) 489-2463, ext. 202
Shabbat
Temple Avodat Shalom holds tot Shabbat, 6 p.m., for children 6 and under and their families; kosher Shabbat dinner at 6:30 (fee for dinner); and family services and lay/led alternative services, 7:30.
(201) 489-2463, ext. 202
Shabbat
Temple Emeth offers family services.
(201) 833-1322 or www.emeth.org
Shabbat
Temple Beth Or offers a memorial to the late Debbie Friedman and her music, 7:30 p.m.
(201) 664-7422 or www.templebethornj.org
04 February 2012
Shabbat
Barnert Temple offers Torah Study and breakfast. Also Feb. 18.
(201) 848-1800
Shabbat
Temple Emeth offers Shabbat Shira with Kol Emet, the adult choir, leading the service with Cantor Ellen Tilem. Kiddush follows. Cantor Tilem will chant “The Song of the Sea,” and instead of a sermon, choir director Jacqueline Guttman will create an “instant choir” from attendees.
(201) 833-1322
05 February 2012
Tefillin wrap
The Men’s Club of Cong. Shomrei Torah participates in the annual Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs World Wide Wrap. The event is the largest worldwide tefillin festival where men and women gather in synagogues and put on tefillin (phylacteries) while reciting morning prayers. Bagel brunch and drash (discussion) on the mitzvah of tefillin. Participants should wear their favorite NFL team gear.
(973) 696-2500 or www.ShomreiTorahWCC.org
Tefillin wrap
Temple Emanu-El joins the World Wide Wrap.
(201) 750-9997
Tefillin wrap
The Brandeis Men’s Club of Temple Israel and JCC of Ridgewood joins the World Wide Wrap. Rabbi David J. Fine will discuss the history and ritual of tefillin and there will be a tefillin demonstration.
(201) 444-9320 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
T’fillin wrap
Temple Beth Sholom joins the World Wide Wrap, 9 a.m. Rabbi Alberto Zeilicovich teaches how to put on a t’fillin. Bagel breakfast sponsored by the men’s club. Participants need to bring t’fillin.
(201) 797-9321
Tefillin wrap
Temple Beth Sholom joins the World Wide Wrap. Rabbi Alberto Zeilicovich teaches how to put on a tefillin. Bagel breakfast sponsored by the men’s club. Participants need to bring tefillin.
(201) 797-9321
07 February 2012
Tu Bi-Sh’vat
Lubavitch on the Palisades celebrates Tu Bi-Sh’vat.
(201) 871-1152 or www.chabadlubavitch.org
Tu Bi-Sh’vat
Barnert Temple offers a seder with fruits, nuts, music, and dance.
(201) 848-1800
Tu Bi-Sh’vat
The Jewish Learning Experience hosts a Tu Bi-Sh’vat seder.
Rabbi David Pietruszka, (201) 966-4498 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Tu Bi-Sh’vat
Cong. Shomrei Torah offers a Tu-Bi Sh’vat seder led by congregant Daniel Schlossberg, who has lead these seders on college campuses for many years.
(973) 696-2500 or www.ShomreiTorahWCC.org
10 February 2012
Shabbat
Matthew Lazar, creator of the Zamir Choral Foundation and a leading force in the Jewish choral movement in North America, is the musician/scholar in residence at Cong. Beth Sholom. He will lead three presentations. Following Shabbat dinner at 6 p.m., he will talk on “Jewish Music from Moses to Matisyahu”; Shabbat, after morning services, he will discuss “Sermon and Song: Music as Prayer”; following Shabbat lunch at 12:45 p.m., his topic will be “The Power of Breath.”
(201) 833-2620 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Shabbat
The Chabad Center of Passaic County meets for an Israeli-themed family dinner at the center.
(973) 694-6274 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Tu Bi Sh’vat
Beth Am Temple holds its annual Tu Bi Sh’vat seder.
(845) 735-5858
Shabbat
Interim Rabbi Jim Simon and Cantor Rica Timman are joined by Rinat Beth El Junior Choir for a family service, 6:45 p.m., preceded by a Chinese Shabbat dinner at 5:45.
(201) 768-5112
Shabbat
Rabbis Elyse Frishman and Rachel Steiner lead family-friendly services with the Barnert Temple Men’s Club.
(201) 848-1800
Shabbat
Girl and Boy Scouts participate in Scout Shabbat at Temple Emanu-El. Participants should wear their uniforms.
(201) 750-9997
Shabbat
Cong. B’nai Israel holds a casual “beach Shabbat,” with summer music melodies.
(201) 265-2272 or www.bisrael.com
Shabbat
Temple Beth Or celebrates Shabbat Hallelu, a music service. Also a discussion of Tu Bi-Sh’vat and the “Drops of Water” project that the religious school is doing with the Jewish National Fund.
(201) 664-7422 or www.templebethornj.org
Shabbat
Temple Beth Rishon offers Shabbat Shira, a service in song. Led by Rabbis Ken Emert and Sandy Olshansky, Cantors Ilan Mamber and Annelise Ocanto, the Kol Rishon Choir, featuring soloist Jo-Ann Skiena Garey, with instrumental accompaniment by Ilan Mamber and and Mark Kantrowitz on guitar, Itay Goren on piano, violinist Sylvia Rubin from the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, and Jimmy Cohen on percussion.
(201) 891-4466 or www.bethrishon.org
Shabbat
Temple Beth-El and Cong. B’nai Jacob offer a “Round the Tables” Shabbat with a Tu Bi-Sh’vat seder at Beth-El.
(201) 333-4229
11 February 2012
Shabbat
Youth lead services at Temple Israel & Jewish Community Center.
(201) 444-9320
Shabbat
Cong. Beth Tikvah/New Milford Jewish Center marks Tu Bi-Sh’vat with a seder after 9 a.m. services.
(201) 261-4847
Shabbat
Cong. B’nai Israel offers its monthly family program on the weekly Torah portion. Pizza, salad, and ice cream for lunch.
(201) 265-2272
Shabbat
Rabbi Steve Suson offers “Totally Talmud,” noon. Also Feb. 25.
(201) 750-9997
12 February 2012
Explanatory minyan
The Jewish Learning Experience offers an explanatory minyan for men at Cong. Shomrei Torah.
Rabbi David Pietruszka, (201) 966-4498 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Tu Bi-Sh’vat
Temple Beth Tikvah offers a Tu Bi-Sh’vat seder.
(973) 694-1616 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Tu Bi-Sh’vat
Temple Beth Sholom offers a family Tu Bi-Sh’vat program. Children will decorate planters and plant seeds.
(201) 797-9321
13 February 2012
Midrash
Rabbi Joshua Cohen of Temple Emanuel of North Jersey begins a weekly afternoon study session on the weekly Torah reading. Also Feb. 20 and 27.
(201) 560-0200 or www.tenjfl.org
14 February 2012
The Amidah
Cantor Sam Weiss continues a series on the final section of the Amidah at the JCC of Paramus.
(201) 262-7691
16 February 2012
Judaism’s questions
Rabbi Joshua Cohen leads a series, “Jewish Identity 101: Coping with Tough Questions and Fewer Answers” at Temple Emanuel of North Jersey. Also Feb. 23 and 29.
(201) 560-0200
17 February 2012
Shabbat
The Carlebach Minyan joins congregants of the Jewish Center of Teaneck for davening at Rabbi Lawrence Zierler’s tish (table), 5:15 p.m. On Saturday, he asks “Political Paradigm Shifts: What Has Become of the Jewish Vote?” as part of the Three C’s —- “Cholent, Cugel, and Conversation” at the Jewish Center of Teaneck, after the 9 a.m. Kinder Shul for 3- to 8-year-olds, while parents attend services, 10:30.
(201) 833-0515 or www.jcot.org
Shabbat
Temple Beth Or celebrates Mishpacha Shabbat, for families with young children, 6 p.m. Regular service at 8.
(201) 664-7422 or www.templebethornj.org
Shabbat
Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley’s Cantor Mark Biddelman hosts Shabbat Yachad, 8 p.m. Hebrew prayers set to easy-to-sing melodies. Cantor is accompanied by flutist Debra Blecher, keyboardist Jonathan Hanser, bassist Dave Richards, and percussionist Jeb Guthrie. A free copy of the CD is available in the shul office or downloaded from the shul website, www.tepv.org
shul office (201) 391-0801
24 February 2012
Shabbat
Cong. Mount Sinai of Jersey City Heights offers “Daven and Dine.”
Dinner reservations, Joshua Bernstein, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or www.MtSinaiJC.net
Shabbat
Cong. B’nai Israel holds its monthly inter-generational Drumming Circle. Drums provided; attendees can bring a percussion instrument.
(201) 265-2272
Shabbat
The Beth Am Temple Junior and Senior youth groups lead services.
(845) 735-5858
29 February 2012
Passover rituals
The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades begins “Context at the JCC—How Has This Night Been Different From All Others?” through April 4.
(201) 408-1426
