Scientists using ground-probing electronics may have discovered the missing mass graves at the site of Treblinka, one of the Nazis’ most notorious death camps.

No actual bodies were found, and the graves were not excavated, in keeping with Jewish law, but bones and bone fragments were discovered in the ground, according to Caroline Sturdy Colls, a forensic archeologist at Straffordshire University in Britain who headed the research.

The underground structures detected by her equipment outlines what most likely are the graves.

Historians believe as many as 850,000 people, mostly Jews and some Roma died at Treblinka.

Leket Israel, Israel’s National Food Bank and largest food rescue network, is selling printed Purim cards. For every dollar donated, the organization will rescue 10 pounds of produce from farms and packing houses to benefit Israel’s poor.

It costs $36 for 18 cards and envelopes, $70 for 36, $90 for 54, and $170 for 108. Unlimited Purim e-cards and video cards are available for $18. To order, call (201) 331-0070 or www.purim.leket.org.

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Yashar LaChayal (Straight to the Soldier) will deliver mishloach manot (gift baskets) to soldiers in Israel, from Har Dov in the north to the southern tip of the Negev, including IDF bases on the periphery. Baskets will be assembled by volunteers and delivered on Purim.

Year round, the organization provides soldiers on the front lines with basic necessities and supports lone and injured soldiers and financially distressed families of soldiers.

The group reports that 100 percent of donations go directly to Israel’s soldiers with funds from the Moskowitz family funding all operating expenses.

The Purim drive continues through March 7. Visit www.yasharlachayal.org.

Rep. Eric Cantor

On Sunday, Feb. 12, at 4:30 p.m., NORPAC, along with hosts Yael and Rabbi Steve Weil, will sponsor an event for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) at a private home in Englewood. Cantor is the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in America.

For information, call Mindy Berman, (201) 788-5133, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or Mort Fridman at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Shmuely Boteach, who bills himself as “America’s Rabbi,” is not a candidate for Congress in the newly formed 9th district. That does not mean, however, that he will not be on the ballot come November.

The website http://www.politickernj.com and other sites have reported that Boteach is seeking the Republican nomination to run against either Rep. Steve Rothman or Rep. Bill Pascrell, who will face each other for the Democratic nomination in June. The report was based on the fact that Boteach sent a letter to the offices of the Bergen County Republican Organization informing it that he is considering running.

To be considered by the Republicans for the nomination, Boteach told The Jewish Standard, meant sending a letter of intent no later than Jan. 31. Boteach said he did so at the last minute, but has yet to decide whether to actually enter the race.

The Holocaust Commemoration Committee of The Jewish Community Council of Greater Teaneck is seeking six families to serve as “candle lighters” for its Yom Hashoah program, to be held on Thursday, April 19, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Teaneck High School auditorium. For information, contact Reggie Koenig at (201) 838-5466 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Phyllis Eisenman at (201) 838-5873 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or Jeannette Malca at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or (201) 248-4648.

Ilana Matteson, left, vice president of Temple Sinai of Bergen County in Tenafly, with Nancy Perlman, manager of process, program, and funding development for the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey’s Synagogue Leadership Initiative. Courtesy JFNNJ

Continuing its exploration of how to serve the four generations that make up a synagogue community, the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey’s Synagogue Leadership Initiative recently offered “The Boomer Table.” The session was led by Stuart Himmelfarb, co-founder of B3/The Boomer Platform. Up next for discussion by SLI is the millennial generation on March 19. SLI is sponsored by JFNNJ in partnership with the Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation.

John A. Rosen Courtesy AJC

John A. Rosen of East Brunswick succeeds Allyson M. Gall as New Jersey area director for the American Jewish Committee. Gall retired after 14 years. Since 2007, Rosen has been responsible for overseeing all of the AJCommittee’s fundraising activities in New Jersey.

Registration is open for NORPAC’s annual Mission to Washington, which is set for Wednesday, May 9. Call (201) 788-5133, or register online at www.norpac.net.