About 225 students from 11 tri-state area high schools — including Bruriah High School for Girls in Elizabeth, Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston, Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls in Teaneck, Shalhevet High School for Girls in Long Island, Shulamith School for Girls in Brooklyn, Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls in Long Beach, and Yeshiva University High School for Girls — gathered at Stern College for Women’s Beren campus on Feb. 4 for a night of learning. Part of the Torah Leadership Network, the event was coordinated by the YU Center for the Jewish Future and focused on women in Tanach.

The girls studied in small groups with one of 60 Stern College student madrichot and attended one of two shiurim (lectures) given by Smadar Rosensweig and Yael Leibowitz, on the Judaic studies faculty at Stern.

Camp Ramah in the Poconos will celebrate 60 years of Jewish camping with a dinner and fund-raising event on Saturday, at 8 p.m., at Temple Beth Sholom in Cherry Hill. More than 500 former campers, staff, family members, and supporters are expected for an evening of music, dancing, and memories of summers past. Celebrity singer Neshama Carlebach will perform. Due to the generosity of underwriters, there is no charge for the event. Donations to the camp will be accepted and reservations are required. Call (215) 885-8556 or www.ramahpoconos.org.

Neshama Carlebach

Neshama Carlebach will perform at an “Evening of Remembrance and Hope” presented by March of the Living, on Thursday, March 18 at 8 p.m., at the Englewood home of Amy and Michael Wildes. Carlebach, the daughter of the late singer/storyteller Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, is a past March of the Living participant. There will be short presentations by a Holocaust survivor and March of the Living student alumnus as well as the American premiere of the trailer for the CBC Holocaust documentary on the group.

A cocktail reception will follow. Call Elizabeth Sinnreich at (212) 869-6800, Anita Sniderman at (201) 218-1107, or visit www.motl.org.

The North Jersey Political Action Committee will hold an event for Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Or.), at a private home in Bronx, N.Y., on Sunday, Feb. 14, at 10:30 a.m. Faith and Harry Feder are the hosts. At 8 p.m., Irene and Robert Gottesman will sponsor a dessert reception for Cong. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) in Teaneck. For reservations, call Karen at (201) 788-5133 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Yeshiva University and its Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, together with the Teaneck and Bergenfield communities, will honor its 26 musmakhim (ordained rabbis) from Teaneck and Bergenfield on Shabbat, with Rabbis Hershel Schachter and Dovid Miller, roshei yeshiva of RIETS.

Every four years RIETS celebrates the achievements of its musmakhim. This year, 190 will be honored. Talks will be held at Congs. Bnai Yeshurun, Keter Torah, Beth Abraham, Rinat Yisrael, and Beth Aaron. The community is invited to an oneg Shabbat at Cong. Beth Abraham at 8:30 tonight, with Schachter and local rabbis and roshei yeshiva. Call (212) 960-5263 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

On March 16 during a community assembly, Yeshiva University will present the inaugural Norman Lamm Prize to Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth for almost two decades. The Lamm Prize honors Dr. Lamm’s lifelong scholarly achievements and is intended to be presented to those who embrace his values regarding education and service. Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks is a noted theologian, author, and knight of the British Empire.

The event will be followed by Rabbi Sacks’ delivery of his lecture to the greater community at YU’s Nathan Lamport Auditorium in Zysman Hall at 7 p.m. Honorary events will continue through March 21.

Visit www.yu.edu/lammheritage.

Yavneh Academy’s middle school placed first and third in the 2009 Fall Stock Market game sponsored by PNC Bank and the Foundation for Investor Education. There were 321 teams and 52 schools in the grades six-to-eight competition. The game lasted for 10 weeks. All teams started with an initial $100,000 and bought and sold stocks at actual prices on all the exchanges. Commission costs as well as dividends and margin interest were factored into each team’s portfolio.

Finishing in third place was the seventh grade team of captain Talia Bardash and her teammates Ora Rogovin, Ben Elias, Max Gruber, and Avidan Krasna. They ended the competition with $107,152. Stocks they bought or short sold included Ford, Delta, Bank of America, and Navios Maritime.

The first-place winning team, pictured above, ended with $113,672. Stocks in their portfolio included Rio Tinto Mining Co., Google, Apple, and the Simon Property Group.

PNC Bank hosted the teams and representatives of the Investor Foundation at William Paterson College of Business, where they gave speeches about their strategies, had lunch, and received their plaques. The middle school learns about the stock market and the economy as part of Yavneh’s math curriculum.

The Rachel Coalition, a group of nine organizations working to respond to domestic violence in Essex and Morris counties, needs volunteers for its court advocate program. Volunteers go through a 40-hour hands-on training program to assist victims with emotional and administrative support as they await their restraining order hearing in Essex County Family Court in Newark. Training sessions begin April 27 and no formal legal experience or education is required. Volunteers will have an opportunity to observe family court proceedings.

Member organizations include Northern New Jersey Region of Hadassah, Jewish Women International, and Saint Barnabas Medical Center. For information, call Suzanne Groisser, Rachel Coalition Coordinator of Legal Services, at (201) 407-3243.