Upcoming Events
TBJ creates the space for all members at every stage of life to find their purpose through hope and community by being a guiding light and a powerful source for good in the world.
Israeli Culture Committee Presents: Screams Before Silence Film
Sheryl Sandberg’s New Documentary: Screams Before Silence
Never-before-heard eyewitness accounts from released hostages, survivors, and first responders. Rabbi Karen Perolman will facilitate a conversation following the film.
Wise Aging
A conversation of what spirituality we might find as we get older.
We will learn from a book, "Wise Aging," written by the late Rabbi Rachel Cowan and Linda Thal, published about five years ago. We will learn as well from traditional Jewish texts. Perhaps most importantly, we will share life’s wisdom from the text of our daily lives and experiences.
Shabbat Guest Speaker: Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
How do you hold on to faith in a modern world? Rabbi Michael Strassfeld digs deep into the Jewish tradition to help us get to the root of the matter: our need to create connection - to our past, to our present, to each other. To connect with the unity underlying the universe that draws us all together.
Wise Aging
A conversation of what spirituality we might find as we get older.
We will learn from a book, "Wise Aging," written by the late Rabbi Rachel Cowan and Linda Thal, published about five years ago. We will learn as well from traditional Jewish texts. Perhaps most importantly, we will share life’s wisdom from the text of our daily lives and experiences.
Israel Advocacy 101
Join us for an interactive session to learn about advocating for Israel in our local, state, and national government. We will explore the legislative process, and the role we can each play in making an impact. Now more than ever, we must raise our voices to be heard by our elected officials and demand that they support Israel and the Jewish community against acts of hate and antisemitism.
Jewish Themed Book Club with Alan Breindel and author, Rabbi Michael Zedek: Taking Miracles Seriously
Miracles are possible.
An accomplished storyteller with a refreshing, humorous voice, Rabbi Zedek draws on a range of materials including biblical tales, Indian and Japanese folklore, the works of St. Augustine, Einstein, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Groucho Marx to take readers on a truly original search for spiritual sustenance in everyday life.
Wise Aging
A conversation of what spirituality we might find as we get older.
We will learn from a book, "Wise Aging," written by the late Rabbi Rachel Cowan and Linda Thal, published about five years ago. We will learn as well from traditional Jewish texts. Perhaps most importantly, we will share life’s wisdom from the text of our daily lives and experiences.
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival at the JCC
Stay with Me
Jewish-French entertainer Gad Elmaleh (one of France’s best-loved comedians) co-wrote, directed, and stars in this comedy of spiritual discovery that blends fiction and autobiography.
**Must reserve by Friday, March 29 at 12:00 PM. Tickets are subject to availability.
Guest Speaker: Lenore Skenazy, President and Co-Founder of Let Grow
Let Grow President Lenore Skenazy has spoken everywhere from Microsoft to DreamWorks to Harvard Medical School, The Yale Child Study Center, and countless schools across the country. She founded The Free-Range Kids movement and wrote the book by that name.
Let Grow is the nonprofit whose mission is to give kids back the developmentally crucial “vitamin” our culture accidentally removed from childhood: Independence.
Israel Movie Night: In Search of Israeli Cuisine
In Search of Israeli Cuisine
Award-winning chef Michael Solomonov goes on a journey In Search of Israeli Cuisine. Profiling chefs, home cooks, farmers, vintners, and cheese makers drawn from the multitude of cultures that make up Israel today - Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian, Druze - a rich, complex and human story emerges.
Light Israeli fare will be served.
$18 per person, will be donated to Israel
Brotherhood Dinner with Guest Speaker, Dr. Mark Mann
The Brotherhood is excited to welcome noted Urologist, Dr. Mark Mann, as a guest speaker at our upcoming dinner. Dr. Mann will provide invaluable insight in many of the medical issues facing men. Mark's knowledge and approach to medicine is distinguished and will prove to be a worthwhile evening.
Jewish Themed Book Club
We will be discussing The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.
Guest Educator and Author: Rabbi Diana Fersko
Join us for Shabbat worship with guest educator and author, Rabbi Diana Fersko, author of We Need to Talk About Antisemitism.
Guest Author: Michelle Cameron with TBJ member, Holly Palker
Join us for an interfaith book discussion with TBJ member, Holly Palker, and Michelle Cameron, author of Babylon.
Melton/The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Join our TBJ Clergy and become a mini-Middle East expert in just 10 weeks, as we study the roots of the conflict between Jews and Arabs over the modern State of Israel.
Contact Rhonda Lillienthal to register at 973-530-3519 or rlillianthal@jccmetrowest.org
Brotherhood Guest Speaker: Ben Purkert, author of The Men Can’t Be Saved
Join the Brotherhood and Rabbi Matt, along with Ben Purkert, author of The Men Can’t Be Saved.
Conversation with Illustrator and Writer: Ben Nadler
Prime Time welcomes guest illustrator to discuss his book on Jewish delis while we eat a deli lunch.
TBJ Teens Guest Author: Barbara Krasner
Teens and their parents are invited to join guest educator, Barbara Krasner, author of Facing the Enemy: How a Nazi Youth Camp in America Tested a Friendship.
Modern Jewish History Through Women's Voices with Rabbinic Intern Hannah Ellenson
Throughout Jewish history, women’s voices have been largely ignored. In this two-session class, we will put the voices and writings of eight unique women, who span 300 years , giving us, as modern-day readers and learners, a fuller picture of Jewish history.
Modern Jewish History Through Women's Voices with Rabbinic Intern Hannah Ellenson
Throughout Jewish history, women’s voices have been largely ignored. In this two-session class, we will put the voices and writings of eight unique women, who span 300 years , giving us, as modern-day readers and learners, a fuller picture of Jewish history.
Modern Jewish History Through Women's Voices with Rabbinic Intern Hannah Ellenson
Throughout Jewish history, women’s voices have been largely ignored. In this two-session class, we will put the voices and writings of eight unique women, who span 300 years , giving us, as modern-day readers and learners, a fuller picture of Jewish history.
POSTPONED TBJ at 175: From Newark to Short Hills Part II with Cantor Howard M. Stahl
POSTPONED
Join Cantor Stahl as we continue a fascinating travelogue of TBJ's beginnings in an attic in Newark, to our magnificent current home in Short Hills. After the class, which will include historical audio and video from our archives, we welcome you to stay to explore the exhibit. Register HERE
Bagels and Briefing: Israel Conversation
Join Rabbi Perolman for a space to gather in community and process the events of the week. We will offer updates and time for reflection.
Register here
Melton/The Jewish State: Examining the Jewish Identities of Israelis with Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz
This course seeks to uncover the diverse and complex faces of Jewish Israeli identity, and provides a historic overview of the early Zionist vision, the emergence of the New Jew, and the institutions that shaped the country.
Contact Rhonda Lillienthal to register at 973-530-3519 or rlillienthal@jccmetrowest.org