A “Giant” Among Men
Friendship Circle volunteer Sam Prince had the honor of announcing the New York Giants first round draft pick live from Las Vegas during the NFL draft. Sam, pumping his fists in the air and...
Author: Johanna Ginsberg
To Protect and to Serve
As students from a visiting school shopped in LifeTown stores, visited the doctor’s office there, and rode bikes “around town,” police officers from the Livingston Police Department toured the facility and learned firsthand all...
Seder-to-Go with a Side of Shmura Matza
Getting ready for Passover may not be a day at the beach, but Friendship Circle made it just a little easier this year. “The hardest part of getting ready for Passover is managing all...
3-2-1 Matzah!
“You have ten minutes and forty-five seconds left to get your matza into the oven! Keep going!” Rabbi Yisroel Rosenblum called out. About fifty participants, mostly children and teens, focused on finishing their dough...
Masks, Megillah, and Hamantaschen
Frivolity and fun took center stage at LifeTown in mid-March, with masks and sweet treats revealing all sorts of heroes and maybe even a few miracles in the Friendship Circle Purim activities. 40 pounds...
How is this Passover different from all others?
Passover is coming and FCNJ has everything you need to make the holiday memorable. At the Model Matzah Bakery on Sunday, April 10, at 10:00am, participants experience each step of the matzah process: thresh...
Rescuing Zaporizhzhia: A first-hand account from Ukraine
By Rebecca Gelman and Johanna Ginsberg Rabbi Nochum Ehrentreu and his wife Dina of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, found themselves on the front lines of the war of Ukraine in late February. When the first bombs...
Music for the Soul
Drumroll please: LifeTown unveiled a new musical instrument area on the stage in the LifeTown Theater. The new music center was created by Rae Meyer in honor of her Bat Mitzvah. It includes enough...
MVP is Back!
Friendship Circle’s popular Mitzvah Volunteer Program (MVP), for tweens and teens in 6th and 7th grades, teaches the art of giving, volunteering, and making a difference. Learn the Jewish perspective on Tikkun Olam, improving...
Tuesdays for 21+
Keren, from West Orange, had not been to a Friendship Circle program in over a year. Rachel Fink of North Caldwell, who had volunteered on and off with the Friendship Circle for five years...