Mayor Ed Meinhardt and the Livingston Township Council designated Tuesday, April 12, 2022, the Rebbe’s 120th birthday, as “Education and Sharing Day” in Livingston, NJ. Over the last four decades, the US Congress and...
We were honored to host Rabbi Nochum Ehrentreu, Chabad Rabbi of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, and hear his first-hand report of helping his community shelter, escape and survive. Please help him save lives – https://charidy.com/zaporizhzhia Rabbi Ehrentreu,...
2,200 free Shabbat kits delivered, people to pray for peace, blessings and harmony At time of uncertainty around the world and as a war rages overseas, thousands of Jews in Essex County, N.J., are...
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...
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...
Friendship Circle aims to help teen mental health with UMatter program By LARRY YUDELSON – New Jersey Jewish News https://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/everyone-is-going-through-their-own-battles/ A new program led by Chabad rabbis aims to help teens support their peers through mental...
In Episode 17 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, Lamplighters Reporter/Producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Zalman and Toba Grossbaum, who started the country’s second Friendship Circle program and expanded into the...
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...
Sheina Herrera lives in St. Martin, where it’s 85 degrees every day. “The weather never changes,” she said. When she moved there from West Orange over the summer with her husband so he could...
Club Night always means a night of fun for Friendship Circle’s 21 and over crowd. Every month, the group gathers for socializing, activities, and of course, food. January’s club night featured paint your own...