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...
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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...
Education and Sharing Day Livingston
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...
A Report from Ukraine
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,...
‘Celebrate Shabbat @Home’ Shines for Peace
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...
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...