Suiting Up for Swim Time
Construction on the second phase of LifeTown is getting underway, which means the indoor, zero-entry, therapeutic pool is soon to be a reality. The pool will have numerous interactive elements designed to foster movement...
News and updates from the Friendship Circle of Livingston, NJ Blog
Everyone Needs to Know, UMatter!
Friendship Circle is launching UMatter, a new initiative whose goal is to make sure that every person know that they matter. UMatter empowers teens to shatter the stigmas surrounding mental-health challenges through peer-to-peer projects...
Impact Tomorrow … Today
Friendship Circle is looking toward the future with LifeTown Tomorrow, Legacy Endowment Campaign. The endowment provides the opportunity for friends and supporters to leave a lasting legacy and ensure the long-term viability of Friendship...
Zooming into ‘Independence’
By Johanna Ginsberg Most Wednesday afternoons the scent of fudge brownies, chocolate cookies, and other sweet confections wafts through the Teicher home in Scotch Plains as Jonah Teicher, 12, bakes with his Friendship Circle...
Cheesecake Bakes a Shavuot Highlight
Dozens of people participated in online cheesecake baking workshops in advance of the holiday of Shavuot. For those who weren’t tempted to try it out on their own, Shabbat Kits that included additional Shavuot...
FC Adults Discover Torah Time
Twice a week, Friendship Circle’s young adults gather together online to pray, learn about Jewish traditions, and interact socially with their peers as part of the new Torah Time virtual endeavor. Because the program...
Matzah, Maror and No Stress as FC Helps with Passover
Preparations for the second Passover during the COVID-19 pandemic were made easier by Friendship Circle’s distribution of nearly 400 Seder-to-Go kits. Recipients shared rave reviews for the Passover kits, which contained all the special...
Cocktail Night Celebration
They may not have been able to turn out in person, but hundreds of people participated virtually in this year’s FC Cocktail Night event, which honored the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, FC staffers...
Song’s Impact Hits All the Right Notes
Fingertips on ivory keys and smoky mist in the background as music cues louder. You can’t help but be transfixed by the emotional, evocative, powerful music unfolding before you. “I Am,” the Friendship Circle...
The Whole Megillah: Purim at FC
An array of in-person and virtual programs put the spotlight on Purim, enabling everyone, whether they were at home or in-person, to celebrate the miraculous history of Jewish survival from the evil hands of...