Cops, feds, Jewish leaders talk security in Hanover

HANOVER. – County and state law enforcement officials and representatives of the United Jewish Communities of MetroWest met Wednesday at the Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus to launch a new effort to prevent attacks on Jewish religious houses and other facilities in northern New Jersey. more

Source: Daily Record

2012

• Livingston Survivor Shares "Miracle" Story
  Last week, Sonia Symchowicz of Livingston shared her story of survival during the Holocaust with 50 members of the community at MetroWest NJ in Whippany. The event, a Lunch and Learn session, was sponsored by The Holocaust Council of MetroWest, a program of United Jewish Communities.
  LivingstonPatch.com, 1/10/2012
• Jewish leaders in Cedar Grove, Verona seek support for security
  Due to recent anti-Semitic crimes across the state, Jewish leaders in Essex County are requesting inclusion in an upcoming synagogue security meeting in Bergen County. Although Essex County congregations have not been victimized in recent hate crimes, "an attack on any synagogue is an attack on all of us," said Max Kleinman, Executive Vice President of United Jewish Communities of Metrowest New Jersey.
  NorthJersey.com, 1/6/2012
• Attention To Special Needs
  We would like to thank Jonathan Mark for his article, “More Needed For Special Jews” (Dec. 16), which described the Ruderman Conference and some of the wonderful work being done in the Jewish community in relation to individuals with disabilities.
  The New York Jewish Week, 1/6/2012

2011

• Learning Disabled Adults Show Talents at JESPY House
  The only such program in New Jersey and one of less than a dozen similar programs in the country, JESPY House, in South Orange, serves a population that traditionally falls through the cracks: adults with learning disabilities who traditionally would have gone to group homes or become lost within the mental health system.
  SouthOrangePatch.com, 10/1/2011
• Foundation empowers women and girls
  Short Hills resident Amy Schechner, co-chair of the Jewish Women's Foundation of New Jersey (JWF), has announced that two Newark organizations, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and JCC MetroWest in West Orange were recently awarded JWF grants. A total of $33,000 was allocated. JWF is a collaborative philanthropy whose trustees are dedicated to empowering women and girls through education, advocacy and strategic grant making.
  NorthJersey.com, 8/11/2011
• Making day schools affordable to the middle class
  The Hebrew Academy of Morris County has paperwork that many parents of day school students in Bergen County would be happy to fill out. In exchange for answering two financial questions — last year’s gross income and this year’s expected gross income — parents making between $130,000 and $200,000 can receive a “base tuition grant” that can cap tuition at less than half the full $18,000 price. (The exact amount depends on income and number of children in the school.)
  New Jersey Jewish Standard, 4/23/2011
• Costas Regaled Audience at the Main Event
  Bob Costas, one of the world's most respected sportscasters, made a stop in West Orange Tuesday night to share some of his experiences in a career that has stretched over 30 years. Costas regaled a crowd of 450 with amusing anecdotes at The Main Event, held at Mayfair Farms. The event was sponsored by United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ. UJC stands at the center of a network of 20 local and three overseas partner agencies that help meet the educational, vocational, recreational, and social needs of people in MetroWest, Israel, and in 60 countries around the world.
  West Orange Patch, 4/1/2011
• Op-Ed: Teaming up to help the developmentally disabled
  MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (JTA) — Like most donors to the annual campaign, I never imagined that my family would be beneficiaries of federation agencies. When my second child, Daniel, was diagnosed with autism, I learned abruptly that today’s donors can become tomorrow’s beneficiaries. For my wife and me, Daniel has been one of our two great gifts from God, a source of joy and inspiration. The challenges posed, however, by having a child with autism and the communal reaction to this condition create serious challenges, including feelings of alienation and isolation.
  JTA, 2/2/2011
• A Very Super Special Super Sunday
  Super Sunday — United Jewish Communities of MetroWest's annual all-day fundraising phonathon and day of community activities — took place December 12 at the Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus in Whippany. Close to 800 volunteers and visitors participated throughout the day. The phonathon raised $1.8 million in support of the 2011 United Jewish Appeal Campaign of United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ. Funds raised will assist families in economic crisis and go toward mental-health and family counseling and Jewish education.
  Daily Record, 1/9/2011

Media Coverage Archive

2012

• Community Celebrates Jewish Disability Awareness Month
  (1/27/12)
• Jewish Women’s Foundation Awards Mini Grants to Livingston and South Orange Non-Profits
  (1/6/12)

2011

• Verona LIVE Offers Workshop on Changing Finances
  (12/2911)
• After Anne Frank
  (11/13/11)
• Randolph Resident Wins Inclusive Ministries Award
  (11/11/11)
• Jewish Women’s Foundation of New Jersey Announces 2012 Grant Cycle
  (11/1/11)
• Super Sunday UJA Phonathan a Day of Community Celebration
  (11/10/11)
• Award-Winning Journalist to Speak at Women’s Philanthropy Event
  (10/19/11)
• Verona LIVE to host Road Map to Retirement: A Program for Active Adults
  (10/7/11)
• Award-Winning Program in Israel Education and Advocacy Training for Teens Coming to MetroWest This Fall
  (8/26/11)
• A Chilling Truth: Exhibit Documents Nazi Influences on Radical Islam Today: Exhibit Commemorates 9/11
  (8/25/11)
• New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Presents 14th Annual UJA Benefit Concert
  (4/8/11)
• Memory and Memoirs: Creating a Family Narrative With Acclaimed Author Helen Epstein
  (3/27/11)
• Bob Costas to Headline MetroWest’s “Main Event”
  (2/25/11)
• Mini-Grant Program Launched by Jewish Women’s Foundation of New Jersey
  Empowers Local Women and Girls
  (1/18/2011)
• Holocaust Exhibit Documents Experiences of Local Survivors
  (1/14/2011)

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