To post your own organization's events to the HudsonJewish community calendar, email Trustee Jessica Lemmon (Jessica@HudsonJewish.org) for a username and password. Posting events is the best way to avoid scheduling conflicts and broadcast your events (and existence) to the community. Dates/times/locations may change, so check the online calendar for updates. More information is often available on the HudosnJewish website at www.HudsonJewish.org.
Sunday, January 2, 11:00am - 12:00pm: "Hebrew Across America!" comes to Temple Emanu-El. With Varda Wendroff. This is the sixth of eight Sundays to learn Hebrew. Free event. Temple Emanu-el, 735 Kennedy Blvd., Bayonne, NJ 07002
Contact temple office: 201-436-4499 or email: templeemanuelnj@aol.com.
Sunday, January 9, 10:30am - 12:30pm: Hoboken Hadassah event at Kidville.
For moms, dads and kids. Special event hosted by Lisa Lappen & Jess Ferber Perkel on behalf of Hoboken Hadassah. Pizza and drinks will be served. $15 donation per child. For more information please email HobokenHadassah@gmail.com and include: names of parents, names/ages of children, address, phone, email. If Hadassah member please include chapter. Location: Kidville, 1202 Shipyard Lane, Hoboken, NJ.
Sunday, January 9, 10:30am - 1:00pm: Brunch at United Synagogue of Hoboken featuring comedian Joel Chasnoff. The Philip and Claire Meistrich Culture Series begins with brunch featuring comedian Joel Chasnoff, author of "The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago Fights Hezbollah." Disillusioned with Ivy League post-graduate life, 24-year-old Joel Chasnoff makes real on his dream of giving back to Israel and enlists in the Israeli Army. What follows is a hilarious coming-of-age tale in which Chasnoff takes readers into the barracks, over, under, and through political fences, and face-to-face with the absurd reality of life in the Israeli Army. $18/members, $20/non-members. Location: USH, 115 Park Ave., Hoboken. For more info, see www.joelchasnoff.com.
Sunday, January 9, 11:00am - 12:00pm: "Hebrew Across America!" comes to Temple Emanu-El. With Varda Wendroff. This is the seventh of eight Sundays to learn Hebrew. Free. Location: 735 Kennedy Blvd., Bayonne, NJ 07002. Contact Temple office: 201-436-4499 or email: templeemanuelnj@aol.com.
Friday, January 14, 7:45pm: Temple Beth-El of Jersey City's 26th Annual Shabbat Service honoring the memory of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring guest speaker US Representative Donald M. Payne, representing New Jersey's 10th Congressional District. First elected to Congress in 1988 as New Jersey's first African-American congressman, Congressman Payne's district covers portions of Hudson, Essex, and Union Counties. Services to be followed by Oneg Shabbat with the Congressman. Location: 2419 JFK Blvd in Jersey City. Free parking in Bank of America lot across the street.
Saturday, January 15, 9:30am - 3:00pm: Shabbat Shirah Service. As has become the tradition at Temple Israel Community Center/Congregation Heichal Yisrael, the kehillah will celebrate "the Sabbath of [the] Song" with even more singing than on a usual Shabbat and then have a festive kiddush and luncheon. Location: Temple Israel Community Center/Congregation Heichal Yisrael in Cliffside Park. Contact: 201.945.7310.
Sunday, January 16, 11:00am - 12:00pm: Hebrew Across America!" with Varda Wendroff. This is the final Sunday in the program. Location: Temple Emanu-el, 735 Kennedy Blvd., Bayonne, NJ 07002. Contact Temple office: 201-436-4499 or email: templeemanuelnj@aol.com.
Sunday, January 16, 2:00pm - 5:00pm: Daniel Kempin Jewish/Klezmer Concert. Temple Beth El of North Bergen will present the only New Jersey appearance of internationally acclaimed musician Daniel Kempin. The concert highlights Kempin's interpretation of Jewish and Klezmer music. Tickets are $12 ($10 for seniors and students), if purchased in advance or $15 ($13 for seniors and students), if purchased at the door. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Temple Beth El office at 201-869-9149.
Born in Wiesbaden, Germany, Kempin, who plays the guitar, has performed concerts and conducted workshops on Jewish and Klezmer music since 1983. His concerts and workshops have taken place in Great Britain, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Israel, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and the United States. Kempin is the 2002 recipient of RUTH, the German World Music Prize. He has appeared many times on television and radio in Germany and elsewhere and has recorded five CDs. Kempin has twice won a German Record Critics award, first for his 1994 recording "Mir Lebn Eybik!" ("We Will Survive!") and his 1998 CD, "Benkshaft" ("Longing"). Kempin has also written for numerous book and CD liner notes. His website is: www.yiddish-songs.com. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote, "Daniel Kempin made the heart of the Yiddish language begin to pulse again. His virtuoso guitar playing brings the songs glowing life. Rousing Klezmer music - a great entertainer." The Jewish Week (New York) has said, "When Kempin leans into his guitar, a spirit enters him. Kempin adheres to a rhythmic folk style, a marriage of tune and words." Location:Temple Beth El of North Bergen, 300 75th Street (Corner of 75th and Hudson Streets) in North Bergen, NJ. Contact:201-869-9149.
Sunday, January 16, 2:00pm - 4:00pm: Awakening the Dreamers. Congregation Ahavas Sholom cordially invites you to a celebration and commemoration honoring the life and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The keynote speaker is Rabbi Capers Funnye (a cousin of First Lady Michelle Obama) and leader of the Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Chicago. Rabbi Funnye's theme will be: "Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel: Awakening New Dreamers: Race, Religion and the Renewal of Dr. Martin Luther King's Dream for the 21st Century." Question and answer session immediately following. Doors open at 1:30pm. On site parking available. Wheelchair accessible. Location: Congregation Ahavas Sholom, 145 Broadway, Newark. Contact: RSVP to: 973-485-2609.
Friday, January 21, 6:30pm: Jersey City Havurah Tu B'Shvat Seder. Join other Jersey City (and vicinity) residents for a Tu B'Shvat seder/Shabbat dinner celebrating the beginning of the spring planting in Israel. Savor a wide variety of fruits of the vine and the tree during a gathering of friends and neighbors followed by a dairy/parve pot luck dinner. Hosts will provide the main course, and guests are invited to bring appetizers, side dishes and desserts. (Don't cook? No problem: bring soda, wine, challah, fruit, paper goods, etc.). RSVP with number of attendees and what you intend to bring. Hosts Orly and Alan Klugman; respondees will be notified of location. RSVP to: Raylie@HudsonJewish.org.
Friday, January 21, 6:30pm - 10:00pm: Daven 'n' Dine Friday Night to Mark Tu B'Shvat. Join Cliffside Park's Temple Israel Community Center/Congregation Heichal Yisrael for a communal Friday Night Dinner, with Tu B'Sh'vat foods added (the "New Year for Trees" falls out on January 20 this year). Location: Cliffside Park's Temple Israel Community Center/Congregation Heichal Yisrael. Contact: 201.945.7310.
Saturday, January 22, 6:30pm - 8:30pm: Temple Emanu-El Celebrates Tu Bishvat. "Walk-About Tu Bishvat Seder" includes "tasting stations." Taste and learn about different varieties of olives & olive oils; flavors of pita & dried fruit; pomegranate juice & mulled wines. Plant your own parsley for our seder! Give to the Masorti youth who are helping to rebuild the homes that were destroyed in recent fires in Israel's north. Service begins with Havdalah, as we use all of our senses to appreciate the beginning of a new week. RSVP by January 15th: $10 per adult; $5 per child. Location: 735 Kennedy Blvd, Bayonne, NJ 07002. Contact: RSVP to Temple office: 201-436-4499 or templeemanuelnj@aol.com.
Saturday, January 22, 2011, 7:30pm - 9:30pm: Film: A Matter of Size. United Synagogue of Hoboken presents A Matter of Size. This award-winning Israeli comedy focuses on a phenomenon that you certainly were not aware of: the sumo wrestling scene in Israel. For more info: see www.menemshafilms.com/a-matter-of-size.html, or watch a scene at www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/culture/israeli-sumo-wrestlers-the-next-big-thing. Free. Location: United Synagogue of Hoboken, 115 Park Ave., Hoboken.
Sunday, January 23, 10:00am - 12:00pm: Kaplan Cooperative Preschool Open House. Kaplan Cooperative Preschool will hold an Open House for the 2011-2012 school year. Applications will be available at the Open House, or from http://www.hobokensynagogue.org/docs/KPSApplication_2011-2012.pdf. This event is best appreciated without children; reservations not necessary. Parents may also schedule a tour of the school; tours are held on Tuesdays and Fridays at 9:30am or 1:00pm. Email preschool@hobokensynagogue.org to schedule a tour. Location: United Synagogue of Hoboken, 115 Park Avenue, Hoboken.
Sunday, January 23, 11:00am - 1:00pm: "Emanu-El/Beth Am" Sunday Film Series. Join Andy Platizky for a viewing of our long-awaited first film in the series: "Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg!" Location: 735 Kennedy Blvd, Bayonne, NJ 07002. RSVP to Temple office: 201-436-4499 or templeemanuelnj@aol.com.
Sunday, January 23, 11:00am - 12:00pm: Temple Emanu-El's Haftarah Classes. This 10-week course will enable anyone who can read Hebrew well to acquire the skills to sing any haftarah. Free class but participants will need to purchase the guide. Location: 735 Kennedy Blvd, Bayonne, NJ 07002. Contact: RSVP to Rabbi Clifford Miller or Debby Miller in advance so that books can be ordered. Call (201) 858-8271.
Sunday, January 30, 10:30am - 12:30pm: Jewish Day School Information session. United Synagogue of Hoboken is hosting a Jewish day school information session, with representatives from three Solomon Schechter Jewish day schools in the area (Manhattan, West Orange and New Milford). This is an opportunity to see what these schools offer, and to see if it is a fit for your child/family. If enough families are interested, bus transportation will be possible. The session is best attended without children; however babysitting will be provided. Location: Unied Synagogue of Hoboken, 115 Park Avenue, Hoboken. RSVP: preschool@hobokensynagogue.org.
