Dear Or Chadash Community,

Thanks to everyone who donated to the animal shelter collection drive on Sunday, February 12. Because of your generosity, the Hunterdon Humane Animal Shelter received many items including: over 35lbs of dog food, many cans of cat food, cat and dog toys, garbage bags, dog biscuits, and cat litter. Thank you also monetary donations. We raised almost $30.

Sincerely,

Jordan Sinoway

Jewish LIFE kicks off March with Myla Goldberg, author of The False Friend at the Shimon and Sara Birnbaum JCC, 775 Talamini Road in Bridgewater. This novel by the author of the best seller, Bee Season, is a complex psychological drama of two eleven-year-olds who go into the woods, but only one comes out. The one friend, Djuna disappeared, and for twenty years the other friend, Celia blocked out how it happened. People assumed Djuna had been abducted, however, no clues were found. Celia returns to her home town to confess the details of the incident and to clear her conscience, however, no one believes her. The fee for the program, which includes lunch, is $18/person in advance or $22 at the door. This program is co-sponsored by Temple Beth El, Somerset Sisterhood and the Brandeis National Committee, Somerset Chapter.

Cokie and Steve Roberts will present Our Haggadah: Uniting Traditions For Interfaith Families. The Roberts willsharetheir Passover traditions in an engaging version of the Haggadah Sunday, March 18 at 10:30 a.m. at the Birnbaum JCC. They believe friend and family coming together and celebrating our freedom is the very heart of the Passover holiday. Integrating chronicles of their own marriage and family life, and partially a contemporary guide to celebrating Passover and other religious holidays, Our Haddagah is a thoughtful, moving take on the core values of togetherness, compromise and love. The fee for the program which includes breakfast is $18/person in advance or $22/person at the door. This program is co-sponsored by the Brandeis National Committee, Somerset Chapter.

Steven Kussin will be discussing his new book Doctor, Your Patient Will See You Now: Gaining the Upper Hand in Your Medical Care, Thursday, March 22 at 7:00 p.m. hosted at the Wilf Campus, 350 Demott Lane in Somerset. Steven Kussin will explain ways to encourage people to become empowered consumers in the medical world. Incorporating a physician-insider's perspective of the medical world, Doctor Your Patient Will See You Now, promotes the reader's independence, health literacy, consumerism, self advocacy and provides a sense of confidence to back it all up. The fee for the program is $10/person in advance or $15/person at the door.

The final Jewish LIFE program of the season will be the Community Wide Yom Hashoah Program featuring Felice Cohen, author of What Papa Told Me, Thursday, April 19 at 7:00 p.m. hosted by Temple Beth El in Somerset.