Calendar Highlights

Calendar Highlights

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27
Shabbat Service, 6:00 P.M.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28
Minyan Service, 9:15 A.M.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1Jewish Meditation, 12 noon
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Shabbat Service , 6:00 P.M.

Calendar Highlights

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27
Shabbat Service, 6:00 P.M.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 28
Minyan Service, 9:15 A.M.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Jewish Meditation, 12 noon

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Shabbat Service , 6:00 P.M.

A Brief Clip From NBC Regarding Israel Stepping In To Help In Haiti

As usual Israel has stepped in to help after a disaster elsewhere in the world. NBC has a report on it that is worth watching.


The Reform Movement has stepped in to help raise relief money. To participate through our Reform Movement visit this site...

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Disaster Relief for Haiti

The Reform Jewish Community has a long history of generosity when natural and man-made crises result in massive damage and suffering around the world. The Union for Reform Judaism is accepting financial donations which will be sent to the relief effort in Haiti. Every dollar donated goes directly to aid victims of the earthquake. To donate go to: www.urj.org/relief

Save a Life

Save a Life! 

Barnert Temple member and Franklin Lakes resident Alan Segal needs a kidney transplant. He is waiting for a donor but none has merged, and his kidneys are failing. If you or someone you know would be wiling to donate a kidney, you must have blood type O+ with no history of diabetes and be in general good health. Please contact Alan at ajs4350@aol.com or call him at 201-412-0900. Thank you for doing whatever you can!!

TSTI Torah-Fest Program With Clients From JESPY House Featured In NJJN

(This is an excerpt from an NJJN article)

Letter by Letter, a Torah unfurls in South Orange

by Robert Wiener of the New Jersey Jewish News-- Nov. 18, 2009

Cautiously, Lily Moretz placed her right hand on top of Rabbi Zerach Greenfield’s. Then, their hands moving together carefully, they inscribed a single Hebrew letter on a piece of parchment.

Moritz, a client of JESPY House, was one of some 20 people from there and other programs of the Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled came to Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange on Nov. 11 to help write a Torah scroll.

Their combined effort will be repeated hundreds of times in the coming year, as the Reform congregation allows members and guests to join in the hands-on effort they call their Torah Project.

Read the full article on NJJN.

Zerach Meets With TSTI's Teens

As part of our on-going L'Dor VaDor Torah Project our scribe Zerach met with TSTI's Hebrew High teens.

He explained how a Torah is written and how Torah's are examined in order to identify how old they are and where they were written.

Women's Connection Cooking Class 2009

The Women's Connection recently gathered to learn about food during the time of the Bible and then taste some Biblically-inspired food.