Events
The Motown Show
Saturday, April 26, 7:00 PM, BergenPAC, 30 N. Van Brunt Street, Englewood
Do you love songs like “Heat Wave,” “Ain’t too Proud to Beg,” “Baby Love,” “My Girl,” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”? Do you love artists like Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, The Supremes and The Four Tops? Then, you are going to love this group of talented vocalists and musicians. Price per ticket is $49. For more information, contact Hilary Eth at hilaryeth@hotmail.com.
Advocacy Forum: The Crisis In Black Maternal Health Care
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 7:00 PM, Temple Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck
The Crisis In Black Maternal Health Care. Esteemed panel discussion relating to NCJW’s mission on protecting women, children and families as well as racial equity and women’s empowerment.
Tour of Apollo Theater, Lunch at the iconic Harlem Shake
Monday, April 7, 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM, Bus leaves from Temple Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck
Billy Mitchell, the Apollo’s historian, will transport us through the Apollo’s history and the pivotal eras of Harlem, sharing backstage memories of legends like James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, and more. Cost, including lunch and bus: $100 for members; $110 for non-members. Tickets limited. Click here to select your lunch. For more information contact Phyllis Paley at ptpalley@gmail.com. Photo credit: Laylah Amatullah Barrayn/The Apollo
Game Day
Tuesday, April 1, 2025. 12 pm, Villa Amalfi, 793 Palisade Avenue, Cliffside Park
After a delicious lunch play your favorite "games" - Bridge, Mah Jongg, Canasta, Scrabble, etc. Or just have lunch and schmooze if you're not a "player." Cost: $55 for members, $62 for non-members. Registration deadline March 24.
NCJW Shabbat
March 28, 2025. Dinner 6 pm, Services 8 pm, Temple Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck
Join members and friends at our annual Council Shabbat, this year at Temple Emeth. Cost of dinner: $40
Support Reproductive Freedom
Monday, March 24, 2025, 7:00 PM, Teaneck
Ways to Participate
- Attend Post Abortion Care Kit (PACK) & Learn Program in support of Bergen County Clinic Patients. Confirmation and location provided upon registration.
- Purchase patient kit supplies from Amazon Wishlist Click HERE and check “this is a gift” next to item. Deadline March 14.
- PACK and Purchase.
Hosted by: Congregation Beth Sholom, NCJW Bergen County Section
LENS ON ISRAEL: A Society through Its Cinema, from Past to Present
Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 12:30pm, Temple Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck
Back by popular demand, Dr. Eric Goldman, popular Jewish film educator, historian and film critic, will speak at our March General Meeting. Dr. Goldman, who teaches and lectures on Jewish, Yiddish and Israeli cinema, will provide an intimate insight into Israeli birth, growth and development as a country through its cinema, from the past to the present day. For more information on Dr. Goldman, click here. $10 members, $20 non-members
Timely Topics: Nazi-looted Art
Thurssday, March 6, 2025, 1pm, Temple Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck
Popular art historian Janet Mandel will speak on Nazi-looted art: Klimt and Schiele, painters of Vienna's Golden Age. To read Janet Mandel's bio, CLICK HERE. Contact Bernice Schwab at bgoldenedit@aol.com for more information. Cost: $10 NCJW members, $15 non-members. Photo credit: Gustav Klimt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Common
Repro Shabbat
Friday, January 31, 2025, 8 pm, Temple Emeth; Friday, February 21, 2025, 7:30 pm, Temple Sinai
Repro Shabbat is an annual celebration that honors the Jewish value of reproductive freedom. Michal Raucher, PhD, Undergraduate Director and Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers, will be the guest speaker at Temple Emeth. Ruth Levin, a Board Member of Planned Parenthood of Greater New York and a healthcare executive with 40 years’ experience, will speak at Temple Sinai. Oneg to follow services. Security may check IDs. Registration is not required.
ANNUAL SNACK PACK EVENT
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2025, 12:30 PM, TEMPLE EMETH, 1666 WINDSOR RD., TEANECK
ALL HANDS ON DECK! Over 2,000 Snack Packs of healthy foods are distributed each month to children, providing supplemental food for weekends when kids are not receiving meals in school. Please join us in the Annual Packing of Snack Packs for Center for Food Action with our goal of packing 1,000 Snack Packs. Each Snack Pack costs $6 -- or Chai for 3 at $18, 5 for $30 etc. For more information, contact Marcia Levy, mllevy0648@gmail.com.
Please donate at the door.
NEW MEMOIR WRITING WORKSHOPS
January 9, 23, February 6, 27, 2025. 11:00 AM -1:00 PM, On Zoom
Roz Hantman, NCJW Lifetime Member, is offering a memoir-writing series to our members as her contribution to the section. 4-8 participants will learn basic principles of writing their personal memoir, with opportunities to create memorable stories from life. Participants will receive valuable feedback and tips, techniques and practices for developing storytelling skills. Click here for Roz Hantman's bio. Cost: $100 for all 4 sessions. For more information contact bgoldenedit@aol.com.
ELEVENTH SEASON AT THE NJ SYMPHONY
Thursdays: Nov. 7, 2024, January 9, 2025, February 20, 2025, March 13, 2025 and April 3, 2025; Depart from Temple Emeth 12:30pm, Return 4:45pm. NOTE NEW SUNDAY PROGRAM Sundays: Nov 3, 2024, March 9, 2025, March 23, 2025, May 18, 2025, June 8, 2025; Depart from Temple Emeth 1:45pm, Return 6:00pm
Get ready for a new season at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark. Spend an enjoyable afternoon and support programs for people in need. Members and nonmembers welcome so please invite your friends. Bus transportation: tickets will be distributed at the bus.
Order tickets with check or credit card information. Click Here to View/Print Order Form. Click Here to View/Print Back Page. Questions, please contact office@ncjwbcs.org. Order tickets on above 2 forms.