• Life Long Learning

    Life Long Learning: What’s a Nice Jewish Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? Jews, Prison and Spirituality

    JCC MetroWest | Tepper Hall 760 Northfield Ave, West Orange, NJ, United States

    For the last 28 years, Elaine Leeder has been working in prisons. She has seen that there is redemption, remorse, and contrition behind the walls, finding that people can be transformed even in the most oppressive of circumstances. She will discuss the Jewish values of Teshuvah, Chesed, and Tikkun Olam that deeply inform her work. […]

  • Authors & Ideas Series

    JEWISH AUTHORS & IDEAS SERIES: Laura Zigman

    Virtual Event | JCC MetroWest NJ, United States

    JCC MetroWest presents, Laura Zigman, "Small World" From bestselling author Laura Zigman comes a heartfelt novel about two offbeat and newly divorced sisters who move in together as adults and finally reckon with their childhood. A heartfelt novel about two offbeat and newly divorced sisters who move in together as adults hoping to forge the […]