Religions & Spirituality
By AL SULLIVAN
April 7, 2021BAYONNE, NJ - After being canceled last year due to the COVID pandemic, Bayonne’s Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony, sponsored by the UJA Federation of Bayonne, the City of Bayonne, and the Bayonne Interfaith Clergy, will be held virtually.
The program will be broadcast on Thursday, April 8, at 8:00 p.m., on the Bayonne Educational Network (BEN-TV), which is on Channel 77 on ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Since becoming the first woman pastor of the Wallace Temple A.M.E Zionist Church in 2010, the Rev. Dorothy Patterson has become a prominent voice against racism in Bayonne, questioning hiring practices in the school district, while supporting nationwide efforts to hold accountable those associated with the death of George Floyd last June.
A graduate of S.C. State University in ...
SOUTH RIVER, NJ -- Senator Cory Booker took to the floor of the U.S. Senate Tuesday to eulogize U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, calling him "the very definition of a hero" and "a Jersey guy through and through."
Sicknick, a South River native, died from injuries he sustained on Jan. 6 while trying to protect the Capitol Building from an ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The City of Bayonne will rename a portion of West Street, between Avenue C and Broadway, in honor of the late Rev. H. Gene Sykes, who served as pastor of the Friend Baptist Church for more than 25 years.
Rev. Sykes, whose career was defined by a strong belief that all people should have a roof over their head and a full stomach, died due to complications of COVID-19 in ...
NEW JERSEY — Governor Philip D. Murphy has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Monday, January 11, in honor of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick of South River.
Sicknick died following injuries sustained while defending the U.S. Capitol from violent insurrectionists.
According to the statement from the Governor's Office, Sicknick was a ...
BAYONNE, NJ - “Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings,” George Bailey’s daughter tells the protagonist in the Christmas Classic “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
On Tuesday, as about 20 neighbors, friends, and residents gathered on the lawn outside of Trinity Parish in the Bergen Point section of Bayonne, Councilman Neil Carroll’s cell phone ...
NEW JERSEY - Although Hanukkah, "The Festival of Lights," is considered a “minor” Jewish holiday, it is a popular celebration among Jewish families across America. In 2020, Hanuhhah begins in the evening of Dec. 10 and continue through the evening of Dec. 18.
According to ReformJudaism.org, when the Maccabees entered the Temple in Jerusalem to reclaim it from ...
