SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Congregation Beth Israel honored Rabbi George Nudell on the occasion of his retirement as spiritual leader of the Scotch Plains synagogue for 35 years. Rabbi Nudell and his wife, Dr. Liba Casson Nudell, were honored during the synagogue’s Friday evening Shabbat service, May 12, and at a dinner celebration, Saturday evening, May 13. 

The synagogue was filled to ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Dr. Susan Lederman, a Holocaust survivor and former President of Temple Sinai in Summit, spoke at Temple Sholom in Scotch Plains on April 23, as part of the temple's Yom HaShoah Holocaust remembrance evening.  The annual event, underwritten by the Nathanson Adult Education Fund, is a tribute to those who perished, those who survived against all ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Willow Grove Presbyterian Church is hosting a new group for anyone who knits or crochets with an eye toward mission and service.  The group, called KniTTogether, is a weekly gathering to talk and socialize and create for a common cause.  Knitters will be making crib-sized baby blankets to be donated to Raphael’s Life House in Elizabeth.

Raphael’s ...

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