The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County in Freehold will present a program,“100 Years of Jewish Genius 1847-1947: How Jews Changed the World,” Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. featuring educator and lecturer Susan Addelston.
She will discuss how the freeing of Jews from medieval ghettos resulted in an explosion of Jewish talent that significantly advanced world progress.
Addelston has taught both at the high school level and at Touro College in Manhattan and has more than 60 topics on which she can speak. She has appeared throughout New York and New Jersey and has previously appeared at the museum and area Hadassah and Brandeis meetings.
Tickets are $10 for members and $15 for non-members. For information or reservations call (732) 252-6990 or go to jhmomc.org. In case of inclement weather, the program will be held Feb. 23.
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Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Bergen Passaic Sussex) will speak about “Antisemitism and Israel: A Jewish Congressman’s Perspective” is postponed. We will provide new information as soon as the new date is announced.
Gottheimer will share his perspective on the intersection of identity, politics and the evolving landscape in Congress following the Oct. 7 tragedy in Israel.
He serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where he is ranking member of the National Security Agency and Cyber Subcommittee and is a member of the National Intelligence Enterprise Subcommittee. He is also on the House Financial Services Committee, where he is a member of the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance and International Financial Institutions, the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion and the Subcommittee on Capital Markets.
Gottheimer also is a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group made up of an equal number of Republicans and Democrats in Congress committed to advancing common-sense solutions to key issues facing our nation.
He is among the candidates vying to be the Democratic nominee for governor in the June 10 primary.
Advance registration is required to attend. Location of program will be provided upon registration and closer to the date of the program.
Help Israeli artists who have suffered economically from the drop in tourism because of the Gaza War while snagging a beautiful piece of jewelry or art work. Temple Beth El of Somerset will host an art festival, Mar. 1-2, featuring the work of 30 Israeli artists—and in some cases the artists themselves. The items to be showcased at the event include jewelry, wall art, home decor, Jewish ritual items, photography and wood and glass pieces. As an added bonus, each of the 30 artists is donating a piece of their work valued at between $100-$250 to be given out as door prizes. The $10 entrance fee includes five door prize tickets and more can be purchased.
On Saturday the festival will be held 7:45 p.m.-10 p.m. and on Sunday, 9:30 a.m-5:30 p.m. Information about the artists and their work can be found on the synagogue’s website, templebethelsomerset.org. Tickets can be purchased at the door or by Zelle in advance by scanning the QR code on the website. For information contact Phyllis Miller, (732) 740-6942 or
phyllimilli@yahoo.com.
Hear how the child of a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan came to disavow the views of his racist white nationalist family in a program sponsored by Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple in New Brunswick on Sunday, Mar. 2 at 10:30 a.m.
The program will feature Adrianne Black–whose father, Don Black, not only was a former Grand Wizard in the KKK but also founded Stormfront, the internet’s first white supremacist website. Adrianne, then known as Derek, built the website’s kids page. However, while in college in 2013 they publicly renounced white nationalism and apologized for past actions and the suffering they caused, prompting most of the family to renounce Black.
Now a doctoral student at the University of Chicago researching the medieval and early modern origins of the concept of race and of racist hierarchies and ideologies, they speaks regularly at universities, foundations, institutions, museums, synagogues and churches and has authored the book, “The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism.”
Black was honored with the first Elie Wiesel Award, given by the Wiesel family after the Nobel Peace Laureate’s passing, and has received a humanitarian award from the Anti-Defamation League.
The program will be offered on Zoom and may be shown at the synagogue. Cost is $18 for non-members and $15 for members. To register go to ansheemethmemorialtemple.shulcloud.com/form/keepers-RDerekBlack.html. As the date gets closer those registered will be sent a link and informed whether there will be a live synagogue event.
