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November 9-10 has come to be known as Kristallnacht. On that night in 1938 and into the next day, a supposedly spontaneous destruction of Jewish property took place in Germany and Austria.
In reality, this Night of Broken Glass was orchestrated by the Nazis who forbade police or firefighters from stopping the destruction unless non-Jewish property was threatened. (more…)
It was so much fun in the Shomrei kitchen this week as the team of Alex Kent, Leslie Billet, Linda Wieseneck and Lynne Kurzweil prepared 50 meals for MESH. We divided the tasks with Alex and Leslie preparing Turkey Meatloaf with BBQ sauce. Linda prepared and portioned the Cole slaw, Lynne heated and portioned the Baked Beans and everyone pitched in with packing up the rolls, clementines, Oreo cookies (2 varieties) and water bottles. Our 4 vegetarian/vegans enjoyed veggie burgers and roasted carrots with the rest of the items. Clean up was a joint effort as was packing up Lynne’s car for delivery.
Shomrei Emunah was honored last week for its 38-year commitment to supporting homeless families at the annual gala of Family Promise of Essex County. The organization began in 1988 as the Interfaith Hospitality Network (or IHN), through which religious congregations housed homeless families with young children who couldn’t find space in the county shelter system. Shomrei was the only synagogue to join the network at the outset, although numerous others joined afterwards. (more…)
We had the first Teen MESH of the year. Jordan, Sena, and Livie were our teen heroes – cooking and packing for MESH on their day off from school. A big thank you to the young women for giving up their free day.
We once again want to thank our generous Shomrei Community of Giving for the outpouring of cereal and soup collected over the High Holidays as part of Project Isaiah. This week, we took all of the items collected to the Human Needs Food Pantry in Montclair, and they were overwhelmed by the volume delivered (2 full carloads). (more…)
