Dear Friends,
I hope this note finds you well. On behalf of the volunteer leaders and professional staff of the Jewish Federation and Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Ocean County, we want to wish you and your families the best for a happy, healthy and safe new year!
We have a lot of programs and opportunities in the works for our entire community following the High Holidays. You can check out info on two upcoming events – the Ocean County Jewish Film Festival, this year all online, and the Jewish Virtual University of the Jersey Shore, featuring some great local rabbis and educators – in our inaugural JPages magazine: https://www.jewishoceancounty.org/jpages
You can also find a listing of our community’s High Holiday offerings at the end of the first section. We all know this has been a challenging year…and this is a great time to connect and retune spiritually for the year ahead.
Thanks to a matching grant, after the High Holidays we will be launching a campaign to raise needed funds for our JFCS program. Demand has increased during this season of Covid. Every new or increased gift we receive will be matched with an additional $1 for every $2 raised. So, as you plan out your tzedakah for the season and the year, please keep us in mind. You can get a head start at www.jewishoceancounty.org/donate
With that, I want to share some links to resources and distraction for the upcoming holidays. Enjoy – and we hope to see you, both online and in person, in the new year.
L’shana tova to all in our community and in our extended Jewish family.
Keith
- Here’s a great new song from the Maccabeats to lift you up – here’s to a new year in person! (As well as in Jerusalem):
- There are lots of livestreams of Rosh Hashana programs, but this engaging program this Friday night caught my eye. If you join – let me know how it is:
- If you are looking for some Jewy reading material, for in “shul” (however that may be this year) or out, check out a great collection of articles:
- Got kids? Or grandkids? Check out these PJ Library options to teach them about the holidays:
- This is an all-around great resource on Jewish things, and they also have special suggestions for how to connect this holiday season:
- Know a young adult looking to join a High Holiday experience this year? They can participate in one of more than 1000 congregations welcoming them all around the world. This program is supported by our partners at the Jewish Agency:
- Want to stay connected to Israel, even though we can’t visit in person? Check out this good news source:
