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| September |
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Sunday |
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Open
House, 11:00 AM —
12:30 PM, Rutgers Prep (Call 732-545-9691 for directions and
further information.) |
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Thursday |
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Rosh
Hashanah Ceremony - 11:00 AM |
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Friday-Sunday |
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Weekend retreat at Stokes State Forest |
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Saturday |
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Yom Kippur ceremony — 11:00AM |
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Sunday |
(Class 1) |
Opening Ceremony/Parent Orientation |
| 30 |
Sunday |
(Class 2) |
Sukkot Celebration - 11:00AM at Rutgers
Prep. |
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| October |
| 7 |
Sunday |
(Class 3) |
Adult
Community Program: - "CBS - 60 Minutes - Hitler's
Secret Archive" - The largest archive of Nazi documents
is in Bad Arolson, Germany, where 50 million files detail the
horror endured by 17.5 million victims of the Third Reich.
Among the victims whose stories are held here: Anne Frank and
the Jews on Schindler's list. Scott Pelley travels to the
immense archive with three Jewish Holocaust survivors who see,
for the first time, the detailed paperwork the Nazis kept on
their torturous imprisonment. Followed by a discussion of
upcoming Sunday morning adult programs for the year.
10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep. |
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Sunday |
(Class
4) |
Adult
Community Program: "History of English Sephardic
Jews" - A video and PowerPoint presentation by
Jeff Misrahi. 10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep. |
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Friday
Evening |
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Adult
Community Program: "Community Dialogue on Israel -
Part II" - This follow-up to our dialogue last year
will begin with a presentation by Nicolas Jahr on the recent
publications by academicians John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
and the intense response by Abraham Foxman of the
Anti-Defamation League and others. Mearsheimer and Walt have
questioned the American government's proactive support for
Israel, criticized the role of the "Israel Lobby's"
influence on American foreign policy, and contended that
criticism of Israel stands a good chance of being labeled
anti-Semitic. Following the presentation, we will discuss
what, as Jews, we expect of the American government in its
relationship to the State of Israel and what role we think the
American Jewish community should play in 'lobbying' our
government over its relationship to the State of Israel.
8:00 PM at the Rutgers Labor Education Center, Ryders Lane,
New Brunswick
Nicholas Jahr is a
freelance writer based in Brooklyn, NY. He worked for the
Carter Center as a Long Term Observer of the Liberian
elections in 2005, and has written for Jewish Currents, The
Brooklyn Rail, The Nation, and Dissent. He is also a founding
editor of the Crumpled Press, which published his fictional
work '9 1 1'. A graduate of the Flatbush Kindershule, he has
been involved with Camp Kinderland for many years. |
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Sunday |
(Class 5) |
Adult
Commmunity Program: "Education in Israel"
- A Presentation by Gili Chupak. Here is Gili's synopsis
of his presentation: Israel, a country born amidst
hostility and loss, is comprised of many peoples coming from
different places, with different cultures, and speaking
different languages. Under these circumstances, the education
in Israel proved to be an important tool in establishing a
national identity of the new Jew: a fighter, a farmer, a free
person in their own land. Education in Israel was vital in
securing a relatively stable and normal life for Jews. But, as
a country looking to move forward beyond survival, the
education system is now a barrier to peace. The presentation
will explore how the education system in Israel reinforces the
conflict and stymies Israel's future. 10:30 AM at
Rutgers Prep. |
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Sunday |
(Class 6) |
Adult
Community Progam: "What About Stem Cells?"
A Presentation by Warren I. Schaeffer, Ph.D. Recent
quotes from the newspaper: "...stem cell research an
engine for medical science and economic development";
"For the baby born with leukemia, for the senior citizen
who...can?t remember the joys of their times because of
Alzheimer?s.....for those...ravaged by diabetes....stem cell
research holds hope"; "Critics have opposed ...stem
cell research plans saying they are immoral because the cells
are often harvested from human embryos"; "....this
is about taxpayer-funded human cloning...". These quotes
basically summarize the emotional state of the pros and cons
of stem cells research. The emotional, religious, ethical and
political issues aside, what is the basic science behind this
research? THIS, the science, and only the science, is the
topic of this talk. 10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep.
Among other things,
Warren I. Schaeffer, Ph.D. was Assistant, Associate and Full
Professor at the University of Vermont, College of Medicine,
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology from 1968
until he retiredin May 2003. Most recently he has joined
the faculty of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at
Rutgers University teaching a course entitled "Our Bodies
our Cells". |
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| November |
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Sunday |
(Class 7) |
Adult
Community Program: "Some Butchers, a Rabbi, and an
Unfriendly Divorce: Jewish Law in the Secular Courts." A
Presentation by Stephen Eisdorfer. Modern historians
have come to recognize court records as valuable primary
evidence on contemporaneous social relations. In that spirit,
we will read a number of New Jersey court opinions in which
the courts adjudicate (or fail to adjudicate) issues of Jewish
law (halachah). These opinions tell good stories--including
The Rabbi With A Secret Past and The War Between The
Butchers--and present intriguing questions of secular and
Jewish law. Even more important, properly read, they offer
evidence about how Jews in modern America see themselves and
see their relationship with American society and mainstream
culture. We will approach these opinions through group text
study and discussion. 10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep.
Stephen Eisdorfer
practiced public interest law in New Jersey for 19 years,
arguing a number of major cases in the N.J. Supreme Court
involving discrimination in housing and public education. For
the past 13 years, he has been a partner in Hill Wallack, a
65-attorney law firm in Princeton. He has lectured
extensively on the interaction between American law and Jewish
life and practice. He was recently the keynote speaker at the
annual meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of Central
Jersey. |
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Sunday |
(Class 8) |
Adult
Community Program: “Biro-bidjan: An Experimental
Jewish Settlement in Siberia, circa 1930’s”: A
Presentation by Nikolai Borodulin, Assistant Director, Center
for Jewish Cultural Life of the Workmen’s Circle. 10:30 AM
at Rutgers Prep.
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Friday
Evening |
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Adult
Community Program: "Hot Topics" -
The Congressional Condemnation of Genocide in Armenia; The
Israeli attack on a Syrian nuclear power plant; The Death
Penalty New Jersey is perched to become the first State to
legislatively abolish the death penalty; and Tomorrow's
Headline Worthy of Discussion.
Bring a topic from Friday's paper and we will add it to the
list. Come to an informal discussion of these and more
topics in the news over coffee, tea and dessert. 8:00 PM at the Rutgers Labor Education Center, Ryders Lane,
New Brunswick
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Sunday |
(Class
9) |
Classroom
Visitation |
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Sunday |
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Thanksgiving weekend — no school |
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| December |
| 2 |
Sunday |
(Class 10) |
Latke Making |
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Friday
Evening |
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8th
Annual Chanukah Party for the adult members of the entire Peretz Community |
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Sunday |
(Class 11) |
Chanukah Celebration
- 11:00 AM at Rutgers Prep. |
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Sunday |
(Class 12) |
Adult Community Program: "Bar
and Bat Mitzvah in a Secular-Humanistic Community" - a
presentation by Ira Mintz, I. L Peretz President. The program
will address the many options one has in celebrating this rite
of passage into young adulthood. A Bar or Bat Mitzvah can be a
very special opportunity to explore how to make our Jewishness
relevant to ourselves and our children. 10:30 AM at Rutgers
Prep. |
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Sunday |
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Winter break — no school |
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Sunday |
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Winter break — no school |
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| January |
| 6 |
Sunday |
(Class 13) |
Field Trip to the Lower East Side
Tenement Museum - Bus leaves at 8:30 AM from Rutgers Prep. |
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Sunday |
(Class 14) |
Adult
Community Program: "Genetic Disease, Jewish Identity,
and the Ethics of Prevention: The Case of Tay-Sachs Disease in
relation to Sickle Cell and Cystic Fibrosis" - a
presentation by Rutgers Professor Keith Wailoo, who teaches
courses on a health and history at the undergraduate and
graduate levels including: Drugs, Medicine and Society in
America; Health Care and Society in America; Sex, Sexuality,
and Medicine; and Major Trends in the Cultural History of
Medicine. In the past, he has also taught courses on The
Politics of Pain Medicine; The History of Child Health in
America; Racial Health and the American South; and Disease in
Historical Perspective. 10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep. |
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Sunday |
(Class 15) |
Adult
Community Program: Two wonderful documentary shorts,
"Freedom Dance" and "A Stranger in Her Own
City." "A STRANGER IN HER OWN CITY" follows
thirteen year-old Najmia who refuses to wear a veil. Not only
is her face uncovered, she further flouts religion and culture
by playing with boys, riding bicycles and scooters, and
generally following whatever whim she has. Needless to say she
is cursed and threatened for her behavior. Through it all
Najmia demonstrates a spirit that doesn't weaken; one anchored
with good senses of humor, perspective and self. "FREEDOM
DANCE" is a unique documentary which is based on an
illustrated journal kept by Edward Hilbert while he and his
wife Judy were refugees from bloody Budapest in 1956 and
chroncicles their escape and difficult journey to the land of
Edward's dreams: America! Limited animation makes Edwards
sketches come to life and tell this harrowing tale of young
newlyweds risking everything for a chance of Freedom. Narrated
by Mariska Hargitay. 10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep. |
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Sunday |
(Class 16) |
Tu B'Shevat Seder - 11:00 AM at Rutgers
Prep |
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| February |
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Friday
Evening |
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Adult
Community Program: "Perceptions of Iranian
Jews" A Presentation by Paul Sprachman. If
Iran represents an existential threat to Israel and the United
States, how does one explain the continued presence of a
Jewish minority in the country? Among all the people of the
Middle East, why are the Iranians the most pro-American
despite the drumbeat of anti-Iranian propaganda on such news
outlets as Fox and CNN? Paul Sprachman will speak about these
issues based on his 6 visits to Iran in the last 7 years. Dr.
Sprachman is Vice Director of the Center for Middle Eastern
Studies at Rutgers University. He holds a PhD in Persian from
the University of Chicago. He began studying the language as a
Peace Corps volunteer from 1969 to 1971 in Ghazni,
Afghanistan. He studied and worked in Iran from 1974 to 1978.
A professor of Persian at Rutgers, he is the author of
"Language and Culture in Persian." He has translated
a number of books from Persian into English. Among them are:
"Suppressed Persian an Anthology of Forbidden
Literature," "The Diaries of Dr. Ghasem Ghani,"
and most recently two novels about the Iran Iraq
war--"Journey to Heading 270 Degrees" and
"Chess with the Doomsday Machine." 8 PM at
Rutgers Labor Education Center, Ryders Lane, New Brunswick.
$5 for non-members. |
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Sunday |
(Class 17) |
Adult
Community Program: The Impact and Importance of Gender,
Race and Religion in the Upcoming Elections? A Discussion.
10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep. |
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Sunday |
(Class 18) |
Adult
Community Program: "Composting" Lisa Dole of the
Rutgers Master Gardening Program will teach us all how to
compost. 10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep. |
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Sunday |
(Class 19) |
Adult
Community Program: HBO Documentary "To Die in
Jerusalem" Two daughters lost in conflict: one a suicide
bomber, the other her victim. Two mothers searching for
answers. Two nations divided by the land they share. TO DIE IN
JERUSALEM looks at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through
the eyes of two mothers who lost their daughters in one deadly
act of violence. Directed by Hilla Medalia, the documentary
recounts the heart-wrenching story of two teenage girls -
17-year-old Israeli student Rachel Levy, and her killer,
18-year-old Palestinian suicide bomber Ayat al-Akhras - who
died together in a Jerusalem market in 2002. The horrific
incident ignited international outrage and set in motion one
mother's journey to meet the mother of her daughter's killer.
More than four years later, they finally met in an emotionally
charged encounter that underscores the deep roots of the
Israel-Palestinian conflict. 10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep |
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Sunday |
(Class 20) |
Membership
Meeting: For the Entire Peretz Community. 10:30 AM at
Rutgers Prep. |
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| March |
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Sunday |
(Class 21) |
Adult
Community Program: "West Bank Story" - A musical
comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of competing
falafel stands in the West Bank... David, an Israeli soldier,
falls in love with the beautiful Palestinian cashier, Fatima,
despite the animosity between their families' dueling
restaurants. Can the couple's love withstand a 2000 year old
conflict and their families' desire to control the future of
the chic pea in the Middle East? 2006 Academy Award Winner -
Best Live Action Short Film. 10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep.
Discussion to follow. |
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Sunday |
(Class
22) |
Open
House: 10:00 AM at Rutgers Prep. Flyer |
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Friday Evening |
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Adult
Community Program: "Classic Broadway with a
Twist: The Life Story and Music of Gershwin, Kerns and
Berlin" with Pianist and Lecturer Nina Deutsch. 8:00 PM at the Rutgers Labor Education
Center, Ryders Lane, New Brunswick. Free. Flyer |
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Sunday |
(Class 23) |
Purim Celebration
- 10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep. |
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Sunday |
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Spring break
- no school |
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Sunday |
(Class
24) |
Adult
Community Program: At 9:30 AM, Nicholai Borodulin from the Workmen's
Circle will be at our Yiddish class to teach a lesson on
klezmer (vocabulary and slang). Others are welcome to sit
in.
At 10:30 AM, he will offer an after-Purim presentation:
Lehaim! Jews and drinking in Yiddish film. He will also tell
us about the Workmen's Circle Convention scheduled for June
13-15 and the special shule (school) programming at the
Convention for children and parents.
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| April |
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Friday
Evening |
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Adult
Community Program: "The Kindertransport: the Story of
the Children's Refugee Movement" - A presentation by
Siegmar Silber, a community activist and the youngest child in
Gert Dubrovsky's book "Six from Leipzig," which
deals with the Kindertransport. He is a lawyer and
painter who lives in a historic district in Paterson. He
is co-founder ofThe Federici Collection, a collection of
sculpture by Paterson's famous sculptor, Gaetano Federici,
(1880-1964), which is permanently housed at Passaic County
Community College. 8 PM at the Rutgers Labor Education Center,
Ryders Lane, New Brunswick. |
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Sunday |
(Class 25) |
Adult
Community Program: "300 Ways to Ask the Four
Questions" - Dr. Murray Spiegel and Rickey Stein
present the fascinating and humorous account of a 30-year
project to obtain translations of the Seder's Four Questions
from hundreds of people around the globe: Jews from Uganda to
Uzbekistan, aboriginals in Australia, Eskimo Bishops, Maori
from New Zealand, and experts of ancient languages. Their
illustrated presentation includes a few of the more unusual
translations, sampling images from their 120 countries of
origin. They cover cultural nuggets from other lands, the
Seder's history and unexpectedly exotic languages spoken by
Jews and their melodic chants. This remarkable project has the
largest number of languages for any Jewish ritual. 10:30
AM at Rutgers Prep. |
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Sunday |
(Class
26) |
Regular classes in the morning, Community Seder
at 3 PM at Rutgers Prep. For reservations, see the form here. |
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Sunday |
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Passover - no
school |
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Thursday
Evening |
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Comedy
Night - Tumulty's Pub, 361 George Street, New
Brunswick. An evening of comedy to benefit the I.L.
Peretz Community Jewish School. $25. 8 PM Flyer |
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Sunday |
(Class 27) |
Membership
Meeting - Board Nominations - 10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep.
Adult
Community Program: "Composting" Lisa Dole of the
Rutgers Master Gardening Program will teach us all how to
compost. 11:00 AM at Rutgers Prep. |
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Sunday |
(Class 28) |
Membership
Meeting - Discussion of Board Positions for Next Year -
10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep.
Yom HaShoah Ceremony - 11:30 AM at Rutgers Prep.
Adult
Community Program: Meeting
with New Brunswick and Metuchen-Edison Branches of the NAACP on "Race Relations." - 3 PM to 5 PM
at Rutgers Prep. Flyer
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Sunday |
(Class 29) |
Board
Elections - 10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep. |
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Sunday |
(Class 30) |
Graduation |
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June 1 |
Friday-Sunday |
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Weekend
Retreat at Stokes State Forest |
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| June |
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Friday-Sunday |
(Class 28) |
Workmen's
Circle Convention - Circle Lodge - Hopewell Junction, NY |
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Community Jewish School or the I. L. Peretz Secular Jewish
Community, call us at 732-545-9691 or email to mailto:info@ilperetz.org
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