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Mi Shebeirach (a prayer for healing) is part of our liturgy in our services.
Click here to include yourself, a loved one or a friend.
Have something you'd like to include in our weekly newsletter?
Please email your submission to Laurie Schifano or Clergy Associate Ronni Pressman
by Wednesdays at 12pm.
We look forward to sharing your updates with the community!
Join us for Tot Shabbat on Friday, January 16th at 5:30pm
Come together with Shoresh and Ner Tamid families
for an evening of Shabbat fun, food, & friendship
REGISTER HERE!
We'll begin with a brief, clergy-led Tot Shabbat service,
followed by a community potluck Shabbat dinner.
All are welcome!
We kindly ask each family to bring a dairy/parve, nut-free side dish or dessert to share.
TNT will provide the main entrees.
Looking forward to celebrating Shabbat with you!
REGISTER HERE!
The Erev Shabbat Service on Friday night at 6:30pm
will be led by Rabbi Katz, Cantor Greenberg & Clergy Associate Pressman
accompanied by our Kabbalat Shabbat Band.
This Shabbat helps us celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
as we include songs from the civil rights movement and beyond.
The services will be streamed and can be seen on ZOOM and YouTube
Friday January 16th 2026
for a potluck dinner after services at TNT,
with our Virtual Torah Study Group.
This is open for all congregants!
Join all of our weekly Shabbat morning
Virtual Torah Study folks in conversation and community.
REGISTER HERE for POTLUCK DINNER!
Shabbat Morning Virtual Torah Study
will begin at 8:30am on ZOOM
and will be led by Rick Abrams
Torah Portion
CLICK HERE TO JOIN!
Join us on the New Moon of Shevat
January 20 at 7:00pm
with Cantor Greenberg
This season invites us to explore our relationship with the natural world. As the earth begins to renew herself, we too are called to reflect, release, and recommit to healing and wholeness. Together, we will explore the themes of Shevat through taste, smell, song, poetry, and silence—creating space for reflection, connection, and renewal.
Join us on Sunday, January 18th at 5pm
at the home of Michael and Kendra Poster
for a special synagogue gathering designed for people who work in (or alongside)
the entertainment world—
lawyers, actors, producers, musicians, podcasters, writers, and creatives of all kinds.
This wine & cheese gathering is about more than networking;
it’s about building genuine community with others who understand
the rhythms, pressures, and joys of life in creative industries.
Come meet fellow professionals, share stories, make connections,
and strengthen ties in a warm TNT setting.
All ages are welcome. Feel free to bring the whole family.
Address will be provided upon registration.
Register Here!
On Tuesday, January 27 at 7:30pm,
Temple Ner Tamid will host a timely and substantive conversation with
Bill Treanor and Paul Fishman
on law, free speech, and higher education, with particular attention
to contemporary debates over the role of the federal government
in determining what is taught at universities.
Bill Treanor, a leading constitutional law scholar
and longtime dean of both Fordham Law School and Georgetown University Law Center, brings deep expertise in university administration and the roles of both universities and the government in moments of political and cultural conflict. He was at the center of a controversy where the Interim US Attorney demanded that Georgetown Law "eliminate all DEI from your school and its curriculum" (to quote his letter to the law school).
Paul Fishman, former United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey and a respected voice on civil rights and public law, offers a complementary perspective shaped by years of prosecutorial leadership and engagement with complex questions of institutional accountability.
Together, they will explore how colleges and universities can uphold robust debate while meeting their legal and moral obligations to protect students from discrimination and harassment, examining where the law draws boundaries—and where it leaves room for judgment—amid intensifying campus tensions.
Artist in Residence Weekend Events
Friday night, January 30th at 6:30pm
In celebration of the great Jewish musicians of the 19th century,
those who paved the way for the glorious music of the Reform Movement,
we will be dedicating the evening to take a step back in time 200 years.
Guest artist and Hazzan Cantor Murray Simon will be joining Cantor Greenberg and a quartet of musicians, to bring us the sounds
of the early roots of Jewish music in classical Reform Judaism.
Stay for dinner and community time; bring your own dairy potluck dish.
Register for the Potluck Dinner
This evening has been made possible by the generous donation
of Paul and Marge Grayson in honor of Eleanor Neifeld z’l
Sunday Morning, February 1st at 11:30am
Cantor Simon will show clips and lead a discussion
on his wonderful film, “The Golden Age of the Cantorate”.
Come hear all about the process of making the film,
including interviews and footage of the greats,
and his personal relationships with many of them!
REGISTER HERE!
Coffee and bagels will be provided.
Annual Adult Study Shabbaton 2026
REGISTER HERE!
Join us for parts of the day or all of it.
Workshop Sessions are listed on the registration.
Questions? Reach out to Clergy Associate Pressman
Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 7:30PM
at Temple Ner Tamid
Join us as
Cantor Greenberg will be in conversation with Journalist Susan Dominus, groundbreaking writer for the New York Times, whose work has empowered women, health care professionals, and those whole care about them, to speak out, get support,
and stop being misled about menopause, our bodies, and what is true !
Please Register Here
This program is free and open to all.
More about Susan Dominus:
Susan Dominus has worked for The New York Times since 2007, first as a Metro columnist and then as staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. In 2018, she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for public service for its reporting on workplace sexual harassment. She won a Front Page Award from the Newswomen’s Club of New York and a Mychal Judge Heart of New York Award from the New York Press Club. She has studied as a fellow at the National Institutes of Health and Yale Law School. Her article about menopause in The New York Times Magazine won a National Magazine Award in 2024. She teaches journalism at Yale University. Her book, The Family Dynamic, was named one of Amazon's best book of 2025.
And for those who are interested in continuing the conversation…
Save The Date for
Support through the Pause - February 26, 2026
A monthly meet up and safe space to learn and share.
Facilitated by Helaina Altabef, Mental Health Counselor and Certified Coach
REGISTER NOW!
TNT's Annual Fundraising Event - Monte Carlo Night
Saturday, February 7, 2026
REGISTER NOW!
Join Bishop Malchaz Songulashvilli,
and spiritual leaders and peace activists from across the globe
in a meaningful service and discussion on
February 9, 2010 at 7:00PM
The service will be followed by a screening of the film,
“I Will Build This World From Love”,
directed by John Block and Oliver Miede, featuring Cantor Meredith Greenberg,
members of the TNT community, and the Peace Project of T’blisi, Georgia,
as it seeks to fulfill its mission to create a world of peace through justice and compassion.
The film will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Please Register Here
Do You Believe in Miracles?
Articulating a Personal Theology
with Rabbi James Feder
January 22, 29, February 5 at 7:30pm
at Temple Ner Tamid
Do you believe in miracles? How about heaven, or Creation, or God?
So often, the fact that Jewish tradition holds multiple and competing
views means that we are not pushed to articulate our own.
But what do you believe? And can you defend that belief?
In this course, participants will be exposed to a range of theological views
on a variety of topics.
And then, they will be invited to wrestle,
to work through their own personal theology and put it into words.
This is a hybrid class.
Register for in person here.
Register for ZOOM here.
Creative Liturgy Workshop with Rabbi James Feder
The prayers we recite by rote each week were not handed down fully formed from heaven—they were written by real people, reaching for words to express their hopes and fears, their loves and losses.
Over time, those personal prayers became the shared liturgy of the Jewish people. But sometimes, the ancient words of others don't quite resonate, which is why the process of prayer writing must be ongoing.
Join Rabbi Feder once a month at 10:00am
to explore new liturgy being written for our current moment
and take a hand at writing some yourself.
January 24 • February 7 • March 14 • April 25 • May 30
Join The Chesed Committee!
“Chesed” means “doing the right thing,”
and there are many ways you can do the right thing
in Temple Ner Tamid’s caring community.
The Chesed Committee responds to the practical and emotional needs of congregants by:
- providing drivers to medical appointments
- delivering shiva platters (volunteers are needed)
- offering friendly visitors, amongst other things
You can participate in these Chesed activities occasionally,
or on a regular basis, according to your own schedule.
If you are interested in any or all of these activities
or have ideas for new ways the Chesed Committee can help,
let us add your email to our growing list of Temple Ner Tamid members
who want to lend a helping hand.
Email or text Susan Goldstein at sgolds1957@gmail.com (201)407-7068
or Susan Katz at susankatz2@gmail.com (973)444-1945
Our beloved congregant, Adam Cohen, is desperately in need of a kidney.
Learn more to see if you might be a match!
We know the idea of donating a kidney can feel daunting.
If you want more information about the process,
visit the website www.renewal.org/aboutkidneydonation .
We have members of our congregation who have donated
and are experts that can also tell you about the process.
In the coming weeks, we will be back in touch
with more information about how to help Adam and his family.
If you know anyone who might want to see this information, feel free to forward it along.
Donate to Help Support the Families of Detainees
Since Delaney Hall’s reopening last May, volunteers and faith members from neighboring communities have been volunteering, collecting items, camping out in the facility’s parking lot to help distribute water, snacks, and coloring books, and serving as witness.
If you feel moved to support those who are vulnerable and in need, please
Donate...
Drop items off no later than Sunday, January 25th
at Temple Ner Tamid • 936 Broad Street • Bloomfield, NJ
Items needed:
* grocery store prepaid cards for Stop&Shop or ShopRite (Please include amount on card)
* gift cards and cash donations
* heavy coats, and warmers for hands and feet
Due to storage limitations, for the moment,we will only be collecting these items.
Gift Cards & Cash can be dropped off in the Temple Office
and given to Laurie Schifano, Cantor Meredith or Clergy Associate Pressman
If you are interested in volunteering in person
contact Cantor Greenberg cantor@nertamid.org for more details.
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS
FOR OUR January 25th, 2026 FOOD DRIVE
Temple Ner Tamid hosts a bi-monthly food drive
to benefit the Human Needs Food Pantry,
collecting donations from shoppers at ShopRite of Brookdale
(1409 Broad Street in Bloomfield).
Our food drives have always been a major charitable resource for the pantry,
which is serving many more food-insecure families since the start of the pandemic.
Our next volunteer date is: January 25th
We’re looking for volunteers to request donations at the entrance or receive donated items at the exit.
The shifts are 11:30-1:30 and 1:30-3:30.
The final shift includes driving to the food pantry in Montclair to help unload the truck.
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER HERE!
Questions? Please contact Melanie Schuman Rattigan
CONNECT TO ZOOM FOR EACH SESSION!
The TNT Jewish Short Story Group was started in March of 2020 (Covid).
To date, the group has read and discussed 112 short stories.
The meetings have been taking place virtually (ZOOM) each year from
October through May on the third Thursday of each month from 1:00-2:00PM. These sessions are not lectures, but rather discussions with voluntary input from everyone.
The stories are all made available to everyone
and all necessary information regularly appears here.
Schedule for all the sessions this year:
January 15 • February 19
March 19 • April 16 • May 21
TO VIEW ALL OF THE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE NEXT SHORT STORY MEETING CLICK HERE!
If you have any questions or would like to be on the monthly email reminder list,
please contact Norman Pollack at Normanspollack@gmail.com.
Support Through the Pause
is a monthly meetup and safe space, held at Ner Tamid,
to learn and share around the physical and emotional transitions
of perimenopause and menopause.
Facilitated by TNT member, Helaina Altabef, mental health counselor and certified coach.
Meeting Dates... each session meets at 7:30PM
February 26 • March 26 • April 30 • May 28 • June 25
REGISTER HERE!
Did you know that Ner Tamid has an Adult Group?
Our very active 65 plus community meets
twice monthly on Tuesdays from 11:15-1:15pm
for stimulating conversations, guest speakers, cultural programming,
holiday celebrations, Qi Gong exercise and much more.
The group is open to Temple Ner Tamid members and parents and friends of members.
If you or anyone you know is interested in meeting new people
in an inviting atmosphere, come give us a try!
The group is sponsored by Temple Ner Tamid & the JCC Metrowest.
The next meeting is on Tuesday, January 20, 2026
10:45am - 11:15pm - Qi Gong Exercise with Stan Keyles (optional)
11:15am - 11:45pm - Current Events Discussion
11:45pm-12:15pm - Lunch
(Bring your own dairy lunch. Coffee & cake provided)
12:15-1:15pm - Performance by jazz singer, Rhonda Denet
For further information, please contact Dianna Chipkin at 973-202 2497
or diannachipkin@gmail.com
We will meet again on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
Karen Frank, our Congregational Nurse,
offers two kinds of informal discussion groups a month, on Zoom,
one for Caregiving Family Members, and one for Grandparents.
The Caregiving Group is for adults with aging or ill parents or spouses.
We discuss questions about “how to keep them safe”, “when to get help”,
“where should they live”, “how do I deal with their confusion”.
We meet the first Thursday of the month, at 7:30pm.
The Grandparents group meets to discuss candidly
the real issues of relationships with grandchildren and their parents.
In a Facebook environment, an idealized picture
of these relationships often make us feel inadequate.
We discuss our real experiences in our safe and comfortable small group setting.
We meet the third Tuesday of each month at 5:00pm.
Please feel free to reach out individually at nursekarenfrank@gmail.com as well.
Mah-Jongg
Join our informal all-level (but mostly beginner) Mah-Jongg group!
Meeting weekly on Mondays 1:00-3:00 @ TNT
(no commitment; you don't have to come every week)
What to Bring: your Mah Jongg set
We welcome advanced players to help guide and teach our beginners
Even if you're not able to join us, we'd still love to borrow your Mah Jongg set!
RSVP to rennie.ackerman@gmail.com
Tai Chi @ TNT...Thursday evenings 6PM-7PM
Tai Chi is an ancient art that encompasses movement, exercise, meditation, and a delightful way to enhance health. Originating over 2000 years ago, it is often attributed to Lao Tzu, who is also credited with the book Tao Te Ching. Tai Chi serves as a form of movement meditation, skillfully designed to enhance balance and mobility.
With over 20 years of dedicated learning and practice,
Ray Wolfson and Irene Sherman are passionate Tai Chi practitioners.
According to them, 'Our growth within this art
continues through both teaching and personal practice.'
The classes offer a nonjudgmental and enjoyable environment,
understanding that progress takes time and consistent practice.
INTERESTED? Contact Ray Wolfson & Irene Sherman
TNT Hiking Group...THE WANDERING JEWS
Keep moving in 5786 by getting back to nature.
The groups explores local trails within driving distance.
Dates and times TBD.
Email Sarah Larson to be added to the list.
Do you do a handicraft?
Get together with your fellow TNTers for 2 hours of crafting.
Bring your knitting, needlepoint, embroidery, crochet,
lace-making, cross-stitch, or whatever handicraft you are working on and join us for schmoozing,
learning from each other and community.
We meet once a month on a Sunday afternoon at TNT.
Interested? Contact Beni Fishbein for more information.
YAHRZEIT
In Memory Of
- Erwin Frey from Diane Horowitz
- Rose Nathanson from Susan Nucci
There are many meaningful ways to support Temple Ner Tamid.
You can choose to make a contribution for a yahrzeit, simcha, or to discretionary funds.
Your generosity makes a significant impact and is deeply appreciated.
Donate to TNT!
All programs are at TNT unless otherwise noted!
- Tot Shabbat - January 16th at 5:30pm
- Congregant Gathering - January 18th
- Rosh Chodesh Shevat Women's Gathering - January 20th
- Do You Believe in Miracles? Articulating a Personal Theology with Rabbi James Feder - January 22nd at 7:30pm
- An Evening with Bill Treanor and Paul Fishman - January 27th at 7:30pm
- Artist-in-Residence Main Program & Potluck Dinner - January 30th at 6:30pm
- Annual Shabbaton- A Day of Food for the Body, Mind & Soul - Saturday, January 31st
- Artist-in-Residence: "Golden Age of Cantors" program - Sunday, February 1st at 11:30am
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