Clergy Blog

Congratulations to Rabbi Clifford Kulwin on being a recipient of the Star of Essex Award, presented during the Essex County Jewish Heritage celebration in Newark!

By Cantor Jessica F. Epstein It was my first time walking into The Oval to participate in the Livingston Township Memorial Day parade, so of course one of my espadrilles decided to come apart, leaving me limping oddly to the grandstand. On the way to the center of the...

An Iftar Dinner: A Wonderful Community Event in Livingston Building Bridges By Cantor Jessica F. Epstein May 25, 2019 A Jewish female cantor attending an Iftar dinner at the Knights of Columbus is pretty much what makes America great. Period. Many of us received the...

Supporting our Muslim Neighbors An evening of healing and community building March 26, 2019 19 Adar II 5779 by Rabbi Faith joy Dantowitz On Saturday night March 23rd about 100 community members joined with the local Muslim community for an evening of prayer and...

Reflections on the DNSIB New Jersey Press Conference by Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz 5 Adar II March 12, 2019 Holy Communities from the Cities to the Suburbs Do you remember when you first became concerned about gun violence? After the Sandy Hook shooting, I recall...

Mentors make a difference. Outside researchers make it clear. By wide margins, children who have a mentor are more likely to graduate from high school, less likely to be absent, and more likely to avoid the juvenile justice system, than peers who do not have a mentor...

Two weeks ago today, Robin and I left New Jersey for Israel. Our first destination in Israel was the Hertz counter.  We rented a car – my first Renault…diesel, no less! - pointed it south and headed directly to Eilat. We stopped for lunch at the Yotvata kibbutz,...

Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz Stand Together Against Hate: A Candlelight Vigil for Pittsburgh Organized by the Livingston Clergy Association Presbyterian Church of Livingston October 30, 2018 Tree of Life in Pittsburgh Dear God, I stand here in pain. My heart hurts for...

Menendez Rally to Keep Families Together June 22, 2018 Remarks by Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz My name is Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz. I am a rabbi at Temple B’nai Abraham in Livingston. As a rabbi, I often quote text and we’ve been hearing a lot about what the Bible says....

How One of America’s Great Rabbis Handled Christian Antisemitism Article from Jewish Currents by Rabbi Clifford Kulwin, June 20, 2018 One July evening in 1944, Rabbi Joachim Prinz gave a lecture at Camp Berkeley, a large Army training installation near Abilene, Texas....