Events

Rosh Hashanah Ceremony - 11:00 AM - Rutgers Prep. (Family Event)

Open House, 11:00 AM — 12:30 PM, Rutgers Prep (Call 732-545-9691 for directions and further information.)

Yom Kippur Ceremony - 11:00 AM - Rutgers Prep. (Family Event)

(Class 1) School Opening Ceremony/Parent Orientation

(Class 2) Sukkot Celebration - 11:00 AM - Rutgers Prep. (Family Event)

(Class 3) Adult Program: Sunday Morning Program Group Discussion: Brainstorming to gather ideas for the year’s Sunday morning programs. Everyone is welcome. 10:30 AM at Rutgers Prep.

(Class 4) Adult Program: “Spaceships, Survivors, and Superheroes: Subverting Narratives in Contemporary Jewish Children's and Young Adult Literature” A presentation by Jill Ratzan, Peretz school librarian. Everyone knows the stories: Jews in WW II Europe were as helpless and alone as mice caught in a mousetrap. All Jewish people look the same. Orthodox women are[...]

(Class 5) Adult Program: “The Unknown Role of Jews in American Sports”: A presentation by Bennett Muraskin Bennett Muraskin is the author of three books on Jewish subjects and co-author of Celebrating Jewish Holidays: A Guide for Secular Jewish Families and their Communities. Come join us for a fascinating journey through Jewish sports history that[...]

Adult Program: “The Truth About Fracking - New Jersey and You”: A presentation by Jim Walsh Jim Walsh is a dedicated political organizer with over ten years experience working in local and national movements to empower communities to work for social, environmental, and economic justice. Jim currently serves as the Eastern Region Director for Food[...]

(Class 6) Adult Program: "Bar and Bat Mitzvah in a Secular-Humanistic Community" - a presentation by Peretz President Ira Mintz. This annual 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[...]

(Class 7) Adult Program: "Lilith's Cave", "Zayda was a Cowboy", "Letters From Rifka", "Why Be Different" Peretz Principal Jeremy Freedman will lead a discussion of this year's curriculum showing the wide range of topics that we offer the students. The highlight of the program will be a sample lesson(s). If you want to see and[...]

(Class 8) Adult Program: “Exploring the Bintel Brief” Peretz Member, Debbie Silberstein will guide us through an exploration of The Bintel Brief, a "Dear Abby" collection of letters for American, Jewish, Yiddish speaking immigrants! The translation in this collection brings to life a time gone by. We will read in small groups through a selection[...]

Adult Program: Movie and Dinner at the Rutgers New Jersey Jewish Film Festival - "God’s Neighbors” at 3:30PM at the Regal Theater in North Brunswick. Leading a brigade of Orthodox watchdogs, Avi and his friends patrol the streets of the Israeli coastal city Bat Yam to ensure strict adherence to laws of Shabbat and modesty.[...]

(Class 9) Adult Program: Kristallnacht and Beyond: Memories of my escape from Germany in 1939 and my new life in the United States. A presentation by Ruth Gottlieb, a former teacher from East Brunswick. On the anniversary of Kristallnacht, Ruth will share with us her personal memories of her life in Germany, the events leading[...]

(Class 10) Classroom Visitation

(Class 11) Latke Making (Family Event)

No School - Thanksgiving Break

14th Annual Chanukah Party for the adult members of the entire Peretz Community – Call or email for info

(Class 12) Chanukah Celebration (Family Event)

(Class 13) Adult Program: Regulation and Politics--How Government Regulation Gets Written: Everything you wanted to know but didn't think to ask. A presentation by Stuart Shapiro, Peretz member and Director of the Public Policy Program at Rutgers University. Author of a book coming out this fall, The Politics of Regulatory Reform, Stuart will talk about[...]

No School - Winter Break

No School - Winter Break

(Class 14) Adult Program: “The Gershwin You May Not Know” Peretz member, musician, and Gershwin aficionado, Ken Schmidt will present a discussion of the music of George Gershwin, showcasing works perhaps not as well known to the public as Rhapsody in Blue or American Paris. Ken will also play selections from a wonderful (and now[...]

(Class 15) Tu B’Shevat Celebration (Family Event)

(Class 16) Martin Luther King Day Observance (Family Event)

(Class 17) Adult Program:       "Is the Bible Historically Accurate?" A presentation by Bennett Muraskin What is the historical basis (or lack thereof) of biblical stories? How much truth is there in biblical narratives? Bennett, a frequent speaker at Peretz adult programs, will share with us a selection of stories from the bible--from[...]