Ruby Tuesday Firetruck
Boys visit the Rutgers Agricultural Museum in New Brunswick, New Jersey as a way to study the 39 Melachot (or Melakhot) of the Sabbath. They see an old-fashioned firetruck and a weaver with a loom.
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Public History
The website of Public History Partners includes photos of Asbury Park and the Delaware and Raritan Canal.
Ruby Tuesday Visits Rutgers
Before attending my business meeting at Rutgers today in this building, I photographed a detail of the red brick building across the street (above photo, Winants Hall). Do you think Rutgers chose red as their color so I could use their new emblem (the PR department had it redesigned last year) for Ruby Tuesday? For […]
Ruby Tuesday: Bench Roses
Last week Mary asked for a “macro.” Not sure how close a macro is, but I did enjoy this bench of roses I found in New Brunswick. A little more of the bench. And here’s the bench in its setting on Easton Avenue in New Brunswick, New Jersey. For more Ruby Tuesday pics, visit:
Sky Watch in New Brunswick
Sky Watch Friday is a photo meme with photos of sunrises, sunsets, blue skies, gray skies, pink skies, dark skies and any other kind of sky posted by bloggers all over the planet. I took this photo standing in Highland Park looking across the river at New Brunswick last month in early December. I believe […]
Zimmerli: Art and a Pomegranate
It’s a Sunday afternoon in Central New Jersey. It would be nice to visit the Guggenheim, but it’s a bit far. We’ve been to the Metropolitan; that’s also a full day trip. I used to visit the MFA when I was a student. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is my favorite in Boston. I’ve been […]
Cemetery Vandalism ‘not bias’ & civil suit
From the Jewish State (local Central New Jersey newspaper): According to a statement issued by Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan’s office the teens’ “alcohol-fueled vandalism” came from teenage boredom, not anti-Semitism. Kaplan said this means while the teens will still face vandalism charges in Family Court, they will not be prosecuted on the more serious charge of […]
Rutgers students condemn cemetery vandalism
Here in Central New Jersey, not only is the Jewish community reacting with shock to the recent cemetery vandalism, but there is also condemnation from the general community.
Suing over cemetery
From nj.com: Accused vandals sued over Jewish cemetery destruction A Rutherford resident whose parents’ gravestones were desecrated in a New Brunswick Jewish cemetery this month has filed a lawsuit against the four teenagers charged with causing the damage to nearly 500 headstones. Mark Elfant is a member of Congregation Poile Zedek with familial ties to […]
Learning from Cemetery Desecration
Rabbi Bassous devoted his speech this past Shabbat to learning from the cemetery vandalism in New Brunswick. I missed the speech (my daughter had other plans for me), so I apologize in advance to Rabbi Bassous if I botch my summary of what he said. My husband related to me that he spoke about two […]