Temple Ner Tamid will host this year’s Tikkun for Erev Shavuot on Tuesday evening, May 30. For more than 20 years, four synagogues — Bnai Keshet and Shomrei Emunah in […]
Religion
Ramadan: less food, more words
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news Not eating during the day is not the hardest thing about Ramadan, for Kevin Dawud Amin, of the Masjid Ul Wadud mosque on Bloomfield Avenue. It’s […]
Pastor at troubled, merged Montclair parish reassigned
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news The pastor of St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, which was formed last year by the rocky merger of two Montclair churches, is being transferred to a […]
Cardinal says he’ll hear out Mount Carmel parishioners in Montclair
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news With the future of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in his hands, Cardinal Joseph Tobin this week said he plans to visit Montclair to hear […]
Save Mount Carmel committee meets with Newark Archdiocese
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Parishioners of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church said that earlier this week they met with representatives of the Archdiocese of Newark to make the case […]
Township swears in 10 police chaplains
The Township Council on Tuesday night swore in nine chaplains, representing various faiths, as part of a new Montclair Police Department program. The police chaplains, clergymen and -women, represent houses […]
Praying for a Meeting
Montclair Jews gather outside Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen’s Morristown office this past Saturday night, to celebrate Havdalah, the closing of Shabbat, during Passover. Bnai Keshet’s Rabbi Elliot Tepperman holds a guitar. […]
COPE Center gets additional space at St. Luke’s
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news An Essex County counseling center will be getting some additional new space in Montclair. The COPE Center will be leasing space at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church […]
Mixed-faith group helps build a Habitat for Humanity house
Members of Bnai Keshet, First Congregational Church and Baitful Wahid Mosque will gather on Thursday, April 13, to contribute their labor to Habitat for Humanity and build a house in Paterson. Participants […]
Montclair’s Bnai Keshet holds Community Seder
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news This year’s Community Seder at Bnai Keshet will feature a theme of immigration. It’s particularly timely, with the president’s Muslim bans being fought in the courts. […]
Immaculate Conception church hosts talk on refugee aid
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news There are about 16 million people with refugee status worldwide, Maria Biancheri told an audience in Madonna Hall at Immaculate Conception Church on Wednesday evening. “What […]
Mount Carmel mounts another plea to survive
In a yet another effort to save their parish, former members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church have pleaded to Cardinal Joseph Tobin, chosen by Pope Francis as the […]
Montclair police, clergy setting up chaplain program
by ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Montclair Police Department will be adding some chaplains to its ranks. The department is bringing back a chaplain program as part of its community outreach […]