St. Paul Church’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic a success
The church made an effort to spread awareness about the clinic to the Spanish-speaking population in Princeton.
Sohaib Nazeer Sultan, Muslim life coordinator and chaplain at Princeton University, dies at 40
He was hired to be the first Muslim life coordinator at Princeton University in August of 2008. The program was among the first Muslim college chaplaincies in the country.
Remembering children who died in the Holocaust: Jewish Center of Princeton participates in the Daffodil Project
The Jewish Center planted more than 250 daffodil bulbs for the project in the fall of 2020.
Princeton area congregations to host online celebrations for Hanukkah
Hanukkah starts at sundown on Thursday, Dec. 10, and continues until sundown on Dec. 18
Free Christmas brunch Friday in South Brunswick for area residents in need
The Islamic Society of Central Jersey is hosting a free hot-brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Christmas day in front of the South Brunswick Senior Center. Food will be served in the parking lot of the senior center. The meal will include a hot brunch and dessert. The senior center is located at…
Islamic Society of Central Jersey to host Thanksgiving food drive Saturday
The Islamic Society of Central Jersey in South Brunswick wants to help area residents who have been impacted financially by the pandemic so that they can celebrate Thanksgiving at home with a nice meal. Turkeys and other food items will be distributed at the Islamic Society’s drive-thru food pantry on Saturday, Nov. 21 from noon…
Faith and activism: A discussion with three religious leaders in Princeton
The reverberating chants of “No more! No mas!” filled the air as the Rev. Lukata Mjumbe preached about racial justice to a crowd of thousands at a recent Black Lives Matter rally in Downtown Princeton. For Mjumbe, his involvement in the protests and his activism go hand in hand with his job. He sees his…
Princeton area houses of worship embrace virtual religious services
By contributor Marc Monseau Churches, synagogues and other houses of worship are embracing digital tools to connect with and support their congregations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Zoom, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and teleconferencing services, religious leaders are providing formal religious services, words of inspiration, meditation sessions, and interactive religious instruction. The result has not only…
Congregation Beth Chaim in Princeton Junction names new senior rabbi
Congregation Beth Chaim , the largest Reform synagogue in Mercer County, has named Adena Blum to serve as senior rabbi. Blum currently is the associate rabbi at Beth Chaim. She joined the synagogue as assistant rabbi in 2014. She was selected as Beth Chaim’s senior rabbi following the approval by the temple’s search committee and…
Princeton Theological Seminary scraps plans to build new student housing on Stockton Street (updated)
Princeton Theological Seminary officials announced Wednesday that the seminary no longer has plans to build new apartments on the Tennent Roberts campus along Hibben Road and Stockton Street in Princeton. Instead, school officials said they will focus on efforts to restore and renew other buildings on the campus. Seminary officials said they have informed municipal…
Islamic Society of Central New Jersey to host ‘Solidarity with New Zealand’ interfaith event this Thursday
The Islamic Society of Central New Jersey will host an interfaith forum to combat Islamophobia and hate this Thursday, March 21, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The mosque is located on Route 1 south in South Brunswick. Activities will include writing letters to the injured in New Zealand and making donations to affected families. A…
Princeton Theological Seminary names new director of alumni relations
The Rev. Ann-Henley Saunders has been named the new director of alumni relations in the office of advancement at Princeton Theological Seminary, school officials said Tuesday. Saunders received her master’s of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2014, and served as an admissions associate at the school from 2014 to 2015, traveling around the…
First criminal case filed by new state task force on clergy abuse
The New Jersey attorney general’s clergy abuse task force has filed its first criminal case against a Roman Catholic priest who allegedly sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the 1990s. AA priest from Phillipsburg has been arrested and charged with multiple criminal counts in the sexual assault of a child who was between the ages…
To argue or to answer
It has been reported that the “white nationalists” are coming to town to spew racial hatred and to supposedly promote a defense of an unfairly maligned “European heritage.” Fliers posted here in Princeton have promised a march of members of an organization calling itself the “New Jersey European Heritage Association” this Saturday afternoon on the…
People: Local rabbi to retire after more than four decades of service
Rabbis who are approaching the end of their seventh decade of life rarely need to learn new skills. But early next year, Eric Wisnia will have to adapt to a life that does not revolve around being the leader a local synagogue. Wisnia, who has been the rabbi at Congregation Beth Chaim in Princeton Junction…
Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church names new pastor
The Rev. Lukata Mjumbe has been named the new pastor of the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton. The church is a historically black church that was founded 178 years ago. Today the church has members of many backgrounds from a wide geographical area. “I give thanks for the honor and privilege of standing upon the incredible legacy of…
Responding to the Tree of Life Synagogue killings: Interfaith prayer service to be held in Princeton Sunday night
Princeton area religious leaders have organized an interfaith prayer service in the wake of the killings at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The Jewish Center of Princeton and Nassau Presbyterian Church, in partnership with the Princeton Clergy Association, will be holding a prayer service tonight, Sunday, Oct. 28, in response to the killings….
Belle Mead synagogue appoints new rabbi
Rabbi Jacob Best Adler is the co-author of the popular”‘Hamilton Haggadah” Congregation Kehilat Shalom, a reconstructionist congregation in Belle Mead, has appointed Rabbi Jacob Best Adler to replace Rabbi Susan Falk, who stepped down after eleven years to pursue a new chapter of her career in New York. Adler, known to many as “Rabbi Jake”,…