Credits: Union County Torah Center Chabad
By YOSSY GOLDMAN
April 20, 2021 at 2:14 PM
If anyone was bent on convincing us that Torah was old-fashioned, this would be a good Parshah to prove it. Leviticus, Chapter 18, contains the Bible s Immorality Act. Our moral code, the forbidden relationships, who may marry whom and who may not all come from this week s reading.
We read this same chapter every year on Yom Kippur afternoon. And every year in every Shul around the world someone asks the very same question. Why on Yom Kippur, Rabbi? Was there no other section of the Torah to choose besides the one about illicit sex? Is this an appropriate choice to read in Shul on the holiest day of the year?
FINANCE
The Board accepted with gratitude a gift to Wilson Elementary School in the amount of $1,072 from the Wilson Elementary School Girl Scouts.
TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION
Technology and Communication Chair Gretchan Ohlig reported that, at a recent meeting, Chief Technology Officer Brian Auker and Network Manager Arvin Vidal addressed committee member questions about the possibility of storing additional district network systems on the Cloud. Mr. Auker and Mr. Vidal explained which systems already exist on the Cloud and which are stored locally for specific reasons. Ms. Ohlig noted that Mr. Auker said that his team will continue to explore and take advantage of moving additional systems to the Cloud when appropriate.
Commissioners are anticipated to authorize $120 million in bonds for the government complex April 22.
UNION COUNTY, NJ The county Board of Commissioners will provide $16.75 million to the Union County Improvement Authority to plan and design a new county government complex in Elizabeth. The county is still in negotiations to select a developer for the project.
The two buildings are planned for the site of the county’s motor vehicle services division at 61-99 West Grand St. County officials have said the project will let the county move all its administrative services into two new buildings, and is expected to cost more than $100 million but eliminate rent the county pays for existing office space.
By JILL REED SIROTY
April 9, 2021 at 2:50 PM
Westfield Memorial Library Director Phil Israel is retiring.
Westfield Memorial Library Director Phil Israel is retiring.
Credits: Courtesy of Phil Israel
By JILL REED SIROTY
April 9, 2021 at 2:50 PM
WESTFIELD, NJ After 17 years, Phil Israel, director of the Westfield Memorial Library, has announced his retirement. His official retirement date is June 1, but his last day at the library will be in late April as he uses some accrued time off.
Following his graduation from Montclair State University, Israel was alerted to a job opening in the media department at the Rutgers University library that served Douglass and Cook campuses, and began his career. While working at Rutgers, he completed his master s in library science.
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