Thursday Oct. 7 8pm	Punch Me in The Stomach - screening of the one woman "comedy" show about a 2-Ger and her use of humor to cope with the challenges of coming to terms with her unique background. Location: B'nai Tikvah Kiddush Room.
Thursday Nov. 4 7:30pm	"Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt with Nazis." Screening of the film with Special guest appearance by Gaylen Ross, director. Known as the Jewish Schindler, Rezso Kasztner saved at least 1,700 Jews through his negotiations with Adolf Eichmann. Denounced as a traitor in Israel, his adopted homeland, he was assassinated by Jewish extremists in 1957. The movie skillfully interweaves archival material and penetrating interviews with both Kasztner's family and his assassin, and raises poignant moral and political issues. Location: Meet in the lobby of The Regal Cinema Commerce Center, 2399 US 1 South, North Brunswick, at 7:20 pm. If there is an interest, we will drive to Starbucks in the Barnes and Noble on US 1 South for coffee and discussion after the movie.
Saturday Dec. 4 6:00pm	Generations Hanukah Party (members only) Potato pancakes, gelt and other treats for the children, lighting of the menorah, retelling the story to the children of the miracle of lights and linking that to the miracle that is our story. Location: Mirah & Murray's Home in East Brunswick
Thursday Jan. 6 8:00pm	Free at Last: Dehumanization, Memory, and Advocacy in the Black and Jewish Communities. In honor of Martin Luther King Month. Dr. Ronald L. Owens, the Senior Pastor at New Hope Baptist Church in Metuchen and Reverend William F. Riddick of the Faith Hope Baptist Church, in New Brunswick. Location: B'nai Tikvah Kiddush Room.
Thursday Feb. 3 8:00pm	"HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR PARENTS, THE SURVIVORS?" (members only) To encourage interaction between the survivors and the second generation, a movie will be shown, "Breaking the Silence" that captures the moving dialogue between the 2-Gers and their survivor parents as the children of the survivors push back against their parents' resistance to remember and as the parents come to realize the importance of passing down the story of freedom and in many cases redemption to the sons and daughters that represent so very much as the generation of the future. Location: B'nai Tikvah Kiddush Room
Thursday March 3 8:00pm	"Iran and Its Potential for Nuclear Disaster: How Much of a Threat is Iran to the Jewish People?" In honor of Purim and the Story of Haman, our speaker will be R. Scott Kemp, Ph.D., of Princeton University. Location: B'nai Tikvah, Kiddush Room.
Thursday April 7 8:00pm	Closed Meeting Tuvia Bielsky's son, Robert, talks about his father's and uncle's experiences when they saved more than 1,200 Jews in the forests of what is now Belarus and whose heroics became the subject of the 2008 movie "Defiance". This event, sponsored by the sisterhood, is open to the 2-G group and their survivor parents and children. Location: B'nai Tikvah Social Hall.
Sunday May 1 3:00pm	New Jersey State Yom HaShoah Program Participation of our 2-G group at the Middlesex County College Performing Arts Complex in Woodbridge, NJ.
Monday May 2 5:30pm	Yom Hashoah Name Recitation Program. Participation of our 2-G group in this moving B'nai Tikvah tradition of reading the names of our family members who were murdered during the Holocaust. To share the stories of our grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, through pictures and words, we memorialize our loved ones, the value of their lives, and in so doing, we sanctify the value of each one of the 6 million Jews in Eastern Europe, who lived, laughed, worked, created beauty and loved. Location: B'nai Tikvah Main Lobby
Thursday June 2 8:00pm	Closed Meeting to review individual approaches for going into public schools. Several of our 2-Gers want to pick up where their parents left off and share their insights on the Holocaust and their loved one's stories with the youth in our public schools that represent our future. This work will continue in subsequent meetings that will be open to the community. Location: B'nai Tikvah Library
Sunday July 17 1 - 5pm	Generations Picnic Location: Mirah & Murray's Home in East Brunswick