Upcoming:

2026

Sun, Mar 8: Startup Nation at War: Innovation, Resilience, and Resolve
Join Gary Survis, Operating Partner at Insight Partners—one of the largest investors in Israeli tech—for a conversation with Israeli entrepreneurs on how the startup nation is navigating war without losing its edge. Hear how founders are adapting, raising capital, and staying resilient in the face of ongoing conflict. It’s a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Israel’s innovation engine under extraordinary pressure.

Israel-related events that Oheb has hosted or in which Oheb has taken part:

2023

Oct 8 – Greater MetroWest Community Gathering in Solidarity with Israel at Temple B’nai Jeshurun, Short Hills
Oct 9 – Brief online gathering held to create a “landing spot” for anyone who wishes to pray and feel one another’s presence
Oct 10 – Home page carousel slide added, directs to Greater MetroWest Federation resource page
Oct 15 – Israel Solidarity March and Rally, Livingston
Oct 23 – In weekly email, Rabbi Treu and Cantor Kissner invite congregants to sign up to read Torah for someone in Israel.
Oct 28 – Havdalah of Healing and Hope, Spiotta Park, South Orange
Nov 14 – March Against Antisemitism in Washington, DC
Dec 3 – Listening Circle at Oheb Shalom
Dec 4 – Understanding Antisemtism on Campus virtual event, with David White of ADL
Dec 19 – Signs go up in front of building (see above)

2024

Jan 21 – Jews and Arabs Choosing a Shared Future (SOMA Action event)
Jan 28 – Social Media and the State of Our People at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel
Feb 17 – Two Truths in One Heart, Two Peoples in One Land – Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and Noor A’wad of Roots in Conversation
April 2, 9, and 16 – Poetry for Our Days: Israeli Poets Respond to 10/7 with Rachel Korazim
April 7 – Jewish Federation CommUNITY Mitzvah Day
May 19 – Yom Ha’atzma’ut Israel Block Party (Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest event)
June 17 – Oheb Reads Book Club: Noa Tishby’s Israel
Oct 7  – October 7: Marking One Year (Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ event)

2025

Jan 26 – The Heroes Who Resue the Heroes: A Morning with Unit 669
Feb 23 – Oheb Reads Book Club: Strangers in the House