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Interview with Kristia Robinson Clark, Director of Quality Assurance and Compliance

September 19, 2022 / JSDD News

How long have you been with JSDD? Eleven years Was this the position you started in? I Started as a group home manager in Livingston and moved up quite a few times. A few years after I started, I became a senior …

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Beginnings

September 19, 2022 / JSDD News, WAE Center News

By Howard Charish, JSDD Board Member When I entered graduate school to obtain a master’s degree in social work, the first paper that I had to write was on beginnings. It was a daunting assignment for new students who were filled with …

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First Annual Awards Ceremony

September 12, 2022 / JSDD News, WAE Center News

By Harry Klein, Director of the WAE Center On Thursday, 08/18/2022, the JSDD WAE Center held its first “Annual Awards Ceremony” for members. The idea for the ceremony came out of the “WAE Center Member Advisory Board” (GiGi, Roberto, Kevin M., Alicia), …

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Fabulous Shabbat In-Person Celebration with Friendship Circle – Friday, August 5th, 2022

August 16, 2022 / JSDD News

JSDD was thrilled to attend a beautiful Shabbat Service and dinner hosted by the Friendship Circle’s and the Fabulous Friday program. Everyone was thrilled to see each other face to face. The service began with the women of the Passaic House lighting …

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Virtual Shabbat – Tu Be’av – Friday, August 12th, 2022

August 16, 2022 / JSDD News

The Shabbat celebration was back online this week. The gathering began with lots of singing of songs in both English and Hebrew. Todd and Daniel performed the blessings of both the challah and the grape juice. Hagit, JSDD’s Judaic Coordinator, taught …

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WAE to Connect – Welcomes Ronnella Walker as Manager

July 11, 2022 / JSDD News, Staff, WAE Center News

From the Desk of Harry Klein, Director, JSDD WAE Center When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the WAE community over 2 years ago, the staff scrambled to figure out how to stay connected with our members. By May of 2020, we were hosting 4 …

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Getting to Know…. Amelia Mukherjee

June 21, 2022 / JSDD News, WAE Center News

Name: Amelia Mukherjee Title: Physical Therapist How long have you been with JSDD? I started March 2019 Was this the position you started in? Yes What is your first memory of JSDD? Aubrie brought me in for an interview and I loved …

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Happy Pride 2022

May 31, 2022 / JSDD News, WAE Center News

Brad van Eeden-Moorefield, MSW, Ph.D., CFLE Acting Department Chair, FSHD Professor and Associate Department Chair for Social Justice Initiatives Department of Family Science & Human Development I was thrilled to be asked to contribute a post for Pride month. I thought …

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Shabbat and Passover! April 15, 2022

May 12, 2022 / JSDD News

This week was not a typical virtual Shabbat. Friday evening was the beginning of Passover. Each time a new person or group joined the meeting they wished each other “Shabbat Shalom” and “Happy Yom Tov” (a peaceful Shabbat and a happy …

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Shabbat – Friday, April 22nd, 2022

May 12, 2022 / JSDD News

Shabbat celebrations began this week with Stacy C. and Debbie chanting the blessing over the candles. Mark performed the blessings over the grape juice and the matzah. Since this is the last full day of Passover, the group enjoyed matzah instead of …

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