President's Message
Hello, and welcome to the Glen Rock Jewish Center, or rather, welcome to our website!
My name is Mike Needleman. I am the current president, enjoying a two-year term. I work with a wonderful board of trustees to guide a fantastic staff that runs the GRJC.
The GRJC vision is to welcome, engage and enlighten our Jewish community through Judaic values, culture, education and celebration. You can see how we work to get there on the "About Us" page, a few clicks away.
The GRJC has a comfortableness and accessibility that I appreciate. Rabbi Schlosberg has a remarkable way of celebrating occasions, both happy and sad, that is inspiring to us all. There are always kids around, bringing brightness and warmth to our building. I find the GRJC to be a cozy place, informal in the right ways, but always dedicated and devoted to our mission.
A bit more about my family. We just celebrated our chai year (18) as members of the GRJC. Sue and I are celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary this year. We have two fascinating kids who have already launched, one (Jessica) to Chicag to an exciting career in data science, and the other (Dylan) to graduate school at Brandeis, studying music composition. Sue and I are both recently retired, so you can find us hanging around the synagogue quite a bit, helping out in the office, on my laptop in the alcove, helping Jorge set up chairs for an event, and sometimes baking in the kitchen. When we're not in the building, you might bump into us at the movies, catching shows on Broadway, day-hiking in the local state parks or just going for walks around Glen Rock and Fair Lawn.
I have a few "looking-forward" goals for my brief term. I am working with our Development Committee to strategically think about the future of the Jewish community in and around Glen Rock. I am also working with our education groups to think about the future of Jewish education for kids at the GRJC.
Our synagogue is much nicer in person than in pictures, and I hope you will pay us a visit.
Please feel free to reach out to me any time. I would love to hear from you.
Thanks,
Mike Needleman
President
Email: president@grjc.org
Phone: 201-652-6624
Sat, May 24 2025
26 Iyyar 5785
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