Annual Dinner 5785
05/13/2025 10:49:01 AM
We are deeply grateful to everyone who joined us for our annual dinner and for your continued support of our shul. It was a beautiful evening that honored our past, celebrated our present, and looked ahead to a vibrant future.
The program paid tribute to our legacy pillars—Morton Weitzman a”h, Leonard Neuringer a”h, and Dr. Elliot Rudnitzky a”h—and celebrated this year’s Ahavas Chesed Award honorees, Yoel...Read more...
Linden’s Anshe Chesed Holds Mitzvah Fair
04/23/2025 10:12:13 AM
Congregation Anshe Chesed in Linden held a community-wide mitzvah market on Sunday afternoon, March 30. The opportunities to do good included a clothing drive for Yad Leah, shaimos collection and used book sale, tefillin and mezuzah checking, non-perishable food drive for the Jewish Family Services Food Pantry, the tzedaka opportunity to become a “Daily Giver,” and the opportunity to receive a box of handmade shmura matzah...Read more...
Interview with Rabbi and Rebbetzin Katz about the World Mizrachi Elections
03/27/2025 10:35:43 AM
Over the past few weeks we have been seeing a lot of coverage about the World Zionist Organization Congress election taking place right now through May 4.
One of the most prominent slates seeking support from members of the Orthodox community is the Orthodox Israel Coalition/Mizrachi (Slate #5). This slate is supported by eight national organizations familiar to our community—the Orthodox Union, Yeshiva University, Touro University,...Read more...
Rav Assaf Bednarsh Joins Anshe Chesed Of Linden for an Unforgettable Shabbat
02/28/2025 10:01:20 AM
With local rabbanim.
(Courtesy of Anshe Chesed) On Shabbat Parshat Mishpatim, Anshe Chesed of Linden had the privilege of hosting Rav Assaf Bednarsh as a scholar-in-residence for an inspiring and uplifting weekend. The event was generously...Read more...
Rep. Josh Gottheimer Joins Anshe Chesed of Linden for Discussion
02/24/2025 01:41:12 PM
LINDEN, NJ — U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) joined Congregation Anshe Chesed in Linden for a meaningful conversation about the critical issues facing the Jewish community, including the rise of antisemitism in New Jersey and across the country, the U.S.-Israel relationship, and the ongoing Israel-Hamas hostage crisis.
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Dr. Elliot Marvin Rudnitzky: Cardiologist and Father of Gestational Surrogacy
02/05/2025 11:09:25 AM
Dr. Elliot Marvin Rudnitzky
Dr. Elliot Marvin Rudnitzky, 80, of Edison, New Jersey, passed away on December 24, 2024.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, on November 2, 1944, he grew up in Linden, New Jersey, the son of...Read more...
Anshe Chesed of Linden Celebrates Chanukah
01/13/2025 09:43:20 PM
The finished menorah.
The sounds of sawing and hammering aren’t what you’d typically expect to hear coming from a beit midrash, but on the first night of Chanukah at Anshe Chesed of Linden, that’s exactly what filled the air. Our industrious teens were hard at work building a...Read more...
Anshe Chesed of Linden Turns Thanksgiving into a Day of Thanks
12/02/2024 11:57:46 PM
We all love Thanksgiving. For many, we spend the afternoon with family or friends, enjoying traditional food and feeling thankful for the blessings in our lives. But for the youth of Anshe Chesed of Linden, the festivities begin early in the morning.
This Thanksgiving, Anshe Chesed’s youth continued their annual tradition of bringing pies to the fire department to thank them for all that they do....Read more...
Linden’s Anshe Chesed Event Unites Women in Davening and Dough
12/02/2024 11:47:53 PM
Crowd view of challah bake at Cong. Anshe Chesed.
When a member of the community struggles with a difficult illness, there are a number of possible reactions that people can take.
At Cong. Anshe Chesed in Linden, the shul leaders...Read more...
Anshe Chesed of Linden Hosts Rabbi Kalman Laufer
11/22/2024 09:56:37 AM
Anshe Chesed of Linden recently hosted Rabbi Kalman Laufer for an engaging lecture on the topic of abortion and Jewish law in today’s ever-changing legal landscape. Rabbi Laufer, a highly regarded Torah scholar and dayan on the Beis Din of America, also serves as the director of the Bioethics and Jewish Law Program at Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS).
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