Congregation B’nai Tikvah is Central New Jersey’s premier destination for families and friends to grow together in a warm and welcoming Jewish community. Our Conservative egalitarian synagogue, conveniently located just off Route 1 in North Brunswick NJ, serves the surrounding communities of North Brunswick, South Brunswick, East Brunswick, Somerset, Princeton, Montgomery and Monroe Township.
Our vibrant community offers excellent Jewish education, opportunities for spiritual, intellectual, social, communal and Jewish growth for all ages with a deep commitment to Israel and Jewish communities throughout the world. We are the region’s hub of pro-Israel education and advocacy.
Our Congregation warmly welcomes Jewish and interfaith families, couples, same sex couples, and singles into our highly diverse community.
Lifecycle
Member News
Mazel Tov – It’s A Girl!
Natasha Rosenbaum joyfully announces the birth of a great-granddaughter, Emmy Rose Harper, on April 19, weighing 6lbs, 10oz. Ecstatic parents are Hannah and Michael Harper, and big brother Cal is so happy to have [...]
Mazel Tov – It’s A Girl!
Nancy Asher-Shultz & Dave Shultz joyfully announce the birth of a granddaughter, Lily Mae Kobb, on April 18, 2025. Lily weighed in at 7lbs., 12oz. Ecstatic parents are Alli Shultz and her husband, Mike [...]
Mazel Tov – It’s A Girl!
LouAnne and John Wolf joyfully announce the birth of a granddaughter, Maya Wolf Schwartz, born on April 9, 2025. Maya weighed in at 7lbs., 13oz. Ecstatic parents are Amy and Aaron Schwartz, and big brother [...]
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The Rabbi’s Desk
This is how Rabbi Levi Yitzhak expounded the verse in the Scriptures: “Remember what Amalek did unto thee.”
Because you are a man, you first are permitted to remember what the power of evil has done to you. But when you ascend to the rung of the zaddikim, and your heart has rest from all your enemies round about, then you will “blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under Heaven,” and will remember only what the power of evil has done to Heaven: how it set up a wall between G-d and Israel, and drove into exile the Divine Presence.
Rabbi Wolkoff’s Prayer Lesson 226: “You Alone are Ad-nai”
Just before we recite the Song of the Sea, we [...]
Prayer Lesson 225: The Whole Nation Sang the Song
Ever since the Middle Ages, the Song of the Sea [...]
Prayer Lesson 224: A Drop For Each Plague
The high point of pesukei d’zimra, virtually the last [...]
Prayer Lesson 223: What’s Supposed to Happen When We Pray?
As we have previously noted, the core of the morning [...]
The Cantor’s Corner
Shabbat Nachamu
Shabbat Nachamu The Shabbat after Tishah b’Av is called Shabbat Nachamu, meaning the Shabbat of comfort. It is named after the first words of the [...]
Tisha B’Av
Tisha B'Av I searched for resonance, I remembered my mother and my father of blessed memory, and then I knew how it feels to be [...]
Parashat Vayishlach – The Parable of the Tribes
Words of wisdom by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z"l The overall effect is a story with no irredeemable villains and no stainless heroes. Why then is [...]
Synagogue News
Congregational Meeting Minutes June 24, 2024
Call To Order (Charlie Valan) called to order at 8pm Minutes Approval From 12/10/23 Mid-Year Meeting Motioned to approve by Howard - approved D’Var Torah [...]
Admin VP Report – December 2024
June: The roof replacement over the sanctuary and social hall, and replacement of HVAC units for the sanctuary and social hall were both completed, [...]
Ritual Report – December 2024
High Holidays Services for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur were well attended. We had over 100 High Holiday unique IP streaming screens. Junior Congregation [...]
School & Youth Report – December 2024
Religious School This year, Hebrew is being taught to all children in grades Kindergarten and up. The younger children are learning to understand that [...]