On this page you will find summaries and links to MRT Press Releases, showing how MRT Congregants reach out to the community!
Monmouth Reform Temple Conducts Virtual Mitzvah Day in the Age of Covid 19
The Monmouth Reform Temple (MRT) Mitzvah Day committee had been meeting for months fine-tuning the various activities that bring their temple members together to make a difference in the greater community one day in April. While Mitzvah Day was scheduled to take place on April 26, early on in the month it became apparent that members weren’t going to gather to sweep beaches, clean trails or cook at the Asbury Park Center. The temple, as the rest of our world, was closed for Covid 19.
Refusing to be deterred or derailed by this virus, MRT President Marjorie Wold suggested that the temple go virtual with what could be done. The result: MRT members created or donated over 500 masks to food banks, support organizations and individuals who needed them! This was just one the many activities and donation opportunities offered during their first Virtual Mitzvah Day held the last week of April.
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Tinton Falls: In this new year, Monmouth Reform Temple (MRT) celebrates its 60th anniversary as a vital and spiritual force for its congregants and the greater community. The celebration kick-offs with a special Shabbat service on Friday, November 15, at 7:00 pm which will honor the temple’s former spiritual leaders. A Gala Dinner Dance is planned for Saturday, November 16, at the Sheraton in Eatontown beginning at 6 pm till 10:00 pm. Tickets are $50 per person. The featured speaker will be Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism. All proceeds for the event will benefit the MRT Religious Education Endowment Fund.
Tinton Falls: For twelve years now, precious garden space on the Monmouth Reform Temple (MRT) campus has produced and delivered thousands of pounds of fresh vegetables to local, non-sectarian pantries in Monmouth County. On a humid day in August, master gardeners and volunteers were busy, culling bright red tomatoes off the vines, weighing cucumbers and peppers, and sorting squash and beets for delivery to Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Monmouth County (JFCS) in Asbury Park. Led by long-time temple member and past religious school principal David Levinsky, also a master gardener, volunteers meet every Thursday and other days as needed during the growing season.