Community Events and Programs

We are glad to publicize events taking place in and around our Jewish community.  Please note that posting an event on this page does not indicate the endorsement or support of Golda Och Academy for any event or activity in the community.

  • Morning of Creative Arts - A morning of creativity – in Hebrew! Hebrew story time, crafts in the style of Hanoch Piven, Israeli dancing and more. June 10, 10:30-12 noon. Golda Och Academy, 1418 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ contact: afinkel@goldaochacademy.org. Free of charge. For more information, click here.
  • Camp Ramah in the Berkshires – Camper 2013 Day Sunday, July 15, 11am. Visit Ramah in the Berkshires and see the camp in action. Information session offered to parents while children participate in some activities and partake of a delicious barbecue lunch. For more information, click here.
  • Camp Yachad - JCC of Central NJ – Great summertime options for K-9th graders. Click here for more information.
  • Tikvah Summer Program – New, intensive three-week seminar on “Jewish Thought and the Good Society: Politics, Economics and the Human Person,” which will be held from June 25-July 12 at Yale University in New Haven, CT. The program is open to current high school juniors, high school seniors, and recent graduates of Jewish day schools in North America. The seminar is designed to explore ideas of the most important classical and modern thinkers, Jewish and Western, on the subjects of authority, virtue, justice, freedom, membership, and a just and humane political economy. For more information, click here or go to www.tikvahsummer.org.
  • Boy Scout Troop 118 - Boy Scout Troop 118, for boys in fifth grade and up, meets approximately twice a month at the Upper School and is sponsored by Golda Och Academy.  For more information about joining our troop, click here. 
  • Cub Scout Pack 118 – Cub Scout Pack 118, for boys in first through fifth grades, meets once or twice a month at the Lower School and is sponsored by Golda Och Academy.  For more information about joining our troop, click here.