Lubavitch on the Palisades in Tenafly will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its upcoming expansion on Sunday, May 20, at 9:30 a.m. Plans include adding up to eight additional classrooms, a gym, a library, and a computer lab to enhance the preschool and elementary schools. Call (201) 871-1152 ext. 505 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

This weekend, OHEL is holding its first Community OHEL Awareness Shabbat, themed “Challenges Unwrapped, Solutions Available,” a look at the increased demands on everyday individuals and families in the community. Shuls participating include Congregations Beth Aaron, Bnai Yeshurun, Rinat Yisrael, and Young Israel of Teaneck, and Congregation Beth Abraham in Bergenfield.

Topics include protecting our children; everyday family and mental health challenges; addictive behavior — deeper than you think; aging baby boomers; and growing geriatric needs. Featured speakers include author Rabbi Paysach Krohn, David Mandel (CEO of OHEL), social worker Simcha Feuerman, director of operations, OHEL and president of Nefesh International, entertainer Shloime Dachs, OHEL board member, and marital therapist Donny Frank.

Call (718) 686-3214 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Fern and Jonathan Rome Courtesy Chabad

Valley Chabad’s Teen Tribute Gala, “Teens Make Magic,” is planned for May 10, beginning at 6 p.m., at Florentine Gardens in River Vale. The event will celebrate the teen volunteers of Chabad’s new Teen Leadership Initiative, headed by program directors Rabbi Yosef and Estie Orentstein.

Fern and Jonathan Rome of Woodcliff Lake will be recognized for their years of involvement with Chabad Teens and with Friendship Circle, which cultivates friendships between teen volunteers and children with special needs.

Fern Rome has served on various boards in educational, philanthropic, and Jewish causes. She has been active with Friendship Circle since its inception six years ago, and currently is the co-leader of its newest program, Sunday Circle.

(201) 476-0157 or www.valleychabad.org.

The Dora & Sidney Miller Early Childhood Center at the JCC of Paramus is sponsoring its second annual “Jumping Sacks for Tay-Sachs,” an in-house “jumpathon” for students, to benefit Tay-Sachs research. Last year, after a family in the school lost a child to Tay-Sachs, others at the JCC rallied to help, and raised $1,000 for the Cure Tay-Sachs Foundation at the event.

Students will jump in special child-sized hopping sacks and the number of jumps will be recorded. Parents, grandparents, and friends sponsor for a flat amount, or for a pledge per jump. The event will be held on May 16 during school time, with a rain date of May 23.

For information, call Judy Fox, preschool director, at (201) 967-1334, visit Ntsad.org, or Caringbridge.org/visit/emmarabinowitz.

Tracey and Dr. Michael Cohen

Temple Beth Sholom in Fair Lawn’s annual ad journal dinner dance will be held on Sunday, June 10, at 5 p.m., at the shul. Dr. Michael and Tracey Cohen will be honored for their many years of service. Tracey Cohen has served on the shul’s board of education and serves as a co-chair of the kiddush committee. Michael Cohen has served in numerous capacities including temple president for two terms. Call (201) 797-9321.

Forty-one seniors at Yeshiva University High School’s Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy were recently inducted into the school’s Tehillah Chapter of Arista, the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools. A dinner was held for the students and their parents and Prof. Lawrence Schiffman, vice provost at Yeshiva University and one of the world’s leading experts on the Dead Sea Scrolls, who gave the annual Shalom Frankel Memorial Lecture as part of the evening.

The Adas Israel gala dinner is set for Tuesday, June 5, at 6:30 p.m., at Adas Israel Ballroom, 565 Broadway, Passaic. Call (973) 773-7272 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Areyvut will hold its first annual Bergen County Breakfast on Sunday, May 20, at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Paramus-based Yeshivat Noam will receive the Communal Leadership award. The school hosts the only Jewish teen philanthropy program at a yeshivah day school in New Jersey, one of 10 such programs in the country.

Anna, Julia, and Noah Greenblatt will share the Young Leadership award. The triplets, seventh graders at the Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, started Triplets for a Cause, a program that addresses needs of individuals and organizations locally and internationally.

Event proceeds will support Areyvut’s ongoing community programming. Call (201) 244-6702, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or www.areyvut.org.