NJ Jewish News previews UJA Benefit Concert

New Jersey Jewish News highlights the honorees of the 16th annual UJA Benefit Concert, which the NJSO presents in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWestNJ.

Dr. Dorothy and Gerry Cantor of Westfield will be honored at the 16th Annual UJA Benefit Concert for their leadership of the historic Central New Jersey Jewish community for over 40 years.

The concert, featuring klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, will take place on Sunday, April 21, at 3 p.m. at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. (A dessert reception will take place before the concert at 2.)

Gerry Cantor, a stockbroker with Merrill Lynch in Short Hills, was president of the Jewish Federation of Central NJ for the second time when it began merger talks with the former United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ. By all accounts, he was instrumental in seeing that the smaller Central federation’s interests were well served with the creation of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ.

He continues to advocate on behalf of the historic Central area, which included Union and parts of Somerset counties. He welcomed the decision to honor someone from the former Central region “to make sure Central New Jersey felt represented,” he told NJJN in a conversation on March 28. “We don’t want to lose the DNA of either group. We want to make something better. So far it’s turning out well, but it’s too early to take that victory lap. Time will tell.”

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