NESTLÉ DRUMSTICK BRAND SEEKS DYNAMIC YOUNG HEROES – If you know a selfless child or teenager who has made a difference in the lives of others, here’s a way to reward their dedication and determination. The Nestlé Drumstick brand is celebrating young people who have accomplished amazing things – both large and small. Until September 15, adults can nominate outstanding kids as part of the Nestlé Drumstick Heroes Contest. Fifty winning kids will be awarded the ultimate summer celebration, complete with enough Nestlé Drumstick sundae cones and a fun-filled party package to host an unforgettable event for up to 50 family and friends.Entries will be judged on the child or teenager’s accomplishments, as well as the originality and creativity used to achieve their goals. Contest entry forms are available to download at http://www.drumstick.com. Submit your story (150 to 500 words), along with the completed entry form, describing why the child deserves to be honored as a Drumstick Hero. Adults over the age of 18 may nominate children between 6 and 17 years of age who are residents of the United States. Official contest rules are available online. All entries must be received by September 15. Winning children will be notified by phone and/or mail.
The Hunterdon County Mental Health Board invites interested persons to a Public Hearing regarding the State of New Jersey, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Service’s plan to redirect Hunterdon County Adults under 65 years from Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital to Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital.
Persons from the state will be available to present their plans and hear public comment on Thursday, September 2, 2010, from 6 to 8 pm at the Hunterdon County Rt. 12 Complex, Building #1 Assembly Room, 314 Rt 12, Raritan Township.
It is the policy of Hunterdon County to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, with advance notification of need. Persons requiring accommodations must call Kay Strain at (908) 788-1253(Voice/TDD), 5 days prior to the meeting date.
For more information, please call Cathy Zahn, Mental Health Planner, Hunterdon County Department of Human Services, P.O. Box 2900, Flemington, NJ 08822 (908) 788-1372 or e-mail czahn@co.hunterdon.nj.us.
The Rutgers Master Gardener Helpline provides advice to the gardening public as one of the many volunteer efforts of the Rutgers Master Gardeners of Somerset and Hunterdon Counties. This
unique sevrice is provided by new graduates of the Master Gardener program along with experienced, certified Master Gardeners of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension. The Helpline’s trained Master Gardener volunteers answer Hunterdon residents’ garden and landscape questions at 908-788-1735 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday. Gardeners with questions may also visit the Rutgers Cooperative Extension office at 4 Gauntt Place off Route 31 just north of Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township during those hours.
Calvary Episcopal Church in Flemington NJ http://www.calvary-episcopal.com/ will resume regular Sunday worship schedule on Sunday, September 12th. The Sunday worship schedule is 7:30AM, 9:00AM and 11:00AM.
Jo Coudert, who lives in Califon, NJ, has her tenth book coming out this month from Harlequin Press.
The Dog Who Healed a Family is a collection of animal stories that previously appeared in major magazines, including the Reader’s Digest, McCall’s, and Woman’s Day. All of the stories are true and share a common theme of the love and caring that can exist between people and animals as varied as a parrot, a goose, and a javelina.
Coudert’s previous books include Seven Cats and the Art of Living and The Ditchdiggers’s Daughters, a New Jersey First book. She is also the author of four plays produced off-Broadway and over one hundred magazine articles.
The NJDEP’s Division of Fish and Wildlife has issued a Special Wildlife Management Permit to control feral hogs in Deer Management Zone 25. Hunters do not need a separate permit to pursue hogs in this zone. They need only have their regular hunting licenses and deer permits necessary to hunt deer during the applicable seasons. Feral hogs may be harvested anywhere in the zone. Free-ranging feral hogs of either gender and any age are legal game while deer hunting during the Fall Bow, Permit Bow, Six-day Firearm, Permit Muzzleloader, Permit Shotgun and Winter Bow seasons, provided the hunter has not reached the bag limit for the deer season which is open and for which the hunter has the required license and deer permits. For more information on the hunting of feral hogs visit http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/news/2010/feralhogs10.htm.
Readington Rockets fastpitch softball will hold tryouts for their 14U, 12U & 10U teams dates as follows: 14U on 8/31; 12U on 9/1; 10U on 9/2. One tryout will be held for all levels on 9/8. Rain date for all dates is 9/9. The Rockets softball program consists of play in a fall development league, indoor winter training, spring 2011 training and tournament play and summer 2011 league and tournament play. Eligibility is as follows: 14U born in 1996 or later; 12U born in 1998 or later; 10U born in 2000 or later. TAll tryouts will be held at Hillcrest Park on Hillcrest Rd in Readington. Registration begins at 6 pm and tryouts begin promptly at 6:30 pm. Players should bring glove, cleats, bat and batting helmet. Bats and helmets will be available if needed. For more information call Readington Recreation at 908-534-9752.
Marines of Detachment 927 will hold a membership drive and fundraiser on Saturday and Sunday August 21 and 22, 2010 at the Super Wal-Mart in Flemington and Wal-Mart in Whitehouse Station from 9-5. Funds raised for this event will go to assisting Marine Corps League Detachment 927 and assisting local charities in Hunterdon County. For more information, please call Mark Paradis at 908-236-8464 or go to our web site at http://www.hcmcl.org.
PRE-SCHOOL FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ SEPTEMBER 2010 ~ Applications now accepted! A full-time, certified, district teacher and full-time classroom assistant(s) teach our programs. A speech therapist is available in the classroom several days per week to enhance the speech skills of all students. A certified school nurse attends each day.
Preschool programs implement the State recommended Creative Curriculum, which prepares students for a successful transition into Kindergarten. Students must be 4 years old by October 1, 2010 and must be toilet trained. Programs meet 5 days/week and follow the district calendar. Students DO NOT need to reside within the school district. Parents are responsible for providing transportation and paying tuition to the
Board of Education at a rate of $300 per month for 10 months. Copper Hill School – 9:30—11:45 a.m. Barley Sheaf School – 11:45—2:00 p.m. Parents seeking to enroll their child should call: Flemington-Raritan Regional School District, Department of Special Services, (908) 284-7680.
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Passengers on the Black River & Western Railroad can ride the train to the pumpkin patch and corn maze at Pumpkin Junction in rural Hunterdon County. The pumpkin patch and corn maze at Pumpkin Junction will operate weather permitting every weekend, until Oct. 31.
Visitors may ride in antique passenger coaches, a unique open [...]
In support of its new Scholarship Program, the New Jersey School of Music is proud to announce its first annual Faculty Concert and Dinner to be held on Sunday October 18th, from 5:30 until 8:00 PM, at the Firehouse Café in Mount Holly, NJ (http://www.thefirehousecafe.net).
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DRUNKEN DRIVING, 10:35 p.m. Sept. 23. Patrolman Jeffery Glennon stopped a vehicle driven by Ruth Desmond, 55, of Lebanon Borough, on Route 618 because her vehicle matched a reported erratic driver in the area, police said. During the stop, Glennon detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage and soon determined that Desmond was intoxicated, according to police. Desmond was charged with driving while intoxicated, failure to observe a traffic signal, improper backing and failure To produce documents.
DRUNKEN DRIVING, 12:15 a.m. Sept. 25. Glennon was dispatched to the Exxon On The Run gas station at Route 31 and Payne Road on a report of an intoxicated woman dancing in the parking lot. The caller also provided a description of the woman’s vehicle. But Glennon was unable to find the woman. While patrolling the area a short time later, however, Glennon saw the woman’s vehicle speeding along Route 623. After stopping the vehicle, Glennon detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage on the breath of the driver, Allison Wojcik, 22, of Clinton Township. Wojcik was also charged with speeding.
COCAINE, 12:40 a.m. Sept. 22. Patrolman David Formalarie stopped a vehicle driven by Christy Kurtain, 31, of Ewing Township, on Center Street near Route 173 because Kurtain was talking on the cell phone while driving, police said. During the stop, Formalarie detected the odor of burnt marijuana, observed evidence of marijuana use, and learned Kurtain was wanted on an $156 motor vehicle warrant from Hopewell Township. A search produced a marijuana pipe with residue in the vehicle’s center console and approximately 1.5 ounces of cocaine in Kurtain’s purse, police said Kurtain was charged with possession with intent To distribute, possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, operating a motor vehicle while in possession of a controlled dangerous substance, and talking on cell phone while driving.
Source: Central Jersey police departments
Buy Local, Buy Hunterdon don’t miss this year’s Business EXPO! It will be held on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at HealthQuest in Flemington from 11:00am-6:00pm. This is the only Trade Show of its kind in Hunterdon County and there will be a variety of industries represented. There will be two floors of exhibitors!
There are a number of exciting, new activities happening at the EXPO this year. A NEW FOR 2009 LUNCHEON with guest speaker CHRISTINA PIRELLO, FOOD NETWORK STAR & NPR PERSONALITY, has been planed. Discover the importance of buying local! Join us at the Business EXPO to hear Christina Pirello, speak about “The Politics of Food.” Christina has made it her purpose in life to show Americans that they can look their best and feel great too, by learning to eat natural, organic food. She is a big supporter of buying local. Tickets are $25 and includes a lunch buffet. Christina will also be available afterwards for a book signing. Lunch will be provided by ShopRite of Hunterdon. This luncheon is sponsored by: Basil Bandwagon Natural Market and Helping Hand Concierge, LLC. Tickets are limited to 100 attendees so sign up today!
There will also be local restaurant showcases, chef demonstrations, and door prizes planned throughout the day. There is a seminar at 3:00pm being presented by Wendi Caplan-Carroll of Constant Contact entitled, The Power of Email Marketing. Visit www.HunterdonExpo.com for up-to-date details!
Free document shredding will be available, so the EXPO is a good chance to do some fall cleaning! Free document shredding courtesy of Assure Shred. (up to 50lbs max)
Parking is easy! There will be continuous shuttle service to the EXPO from the Diamond Nation parking lot courtesy of Stout’s Charter Service.
Attention Hunterdon County Businesses! There is still time to get a booth! Contact the Chamber office at 908-782-7115 to reserve your space today!
Presenting Sponsor: TeamCapital Bank. Supporting Sponsors: TD Bank, Flemington Granite & Architectural Supply, and Investors Savings Bank. Media Sponsors: House & Home Magazine and the Courier News. Food Sponsor: ShopRite of Hunterdon. Luncheon Sponsors: Basil Bandwagon Natural Market and Helping Hand Concierge. Shuttle Transportation provided by Stout’s Charter Service.
The Trillium Foundation for Education and Sustainability Founding Committee has announced the new Trillium Charter School is gearing up to open by September 2010.
The school, which will be the first Hunterdon County-based charter school, will enroll students in grades kindergarten to four. However, there are plans for the school [...]
From October 3-15, the Readington Museums will be hosting an exhibit of objects made by the early settlers of Hunterdon County. The objects on display come from the collections of three Hunterdon Museums: the Readington Museums, The Red Mill Village, and the Holcombe Jimison Farmstead as well as from the private collections of local [...]
Trish Woods, Psychic and Medium, will be holding a Spirit Gallery with two other mediums to benefit NORWESCAP’s Career & Life Transitions Center for Women on Friday evening at 8 pm, October 2nd at the Little Theater at Hunterdon Central High School. Please view http://www.trishwoods.com or call 908-722-2439 for further details about this Medium [...]
After a week of intensive police training at the 81ST Trooper Youth Training in Seagirt this summer, Anthony Frank received the ‘Commandants Award’ for Best Trooper Youth in all aspects of character as voted by the state police staff. He received his award at the closing commencement ceremony held in July.
Students in the Polytech small animal Pre-Veterinary Science High School program, working toward a certification from the American Boarding Kennel Association, are offering dog grooming services and related products.
The services help the students sharpen their skills and gain practical experience. All monies earned will go toward a student activities fund that will support extracurricular [...]
Food Network Star, Christina Pirello, will speak about the “Politics of Food” at the Hunterdon Chamber of Commerce Business Expo on October 15.
Christina has made it her purpose in life to show Americans that they can look their best and feel great too, by learning to eat natural, seasonal and organic food. Most importantly, [...]
The sixth annual Psychic and Holistic Fair to benefit NORWESCAP’s Career & Life Transitions Center for Women (CLTC) will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 at the Hampton Inn, 14 Royal Road, Flemington.
Psychic and Holistic Fair attendees will be able to sign up for private psychic readings, using Egyptian tarot and soul cards, palmistry, numerology, astrology, psychic numerology, angel and mermaid cards along with chakra balancing and Reiki healing. Also planned are 15 holistic crafters and vendors.
Admission is $5 or free with a $30 pre-paid 15-minute private reading which can be purchased in advance or at the door. Register now by calling 908-788-1453.
The Psychic and Holistic Fair is this crucial community program’s key fundraising event. The CLTC assists women from Hunterdon, Somerset or Mercer counties who are returning to the workforce after the death or disability of a spouse or following a divorce or separation.
Sponsorship advertisement and vendor applications for the 2009 Fair are available. For more information, contact the Career & Life Center at careerlife@norwescap.org or call 908-788-1453.
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I Always Make This A Treat For Me Every Year. I’ve Went To All. I’m Going This Year Too. This Is A First At Hampton Inn. I Plan To Attend. If There Is Any Further Information You Need To Send Me. Hope To See You There. Sincerely, Jeanette E. Kocay
CEA received $1,000 from the Flemington Rotary Club this past June. CEA is a not-for-profit organization that educates, empowers and employs people with special needs residing in the community.
This donation will be used to support the Packaging & Assembly Programs, which are offered to youth and adults age 14 to 76. The Packaging & Products Group at CEA provides packaging services to the community in their FDA approved facility.
In September, CEA will be celebrating 40 years of service to the disabled population. Rotary Clubs consist of volunteers who fundraise yearly and contribute to their individual communities to help charitable organizations. There are 38,000 Rotary Clubs in 200 countries.
For more information, or to take a tour, contact Rose Holden, director of Development & Public Relations, at 908-782-1480, ext 263 or e-mail rholden@ceaemployment.com.
Mark your calendars for the sixth annual Psychic and Holistic Fair to benefit NORWESCAP’s Career & Life Transitions Center for Women (CLTC) on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Hampton Inn, 14 Royal Road, Flemington.
Psychic and Holistic Fair attendees will be able to sign up for private psychic readings, palmistry, numerology, astrology, psychic numerology, angel and mermaid cards along with chakra balancing and Reiki healing. Also planned are 15 holistic crafters and vendors.
Admission is $5 or free with a $30 pre-paid 15-minute private reading which can be purchased in advance or at the door. Register now by calling 908-788-1453.
The Psychic and Holistic Fair is this crucial community program’s key fundraising event. The CLTC assists women from Hunterdon, Somerset or Mercer counties who are returning to the workforce after the death or disability of a spouse or following a divorce or separation.
Sponsorship advertisement and vendor applications for the 2009 Fair are available. For more information, contact the Career & Life Center at careerlife@norwescap.org or call 908-788-1453.
The Readington Home School Association, Inc. is collecting used clothing as part of its Clothing Drive. Donations of unwanted clothing, including shoes, boots, belts, purses, bedding, linens and stuffed animals will be accepted.
All donations must be placed in plastic bags and tied or sealed closed. Donations may be dropped off at Three Bridges, Whitehouse, Holland Brook and Readington Middle School during Back to School nights.
The Home School Association will receive a minimum of 10 cents per pound for all donations.
Uninsured county residents have moved one step closer to affordable dental care thanks to Congress.
Rep. Leonard Lance, R-N.J announced on Aug. 17 that the House of Representatives recently passed legislation that includes Lance’s request for $225,000 to create a new affordable dental center for the uninsured and underinsured residents of Hunterdon County.
The federal investment would allow the Zufall Health Center to renovate, furnish and purchase equipment for a new dental center in Flemington. Hunterdon is the only county in New Jersey that does not provide safety-net dental services for the uninsured or underinsured.
Once established, the Hunterdon Family Dental center would provide affordable dental services to approximately 2,000 Hunterdon County residents. The center would operate on a “break-even” basis, based upon Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance reimbursements.
Lance made the announcement with Hunterdon County elected officials, community leaders and representatives from the Zufall Health Center.
Zufall Health Center currently provides affordable medical services to Hunterdon County residents through a state-of-the-art mobile van. However, the van does not have the resources or equipment to provide residents with dental care.
SAFE in Hunterdon has announced that its transitional housing facility reached an important milestone this month. On Aug. 18, 1999, the Transitional House officially opened its doors as a safe, long-term housing facility for survivors of domestic abuse and their families.
The Transitional House opening was the result of years of hard work on behalf of the staff, board and volunteers of the agency formerly known as Women’s Crisis Services. The new home boasted accommodations for up to 15 people. Not all the rooms were furnished at the time, but they were soon filled, in part through the agency’s Adopt-A-Room program, which encouraged donors to purchase items for the bedrooms.
The Transitional House is the second of SAFE in Hunterdon’s two-part residential program. First, the Safe House provides emergency shelter for women and their families for up to 60 days. Then, since there is a limit on the length of stay at the Safe House, the Transitional House meets an important need for women who require further support.
Case management is still offered, and weekly meetings are conducted at the Transitional House, very much like the services available at the Safe House. Women staying there are expected to actively work toward healing and independent living, securing jobs or obtaining schooling as their situations allow.
Program fees for Transitional House residents are based on a sliding scale. These requirements are established as a means to ease women into the responsibilities of life on their own.
Since there are often many families staying at the home, clients develop strong ties because of their common experiences. They work together in the upkeep and daily chores at the house, and support each other during their journeys to independent, violence-free living.
It’s been more than 75 years since a carpenter from the Bronx was captured in connection with one of the world’s most sensational murders and was brought to trial in the now-historic Hunterdon County courthouse.
The annual re-enactment of Bruno Hauptmann’s 1935 trial for the murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son kicks off on Oct. 3, with weekend performances scheduled throughout the month in the same courtroom where the original trial — dubbed The Trial Of The Century by the media of the time — was held.
The two and one-half hour production uses original transcripts from the real trial and features, in character, some of the most famous witnesses who appeared at the trial.
The world’s attention came to Flemington in the early 1930s when, five years after Lindbergh made his historic flight across the Atlantic, his son was taken from their East Amwell home on March 1, 1932.
Hauptmann was arrested more than two years later and brought to trial in the now-famous courthouse that was built in 1828. Hauptmann was convicted of murder and executed on April 3, 1936 in Trenton. Hauptmann never stopped proclaiming his innocence, and his widow tried until her death at age 94 to have her husband’s verdict overturned.
Sept. 19 marked the 75th anniversary of Hauptmann’s capture in the Bronx. Published theories claim that Hauptmann was framed, while other theories speculated that Lindbergh was responsible for the baby’s death.
Opening day of “Lindbergh & Hauptmann, The Trial of the Century” will feature a parade of antique cars bringing the characters to the courthouse for a dramatic confrontation between the characters of Lindbergh and Hauptmann.
“Our audiences stand outside the courtroom after the show and debate the verdict,” author and producer Harry Kazman said in a news release about the upcoming performances.
The attention on Lindbergh and the interest in the trial brought thousands of reporters, celebrities and curious people to Flemington to try to get a seat in the courthouse during the trial, and many people who couldn’t get tickets attempted to climb in through windows to watch the trial.
Newsreels and photos of the courthouse and its visitors were broadcast worldwide.
The annual event is part of the History Comes Alive in Flemington celebrations sponsored by the Flemington Partnership For Progress and the borough.
The Flemington-Raritan Regional School District is sponsoring the “Project Child Find” program, which seeks to locate resident children, ages 3 to 21 years old, who might have significant physical, cognitive, neurological, speech and language or medical needs or other developmental delays of varying degrees of severity, who are not currently receiving services.
Proof of residency is required.
The district offers free evaluation and programs that provide eligible children with the services they need. Programs also are available to qualified children ages 3 to 5 to meet these needs and are staffed by caring professionals.
For more information, call Special Services at 908-284-7680.
The Theater at Raritan Valley Community College will be presenting free outdoor performances of Swoon! by “Strange Fruit” a performing group from Australia. On Wednesday, September 30 two (2) performances will be held at Liberty Village Premium Outlets in the courtyard near Cole Haan.
Swoon! is a vital, spirited performance with spectacular [...]
Steve Kalafer has been nominated for three Academy Awards.
He owns a champion minor-league baseball team and a chain of profitable auto dealerships.
But none of those successes bring Kalafer as much joy as seeing his son Jonathan, 34, succeed as both a teacher and a filmmaker.
“I have been in his classroom,” Kalafer said. “To watch the way these students look at their teacher, who happens to be our son, the experience was surreal and one of the most fulfilling in my life … I had tears of joy.”
About filmmaking, he added, “Jonathan obviously knows me very well, so he knows what I expect. That makes our processes run a lot more smoothly. It also makes any success that we have together that much sweeter. The real benefit is enjoying it with my son.”
An English teacher at Dickinson High School in Jersey City, Jonathan Kalafer considers filmmaking an extension of teaching.
On Sunday, Oct. 4, he will return to his alma mater, Rutgers University, to screen and discuss a film he co-produced with his dad, as well as directed. His directorial debut, “We Love You,” a 38-minute documentary about the annual Rainbow Gathering held by anarchists each Fourth of July in a national park, is slated to be shown at the New Jersey International Film Festival and repeated on Oct. 9.
That film soon will be followed by a documentary based on the book “The Soprano State: The Culture of Corruption in New Jersey” by Gannett writers Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure.
“I first learned about the Rainbow Gatherings from a couple I was friends with while an undergrad at Rutgers,” said Jonathan Kalafer, a 1998 Rutgers grad with a degree in English and a master’s from the New School in secondary education. “I didn’t believe half the stuff they were telling me. When the annual was in Pennsylvania in 1999, I figured that I would go and see for myself. It was an amazing experience. I was really surprised that it was as unbelievable as my friends had told me.”
While there is no official organization to create a mission statement, the hippy-rooted Rainbow Gathering has drawn tens of thousands of people every summer since 1972 to create a temporary city deep in the wilderness of the country’s national parks. For a couple of weeks, they gather in lean-to kitchens around mud stoves, on makeshift stages and in circles chanting in solidarity with the earth and each other; all nary pursuit of park permits or any recognition of surrounding site officials.
For 28 years, the anarchists say they have been harassed by federal agents, but in 2008 in Wyoming, they actually were attacked with high-velocity projectiles of pepper spray. Making the situation more frightening: the attack was initiated in Kid Village, the Gathering’s day care center and playground.
“You don’t want to see that happen, shooting high-velocity pepper-spray projectiles around the children, and in the film, you see the look on the kids’ faces of just absolute terror,” Jonathan Kalafer said. “You see how under reported that was. You would think an action like that taken by federal agents against Americans would be national news. In a national forest, that that would be national news. Yet, the press coverage was less than some garage sales get.”
“I respect their quest for freedom: freedom to assemble, freedom of speech,” Steve Kalafer said. “Those are things that this country stands for, and they are freedoms that should be protected.”
As much as freedom, love is the theme of “We Love You,” a call and response the Rainbow Family shouts throughout its gathering. Whether “We Love You” will be loved enough to garner an Oscar nomination remains to be seen.
Having won Best Documentary at the Academy-accredited Los Angeles International Short Film Festival on Aug. 31, the film has a shot. The Oscar nominations will be announced early next year.
In the meantime, the Kalafers will work on their next releases, which in addition to “The Soprano State,” will include an animated expression of reflections upon the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001.
Family also is important to the Kalafer clan, so much so that Steve and his wife, Suzanne, are moving soon from her native Hunterdon County to Peapack-Gladstone so they can be closer to Jonathan’s family: wife, Kori, and their sons, Zachary, 3, and Broden, 18 months, who reside in Mendham.
Steve Kalafer’s passion for film and filmmaking rubbed off on his son at an impressionable age. Just around the time of Jonathan’s bar mitzvah at 13, his dad produced his first film: the 1988 independent feature “Night Train to Katmandu.”
Ten years later, Kalafer was nominated for his first Academy Award as producer of the animated short “More,” directed by Mark Osborne. His other nominations came for producing “Curtain Call,” a 2000 short documentary directed by Chuck Braverman about an aging actors’ home, and “Sister Rose’s Passion,” the story of an 83-year-old Catholic nun who devoted her life to combating anti-Semitism. The latter film also won the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival Short Documentary Award.
“Sister Rose’s Passion” was the first film on which Jonathan Kalafer worked. For 2006’s “The Diary of Immaculee,” he was promoted from intern to co-producer. While not nominated for an Oscar, the well-received “Diary of Immaculee” dealt with the struggle of Rwandan woman in the face of genocide.
“Diary of Immaculee, the project being largest one we’ve ever done, going to Rawanda, Jonathan really stepped up into a producer’s role and embraced it,” Steve Kalafer said, “and allowed me to sleep in Rwanda, while he was up all night worrying about the next day’s shooting and the logistical aspects of shooting a major film in Africa.”
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