record north jersey's trusted source and north jersey.com [music playing] [music playing] hi i'm steve adubato welcome to a very important program it is the third program we're doing on the role of religion in society it is my honor to introduce two of our guests stephen ollendorff is the founder of the ollendorff center and rabbi jack bemporad i want to thank both of you for being with us this is the third program that we've done talking about the role of religion in society and every time i learn something new and hopefully more importantly our audience has why are we doing this stephen? and why is religion so important? during these three sessions i've also evolved in my thinking a lot cause when you go into these programs you tend to think and it struck me that religion is a very important institution if we look back in recent history both in vietnam and in the ukraine it was religious influence that made the difference because those countries that were communistic especially when deprived of religion needed some moral force and when the monks came out and burned themselves and now in the

[music playing] [music playing] welcome to caucus new jersey, i'm steve adubato. y'know human trafficking is a massive and complex problem that affects the lives of many innocent and powerless victims. here in the studio to discuss what we must do to combat this very serious situation we have dr. mary norton, associate dean for global academic initiatives at felician college; tracy thompson, assistant new jersey attorney general; reverend michael bethune, who is a pastoral minister at covenant house; and finally, patricia devine-harms, community activist, excuse me, community advocate with the new jersey coalition against human trafficking. i want to thank all of you for joining us. throughout this program, you're going to see websites, resources, places you can turn to help yourself, help others in need when it comes to this amazingly complex and serious issue that we call human trafficking. let me ask you, tracy, human trafficking, eople talk about it. what is it? why is it important? t its very core, it's modern-day lavery, it's slavery, we need to abolish it.

its monthly magazine new jersey business [music playing] [music playing] welcome to caucus i'm steve adubato new jersey is looking to decrease energy consumption and increase the use of renewable energy however doing this may cost more than we really can afford. here to discuss the reality of these energy choices we have frank felder is the director of the center for energy economic and environmental policy at rutgers university jeff tiddle is the director of the new jersey sierra club sara bloom vice president of energy at the new jersey business and industry association and finally mark warner director of energy at sustainable jersey i want to thank all of you for joining us and folks throughout this program you're gonna see important websites that have very important information let me ask you something mark this whole question by the way sustainable jersey is? it's a not for profit based at the college of new jersey that helps local institutions make their towns more sustainable very well said now here's the thing as we're getting ready for this show i'm thinking to myself okay we're con

trusted source and northjersey.com [music playing] [music playing] welcome to caucus new jersey i'm steve adubato kids are playing more sports than ever before too much training and a lack of rest can obviously lead to serious problems joining us in the studio today to discuss ways we can avoid these for our kids we have aline lewis who's a former competitive athlete who underwent spinal fusion surgery at age 42 can i say that? yes you did? but you were an athlete for many years before that and after and after [laughter] doctor christopher mendler is the director of sports medicine at holy name medical center he's been with us before he's back by popular demand phil hossler is a certified athletic trainer at east brunswick high school has been doing it for forty years and diana stairace starace... excuse me is the injury prevention coordinator at rwj university hospital i want to thank you all for joining us there's gonna be websites up throughout this program where you can get information about how to protect your kids our kids from sports injuries doctor help us on this when i think sports inju