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Temple teams vie for title
Slugger Dr. Ira Zackon of the Hebrew Academy of the Capital District
ALBANY–Pennant races are heating up in the 2010 Tournament of the Temples softball season. Games are contested Sundays at the Albany Jewish Community Center, 340 Whitehall Rd., as six teams vie for the championship.
In July 18 action, Congregation Agudat Achim defeated the Hebrew Academy [...]
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Andy Statman to play at Lenox Challapalooza
lenox, Mass.–Challahpalooza: The Berkshire Jewish Music Festival, featuring clarinetist and mandolinist Andy Statman and presented by Chabad of the Berkshires, will be held at the Duffin Theater, Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East St., on Sunday, July 25, at 7 p.m.
Statman’s musical styles include klezmer, American folk and Chasidic music. According to Seth Rogovoy, author [...]
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Tagged Andy Statman, Art, Berkshire, Bob Dylan, Dave Tarras, David Bromberg, David Grisman, East St, Greenwich Village, Itzhak Perlman, Jerry Garcia, jewish music festival, klezmer, Mass., music, Nashville, Richard Grando, Seth Rogovoy, vassar clements
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Northeast Singles list August outing
albany–A picnic dinner at the Albany Park Playhouse, in Washington Park, has been announced for Northeast Jewish Singles on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 6 p.m. A performance of “Annie Get Your Gun” follows at 7 p.m.
The group will gather stage right.
Those planning to attend may bring their own food or purchase it from vendors.
Tickets for [...]
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Tagged Albany, Albany Park, Annie Get, Aug, gangel, Gun, Northeast Jewish, park playhouse, picnic dinner, Vera Gangel, Washington
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B’nai B’rith to give Covenant Award to Richard Seiden
ALBANY–Richard Seiden of Niskayuna has been selected as the recipient of the 64th B’nai B’rith Gideon Lodge Covenant Award, announced Ilene Sykes, selection committee chairwoman. The award will be presented at a dessert reception Thursday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m., at Temple Beth Emeth in Albany.
Seiden, who served as B’nai B’rith’s president for eight years, [...]
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The truth and nothing but the truth!
By Attorney JACK KAPLOWITZ
In 1923, the famous Rabbi Meir Shapiro introduced the Daf Yomi concept—a daily 45 minutes Talmud study that puts us all on the same page!
Studying one page each day, participants complete the entire 2,711-page Talmud in 7-½ years. Scholars had always studied the Talmud intensively, but Daf Yomi’s “target audience” is lay [...]
Accentuate the positive!
By RABBI ISRAEL RUBIN
Capital Chabad
After visiting Rome…Rabbi Akiva and his colleagues went toward Jerusalem and saw a fox roaming the ruins in the Temple Mount Holy of Holies.
The sages cried, but Rabbi Akiva laughed.
“How can you laugh?” they asked him.
“Why do you cry?” he responded.
To which they answered, “How can’t we break down when we [...]
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Tagged Albany, Ben Azaria, God, Jerusalem, Mount Holy, Mount Zion, Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Gamliel, Rabbi Joshua, rebbe, ROME, temple, Tisha, Torah, Uriah
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Nurit Sonnenschein to direct AJCC operations, development
ALBANY–After a months-long nationwide search, the Sidney Albert Albany Jewish Community Center (AJCC) has selected Nurit Sonnenschein of Saratoga Springs to serve as executive director. Sonnenschein began her duties July 5.
Sonnenschein fills the position vacated by Susan Shpeen, who died last November. She will be responsible for the Center’s daily operations, management and development, according [...]
Noah’s Ark Fest to feature zoo, tips on the environment
SARATOGA SPRINGS–Saratoga Chabad will host a Noah’s Ark-themed family festival Sunday, July 25, from noon to 4 p.m., at 130 Circular St.
The festival will feature a petting zoo, pony rides, lessons on animal care and environmental responsibility, arts and crafts, music and a kosher luncheon.
Admission is free. Luncheon fee is $8, $36 maximum per family.
Rabbi [...]
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