Photos from Clifton Park Chabad’s annual Klezmer and Kosher Festival, an evening of music, food, and family activities in Clifton Park.

The free festival returns to Hudson on July 26 with live Jewish music, kosher food and family activities after drawing hundreds last year.

Israel leads the world in medicine yet can’t shake smoking, and a vaping epidemic is now hooking its elementary schoolers on nicotine.

JFS and the Jewish Federation honored local Holocaust survivors with a luncheon, firsthand testimony and a year of care management.

URJ president Rabbi Rick Jacobs spoke at Beth Emeth in Albany, urging Jews to engage across differences while staying committed to communal life.

The Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York named new board members and four award winners at its June 11 annual meeting.

Three college students received $1,000 scholarships at a June 12 Shabbat service at Temple Gates of Heaven in Schenectady.

Temple Beth El in Glens Falls hosts a Pride Shabbat service June 19 at 7 p.m., open to all and affirming LGBTQ+ inclusion in Jewish life.

Colonie Chabad’s free-to-try “Sinai and Civics” course begins July 8, exploring Jewish influence on America’s founding ideals.

JFS is looking for volunteer drivers to take older neighbors to medical visits, religious services and the grocery store.