Category: Arts & Culture
May 3 documentary at SJCC reveals overlooked Shoah women’s history
A still from the “999: The Forgotten Girls” documentary slated to be shown at the SJCC film...
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Margo B. Singer to show Cuba photos at May library exhibit
Inside Adath Israel, the sole Orthodox synagogue in Cuba, located in Old Havana where the group...
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Malka, Eitan Evan Yom Ha-Shoah lecture to feature talk on anti-Semitism by Dr. Magda Teter
Dr. Magda Teter The Malka and Eitan Evan annual Yom Ha-Shoah Lecture has been slated for Tuesday,...
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‘Touch a Truck’ at the SJCC slated
Firetruck in Williams, Arizona. Photo courtesy of Pexels. SCHENECTADY –A Touch a Truck Fund-raiser...
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‘Alone Together’ to be screened at Nassau Shul on April 19; Maya Tiberman, director, to discuss
Ravit Reichman, a volunteer with Israel’s First Hug Association, holds two abandoned newborns in...
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‘Odette,’ screening set for April 12 at Temple Sinai
Screenshot from the movie “Odette.” SARATOGA SPRINGS– Saratoga Jewish Community Arts (SJCA), with...
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Jewish life in Venezuela, pre- and post-Chávez: A personal experience— planned as Zoom lecture
SAMY YECUTIELI SCHENECTADY – Congregation Agudat Achim will host a lecture titled “Jewish Life in...
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The Prague Haggadah, ‘created mold from which Haggadot would be illustrated for years to come’
A copy of the Prague Haggadah on view at Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., in 2021. Photo...
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Love letters to Israel
A pile of colored letter envelopes. Courtesy of Pixabay. The last time I went to Carnegie Hall to...
Read MoreSilent Film to be screened with live musical accompaniment at the Yiddish Book Center
AMHERST, Mass. –The Yiddish Book Center will present a screening of “The Man Without a World” with live original music composed and performed by klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals and silent film pianist Donald Sosin on Sunday,...
Read MoreJazz to be focus of March 18 Senior Moments luncheon
SCHENECTADY — Congregation Gates of Heaven invites adults 50+ to another installment of its Senior Moments series on Wednesday, March 18. The afternoon begins with lunch at 12 noon, followed by a live jazz trio concert at 12:30...
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Israeli rebbetzin and activist reports on her activities
Bruria Efune addressing the crowd By Dr. SUSIE ROSENBERG ALBANY–Bethlehem Chabad recently hosted...
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