By GABE FRIEDMAN NEW YORK CITY(JTA) — As always, the Golden Globes was a coming together of some of Hollywood’s biggest Jewish talents. There weren’t many Jewish award winners at the glitzy ceremony on Sunday night, Jan. 5, but here are our favorite Jewish moments from one of the industry’s biggest nights of the year. Quentin Tarantino spoke Hebrew to […]

SCHENECTADY– The Schenectady Jewish Community Center (SJCC) will present the film “An Act of Defiance ” as part of its annual Jewish Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 19, at 2 p.m. at the SJCC. Following the first showing of the film on Saturday, there will be a discussion led by Ian Bubb, a […]

The Chatham Area Interfaith Council (CAIC), which represents the many faith traditions within the local community, is celebrating the life of the late Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2 p.m. at St. James Church, Chatham.  The program features gospel music from the combined church choirs of St. James and the Chatham Payne AME, readings from Dr. King’s […]

(JNS) – Jewish director Sam Mendes won big at the 77th annual Golden Globes on Sunday night in Los Angeles, taking home two honors for his World War I epic “1917.” After Mendes won the award for Best Director—beating out Bong Joon-ho, Todd Phillips, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino—his film went on to beat “Joker,” “Marriage Story,” “The Two Popes” […]

SCHENECTADY–The Congregation Gates of Heaven (CGOH) Brotherhood will have its next monthly breakfast and speaker program on Sunday, Jan. 12. Rob Kovach will make a presentation on “Jewish Influence on the Comic Book Industry.” Kovach will discuss the early years of the comic book industry—an industry started by Jews— and share details about Jewish writers and artists who created the […]

By CURT SCHLEIER NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – A photography exhibit entitled “Hanukkah in Mea Shearim (Jerusalem).”opened recently the 14th Street Y in Manhattan. The photos offer a window into Chasidic life in the strictly Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem, offering an intimate glimpse of men, women and children celebrating the holiday. Behind this exhibit stands a most unlikely creator: Agnieszka […]

ALBANY– Ed Rosen of Albany will discuss the topography, demography and strategic importance of the Golan Heights during the B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation “Synagogue Scholars” series following the congregation’s Friday, Jan. 10, Shabbat service that begins at 8 p.m. Rosen will present “Riding Through the History of the Golan” at the synagogue, 420 Whitehall Rd., Albany. The service and program […]

SCHENECTADY– Jewish educator and sign language interpreter EJ Cohen will join the 7 p.m. Shabbat service at Gates of Heaven, 852 Ashmore Ave., Schenectady on Friday, Jan. 10, to sign and to discuss what she does. Cohen will speak about signing prayers, how she got into signing, and the challenges of keeping the meaning and the structure of the Hebrew prayers when […]

CLIFTON PARK–Rabbi Dr. Chanan Markowitz will present two lectures entitled “Can Science And Religion Unite Making This A Better World?” The lectures will be held at 10 a.m. on Sundays, Jan. 12, and Jan. 26, at Beth Shalom Synagogue, 688 Clifton Park Center Rd., Clifton Park. According to the rabbi, these lectures will explore the often flawed interdependence of science […]

SARATOGA SPRINGS–Saratoga Jewish Community Arts will present the film “Regina,” the story of the first female Jewish rabbi. The screening, at Temple Sinai, 509 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, will be on Sunday, Jan. 5, at 7 p.m.  The film will be followed by a panel discussion and dessert reception. According to event organizers, most American Jews believe that ordination of women rabbis […]