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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sarina Roffé, the author of the book Branching Out from Sepharad, will provide an overview of how Sephardic Jews dispersed around the globe after 1492 and will discuss Sephardic resources for genealogists on Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Capital Region Jewish Genealogical Society (CRJGS) annual meeting. CRJGS will meet at the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York building, 184 Washington […]

Edward Berenson, a scholar of modern French history, will discuss his new book, The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town (2019), an investigation of an anti-Semitic episode in 1928  in the upstate town of Massena today, Thursday, Nov. 21, in two lectures, free and open to the community.  The first will be in the multi- purpose room of the University at […]

ALBANY–B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation in Albany will host a several programs to commemorate the brilliance and distinguished career of Amos Oz, one of Israel’s most prolific writers, according to organizers. Oz died in December 2018 at the age of 79.  All events in the series are open to the public. “Amos Oz: Israel’s Storyteller,” a five-week course beginning Wednesday, Nov. 6, […]

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON–Bard College will inaugurate the Jacob Neusner Memorial Lectures in Jewish and Religious Studies with lectures by scholar of Jewish studies Moshe Halbertal Oct. 24 and 27 on the Bard campus in Annandale-on-Hudson and in New York City. “The Biblical Book of Samuel and the Birth of Politics: Two Faces of Political Violence” takes place Thursday, Oct, 24, at 4:45 p.m, in room 102 […]