History professor, author, and presidential historian Gil Troy will speak at two programs in the region Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. in the Gannett Auditorium in Palamountain Hall at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs and at a community event on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m. at Beth Emeth, 100 Academy Rd., Albany. Both are free and open to the community. Troy will discuss his 2018 […]

SCHENECTADY – The Sadie Schneider Rosh Hodesh Learning Group  of  Congregation Agudat Achim will host Michelle Ostrelich at it’s Wednesday, Feb. 26, meeting at 7 p.m. at the home of Mery Gross,  2198 Fox Hill Dr., Niskayuna. The title of the program is “Money, Sex & Power— The New Landscape for Women in Politics.”  The program is open to the […]

ALBANY–The Colonie Jewish Community Association annual lecture is slated for Tuesday, March 3, at 7 pm. at the William K. Sanford Library (Colonie Library) 629, Albany Shaker Rd., Loudonville. Speaker, Dr. Aviva Ben-Ur, will present on “Being Jewish in a Slave Society: The Case of Early Modern Suriname.” The program, free and open to the public, begins with refreshments at 6:30 p.m.  Ben-Ur is professor […]

CHATHAM–How three world-renowned artists—Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly, and Marc Chagall—were inspired to incorporate their art into spaces of contemplation is the subject of a presentation, “Conversation Pieces,” on Sunday, Feb. 23, at The Chatham Synagogue/Netivot Torah. The Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas; Kelly’s chapel at the Blanton Art Museum in Austin, Texas; and Chagall’s stained glass windows at the Hadassah/Hebrew […]

SCHENECTADY – The Schenectady Jewish Community Center (SJCC) will present the film “Shoelaces” to note Jewish Disability Awareness Month and as part of its annual Jewish Film Festival on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 16, at 2 p.m. at the Schenectady Center. Following the first presentation of the film on Saturday, people from The Alternative Living […]

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 […]