ALBANY –Congregation Beth Emeth has announced two upcoming programs for its weekly Wednesday lunch and learns held at Beth Emeth, 100 Academy Rd., Albany, from 12 –1:30 p.m. Stereotypes: Fact or Fiction? The Myth of the Jewish American Princess will be the topic of a lunch and learn on March 27, led by Rabbi Scott Shpeen, spiritual leader of the […]

By JEFFERY TORRES Yitzchok Moully spoke about his art shared examples of it  and told how he gained the moniker “Pop Art Rabbi” at Bethlehem Chabad on Feb. 13. He is from Darwin, Australia, a place Down Under where there is no permanent Chabad Center. He was born to hippy parents who lived on a communal farm where a stream […]

ALBANY–The Albany Jewish Community Center will kick off the 2019 Book Mavens series on Wednesday, March 13, 3 – 4:30 p.m. at the Center’s Massry Senior Center, 340 Whitehall Rd., with a review by retired educator Judy Arian-Eson of Mary Morris’ Gateway to the Moon. According to organizers, the historical novel tells a story about those who survived the Spanish Inquisition […]

ALBANY–Prof. William Chester Jordan of Princeton University will lecture on “The First Crusade and Jewish Martyrdom” on March 7, 7 p.m. in the Standish Room, Science Library, University at Albany. Jordan is Dayton-Stockton Professor of History and the chairman of the Department of History at Princeton where he teaches courses on the Middle Ages. He is the author of several […]

ALBANY–The public is invited hear Rabbi Yitzchok Moully speak and see his art at Bethlehem Chabad, 393 Delaware Ave., Delmar on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 7 p. m. Bethlehem Chabad will host an evening of wine, art and cheese at a reception for Moully— “The PopArt Rabbi” Moully will share his life story. He is a conceptual artist whose work explores […]

SCHENECTADY– Mike DeMasi, journalist and area resident, will discuss his new book, What They Said: 25 Years of Telling Stories at the Congregation Gates of Heaven “Senior Moments” lunch and program on Wednesday, Jan. 16. The program, free and open to the community, is from noon to 2 p.m. at the temple, 852 Ashmore Ave., Schenectady. DeMasi has been writing […]

The Jewish State faces many challenges today: internally, regionally, and internationally. The disproportionate media coverage presents another challenge in capturing hearts and minds, and portraying the true image of Israel. Anti-Semitism adds a significant dimension in the perception of Israel, in both its classic form and its newer manifestations. There is much we need to know, and DO, to secure […]

CLIFTON PARK–Rabbi Dr. Chanan Markowitz will deliver a free lecture, open to the community, on Sunday, Dec 16, at 10 a.m. at the Beth Shalom Synagogue, 688 Clifton Park Center Rd., Clifton Park. Topic will be: “Can Jews ever forgive Robert Bowers (the gunman responsible for the Pittsburgh massacre)? He will review contemporary ethics and halachah (Jewish law) as he seeks to provide […]

SARATOGA SPRINGS– Saratoga Jewish Community Arts, will present the film “In Our Own Hands: The Hidden Story of the Jewish Brigade in World War II,” directed by Chuck Olin, on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. at Temple Sinai, 509 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. A panel discussion and dessert reception will follow. The 85-minute documentary reviews the activities of The Jewish […]

By BOB MICHAELS “Twenty-five years of being Jewish in today’s military” was Col. Roger Shapiro’s Veterans Day topic at the Nov. 11 Gates of Heaven Brotherhood Breakfast-and-A-Speaker program. Shapiro, a decade-long Gates Member, serves in the 109th Airlift Wing at the Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia. He also is a part-time American Airlines pilot. In 1993 he entered Officer Candidate School […]