ALBANY–Congregation Beth Emeth will hold a Social Action Shabbat focusing on immigration policy on Friday, Feb. 28, at 5:30 p.m. Sarah Rogerson, who is the director of the Immigration Clinic at Albany Law School will be the guest speaker at the synagogue, 100 Academy Rd.  Rogerson will discuss the need for the ‘Protect Our Courts Act,’ the legislative bill provisions […]

Hadassah members in the Capital District will hold their annual Hadassah Shabbat on Saturday, March 7, at  Beth Shalom, 688 Clifton Park Center Rd., Clifton Park. Services will begin at 10 a.m. and be conducted under the guidance of Rabbi Dr. Chanan Markowitz. Hadassah members and associates will participate in the service with Flo Miller reading the Torah portion. The President […]

Anna Kislanski, deputy director general and chief operating officer at the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (IMPJ) will visit the area March 6 through 8 and will join Congregations Beth Emeth in Albany and Gates of Heaven in Schenectady primarily to discuss the Reform Movement in Israel and how the Reform Movement in the United States can play […]

SCHENECTADY–Congregation Gates of Heaven invites the public to a two-part introduction to the Shmaltz Brewing Company. A community beer tasting is slated for Saturday, March 14,  at the temple,  852 Ashmore Ave., Schenectady from 4 to 6 p.m. The next day, March 15, a breakfast discussion with its founder Jeremy Cowan will be featured by the congregation’s brotherhood at its […]

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 […]

SCHENECTADY–Congregation Gates of Heaven Tot Shabbat services for nursery through second-grade children are on Friday evenings on the first Friday of every month at 5:30 p.m. The next tot service March 6 will be at the temple at 852 Ashmore Ave. Families gather on the bima with Rabbi Matt Cutler and Elisa Harrington-Verb, cantorial vocalist, in the sanctuary. Singing and […]

The Capital Region Jewish Genealogical Society (CRJGS) will hold its next meeting on Sunday, March 1, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, 184 Washington Ave.,  Extension, Albany.  The meeting will be in a workshop format for members of the public seeking assistance in conducting Jewish genealogical research. Experienced researchers will attend to assist with […]

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 […]

By Josie Kivort, Janet Deixlert In early November of 2019, Hadassah Capital District, the chapter, which most recently served 1,300 members in the Albany, Clifton Park, Colonie, Saratoga Springs, Schenectady and Troy communities, suspended formal operations. Hadassah National Assembly memrojecber and past region president Josie Kivort said, “Hadassah Capital District is no longer, but we, the members, are still here. […]

SARATOGA SPRINGS– Sharona Wachs will lead and teach new and old expressions of Israeli folk dance during the Saratoga Jewish Community Arts (SJCA) Israeli Folk Dancing program on Sunday, Feb. 16. The 7 p.m. program will be at the Falstaff building on the Skidmore Campus in Saratoga Springs. According to organizers, Jews have a long dance history. The Bible and […]