ALBANY- Rabbi Yossi Paltiel will lecture on “Toward A Meaningful Life” on Monday, Aug. 19, at 6 p.m. at the Colonie Town Library, 629 Albany Shaker Rd., Albany. Paltiel is a teacher at the Rabbinical College of Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch and Machon L’Yahadus Women’s Institute in Brooklyn. Thousands of his audio classes may be found at www.insidechassidus.org and www.theyeshiva.net, according to Rabbi Mordechai and Chana […]

The Green Olive Collective, a traveling collective, has launched a writing competition. Anyone who has visited Israel-Palestine is invited to submit a personal peace proposal or reflections from a recent journey. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three articles. The writing competition may provide a platform for anyone who may have had an eye-opening experience or who may have some creative […]

NASSAU–The Nassau Synagogue and Jewish Community Center will present a free program at the synagogue entitled, “Adirondack Jews – Community and Contribution” at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, at 12 Albany Ave. (Route 20), Nassau. The featured speaker will be Diane O’Connor, managing director, Ticonderoga Historical Society. She will focus on Jewish migration into the Adirondacks, Jews who lived […]

TROY–Congregation Beth Tephilah  has announced the second gathering of the Menchlik Order of the Chill and Shmooze Jewish Lodge on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 5:30 p.m. at the synagogue, 82 River St., Troy. “The Mystique Of The Incense Offering In The Jerusalem Temple” will be the theme. Re-enactments of the incense offering will be attempted and the secrets of the offerings […]

SCHENECTADY– Israeli emisaries, Dvir Gvilli and Gai Bouzaglo, are working with Schenectady Jewish Community Center (SJCC) campers and staying with Center members as they share their culture and experiences as Israelis. Gvilli is a 20-year-old from Rishon LeTsiyon and is participating in his first summer camp experience at the SJCC. He has a brother Kobi, 26, and sister Shiran, 30. […]

The Albany Jewish Community Center concluded the 2019 Jules and Paula Stein Live and Learn Lecture Lunch Series on July 11 with a presentation by Rabbi Daniel Judson based on his book: Pennies for Heaven:  The History of American Synagogues and Money. Pictured from left, Myra Rynderman, Ed Sossner and Davey LeBoyer.

ALBANY–The Congregation Beth Emeth Renaissance Group will host a Shabbat dinner and learning session focused on “Weddings and Funerals & Everything in Between” on Friday, July 26, at the synagogue, 100 Academy Rd., Albany. The evening will begin with a Shabbat service at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. and an education program on Jewish lifecycle events. Cantor […]

SCHENECTADY–Congregation Agudat Achim has announced a docent-led, one-day bus trip to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in lower Manhattan, on Sunday, Oct. 27, to the multimedia exhibition, “Auschwitz. Not long Ago. Not Far Away.” The trip, organized by the congregation’s adult education committee and men’s club, is open to the local community. The bus will leave the congregation’s parking lot […]

ALBANY–Rabbi Daniel Judson will present “Pennies for Heaven:  The History of American Synagogues and Money,” based on his 2018 book as The Sidney Albert Albany Jewish Community Center concludes its 2019 Jules and Paula Stein Live and Learn Lecture –Lunch Series on Thursday, July 11. The 11a.m. lecture program, open to the community, will be in the Center’s auditorium, 340 […]

By CURT SCHLEIER (JTA) — Many are familiar with the names of the larger Nazi concentration camps like Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. But some estimate the Nazis had as many as 40,000 satellite camps around Europe. Several existed on the only British soil conquered by the Nazis: Alderney, one of the Channel Islands, where the Nazis imported thousands of slave laborers […]