An Academy Award Best Picture Nominee in 2009, “A Serious Man” is a brilliant comedy-drama that explores human nature and life’s meaning. Larry Gopnik is a physics professor at a 1960s university, whose life is coming apart at the seams. His wife is leaving him, his jobless brother has moved in, and someone is trying to sabotage his chances for tenure. With every aspect of his life unraveling, Gopnik seeks advice from 3 rabbis. The skewed misdirection and linguistic absurdities…
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Distant Cousins is an LA-based folk/pop trio with strong Jewish and local roots. Dov Rosenblatt, former lead singer of Blue Fringe, and Ami Kozak, grew up in NJ and graduated, a few years apart, from TABC in Teaneck. Duvid Swirsky (Moshav band) grew up in Israel on the moshav founded and influenced by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. Having met years ago when their bands often overlapped, the three singers, songwriters, and producers formed Distant Cousins in 2013 and, in addition to…
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Temple Beth Sholom of Flushing invites the Jewish community to participate in the 23rd annual Shabbat Across America, where hundreds of synagogues across the continent partake in a historic national Jewish event to celebrate what unifies all Jews: Shabbat. Everyone is invited; singles, couples, and families of all ages. Special musical entertainment will be provided by Cantor Jerry Korobow, Maestro David Close, and Akiva "The Believer" Wharton, followed by dinner.
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Temple Beth-El, The Friendly Temple, invites you to the 23rd annual Shabbat Across America, when Americans across the country celebrate the beauty of Shabbat simultaneously. Join the community as it ushers in the Shabbat with a Carlebach-inspired Kabbalat Shabbat service, led by The Ru'ach Project. Also on tap: hot chocolate bar and dairy desserts.
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Temple Emanu-El of Staten Island joins in the tens of thousands of Jews across America uniting to eat, drink, relax, dance, enjoy, debate, and celebrate the 23rd annual Shabbat Across America. $26 per person/children between 6-12 $13/children under 5 free (all reservations must be paid in advance; no phone reservations; no monies will be collected on Shabbat).
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Havurat Yisrael, a friendly and welcoming synagogue, is proud to participate in the nationwide program Shabbat Across America. On this evening, be part of our vibrant Jewish community as we celebrate Shabbat. We will have a delicious, catered dinner illuminated by explanations, stories and songs led by our special Rabbi for beginners, Mordechai Kraft. The nominal cost for this dinner is $15 for newcomers to Havurat Yisrael. To make a reservation, please call (718) 261-5500 or email hyoffice18@yahoo.com by February 26.
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Book talk with author Michael Croland and his newest work, "Punk Rock Hora: Adventures in Jew-Punk Land." Following will be a special loud and lively show with cutting edge Moshiach Oi.
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Join Mid-Island Y JCC for a screening of "Ralph Breaks the Internet." Bring a blanket and picnic dinner and enjoy a fun evening with family and friends. For more information, call (516) 822-3535x321 or email kschlossman@miyjcc.org. $18 per family (includes admission and popcorn). Click here to RSVP.
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7 p.m. on January 20, March 3 & 17, April 21 Public Invited to Attend Rabbi Molly Karp, a noted Jewish educator, leads discussions of the writings of Zionists Moses Hess, Theodor Herzl, Ahad Ha-Am, Martin Buber, Chaim Weismann, David Ben-Gurion and many others on four Sunday evenings at Congregation Tifereth Israel (CTI) in Glen Cove. The 7 p.m. classes are on January 20, March 3 & 17, and April 21. Prior knowledge is not needed. There is no charge…
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Join us for a new, “pop-up” book discussion group, The Future is Female, focused on timely and diverse memoirs by insightful and inspiring women. Led by Ellen O’Connell, the group will meet on the first Monday of every month, from 2-3:30 p.m., in the Community Room. March 4: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai. An urgent message about the untapped power of girls.
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"GI Jews" tells the story of the 550,000 Jewish men and women who served in WWII. Veteran Bernie Rader, who will speak, served as a rifleman in the 94th Infantry Division's Company K, and was among a group of 55 GIs captured in an ambush in France, was wounded in battle, and imprisoned as a POW. Free.
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In this soirée, Haan focuses on the history of the works of Kurt Weill. Starting in Berlin in the 1920s and 30s, featuring his famous songs of the Weimar years in collaboration with German playwright Bertolt Brecht, to the time he spent in exile in Paris where he cooperated with French playwright and movie maker Jacques Deval, highlighting some of his less known, but glorious French oeuvres as well as his American successes during the 1940s on Broadway, collaborating with…
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Contributors to The New Yorker for decades, the inimitable cartoonist Roz Chast and wry humorist Patricia Marx have now joined forces to very gently roast our favorite human beings: Moms. Patty has never been able to shake her mother’s one-line witticisms from her brain, so she’s collected them into a book, Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?, accompanied by full color illustrations by Roz Chast. Join them as they share maternal cautions like: If you feel guilty…
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