SHABBAT SHALOM, GESHER SHALOM! |
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October 23, 2020
Candle Lighting 5:45pm
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Step-By-Step Instructions for Filling Out the 2020 Election Ballot, which you should have received in the mail: Click here to view
You can and should participate!
March of the Living Launches Global Initiative to Mark Kristallnacht
Mi SheBayrach
We make special prayers for those who are ill at every Shabbat Morning service and during our Monday & Thursday Minyanim. Since the onset of the pandemic, we have adding a special Mi SheBayrach for those who have contracted the coronavirus.
You can add a name (traditionally: Hebrew/Yiddish name and mother’s Hebrew/Yiddish name, but we’ll take English names and the names of those who are not Members of our Tribe) by calling or emailing me.
Or better yet: why not join us for the 9:00am weekday morning minyan, and read the Psalm (in English) just before we include the name of your family member, friend or acquaintance in the Mi SheBayrach
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Torah Reading
NO·AH
At the end of last week’s sidra we were informed of the wickedness of human beings – with the exception of Noah, who found grace in God’s eyes.
God instructs Noah to build an ark in which he and his family and pairs of all the animals will escape the flood that will destroy the earth. Heavy rains fell continuously for forty days, completely covering the earth. It took five months for the waters to subside and for the ark to come to rest. Noah sent birds from the ark at regular intervals to determine if the land was dry. When the third bird did not return, he knew it was time to leave the ark.
Noah offered sacrifices to God, and God made a covenant promising never again to destroy the world by flood. The rainbow is the symbol of this covenant. Noah’s family received blessings similar to those bestowed on Adam and Eve for populating the earth anew and for dominion over all creatures.
Noah planted a vineyard, harvested its grapes, steeped them and became intoxicated from drinking wine. Unclothed and asleep in his tent, his son Ham tells his brothers, Shem and Yaphet, of their father’s condition. The latter two cover their father, earning a blessing, while Ham is condemned for his disrespect. (This incident is a portend of what is to come for the future generations and peoples who will descend from the three brothers.)
The re-population of the earth and the unity of all its inhabitants lead the people to build a city and a tower as a celebration of their unity and power, and to prevent their dispersal. This displeased God, whose desire it was that human beings should inhabit the entire earth. God therefore creates disunity among the builders by causing a multiplicity of languages to emerge, leading to confusion. In Hebrew, BLL is confusion – hence the name Tower of Babel (BBL).
Once again, ten generations are enumerated, taking us from Noah to Abram at the end of our parasha.
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ALL our Synagogue Prayer Services and Programs are conducted over ZOOM
You can participate in one of two ways
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Or
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Our Shabbat Services
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This Week's Yahrzeit Observances
We hope that our weekly listing of yahrzeit observances will serve 2 purposes:
1) To remind those who have the yahrzeit for a second time, much closer to the date of the actual observance
2) To alert friends and acquaintances that someone they know is observing a yahrzeit. We hope that you will show them your support by joining them at our (virtual) minyanim, and helping to assure that Kaddish can be recited with a minyan
Mrs. Ann Oster will be observing yahrzeit for her son, Avi Oster on Friday evening, October 23rd
Mr. Marvin Chertkoff will be observing yahrzeit for his father, Alexander Chertkoff on Saturday evening, October 24th
Mrs. Shirley Kochansky will be observing yahrzeit for her mother, Sophie Lesnick on Saturday evening, October 24th
Ms. Myrna Block will be observing yahrzeit for her uncle, Sam Rosen on Saturday evening, October 24th
Dr. Judith Platt will be observing yahrzeit for her father, Harry Feldman on Sunday evening, October 25th
Mrs. Iris Fox will be observing yahrzeit for her sister, Beatrice Jorden on Sunday evening, October 25th
Mr. Erwin Dickman will be observing yahrzeit for his father, Irving Dickman on Monday evening, October 26th
Mrs. Janet Chertkoff will be observing yahrzeit for her father, Henry Rosen on Monday evening, October 26th
Mrs. Sharon Starr will be observing yahrzeit for her mother-in-law, Hannah Starr on Monday evening, October 26th
Dr. Judy Geller will be observing yahrzeit for her mother Betsy Geller on Tuesday evening, October 27th
Mr. Peter Bloch will be observing yahrzeit for his grandmother, Bertha Hass on Wednesday evening, October 28th
Ms. Carolyn Tauber will be observing yahrzeit for her grandfather, Isaac Horowitz on Wednesday evening, October 28th
Mrs. Selma Spielman will be observing yahrzeit for her father, Michael Mundel on Wednesday evening, October 28th
Mrs. Karen Halpern will be observing yahrzeit for her father, Al Rosenblum on Wednesday evening, October 28th
Mr. Howard Schefflan will be observing yahrzeit for his father, Leonard Schefflan on Wednesday evening, October 28th
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Otto Salmon
Carolyn Tauber
Naomi Altschul
Heidi Skolnik
Francine Koszer
Shifra Ruda
Robert Feuerstein
Evelyn Baer
Rochelle & Earl Schneider
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OUR WEEKDAY MINYANIM
Dial in by phone: 929 205 6099 Meeting ID: 110 379 215
Dial in by phone: 929 205 6099 Meeting ID: 338 747 559
Special Request: if you purchased or downloaded Siddur Lev Shalem (Shabbat and Holidays) and/or Siddur Sim Shalom (Weekdays), please let Rabbi Stern know. (Please call him or email him).
Our Weekly Programming
GPS ON HIATUS
The Holidays: THEY ARE OVER!!
AND SLOWLY WE ARE RAMPING UP TO A FULL SCHEDULE OF PROGRAMMING (in addition to our services)
And we will be using all new Zoom Logins beginning November 1 (to circumvent those infernal Zoom Waiting Rooms)
The new Logins may be found at the end of this Shab Sha
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But for now, Beginning Wednesday, October 28 at Noon:
The Return of Coffee Talk
We are immigrants and the descendants of immigrants; our nation is largely a nation of immigrants. We will hear from one of the newest: Noa Osheroff, Israeli writer, director, producer and comedian based in New York. She will screen her newest film, a 12-minute comedy, SOFA SO GOOD, which is currently on the film festival circuit. Noa is also the founder and producer of “Speak American”, a highly acclaimed monthly stand-up comedy show in Brooklyn focusing on recent immigrants to the US and their stories. In the course of her conversation with us, she will talk about the process of making a film, stand-up comedy, diversity…and everything in between.
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LINDA RICHMAN is looking for VOLUNTEERS to share their passion or expertise with the COFFEE TALK crowd….
Your profession
Your avocation
Your hobby
Your expertise
Your life experiences
Your travels
Please be in touch with the Rabbi…
FUTURE COFFEE TALKS:
Coffee Talk—November 4 (using the new Zoom Login/Dial-In)
Post-Election Agony or Ecstasy
This may be the most hotly contested election in US history—certainly in our lifetimes. The results may not be conclusive the day after, but we have to try to come together as a country—and as a community. Let’s see if we can’t talk calmly and with some understanding for each other’s viewpoints now that the ballots have been cast.
Coffee Talk—November 11 (using the new Zoom Login/Dial-In)
A Visit to the YIVO Archives…
to examine more treasures from their vast collection with Director of the YIVO Archives, Dr. Stefanie Halpern. (Those of us who went “On the Road” met Dr. Halpern in person last February)
Here is a foretaste of just one aspect of YIVO’s vast and diverse treasures:
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Coffee Talk—November 18 (using the new Zoom Login/Dial-In)
TBA
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Please note special day/date:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 at Noon
A Visit to the Knesset with Masorti Israel
The program, under the auspices of Masorti’s Jewish Pluralism Watch, will include a virtual tour of the Knesset and a conversation with Knesset Member, TELHILA FRIEDMAN,
who was featured in my Kol Nidre sermon
Reservations are required. Please email me to secure your seat in the Knesset. Click here for the Times of Israel article on Tehila Friedman's speech.
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Thursdays at 11am:
Re-Inventing the Bible
The Rabbis were both close readers of the text, sensitive to every nuance, and, it turns out, also great fiction writers and spinners of yarn. They weren’t just legal scholars!
Using Louis Ginzberg’s masterful narrative compiling these legends, The Legends of the Jews, we will continue our exploration of these tales, known as Midrash Aggada.
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Important/Interesting Reads
Do you recall how I kept encouraging you to vote—and to vote for MERCAZ—in the last Zionist Congress election? The mess described below is in part due to our own apathy and disinterest. But it will likely have severe ramifications…
I can’t tell if this is really good news or an attempt at putting a good face on bad outcome that could have been far, far worse:
An Update From MERCAZ USA on the Proceedings of the 38th World Zionist Congress
After a long and hard-fought struggle and many months leading up to this week, we just completed three days of the virtual 38th World Zionist Congress. We worked especially hard to preserve the voice of all Zionist viewpoints. MERCAZ, the Masorti/Conservative Movement, along with a coalition of Zionist parties in Israel and the Reform Movement, and the support of the Zionist organizations (Hadassah, B’nai Brith International, Maccabi World Union, WIZO and NAAMAT/USA), succeeded in blocking a divisive agreement and reached an agreement incorporating significant changes, which ensures checks and balances and inclusion of all the Jewish People in the leadership of our Zionist Institutions.
While the new agreement gives power to one side of the political spectrum, we remain confident that the changes preserve the national and pluralistic character of our Zionist Institutions. We will continue to fight for the character of Zionism and its values, and work to inculcate the principles of transparency, quality, and accountability.
For the first time in its history the Zionist Movement will appoint a President from the Center-Left Liberal Zionist block. The President will be nominated by the Yesh Atid party and designated for a female candidate, who will represent the Zionist Movement in Israel and abroad as an ambassador for all Zionist streams and viewpoints. Also for the first time, the Deputy WZO Chair and Deputy Head of the Jewish Agency (JAFI) will be representatives from the Reform and Conservative Movements. Yizhar Hess, previously head of Masorti Israel will hold the WZO position. Kachol Lavan will appoint the Keren HaYesod Chair. Movement parity is ensured in the KKL and WZO Executive Boards. New departments for Social Engagement (Tikkun Olam) - headed by Meretz, working with Israelis in the Diaspora - headed by the Reform Movement, and a unit for Humanistic Judaism - under the Labour Party will be established.
Together we prevented unilateral control by the Haredim of the KKL Education Committee. It will instead have two co-chairs, Kachol Lavan and Eretz HaKodesh, with each appointing a rotating Chair for the committee, and control of the KKL Finance Committee will move from Likud to Yesh Atid. Also prevented was the formation of a sectarian department for Orthodox Spiritual Services. All WZO departments will serve all sectors of Israeli society and the Jewish People. Allocations of departments and spheres of activity will be divided balanced, between the right and left.
We have plenty to be proud of. Great thanks to our negotiators, our delegates and our staff, as well as MERCAZ members who reached out to Zionist organizations throughout the negotiations. There is still much to do over the next four years to ensure that this situation does not happen again.
L'Shalom,
Sarrae G. Crane, Executive Director
And the Future Doesn’t Look Bright.
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Israel
Domestic bribery is another matter…
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BDS / Anti-Semitism / anti-Zionism
Among Rep. John Lewis’ many virtues: He refused to normalize Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, even as other prominent African American celebrities and politicians did
Rosie Garthwaite, currently working on a BBC investigation on East Jerusalem, has a history of anti-Israel social media activity
What is QAnon, and why is it Anti-Semitic? Let's break it down.
Washington can reduce Moscow’s influence and support Kurdish allies without a large troop presence in the region.
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Iran / Syria / Hezbollah
1) Daughter Of Deceased Iranian Leader Rafsanjani: Iranian Regime Should Consider Establishing Relations With Israel;
After a year of chaos, a familiar face is returning to the top of a country that desperately wants change.
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The Palestinians
In a crucial state like Michigan, Joe Biden will have to convince skeptical Palestinians that he won’t leave them in the lurch—again.
Senior Palestinian negotiator in critical condition with COVID-19 at Jerusalem hospital, connected to ECMO machine
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The Gulf /Arab States
Years of quiet development are finally paying off, and Abu Dhabi’s defense industry can largely stand on its own feet.
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Pop Culture
Could the Rays and Dodgers have the first Jew vs. Jew pitcher-batter showdown in championship history?
From Sephardic history lessons to Jewish mysticism explainers, TikTok has become a fascinating destination for alternative Jewish educational content.
It’s an amusingly harebrained scheme, but there’s nothing in this moviefilm that matches the elegant social experiment of the first.
An affront to good bagels everywhere.
The movie, about a bisexual artist who runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva house, may as well be a dissertation on Jewish neurosis.
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NEW ZOOM Log-Ins/Dial-Ins
All of our congregational programming is conducted over Zoom. Of late, Zoom is requiring the inconvenience of a “Waiting Room”. The only way we can obviate the need for these infernal “Waiting Rooms” is to generate all new logins.
While we know that using new Zoom logins is an inconvenience for many of you, the “Waiting Rooms” are no great pleasure when you get relegated to them!
As an added bonus, we are taking this opportunity to streamline the number of Zoom logins you will need. This should be especially good news to our Dial-In members.
Beginning on November 1 you will only need two Zoom links: one for all of our prayer services, and a second for all of our programming/classes.
New Zoom Rooms effective Sunday morning, November 1
(timed to coincide with our return to Standard Time)
Fort Lee Virtual Shul Prayer Services
Participant ID/Passcode: 585121
Dial in: 929 205 6099 Meeting ID: 894 4624 7890
Fort Lee Virtual Shul Classes/Programming
Participant ID/Passcode: 144384
Dial in: 929 205 6099 Meeting ID: 822 9648 6657
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Over 155 conversations and 52,000 registrations – B’yachad Together: Spirited by American Jewish University – continues to deliver original content designed to captivate, ignite and advance ideas, spark thought-provoking dialogue and debate, and capture the insights of faculty and friends.
We are grateful that you are on this journey with us and look forward to seeing you online.
Politics for the Common Good
MONDAY | OCTOBER 26 | 12 PM PDT | NO COST | ONLINE
Dr. Eilon Schwartz was invested in creating sustainable environments in Israel when he became increasingly concerned by the extreme social and political polarization and divisions he witnessed in all areas of national life. He therefore created the Shaharit Institute, a think tank and leadership incubator, that seeks to create politics that unite all aspects of Israeli society.
Join him in conversation with Rick Richman, a resident scholar at AJU, to discuss the challenges Israelis face at this moment and how they might create a new national dynamic.
The Night Archer: Ambassador Michael Oren's Journey Through Fiction
THURSDAY | OCTOBER 29 | 12 PM PDT | NO COST | ONLINE
During his time in the Israeli government, Ambassador Michael Oren wrote copious amounts of fiction that he was not allowed to publish - until now. Following the recent publication of The Night Archer and Other Stories, join him in conversation with AJU’s President, Dr. Jeffrey Herbst, to explore his views on Israel today and on fiction as an expression of Jewish life.
Purchase the book today.
Unsettling: Israeli Documentary
MONDAY | OCTOBER 26 | 4 PM PDT | $10 | ONLINE
Left-wing Israeli filmmaker, Iris Zaki, heads to Tekoa, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank to talk to the locals. The honest, surprising and sometimes funny conversations offer a fresh look at how the left and right in Israel perceive each other and themselves. Following online home screenings of the film, there will be a Zoom discussion by award-winning documentary filmmaker and academic, Dr. Danny Ben-Moshe.
Please note: There is a 10% discount code for the film, which will be given upon registration.
You can access the film here.
A LOOK AT WHAT'S TO COME
Take Your Soul to the Polling Place
MONDAY | NOVEMBER 2 | 12 PM PDT | NO COST | ONLINE
We may be experiencing one of the most contentious elections ever with each candidate head to head. With the stakes running high and fevers skyrocketing, join scholar Erica Brown, author of Take Your Soul To Work, as she provides expert advice on how you can make your vote not only count, but also practice meditation focused on growing your soul.
Purchase the book here.
Nicole Krauss Discusses Her New Release: To Be a Man
THURSDAY | NOVEMBER 5 | 12 PM PDT | NO COST | ONLINE
Nicole Krauss, a National Book Award finalist and New York Times best-selling author, is one of the most influential literary voices today. Her new release, To Be a Man, is a collection of short fiction and very likely her strongest work yet.
Join her and Rabbi Sherre Hirsch in conversation as they discuss the struggle to understand what it means to be a man, what it means to be a woman, and how those struggles have connected the author to her own experiences in the world.
Pre-order your book today.
To join our Book Clubs discussing To Be a Man at the end of November, please click here.
Simply Jewish: The Secrets of Chabad with
YY Jacobson
MONDAY | NOVEMBER 19 | 12 PM PDT | NO COST | ONLINE
Although Chabad emissaries eschew a denominational label, referring to themselves as 'simply Jewish,' the movement continues to thrive and grow stronger in the absence of the rebbe. Their warm and welcoming hospitality, as well as their signature motif, continues to alter and positively influence the way in which Jews understand ultra-orthodoxy and Judaism as a whole.
Join a conversation with Rabbi YY Jacobson and AJU’s Rabbi Sherre Hirsch, as they explore the uniqueness of Chabad and powerful Jewish wisdom.
Help us continue delivering high-quality educational and community programming by making a gift today.
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OUR CONGREGATION HAS SIGNED ON AS A SPONSOR
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENROLL IN EITHER (OR BOTH) CLASSES kas
Sponsor the ScholarStream Series
Following on the success of our direct-to-public programming for Tikkun Leil Shavuot and Selihot, and in a continuing effort to help our rabbis and congregations during these trying times, the RA, USCJ, JTS and Ziegler are excited to announce a joint initiative to offer high quality adult education opportunities to all those interested in participating. ScholarStream is a four part series which will give communities the opportunity to learn from some of the world’s leading scholars and engage deeply with our texts and traditions.
The first two series will be offered on the following dates and times, meeting for one hour each week.
Hidden Histories and Untold Stories
Tuesdays at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT
Join JTS scholars as they uncover the hidden context around biblical figures and important eras in Jewish history.
- 11/10: Dr. David Fishman on how religious pre-Holocaust Eastern European Jewry actually was—or wasn’t
- 11/17: Dr. Alan Cooper on why we stopped caring about Moses’s descendants
- 12/1: Dr. Sarah Wolf on how foreign the beit midrash would feel to the early Rabbis
- 12/8: Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky on what the Bible really had against Jezebel
Equity, Forgiveness and Intersectionality
Wednesdays at 10 PM ET / 7 PM PT
Join Ziegler faculty as they explore issues related to race, gender equality, intersectionality, and building a democracy of the future. Download the full descriptions for each Ziegler session here.
- 11/11: Rabbi Cheryl Peretz will examine the centuries old Jewish march towards gender equality and justice
- 11/18: Rabbi Dr. Elliot Dorff will explore the concept of communal forgiveness
- 12/2: Rabbi Dr. Gail Labovitz on what Exodus has to teach us about intersectionality
- 12/9: Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen on building a multiracial democracy
Congregations will be able to sign on as sponsors for either or both series, offering your congregants access to all eight sessions for free. Sponsorship pricing is $150 for congregations up to 399 members, and $250 for 400 members and over. Individuals can sign up at a cost of $25 for the series. We envision that some communities may choose to stay on following the formal session for a follow up discussion led by their rabbi.
Sponsorship deadline is November 2nd. All sponsoring congregations will receive a discount code to send to their congregants to sign up for free. Individuals must sign up for the sessions - registration will be available soon.
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WELCOME TO THE MID-FALL SESSION OF
ONLINE CLASSES
The Whizin Center for Continuing Education is pleased to present our mid-fall lineup of classes and learning opportunities, delivered in an ONLINE format.
We wish continued good health and safety to the entire community. We will be updating our offerings and classes on an ongoing basis. Be sure to visit our website to learn more: www.aju.edu/whizin.
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Sunday, October 25 at 2:00 PM ET (Special Time)
Listening Room: International Edition
10 Dazzling UK Cantors, Part 1
Tune in to a rare CA international presentation on 10 dazzling cantors who graced the reading desks of UK synagogues. The program will be introduced by European Cantors Association Convener Alex Klein and presented by renowned Chazanut expert David R Prager. It will include an array of rare, beautiful recordings and photographs.
Featuring the hazzanut of: Simon Hass, Shlomo Hershman, Pinchas Faigenblum, Philip Copperman, Moshe Preis, Naftali Halter, Avraham Hillman, Moshe Korn, Yaacov Goldstein, Simcha Koussevitzky and Johnny Gluck.
And don't miss part 2 on Sunday, November 1 at 2:00 PM
About the presenters:
Alex Klein, convener of the European Cantors Association was born in London into a house filled with cantorial music. Within easy reach of his home were numerous synagogues blessed with cantors of renown. His love of chazanut drew him to organise many concerts and shabbatot chazanut introducing many talented chazanim to the UK over a span of nearly 50 years. He is a sought after speaker and lecturer on synagogue and cantorial music. He lives with his wife Yvonne in Manchester.
David R Prager was born in Manchester. He has studied the music and biographies of the cantors of the 20th and 21st centuries. He is in demand as an accompanist at cantorial concerts due to his ability to play all the most famous cantorial compositions in a key appropriate to the voice of the soloist. A chemist by profession, he pursued a prestigious senior management career and pension fund chairmanship in multinational corporations. He lives with his wife Jill in Surbiton.
Starts Monday, October 26 at 8:00 PM ET
All New Series from
The Cantors Assembly
The Milken Archive of Jewish Music: The American Experience
and The Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music and the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
As lovers of Jewish music, you probably already know what a groundbreaking and important contribution The Milken Archive of Jewish Music: The American Experience has already made to the Jewish world. What you may not have known is that many of the Conservative Movement's most prominent cantors, CA members all, recorded extensively for that years-long project.
For eight weeks, starting on Monday, October 26 at 8:00 PM ET, we'll be bringing you their stories and their music. Cantors on Record will feature live interviews with the artists and the music they recorded along with archival photos.
Hosted by Hazzan Elizabeth Shammash - who will also be our first guest along with Dr. Jeff Janeczko, Curator of The Milken Archive - and Dr. Mark Kligman, Director of The Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music and Mickey Katz Endowed Chair in Jewish Music of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Cantors on Record picks up where our recent Stories of Music program left off.
You'll get to meet and hear from such luminaries as Hazzanim Shammash, Alberto Mizrahi, Roz Barak, Meir Finkelstein, Charles Osborne, Rafi Frieder, Simon Spiro and Aaron Bensoussan.
We are thrilled to be continuing our collaboration with The UCLA Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music and The Milken Archive for Jewish Music: The American Experience, and we hope that you enjoy and share this program with your fellow lovers of Jewish music.
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Sign Up Now at No Cost!
The first-ever virtual General Assembly starts Sunday, and we're so excited! Celebrate Jewish community at two plenaries — the Federation Together Plenary on Sunday at 7 PM (ET) and the Jewish Together Plenary on Monday at 1:30 (ET) — and participate in workshops on philanthropy, recovery, Israel and more. Register here
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Israeli Culture in North America
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Theatre
You Will Not Play Wagner: Reading and Discussion | Oct 29, 2pm EDT
Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage for a reading from the play You Will Not Play Wagner by Victor Gordon, and a talk on Wagner’s legacy and censorship in Israel. Co-sponsored by The Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York.
Art
Manofim Jerusalem Contemporary Art Festival | Oct 27 - 29
In its Covid-19 online edition, Manofim festival has been condensed into three full and rich days, with a diverse artistic program whose pulse is connected to the current existential situation.
Dance
State of Darkness | Oct 24 - Nov 1
Molissa Fenley’s celebrated solo, "State of Darkness," finds new life this fall, performed by a new generation of dancers, including former Batsheva Dance Company member, Shamel Pitts. Watch this unique collection of solo performances, broadcast live from The Joyce stage! Photo: Scott Shaw Co-sponsored by the Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate of Israel in NY
Music
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performs for Holocaust survivors
A few days before Erev Rosh Hashana, the Israel Philharmonic split into 14 small ensembles. Scattered across Israel, from Nahariya to Beersheba, they all performed simultaneously for Holocaust survivors.
Film
Sublet at Newfest | Through Oct 27
Eytan Fox’s new film is a sexy intergenerational tango between a New York Times travel writer a handsome young Tel Avivian. Presented in partnership with The Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York.
Literature
Jerusalem: City of the Book | Oct 25, 2pm EDT
A distinguished panel will explore the extraordinary city of Jerusalem through its historic Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and Armenian literary treasures.
Music
CD Release: Orli Shaham's Mozart Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 | Oct 30
Pianist Orli Shaham releases the first volume of her complete Mozart sonatas recording on Canary Classics. Volume I features Mozarts's unique and distinct Bb major sonatas. Ms. Shaham’s MidWeek Mozart series continues with new material released weekly at OrliShahamMozart.com.
Film
God of the Piano
Anat has never been able to reach her father’s musical standards, and now her family's hope of producing a musical prodigy rests on her unborn son. When the baby is born deaf, she resorts to extreme measures. "Rarely does a debut feature showcase a talent so fully formed" Glenn Kenny, The New York Times.
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The JCC of Fort Lee/Congregation Gesher Shalom
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