March 30, 2023 - Weekly News From The Chatham Synagogue / Netivot Torah | |
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1. Shabbat Services
2. TCS/NT Second Seder
3. Save the Date: Yom Hashoah Program: "Survivors" at St. James Church
4. Save the Date: Conversation Pieces Event with Rabbi and Author Michael Strassfeld
5. Zoom Sit/Stand/Breathe/Balance Exercise
6. Zoom Yoga
7. Recent Donations
8. Out & About - Check Out the New Listings
9. Visit our Website
10. Become a Member
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1. Shabbat - March 31 2023
Shabbat Service are in-person as well as on Zoom - Masks are no longer required, but are suggested.
Note: Rabbi Or Rose Will Be Leading Shabbat Services on the Following Dates:
April 22
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2. TCS/NT SECOND SEDER
Saturday, April 8 at 5pm
at the home of Mark Feder & Scott Mallick
24 School Street, Berlin, NY
TCS/NT's wonderful Second Seder tradition continues, with TCS/NT members Mark Feder and Scott Mallick generously hosting at their home in Berlin, NY. This year's seder will be co-led by TCS/NT member Len Grossman and Paul Naamon of the Tendai Buddhist Institute.
Please RSVP to Mark at silvrspon@aol.com or 518-858-8933.
Directions from Chatham: Rt. 203 to Rt. 22 North. Follow Rt. 22 through New Lebanon to Stephentown. Continue on Rt. 22 to Berlin. Turn right on South East Hollow Road to School Street. Take the first driveway on the right past the Elementary School tennis court. Look for the white post with the number 22. Follow the driveway (¼ mile long) through the open gate.
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3. Yom Hashoah Program: "Survivors"
a play created by Alan Breindel and adapted by Bernie Kukoff and Lucile Lichtblau
Saturday, April 15 at 7:30pm
Followed by a talk back with Alan Breindel
at St. James Church, 117 Hudson Ave., Chatham
In conjunction with St. James Church we are presenting this special Yom Hashoah program - a staged reading of "Survivors," a first hand account of four Holocaust survivors.
A little more than a decade ago, after hearing his Short Hills, NJ neighbor's powerful story of survival, the play's creator, Alan Breindel, decided he wanted to meet more survivors and find a way to amplify their stories. He ended up interviewing several more people from his community, all of whom, like his neighbor, managed to evade the concentrations camps, telling harrowing tales of how they survived. Briendel combined their stories into a moving play that has been adapted into a staged reading by Bernie Kukoff and Lucile Lichtblau.
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4. Conversation Pieces: Rabbi Michael Strassfeld Talks About His Book, "Judaism Disrupted: A Spiritual Manifesto for the 21st Century
Sunday, April 30 at 4pm
at the Synagogue
Please join us for this special event - TCS/NT member, Rabbi Michael Strassfeld will talk about his new book, published on the 50th anniversary of his 1973 breakthrough best-seller, "The Jewish Catalog," which has sold over 300,000 copies.
In A Spiritual Manifesto Rabbi Strassfeld, who spent 25 years as a Reconstructionist rabbi in New York City, is calling for a seismic shift in Jewish practice. Strassfeld’s vision of Judaism is compassionate and flexible, and he’s frank about the challenges the religion faces without resorting to apocalyptic predictions about its survival. The book provides a framework for a new paradigm and helps the reader explore the evolution of an ancient faith – showing how it can be reinvigorated and practiced anew.
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5. Zoom Sit/Stand/Breathe/Balance Exercise
Every Monday - 10am - 11am
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TCS/NT member, and dancer, choreographer, physician-assistant Jamie Stiller is teaching a sit/stand exercise group. The group will meet every Monday, via Zoom, from 11am - 12pm. The focus of these classes will be on building strength in your core and extremities, learning to breathe mindfully to fuel your entire body, and having fun!
There is a $10 donation per class. Click here email Jamie and arrange payment (Venmo, checks, etc.).
ZOOM LOG-IN LINK & INFO:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89863170484?pwd=V2VuYm80T1g3L3RBTTRDcnF4bisrUT09
Meeting ID: 898 6317 0484
Password: 953995
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6. Zoom Yoga
Every Friday at 9:30am
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(Note: Donations can be made online on our website. Click here to donate.)
Diane & Steve Eidman - IHO Jamie Stiller & Jim Farrell's grandtwins, Ronan and Farrell
IHO Sylvia Machiz on the occasion of her centennial birthday
IMO Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Finman
Roberta Bernstein & Viki Sand - IHO the birth of the twin grandsons, Ronan & Farrell, of Jamie Stiller and Jim Farrell
Lucile & Sheldon Lichtblau - IHO the birth of Jamie Stiller and James Farrell's twin grandsons
IHO the Bar Mitzvah of Mark and Hallie Dickerman's grandson
Alan Gelb & Karen Levine - IHO the birth of Jamie Stiller and Jim Farrell's twin grandsons
IHO Steve Eidman, Bar Mitzvah coach extraordinaire and all-round mensch
Larry & Carol Singer - General Donation
Janina Deppe - Cemetery Donation
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8. Out & About
Entertainment / Education / Social Action
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[NEW] Jacob's Pillow and MASS MoCA present: Rhythm Is Live - Dormeshia Tap Collective
Sat., April 8 at 8pm
Hunter Center at MASS MoCA
1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA
Tickets: $42 in advance / $52 Week of / $74 Preferred
Joined by a smoking hot jazz trio and an ensemble of fellow hoofers, tap queen Dormeshia brings her critically acclaimed, classic-style tap concert to North Adams for an evening of thrilling percussive dance and music co-presented by Jacob’s Pillow. Dormeshia—a recipient of two Bessie Awards, a Princess Grace Award, an Astaire Award, the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award, as well as the Doris Duke Artist Award—is “so deeply versed in tap tradition and technique that she has the whole of it at her command” (The New York Times).
Rhythm Is Life explores the grooves, breath, and pulse of life. Through a series of rhythmic explorations, Dormeshia creates a kaleidoscope of choreography that both moves with the universal pulse of life and invites others to find their own groove. Performed by a group of magnetic dancers and live musicians, the piece is a meditation, a voyage, and above all, a celebration of life.
▶︎ Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
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[NEW] Film at Hudson Hall: "Odds Against Tomorrow"
Thurs., April 20 at 7pm
Hudson Hall
327 Warren Street, Hudson
Tickets: $5
This 1959 film, directed by Robert Wise, was partly shot right in Hudson, New York. Odds Against Tomorrow is widely cited as the last movie of the film noir era. This taut and tense heist film stars Harry Belafonte as a reckless gambler who joins with a bigoted ex-con (Robert Ryan) and an embittered ex-cop (Ed Begley) in a last-ditch bank robbery in a small upstate town. Featuring incredible footage of 1950’s Hudson and many local residents as extras, Odds Against Tomorrow not only offers an opportunity to see the Hudson of yesteryear, but offers an allegory about racism, greed, and man’s propensity for self-destruction.
This screening includes a special exhibition of photographs of 1950’s Hudson provided by the Hudson Area Library History Room.
▶︎ Click here for more info and to purchase tickets
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Joyce Goldstein Gallery: Stacy Petty Sculpture & Paintings
Show runs April 2 - May 13
Opening Reception: Sunday April 2, 1-3pm
Joyce Goldstein Gallery
19 Central Square, Chatham
Stacy Petty is a Chatham and Brooklyn-based artist whose work has been featured in gallery shows in the U.S. and Europe. His art is in private collections around the world.
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Kids Need Music Benefit Concert: Strings for Spring
Saturday, April 15, 3-4:30pm
Tickets: $10 - $30
Spencertown Academy
790 Route 203 / Spencertown
Join the Spencertown Academy for a concert featuring music from around the world to raise funds for Kids Need Music, a unique organization that empowers children and youth with the gift of making music part of their daily life and inspiration. All proceeds will be used to purchase band instruments to be donated to the Hudson City School District.
The concert features violinist Joana Genova and pianist Gili Melamed-Lev playing music by Piazzolla, Beethoven, Scott Joplin, Arvo Pärt, Amy Beach and more.
All are welcomed to the reception following the concert.
▶︎ Click here for further info and to purchase tickets
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"Like Swimming in Air" - The Art of Tai Chi for Beginners with Fran Snyder
10 weekly Friday sessions - March 3 - May 5, 11am - 12pm
Fee: $200 / $175 for Academy Members
Spencertown Academy
790 Route 203 / Spencertown
Tai chi is an ancient Chinese martial art now recognized for its benefits to physical and mental health. With regular practice, tai chi’s fluid and controlled movements improve balance, build physical strength and endurance, and encourage relaxation of the body and calmness of the mind.
This class is for beginners. The pace is slow and tranquil. Demonstrations are clear and easy to follow. Anyone can participate.
Wear comfortable clothes and a pair of warm socks. Masks are required to contribute a sense of safety to all. The auditorium is equipped with PureBlue air purifiers.
▶︎ For further info and to register please contact fran.snyder.taichi@gmail.com
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9. Visit Our Website
Have you checked out our website at: www.thechathamsynagogue.org? On it you can find a current listing of events, links to services, information about who we are, and a growing library of photos.
For members there is also a member portal. You should have received an email with a link inviting you to access the portal, instructions on how to log-in, and an explanation of some of the information that you will find there. Check it out and let us know what you think. If you have any questions or need help accessing the member portal, please email: tcsntmembers@gmail.com.
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10. Become a Member
We welcome members from diverse Jewish backgrounds and perspectives. Our members are people who were born into Judaism as well as those who chose Judaism. We recognize patrilineal as well as matrilineal descent, and we welcome interfaith families and LGBTQ Members.
You can download a membership application here.
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TCS/NT Mailing & Email Addresses: The Chatham Synagogue / P.O. Box 51 / Chatham, NY 12037
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