Dear Friends,
Later this March - in the Hebrew month of Nisan - we celebrate the Exodus from Egypt and our plight for freedom, the plight that virtually all Russian-speaking Jews can personally identify with.
We welcome you to join the diverse programs by COJECO and our community partners and friends. Don't miss the amazing March educational and cultural events- literary evenings, Passover celebrations, Jewish history lectures in Russian and English, cooking workshops, and more.
Please consider a charitable donation to COJECO. Your generous support enables us to continue strengthening our Jewish community by offering quality programs and supporting great initiatives for and by the Russian-speaking Jews.
** An easy way to support COJECO - selecting it as a charitable organization to receive donations from eligible Amazon Purchases through smile.amazon.com. This way- every eligible purchase you make through AmazonSmile will result in a donation to COJECO!
Hag Pesach Sameach!
Sincerely,
Your COJECO Team
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Jewish Female Models in Famous Paintings
(presented in Russian)
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Tuesday, March 2, @ 7:30PM
Jewish Female Models in Famous Paintings
Special edition dedicated to March 8th! Presented by Yuliya Patrakova (in Russian).
Painting is not only about color, technique and composition. It is also the story of the artists and their models. And sometimes the stories of those depicted are just as interesting as the work of art itself. We'll talk about several Jewish women such as Adele Bloch-Bauer and Ida Rubinstein who inspired artists to create masterpieces.
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Jewish St. Petersburg: Virtual Tour
(conducted in Russian)
Tuesday, March 9, @ 7:30PM
Whether on their way to America or Palestine, towards Art or Revolution - the path of young men and women from shtetls went through St. Petersburg. How did the capital of the Russian Empire greet them? We will find out on this virtual tour with the historian and a researcher of Russian Jewry, curator of the library of the Great Choral Synagogue of St. Petersburg, Viktor Amchislavsky.
The houses of the rich and bankers from the Ginzburg and Polyakov families, secret chapels of Jewish soldiers and cantonists, addresses of writers and artists, Jewish publishing houses and pharmacies, palaces and safe houses of Jewish revolutionaries, national-cultural and religious locations await us on this tour. We will talk about Petersburg's Jewish myths and the reality of the modern community. The tour will be conducted in Russian.
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Soviet Jews in the Brezhnev Era (1970's)
(presented in Russian)
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Tuesday, March 16, @ 7:30PM
The 1970s in the USSR are now considered "the years of stagnation", but for the Soviet Jews these years were full of drama and tough decisions. In this session, historian Yigal Kotler will talk about Soviet Jews' fight for the right to emigrate, the support that the American Jews provided, how Brezhnev bartered Soviet Jews for the American grain and suggested to the Politburo to revive the Jewish culture. We will also talk about the cultural codes of the Jewish Soviet intelligentsia and why some of its representatives were carried away by the Orthodox Christianity, the evolution of the Refusenik movement, the role of the "Jewish" department of the KGB and a special Israeli department "NATIV", and much more.
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BluePrint Fellowship Virtual Music Jam |
Thursday, March 18, @ 7PM
Nisan is the month we celebrate Passover and our people's miraculous journey out of Egypt.
Please join us at this Music Jam, as our brilliant BluePrint musicians reunite and celebrate freedom through their performances.
You will enjoy performances by (performers in formation):
Yaffa Borukhova
Tatyana Kalko
Alex Notkin
Yelena Shmulenson-Rickman
If you are a BluePrint Fellowship alum or alumna and are interested in performing in this jam - please reach out to alina@cojeco.org
The event is co-chaired by COJECO BluePrint Fellowship Alumni Michael and Victoria Drob
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Passover Dessert Making Workshop for Families |
Tuesday, March 23, @ 6:30PM
Learn how to make delicious, healthy & guilt free Passover desserts made from raw ingredients in your own kitchen with COJECO NJ and baker Lina Perchuk.
While this virtual workshop is FREE, Number of spots is very limited, so please register in advance.
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UJA-Federation of NY and its Partner Agencies present: Healing & Hope: A Jewish Community Gathering
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Tuesday, March 2, @ 5PM
It’s been one year since the Covid-19 pandemic hit New York. On March 2nd at 5PM, we invite you to join Healing and Hope: A Jewish Community Gathering Marking One Year of Covid to come and draw meaning from our collective resiliency. We’ll gather virtually for a memorial tribute to those we’ve lost and hear messages of healing and hope from Rabbinic voices across the Jewish community, as well as music by Neshama Carlebach and singers of all ages from day schools and community centers. Let’s look forward to a better year with positive news on the horizon, while remembering what truly defines who we are as a deeply committed and interconnected community.
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Jewish Federation of Northern NJ presents: Virtual Passover Seder
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Thursday, March 4, @ 7PM
Creative hands-on ways to make your Seder amazing, engaging, and exciting.Bring games costumes and props into your Seder to engage kids 1-99 years old.
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Jewish Federation of Northern NJ Fights Hunger - March Mega Food Drive
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March 1-31
March Mega Food Drive efforts will help restock food pantries and provide snack packs for children with weekend food insecurity.
Help collect 8,000 lbs of food and pack to distribute over 3,000 snack packs.
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JCC Los Gatos (RSJ South Bay) presents: Путешествие по Волнам Жизни или «Из Жизни Жирафов и Бегемотов» (In Russian)
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Sunday, March 7, @ 8PM EST- 5 PM PST
Новая книга автора Марка Шапиро – сборник смешных и печальных , коротких, но очень емких историй о верности, любви и смысле жизни из нашего недавнего прошлого и настоящего.
Марк не только прекрасно пишет, но ещё и является замечательным рассказчиком! И вы в этом убедитесь в воскресенье, 7 марта в 5 ч вечера!
Приходите послушать забавные рассказы о любви, о волонтерской службе в Израильской армии, о том, как Марк почти стал офицером советской армии, но вовремя передумал.
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JCC Los Gatos (RSJ South Bay) presents: “Broadway: the Great Jewish Way!” (in English)
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Thursday March 11, @ 8PM EST -
5 PM PST
“Broadway: the Great Jewish Way!” is a tribute to Jewish Broadway composers performed by soprano Anat Baird. Join this musical journey through the decades of Broadway history from George Gershwin to Stephen Schwartz. Experience Broadway through the Jewish lens.
Anat Baird is a 20 year old vocalist from the South Bay in California. She fell in love performing musically on stage in front of an audience from an early age. She is a student at West Valley College, and most recently, has been in their "Into The Woods" production as Little Red. Anat is a vocal teacher for many aspiring young singers preparing for their own school musicals.
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PJ Library for Russian-speaking Families presents: Moms' Paint Night: Feminine Expression: Collages of Hannah Hoch
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Thursday, March 11, @ 8PM
Russian-speaking moms are invited on an artful journey with Russian-Israeli artist and illustrator, Vitaly Umansky. Through interactive and engaging facilitation, you will discover history and artworks of prominent female artists and will learn different techniques and modalities to create personal works of art. Unwind, grab a glass of wine, and connect with other like-minded people while making art!
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PJ Library for Russian-Speaking Families presents: Чай со Шпунтиком
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Sundays, March 7 & 14, @ 10AM
Join the return of the popular and highly engaging weekly series, Чай со Шпунтиком! Each week, puppet Shpuntik will invite children and families to travel with him to different destinations, meet new friends, and teach them about favorite teas, foods, and the countries they are from. Children will learn words, songs, and poems in different languages, will discover interesting places in the world, will listen to an interactive PJ Library story in Russian, and make crafts with Shpuntik and his weekly guests! Facilitated in Russian.
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Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan's Generation R presents: Lara Vapnyar in Conversation with New York Times Notable Author Alex Halberstadt
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Thursday, March 4, @8PM
Join esteemed writer Lara Vapnyar as she interviews Alex Halberstadt, first time biographer whose diligent, meticulous research and tender writing earned him a "Top 20 in 2020" New York Times' "Critic's Picks" award. Halberstadt will read from Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning, his affecting new biography that takes the reader from present day New York City back fifty years to the place of his birth, traipsing through the former Soviet Union to both sides' of his families' homes in Lithuania, Moscow, the backwaters of the Ukraine and elsewhere in search of clues about Soviet and Jewish history, as well as himself. The resulting revelations, at times both surprising and others wholly expected, are told with humor, wit and nostalgia in a lyrical prose that will have you reading from cover to cover without wanting to put it down.
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YM-YWHA Washington
Heights & Inwood
Solnechniy Krug @ the Y presents: Virtual Jewish Museum Tour (children ages 3-10)
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Sunday, March 7, @5PM
Join us for a fun, interactive tour of The Jewish Museum with games and art activities. We'll take a close look at some of the museum's most curious modern artworks with a professional museum guide and create our own masterpieces. To register please email names and ages of children to ylopatnyk@ywashhts.org. Conducted in Russian
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Jookender presents: Crowdfunding for Teens |
Saturdays, March 6-23, @7PM
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. Students will learn in detail about all three stages of the crowdfunding campaign: preparation, running, and follow-up.
The instructor will pay special attention to the communication skills, definition of the target audience, flexibility, financial and legal responsibilities.
Upon completion of a 3-session mini-course, all students will be offered a 1-week independent crowdfunding fundraiser toward any program or any nonprofit organization of their choice. They can make up to 5 community hours working independently and at their own pace. Instructors: Marina Abrams - crowdfunding, Sasha Grebenyuk - independent project.
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Jookender presents: Best Kept Secrets of Financial Aid - for the Parents of High School Students in 10-12 grades
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Wednesday, March 10, @8:30PM
How to Maximize Your Child's Funding Eligibility Registration
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Onward Israel presents: Career Passport program in Israel |
Apply Now for Career Passport (by March 29)
In partnership with Moishe House and OneTable, Onward Israel is accepting applications for the Career Passport program in Israel! Do your remote job from Tel Aviv for six weeks, immerse yourself in contemporary Israeli culture and explore Israel with Jewish young professionals from around the world. Program dates are May 20-July 1. Acceptance into the program is rolling, but applications are due March 29. CLICK HERE to get more details and sign up for the upcoming info session. Space limited, so apply soon!
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Gesher Israel and Young Judaea present: Summer Israel Trip |
Apply Now
Gesher is an exciting, three and a half week summer Israel trip for 11th graders at one amazing cost. You'll see all the top sites and much more while you spend time in Israel’s most famous places as well as those off the beaten path, learning about their historical and modern significance and discovering amazing new places.
The total highly subsidized cost of Gesher Israel, including airfare, is $3,000.
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