Virtual Events and Programs for the Russian-speaking
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D
ear friends!
We hope that you and your family are doing well and are now able to enjoy the beautiful weather and everything it has to offer!
COJECO and our community partners continue offering engaging virtual opportunities for the entire family.
In our newsletter you will find unique virtual projects, events and initiatives: a virtual visit to Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Fairytale Shabbat, a Sentimental Journey to the Russian Jewish Montparnasse, a lecture on "How the USSR Tried to Turn Jews into Model Soviets", exploration of Jewish communities from Israel to Ethiopia, a close look at the fascinating story of Yemenite Jewry, an art ruffle, children's activities, and important resources related to current challenges.
COJECO public events are free. We do ask you to consider a charitable donation that will enable us to continue offering top quality programs and to engage the Russian-speaking Jewish Community of NY/NJ and beyond.
Please make your donation today
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We are here for you!
Your COJECO Family
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CO Programs and Events
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Multi-media Virtual Tour:
Mrs Maisel and Other Residents of the Upper West Side
by Gregory Kegeles
Wednesday
, June 24th, at 7PM
Want to figure out where a respectable romantic comedy hero (or heroine) should reside, buy groceries, meet their friends and run off to in search of adventures?
Take a marvelous multi-media virtual tour with us. Gregory will talk about the principles of geography in romantic comedy "The Marvelous Mrs Maisel". (In Russian)
This program is free, but requires advance registration.
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From Israel to Ethiopia: Virtual Tour with Einat Klein
Sunday
, June 28th, at 5PM
How did the Jews end up in Ethiopia, what was their significance in the royal court, what role did Judith play, where are the Tablets of the Covenant, and much more.
Tour will be led by Einat Klein, a famous Israeli journalist, photographer and guide of ethno- and photo-tours in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. (In Russian)
This program is free, but requires advance registration.
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«Сказочный Шаббат» с Раби Иланой Берд
in partnership with APJCC Los Gatos
Every Friday in July, at 7PM (EST)
"Fairytale Shabbat" with Rabbi Ilana Baird.
Shabbat stories and songs, holiday candles and blessings. For the whole family. (In Russian)
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by COJECO Virtual Academy of the Russian Jewish Heritage
Tuesday
, July 7th, at 7:30PM
At this session led by historian and educator Yigal Kotler, we will discuss the paradoxical Birobidzhan project, the influence of collectivization and industrialization on the Jews, the authorities fighting against the use of Hebrew, and the arrest of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. We will talk about cultural figures like Mikhoels and Chagall who tried to preserve their Jewishness and those like Babel and Mandelshtam who sought to become part of the great Russian and new Socialist literature. Also, we will explore the topic of the Great Stalin Terror (1934-1938) and the Jews.
Presentation will be conducted in Russian. Advance registration is required.
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Yemenite Jewry: From the Times of the Temple to Today
A virtual tour of sights, sounds and culture with Drora Arussy, Director of the Institute of Jewish Experience of the American Sephardi Federation, and Eddie Ashkenazie, Co-Curator of the Teimani Experience.
During this journey we will explore the unique history of Yemenite Jewry, their famous cultural sights, wedding traditions, jewelry and traditional food, and learn about the Yemenite Jewish community in modern Israel.
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The Parisian School: Sentimental Journey to the
Russian Jewish Montparnasse
with Yulia Patrakova
Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, and many others will become the heroes of our artistic encounter. (In Russian) Yulia Patrakova is a literary and art critic. She is engaged in Jewish family educational and entertainment programs.
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COJECO Network Organizations Initiatives
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Virtual tour: Lazar Khidekel "They Will Understand Us in 100 Years"
by Russian American Cultural Center
Exhibition at the
National Art Museum of Belarus, Minsk, 2020.
The tour is led by the curator of the museum Ekaterina Izofatova (in Russian).
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Virtual Raffle: Arts Against Pandemics
by Jewish Folk Craft Guild
The Jewish Folk Craft Guild's mission is to research, preserve and develop the traditional, rare and contemporary Folk Visual Arts.
Please join the "Arts Against Pandemics" raffle- all proceeds will go to the medical personnel who are working to combat the current pandemic every day under tremendous stress and pressure, and need our support.
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Community Programs and Events
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COVID-19 Resources for You
The UJA-Federation of New York
has been providing numerous resources to assist and support the Jewish community during these times of crisis and we want to make sure that the RSJ community is aware of them.
Grab-and-Go meal sites, Interest-free Bridge Loans, Free Legal Resources, Virtual programming for all ages, Resources for families and individuals.
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Tikvah Online Academy
by Tikvah Fund
Announcing the launch of Tikvah Online Academy - an effort to bring Tikvah's big ideas, master teachers and high-level seminars to students across the country, this summer, in a dozen of new online courses. Learn about the rich menu of seminars - on Jewish and Western thought, Zionism and Modern Israel, Politics and Strategy, Classical Literature.
For 7th-12th graders and college students.
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Israeli Technology & Innovation
by The Alexander Muss High School In Israel and Jookender Community
Wednesdays, July 8th - August 12th, at 10:30AM
A six-week in-depth course is exploring the amazing world of Israeli technology and innovation. Each session will take a deep dive into a different sector of the "Start-Up Nation." The best candidates will be offered an opportunity to spend 1/2 year in Israel and a $10,000 Scholarship to study in Israel High School.
Open for students in 8th-12th grades.
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Bronx Bohemians, with David Mazower
by the Yiddish Book Center
Thursday, June 25th, at 7PM
An illustrated presentation about the cosmopolitan literary salon of Yiddish poet Bertha Kling. From the 1900s to the 1950s, the Klings' apartment in the Bronx was a gathering place for Yiddish writers, musicians, and actors, somewhere to hear the latest Yiddish modernist poetry, literary gossip, and news from Paris, Warsaw, or Hollywood.
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Houdini Comes Alive
Thursday, June 25th, at 7:30PM
Harry Houdini wasn't born. He was invented. The world's most famous magician began life as Erik Weisz, the son of a Hungarian rabbi. In 1878 immigration to the U.S. transformed Erik Weisz into Ehrich Weiss. It was the first of many transformations for the man who would become the first international superstar. Join this magical performance with magician David London as he takes us back in time to truly discover the world's first superstar.
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Pride Shabbat: Masha Gessen & Pete Buttigieg
Thursday, June 25th, at 7:30PM
Masha Gessen is the author of ten books, including the just published Surviving Autocracy, the National Book Award-winning The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia and The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. A staff writer at The New Yorker and the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Carnegie Fellowship, Gessen teaches at Bard College and lives in New York City.
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Yiddish song: Step Forverts 10. Zhenya Lopatnik. Shura Lipovsky
Sunday, June 28th, at 12PM
Shura Lipovsky
performed as a singer, a Jewish storyteller (Magid) and a songwriter, in most of the important concert halls (The Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall New York, Salle Gaveau in Paris etc.) and has been a regular teacher in klezmer festivals around the world.
Zhenya Lopatnik (COJECO BluePrint Alumna) has released three albums of original songs and has served for over a decade as the vocalist of Kharkov Klezmer Band. She is also a key organizer of the international Klezmer festival Kharkov Klezmer Teg, and has been awarded the Golden Chanukiah Prize from the "World Congress of Russian Jewry" for her contribution to Yiddish culture.
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Journey to Yemen
Monday, June 29th, at 1PM
ASF IJE Travels in Jewish History from home presents Journey to Yemen, a journey in time and space powered by Diarna Geo-Museum Tours.
Vsit Yemen and learn about its millennia old Jewish community, visit major places of settlement and famous sites, and learn some unique aspects of this isolated yet well connected community.
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Family History Today: Jewish Refugees & the U.S. Mexico Border
by the Center for Jewish History
Monday, June 29th, at 6PM
In this presentation, Moriah Amit, the Center for Jewish History's senior genealogy librarian, will explore the lesser-known history of Jewish refugee immigration to the U.S. via Latin America. Additionally, for those whose ancestors came to America through this route, Moriah will explain how to locate records that will shed light on their journey.
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Jews and the Right
by Leo Baeck Institute - New York
Tuesday, June 30th, at 2PM
Historian Philipp Nielsen will discuss his book, Between Heimat and Hatred: Jews and the Right in Germany, 1871-1935 with historian Jay Geller, author of the 2019 study The Scholems: A Story of the German-Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction. They will examine the forces that shaped Jewish political identity and action in this period.
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The Volunteer Book Talk with Author Jack Fairweather
Tuesday, June 30th, at 2PM
In "The Volunteer," award-winning journalist Jack Fairweather reconstructs the remarkable, little-known story of Witold Pilecki, the Polish cavalry officer who spent nearly three years in Auschwitz clandestinely working to undermine the Germans and inform the Allies of Nazi crimes.
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When Light Pierced the Darkness: A Danish Rescue Story
Thursday, July 2nd, at 2PM
In 1943, Danish officials learned that the Germans were planning to deport all of the Jews in Denmark. Leo Goldberger was 13 years old when his family received an official warning to go into hiding before escaping to Sweden. His family arrived safely in Sweden just as hundreds of other fishing boats carried nearly every Jew in Denmark to safety.
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Calling all Russian Speakers to join JDC Entwine's Babushka Hotline, an Insider Connections Global Virtual Service opportunity to virtually engage in service with a community member in need. JDC Entwine volunteers have unique access to help meet the social needs of JDC aid recipients across the FSU, Israel and beyond, including the elderly and teens in the community.
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Host Margarita Korol speaks with fellow Russian-speaking Jewish young professionals on their efforts to build community. In this second episode of Not Your Babushka's Russian Speaking Jew, she explores the "why" that drives RSJ young professionals, with and without recent immigration out of the FSU.
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The National Library of Israel
The National Library of Israel continues to serve as a platform for culture, knowledge and inspiration even during this difficult time.
You are invited to visit The Reading Room, a new virtual space where you can enjoy live lectures, conversations and interviews via Zoom, as well as a range of previously recorded events.
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Diarna (דיארנא ديارنا "Our homes" in Judeo-Arabic): The Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life is working to digitally preserve the physical remnants of Jewish history throughout the region. We are in a race against time to capture site data and record place-based oral histories before even the memories of these communities are lost.
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Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan VIRTUAL PROGRAMS
During this unprecedented time, our friends and partners at
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan are busy creating innovative opportunities for the community. This is in order to stay connected and engaged. In some cases, this will help to continue hosting programs previously scheduled by making them accessible to you in your home.
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