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TOURS
The Jewish Community of Colonial New York City: A Walking
Tour of Lower Manhattan.
The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy presents “The Jewish
Community of Colonial New York City: A Walking Tour of Lower
Manhattan” on Sunday, April 16 at 11:30 AM, meeting at Frances
Tavern Museum (54 Pearl Street). Tour admission is $18 for
adults and $16 for seniors and students. There’s a $2 discount
with pre-registration. Join The Lower East Side Jewish
Conservancy for a two and a half hour walking tour of Lower
Manhattan. “The Jewish Community of Colonial New York City”
features visits to landmarked sacred sites like the first and
second Spanish/Portuguese rented synagogues, the first Mill
Street synagogue and Stone Street, the home of Jewish rights
activist and New York City’s first kosher butcher Asser Levi.
The tour also includes a presentation of New York's first
Jewish cemetery, which dates back to 1683 and is located in
modern day Chinatown.
To pre-register for the tour, please
contact Laurie Tobias Cohen at (212) 374-4100 or
lesconsevancy@AOL.com
The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy is a not-for- profit
educational organization. Created in 1998, the LESJC both
advocates and raises critical funding for the preservation
of the Lower East Side's historic sacred sites. Their
mission is to celebrate, preserve and share the Jewish
heritage of the Lower East Side of New York City. The
Conservancy hosts private, customized tours for a broad
cross-section of people, including synagogue and church
groups, UJA- Federation missions, schools, camps, Jewish
community centers and more.
Contact:
eva@buzzwordpr.com
LUNCHEONS AND
TEA
Jewish National Fund Women’s Alliance 2006 Luncheon
Series.
The Women’s Alliance of Jewish
National Fund will host a four-session luncheon series
throughout the winter and spring to guide women in making
informed decisions about their futures. Sponsored by The Bank
of New York, the series will explore topics of importance to
women of all ages, from mothers planning for their children’s
college funds to baby boomers nearing retirement to seniors
applying for Medicaid...Read
more
On April 6th,
Jewish National Fund (JNF) invites you to Tavern on the Green
for a “Heavenly Tea” hosted by the Women’s Alliance of
Greater New York. The event, chaired by
Rita H. Salfeld, will
feature award-winning writer and astrologer
Michael Lutin and
will include individual readings by famous astrologers,
psychics, palmists, and numerologists...Read
more
CHRONICLES ON TV
PERLMAN IN SHANGHAI, (Thirteen/WNET New York)
airing Saturday, April 8 at 3 p.m., chronicles Itzhak
Perlman's trip to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with his
wife and 30 high school musicians. On the way, they bring a
message to the young Chinese musicians -- that music can be a
means of self-expression and individualism. More information:
Gloria Park, Thirteen/WNET New York, 212-560-2063
parkg@thirteen.org
PLAYS.
DRAMA
THE TRAGEDY OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, a new drama by M. Stefan Strozier
(http://www.mstefanstrozier.org/), is coming to Where Eagles
Dare Theater (347 West 36th Street, New York, NY 10018), April
13th-May 7th, 2006, Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. & Sunday
matinees at 7 p.m. LINCOLN is Strozier’s third play to appear
off- off Broadway and it will be continuing in this year’s
Midtown International Theatre Festival (http://www.midtownfestival.org/).
LINCOLN is a very well-wrought and
focused play. Alan Kanevsky is directing a cast of 20 actors
and a full crew. The play covers the last year of President
Lincoln’s life, and all of the dramatic events surrounding
it. The play has one central, unmistakable theme, which is
surprisingly relevant to 2006. In fact, this theme is most
likely news to most people; unless, they are very familiar
with the subjects of the American Civil War and Abraham
Lincoln. Strozier is the founder of La Muse Venale Acting
Troupe (http://www.lamusevenale.org/), which is producing
LINCOLN. The large cast features off-off Broadway’s greatest
actors. If you are in search of talent, LINCOLN is an
excellent way to find it. LMV’s primaries will be available
after the play for discussion, along with the cast and crew,
in one of John Chatterton’s studios. Tickets to LINCOLN are
available at: https://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx? showCode=TRA3.
To obtain a press or industry comp, please contact the
producer at
lamusevenale@gmail.com. La Muse Venale, Inc. has
produced nine plays at myriad of theatres, and in different,
prominent festivals in New York City. LMV is a NY State
Board of Education-approved, not-for-profit organization.
Part of our mission is to bring theatre to those who do not
normally experience it. Therefore, we have performed our
plays in homeless shelters over 10 times, as well as in
public parks. LMV is a young and growing theatre company,
which has become a place where artists work together, again
and again, to create exciting plays.
LECTURES
Dr. Alon Tal to Speak at Goldman Sachs.
Lecture with JNF-KKL Board Member Dr. Alon Tal, recent
recipient of the prestigious $100,000 Charles Bronfman Prize.
Dr. Tal is the founder of the Arava Institute for
Environmental Education and the Israel Union for Environmental
Defense. He serves as chairman of JNF's Sub-Committee for
Sustainable Development and is the author of JNF's new
Sustainable Development Policy. Goldman Sachs, 85 Broad
Street, New York, NY 10004. April 4, 2006, 8:00 am. Hosted by
Raanan Agus and Matthew Herman. For more information, please
contact Anita Jacobs, JNF Greater New York Zone Director, at
212-879-9305 ext. 503 or
ajacobs@jnf.org . Contact: Sarit Schonbrun, JNF
Communications Manager. 212-879-9305 ext. 222.
sschonbrun@jnf.org
GALAS
2nd annual Jewish
National Fund Water For Life Gala- Monte Carlo Night and
Auction Honoring Leslie Kessler, JNF Long Island Vice
President. Proceeds from the event will support JNF water
management initiatives that provide water to 1.2 million
Israelis. Master of Ceremonies: Hal Linden, JNF National
Spokesperson. At Woodbury Jewish Center, 200 South Woods Road.
Woodbury, NY 11797. Saturday, April 1, 2006, 8:00 pm. Tickets:
$250 per seat. Sponsorship opportunities also available. Gala
Chairman: Steven Legum, JNF Long Island Executive Board
member. For more information, please contact Micha Danieli at
516-678-6805 x110 or mdanieli@jnf.org. For a list of auction
items, please contact Cynthia at
clconsulting@rcn.com..
Contact: Sarit Schonbrun, JNF Communications Manager,
212-879-9305 ext. 222,
sschonbrun@jnf.org . Local Contact: Micha Danieli ,
516-678-6805 x110,
mdanieli@jnf.org
CITY HARVEST’S 12th
ANNUAL PRACTICAL MAGIC
BALL TO HONOR NYC RESCUE MISSION AND STEVEN T.
MNUCHIN. City
Harvest, the world’s first and New York City’s only food
rescue organization will hold its 12th annual Practical Magic Ball
benefit. The evening begins with cocktails, followed by an
award presentation, dinner, a live auction and dancing.
Established in 1994, the Practical Magic Ball was designed
to raise awareness and much needed funds to help City
Harvest feed hungry men, women and children in New York
City. A record $1,150,000 was raised last year. Tickets
range from $600 to $50,000. The Visionary Table(s) for
$50,000 includes one front row table, your name/logo on the
back of a City Harvest truck for a year as well as a gold
full page journal ad. The Seer Table(s) for $25,000 includes
a premium table with your name/logo listed on the side of a
City Harvest truck for a year as well as a silver full page
journal ad. Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 6:30 PM at Cipriani
110 East 42nd Street. AUCTION PACKAGES: Fine
Ride Package: An Orange County Choppers motorcycle to be
auctioned off, in addition to copies of a substantial and
collectible art photography book on the beloved motorcycle
artist Indian Larry by icon-making photographer and City
Harvest board member Timothy White, featuring recollections
by Timothy White, Paul Cox, Matthew Barney and Billy Lane.
Proceeds from the sale of this book are being donated to
City Harvest. Fine Food Package: Le Bernardin executive
chef, Eric Ripert, will design and prepare dinner for you
and 19 guests in your home.Fine Art Package: 1976 Alexander
Calder signed gouache by, whose illustrious career as an
artist spanned much of the 20th century. Honorary
New York Knicks ballkid or a New
York Jets 2006 VIP Gameday Experience for Two.
Two tickets to New York Jets regular season home game
including VIP passes to a tailgate party and pre-game field
passes to watch warm ups. Hosts: Greenwich, CT residents
Susan and Gary Rosenbach . Mistress of Ceremonies: Co-Anchor
FOX 5 News Rosanna Scotto. “Heart of the City Award”
recipient: New York City Rescue Mission. Accepted by
Executive Director, James VarnHagen. “Star of the City
Award” recipient: Steven T. Mnuchin, for his steadfast
commitment to City Harvest and his 20 year dedication to our
mission to end hunger in New York City. Awards
Introduction: Prof. Richard Brown, NYU; host of Movies101 on AMC.
Presenter: Edie Falco, Award-winning actress from
the
groundbreaking HBO series THE SOPRANOS.
Presenter: Michael Imperioli, Actor,
Writer, Director.
Currently 1.6 million New Yorkers live
in poverty, unable to afford the basic necessities such as
rent and medical care
and put food on their tables.
City Harvest is calling on everyone to do their part to help
fight hunger. To find out more about donating food or making
financial donations, please call 1-800-77 HARVEST.
Contact: Eric Katzman, 250 W. 57th Street, Suite 820, New
York, NY 10107. 212-245-0510 Tel. 212-245-1889 Fax.
ekatzman@pro-mediacommunications.com
CONCERTS
Vadim
Gluzman, violin, Angela Yoffe, piano. New York Recital Debut
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. April 7, 7
pm. One
of the most inspiring and dynamic artists before the public
today, Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman has established himself
as a performer of great depth, virtuosity and technical
brilliance. Lauded by both critics and audiences, he has
performed throughout the United States, Europe, Russia, Japan,
Australia and Canada as a soloist and in a duo setting with
his wife, pianist Angela Yoffe. Vadim Gluzman’s “degree of
technical perfection and artistic superiority is almost
frightening . . .polished like diamond.”-Leipziger
Volkszeitung. Mr. Gluzman will perform Mozart, Bartok,
Castelnuovo, Tedesco, Bloch and Shostakovich-Jazz Suite No. 2
(transcribed by Michael Gluzman, New York Premiere).
Single
Tickets: $ 25. The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue. To order, call
Concerts & Lectures @ (212)570-3949.
Israel at Heart and Teev events
present: Idan Raichel’s Project at the Apollo Theater! April
8, 9pm, April 9, 4pm. Idan Raichel's Project
catapulted onto the Israeli pop music scene just over three
years ago and has won the hearts of Israel and international
audiences, garnering awards and accolades such as Artist of
the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year, repeatedly.
The multi-platinum group, led by the dread locked 28-year-old
Idan Raichel, and comprised of multi-ethnic and multi-racial
Israeli singers and musicians, represents the optimal fusion
of Israel's cultures. Raichel's immensely popular appeal stems
from his original pop/traditional music which incorporates
samples of original Ethiopian folk music intricately woven
with choruses sung in Hebrew and Amharic verses. Also featured
are such diverse musical elements as Arabic-language songs,
Indian chants, and traditional Jewish Yemenite hymns. Idan
Raichel's Project blends together World Music with a pop/rock
feel. Israel at Heart is a non profit organization whose
single concern is the well being of Israel. Please join us as
we promote another rich aspect of Israeli culture.
Apollo Theater
is at 253 West 125th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.
(7th Ave.) and Frederick Douglass Blvd. (8th Ave.)
Artemis Chamber Ensemble.
Sunday, April 2,
2006, 4:00pm at the Bendheim Performing Arts Center. Tickets:
$15/$10 (students and seniors). The Artemis Chamber Ensemble
returns to the Bendheim stage for a special afternoon of
intimate chamber music. Works range from the classic Brahams
Piano Quartet in A Major, and the Poulenc Sextet, to Walter
Piston’s innovative Divertimento for Nine Instruments.
Huckapoo in Concert. Saturday, May 6th at 7:30pm at the
Bendheim Performing Arts Center. All tickets: $20. This
all-girls group will become bigger than the Spice Girls so
catch them now before they play The Garden. "Angel, Twiggy,
Joey, Groovy and PJ nail their songs and their dance steps,
and their charisma is brighter than the lasers." New York
Magazine. Check them out at
www.huckapoo.com
PRESENTATIONS. DISCUSSIONS
Museum of Jewish Heritage -- A Living Memorial to the
Holocaust presents: Sun Rays at
Midnight (XLibris Press,
forthcoming April 2006), with author Norbert Friedman –
Wednesday, April 26th at 7 P.M. at the Museum in
Battery Park City.
A chronicle of life before,
during, and after the Holocaust and a unique examination of
the spirit of those who endured the darkest days of the
twentieth century told through the eyes of one of the
period's most astute and insightful observers. Friedman
reflects on the many relationships that sustained him
through that time -- from the most intimate to the most
intricate -- from familial love to his powerful faith in
humankind and God. A survivor of 11 concentration camps,
Norbert Friedman, a longtime member of the Jewish Community
Center of West Hempstead, was the recipient of the 2001
Louis E. Yavner Citizen Award, given by the New York State
Board of Regents in recognition of his outstanding
contributions to education about the Holocaust and other
violations of Human Rights. He is a Gallery Educator at the
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the
Holocaust in New York City. This program, part of the
Museum's book club, Looking Back, Facing Forward,
co-sponsored by the Forward and moderated by its
features editor, Gabriel Sanders, is free with suggested
donation. RESERVE TICKETS. Phone: Call 646-437-4202/4203. In
Person: Visit the Museum Box Office at 36 Battery Place,
Battery Park City, New York. CONTACT:
Seth Bykofsky, Media Relations, Jewish Community Center
of West Hempstead, 711 Dogwood Avenue, West Hempstead, NY
11552, Temple office: 516- 481-7448, Cell: 516-902-2056
The Gatekeepers - A
Conversation with: The Deans of Admission of The Ivy League.
Wednesday, May
10, 2006, 7:30pm at the Rye Town Hilton. Tickets:
Complimentary. Call Brad Garfield at 472-3300 x315 for
information on how to obtain seats. A Conversation with: The
Deans of Admission of The Ivy League. Learn how the
Admission Process works at top colleges! Featuring The Deans
of Admissions of: Brown, Harvard, Columbia, Penn, Cornell,
Princeton, Dartmouth and Yale. The Deans of Admissions of
the 8 colleges of the Ivy League have agreed to be
interviewed on 1 stage for the first time in anyone’s memory
and to answer your questions at The Bendheim Theatre in
Scarsdale. Moderated by Jacques Steinberg, NY Times reporter
and author of the Times best seller “The Gatekeepers”.
FILMS
Film: Ballets Russes.
Directed by Emmy-winning filmmakers Daniel Geller and Dayna
Goldfine. Sunday, May 7, 2006 4:00pm at the Bendheim
Performing Arts Center. $10NM/$7M A graceful and
fascinating documentary that chronicles the world of dance
following the 1929 death of the ballet impresario Serge
Diaghilev, who premiered the fabled Ballets Russes dance
company in Paris in 1909. Ballet Russes transformed the art
of ballet into a radical new art form under choreographers
George Balanchine and Leonide Massine.
BOOKS
Village Temple Book Fair
New York, NY – As spring
blossoms, so does the opportunity to sit outside and read your
favorite book. The Village Temple Annual Book Fair will offer
families the opportunity to explore the world of books and to
meet authors who will share their work with children and
adults. The Village Temple, led by Rabbi Chava Koster and
Cantor Kathy Barr, has served the Reform Jewish community in
Greenwich Village and Lower Manhattan for almost 60 years. It
blends the beauty of tradition with the creative expression of
modern Judaism, providing community and worship experiences
that are both participatory and joyful. The Congregation is
inclusive, progressive and diverse, reflecting the community
it serves. The Village Temple is committed to social justice,
supporting many community outreach activities. It has operated
a Soup Kitchen for almost 20 years that continues to serve hot
meals to over 150 people each week. The Temple sponsors a
vibrant religious school for students in grades Pre-K through
high school, exciting adult education programs, and many
enjoyable social events. For further information on this event
or other Village Temple programs, please contact Maria DeKord,
212-674-2340, or visit the Village Temple website,
www.villagetemple.org.
Presenter: The Village Temple. Dates and Times: Sunday, April
2nd, 2006, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm. Monday April 3rd, 3:45 – 6:30
pm, Tuesday April 4th, 3:45-6:30 pm. Location: The Village
Temple, 33 E. 12 Street, New York NY 10003 (Between University
& Broadway). Directions: Union Square Station, 4, 5, 6, L, N,
R, Q, W. Cost: Free/ Contact: Maria DeKord, 212-674-2340.
Village Temple email:
info@villagetemple.org CONTACT: Carmi Landes
CLandes@chpnet.org and
HHerman@LEESPRING.com
ART
EXHIBITIONS
SETTING THE STAGE,
premiering Thursday, April 13 at 8
p.m., features profiles on local artists such as Maurice Sendak,
renowned children's aurthor and illustrator. Sendak's work
reverberates on multiple levels, and he discusses the impact of
the holocaust on his entire life's works. Sendak talks about the
premiere of "Brundibar" and "Comedy on the Bride," a project
done in collaboration with playwright Tony Kushner. These
one-act parables were composed around the time of World War II.
They are disguised political commentary inside children's
operas, which were performed many times by children imprisoned
in concentration camps. Throughout the month of April, Thirteen/WNET
New York will be airing a string of programs celebrating the
arts and the people responsible for bringing the arts to our
community.
CONTAMINATIONS EXHIBITION: Mini-survey exhibition “Contaminations”
has been extended.
It will now run thru June 25th at the Butler Institute of
American Art's Beecher Center. The show includes a selection of
computer-robotic assisted paintings starting in the mid-1980’s
and concludes with a recent electronic viral installation. The
Beecher Center for Technology in the Arts Butler Institute of
American Art's, 524 Wick Ave. Youngstown, Ohio 44502, tel#
330-743-1711.
Beyond Graffiti: Fresh
Visions from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and NYC . Through May 5
. Opening reception:
March 30, 7-9pm. Beyond
Graffiti: Fresh Visions from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and NYC is an
eclectic and exuberant celebration of street art from the
three cities. Featured artwork from Israel includes Rami
Meiri's photorealistic wall creations, Nir Aharon's stylish
designs on canvas, Leora Cheshin's intriguing photographs of
Jerusalem stencil art, Anne Sassoon's haunting paintings,
Daniel Sieradski's satirical graphics and Amitai Sandy's
striking illustrations. A series of events - ranging
from innovative workshops to interactive presentations - will
be offered in connection with the exhibit. Curated by Lois
Stavsky. The Bronfman Center
Gallery, 7 East 10th Street, between 5th Avenue and University
Place.
Tamy Ben-Tor at Neo
Sincerity: The Difference Between the Comic and the Cosmic is
a Single Letter. Through Apr. 8.
From the Peloponnesian Wars to the
Black Death and the war in Iraq, in dire times laughter has
always been the best revenge. Laughter dislodges piety and
short-circuits programmatic response, and some subjects are
simply too big to approach in any other way. Curated by Art
Critic Amei Wallach, Neo Sincerity: The Difference Between the
Comic and the Cosmic is a Single Letter surveys three
generations of visual artists who amuse and appall. Art
Spiegelman, who coined the term ‘neo-sincerity’, Walid Raad,
Tamy Ben-Tor, Paul Chan, Michael Combs, Thornton Dial, Matt
Forderer, Regina Gilligan, David Hammons, Ilya & Emilia
Kabakov, Melamid & William McClelland, Peter Land, Laura Nova,
David Rees, Skart, Nancy Spero, Marie Watt, Olav Westphalen,
Paul Zaloom present their expressions of comedy and irony in
an age of anxiety and rage when irony itself has become the
official language of power.
APEXART, 291 Church Street, between Walker and White
TWO BRUSHES WITH FLOWERS
- Paintings by Liron Sissman and Kim Eng Yeo. Apr. 6 through
May 14.
Meet the Artist Reception: Apr. 6, 6pm. Award
winning Israeli artist Liron Sissman will be featured
in a two person show along watercolors by Kim Eng Yeo.
Sissman's flower paintings are visual metaphors as well as
universal portraits. She strives to be subtle in her
expression of the intense conveying emotions and many life
cycles. Eng Yeo is a realist painter who draws inspiration
from nature, seeks its essence in her watercolors to foster a
keener appreciation of the subject - beyond decoration. The
engaging and vivid works by the two artists dynamically
complement each other in this new show opening on April 6th.
The exhibit is also part of the Tribeca Open Artists' Studio
Tour (Apr. 29- 30, and May 1) and Sissman will be available to
discuss her work and for the monthly Tribeca Gallery
Association night (May 10 6–8 pm).
Synagogue for the Arts
Gallery Space, 49 White Street
ALL
Places Are Distant from Heaven Alike - A group show. Apr. 16
through 30. Opening Reception: Apr. 20, 6pm. A
group of seven promising young artists - four Israelis and
three Americans - were challenged with the task of capturing
the essence of a place they have experienced personally. A
contemporary attempt at this subject matter, the works in this
exhibition balances the forces between two poles: the symbolic
and the observed, the seen and the unseen. A group of cypress
trees standing afar on the horizon reveals a gay moment in a
tiresome existence, while on the other hand, the same trees
are just trees, objectively observed and documented on the
artists' canvas. The artists are: Yonat Cintra, Noa Arbel, Pei
Dotan, John Leslie, Ilan Dotan, Iris Cintra and Boaz Noy.
Curated by Noa Arbel.
Broadway Gallery, 473
Broadway, 7th Floor.
Solos: New Design from
Israel - 19 Israeli designers at the Cooper-Hewitt. Through
Apr. 23.
The first museum exhibition of contemporary
Israeli design in the U.S., New Design from Israel includes
approximately 25 works, including prototypes, experimental
objects, and production pieces. Each object selected for the
exhibition conveys a powerful physical presence as well as a
spirit of speculation and introspection. Multimedia
projections illuminate the broader context of Israeli life and
design practice. All designers featured in the exhibition live
and work in Israel, including Eilon Armon, Gad Charny, Chanan
de Lange, Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow, Tal Gur, Safi Hefetz,
Yaacov Kaufman, Pini Leibovich, Raviv Lifshitz, Alon Meron,
Willy Mizrachi, Ayala Serfaty, Nati Shamia-Opher, Sharon
Shechter, Yuval Tal, Asaaf Warshavsky, and Zivia ("Zit Up
chair," 2003, in the photo). The exhibition is organized by
guest curator Ezri Tarazi, Head of the Industrial Design
Graduate Program at Bezalel Academy for Art and Design,
Jerusalem; and Ellen Lupton, Curator of Contemporary Design at
Cooper-Hewitt.
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2 East
91st Street.
Amatsaia Raanan at
Tripping the Light Fantastic. Through Apr. 11.
Opening Reception: Mar.
23, 6 pm. Working with
the latest technologies in computer and digital imaging,
arranging multiple photographs together into "photomosaics",
and using poetry to create "poetic photographs", each artist
in this group show of fine art photography brings a fresh idea
to the medium of photography. The art photographs of Amatsia
Raanan devote special attention to the abstract nature of the
world, suggesting a non-conventional observation of nature and
man-made environment. Raanan strives to look beyond the
obvious and reveal with his camera the small bits and pieces
of the world that usually go unnoticed. He tends to search for
the hidden and extraordinary while exploring the astounding
phenomenon of life on earth. Photographically self-taught,
Raanan served as a pilot in the Israeli Air Force, studied
Industrial & Management Engineering and performed diversified
managerial and business consultation roles. He has exhibited
his works in three solo exhibitions and one group exhibition
held at The Hertzliya Centre for Performing Arts, The
Jerusalem Centre for Performing Arts and ID-Design Gallery in
Ga'ash, Israel.
Agora Gallery, 530 West 25th Street.
Anthology - Lena Liv .
Mar. 25 - Apr. 29. Over
the past two decades, Lena Liv has been creating work that
explores her longstanding interest in history, identity and
collective memory. Using a variety of materials - photographs,
handmade paper, glass, sand, cast iron, etc. – Liv produces
surreal assemblages that are not about one culture, time or
place, but instead evoke a larger vision of humanity. Her
constructions often begin with the recovery of a meaningful
image, found in a flea market or historical archive. Lena then
removes the photograph from its original context, and
manipulates and combines it with various sculptural elements
that she meticulously recreates, such as old lamps,
nightshirts, dolls and beds. The final installations
reverberate with great expressive and emotional power,
enveloping the spectator in a remote, nostalgic mood in which
the presence of human beings is felt through their absence.
This show will consist of over twenty major pieces dating from
1998 through 2006. Mike Weiss
Gallery, 520 West 24th Street.
Israeli
Fine Art Fair and Jazz Performance. Mar. 26, 4 pm.
"Modern & Contemporary in Israeli Art" is a group
exhibition, spanning the last fifty years in Israeli art.
Featured artists include renowned Israeli artists as well as
local and Israeli based photographers and painters. The
exhibition includes etchings, prints and original works and
presents Israel's art history through figurative and abstract
landscapes. The art fair serves as a great opportunity to view
and explore themes and contemporary trends in Israeli art and
to purchase affordable fine Israeli art. Curator: Ayelet
Danielle Aldouby. JCC on the
Palisades, 411 E. Clinton Ave.
REAL ESTATE
A Practical Guide to Buying a Co-op, Condo, or
House: Things You Should Know and Mistakes to Avoid.
Saturday, April 1, 2006 2:00 PM -
4:00 PM. At the New York Public Library. Room 018, Science,
Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
10016.A presentation by Carmen Lee Shue, President/Owner, Lee
Shue Realty, Inc. and invited guest speaker, Eleanor Vale, Esq.,
an experienced and savvy real estate attorney. Ms. Vale will
take you through the process from retention to closing and
post-closing....Read
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CULTURE
Children's
Galleries for Jewish Culture
Tucked away between
commercial buildings on the very far West Side is a small gem
which, if you have children, should not be missed. This is CGJC,
or the Children Galleries for Jewish Culture. It is a part of
the Jewish Children’s Learning Lab (JCLL), a non-religious
organization founded eleven years ago to introduce Jewish
children to their rich heritage. In 2002, the Galleries were
opened, with the kind of exhibitions that make children demand
to return again and again. The exhibits are enchanting. There
are no computers, no special effects, nothing is virtual. They
are comprised of over eighty interactive learning stations that
allow the children to see, touch, and learn hands-on. They are
geared to grades 2-6, but the adults are just as intrigued, and
younger children can certainly relate as well. The first
exhibition is “From Home to Home; Jewish Immigration to
America.” It allows the child to explore immigration, history,
and diversity. Everything is tangible. The child looks into
dioramas of homes in the old countries, makes decisions as to
which possessions are important enough to take to the new land,
and packs miniature trunks. Once in America, the child learns to
shop in unfamiliar supermarkets, fit into new neighborhoods and
small apartments, and make decisions about the new community.
The second exhibition is “From Tent to Temple: Life in the
Ancient Near East” and it is a magical time travel experience.
The child participates in the interactive exploration of the
important topics of food, shelter, clothing/jewelry and
archaeology in far off time and place. Again, the miniature
dioramas and objects that can be manipulated create a portal
into an unknown reality, seen from a child’s point of view.
Sunday, April 9 Special Event Reservations
Required 212-924-4500 ext 1#
. 1pm-2:30pm: What is an Exodus? Explore the immigrant
experience in our interactive exhibition, and then meet the
author, Dr. Ilil Arbel, and participate in a conversation based
on her book The Lemon Tree that tells a family journey from
Siberia to Israel as they transport their late son's tiny lemon
tree. Dr. Arbel will also sign her book. Children 5 and older
only. 2:30pm-5pm: Play in the exhibitions, create Seder
plates, decorate Elijah cups, design matzah boxes, illustrate
the story of Passover. (Special Event Admission: $10 per person,
Members $5). You can contact the
galleries through phone or e-mail. For the special event on
April 9:
515 West 20th Street, Suite 4E (between Tenth and Eleventh
Avenues), New York, NY 1001 Phone: (212) 924-4500 x1.
E-mail:
Marinajcll@aol.com
FASHION
Fashion 101: How to Start
Your Own Fashion Line in Today's Market.Tuesday, April 11, 2006, 5:30 PM
- 7:00 PM, at the New York Public Library. A presentation by
Mercedes Gonzalez, Director, Global Purchasing Companies, a
veteran of the garment industry who opened and restructured
hundreds of stores. This program will be filmed.
Reservations are required. Seating will be limited. Please call
212-592-7000 for reservations starting March 28, 2006. Attendees
will be asked to sign a photography consent form...Read
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DANCE
Selma Jeanne Cohen: Next
Week, Swan Lake, Approaches to Dance History and
Criticism. Saturday, April
15, 2006, 3:00 PM, at the New York Public Library. Screening
with commentary by George Dorris, Mindy Aloff, Jack Anderson,
and Marcia Siegel.
Cost: Free.
Program
Information:
Programs take place in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York
Public Library for the Performing Arts...Read
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Israeli Folk
Dance. Wednesdays, 7-8 pm (instructional session) | 8:15
pm-12:15 am (open session). Every
Wednesday evening for folk dancing and
fun with Ruth Goodman and Danny Uziel. No advance registration
is necessary. Join us for an instructional session to learn and
review today’s folk dance repertoire. This session is geared to
those with some knowledge of Israeli folk dance.
92nd Street Y, 92nd Street &
Lexington
Avenue. For information: 212.415.5737.
Israeli Folk
Dancing with Tamar and Shmulik. Thursdays at 7 pm.
Thursday nights:
Israeli folk dancing in the North Gym, led by the well-known and
loved Israeli dance teachers Tamar and Shmulik. Beginners can
get started with an introductory hour-long session from 7-8pm.
Dancers of all levels are invited to join in for the rest of
this fun-filled dance xtravaganza! This Fall, every Thursday
night beginning October 21st until December 30! No registration
required. Pay at the front desk in the lobby.
Beginners from
7-8 pm, All Levels from 8-Midnight
The JCC in
Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. at 76th St. Call 646.505.5708
for information.
Off the Edge: A Modern
Dance Performance Series. Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 8:00pm
at the Bendheim Performing Arts Center. Suggested Donation $15,
General Admission Seating. Three professional Westchester
choreographers Rae Ballard, Maria Colaco and Lenore Eggleston
present Off The Edge: A Modern Dance Performance Series.
Established in 2005, this collective of choreographers created
the series to serve the local community through modern dance by
performances, engaging audiences in discussions about the
choreographic process and encouraging future audiences for the
art form. Off The Edge also seeks to serve local choreographers
by bringing together a collective of artists and establishing an
environment that encourages artistic expression and
experimentation. For additional information please contact Maria
Colaco at: [
mailto:offtheedge@gmail.com]offtheedge@gmail.com
Balance Dance Theatre
. Saturday, April 22 at 8:00pm at the Bendheim Performing Arts
Center. Tickets: $20, General Admission. Balance Dance Theatre
founded by choreographer Obediah Wright presents a unique blend
of modern, jazz, ballet and African movement together in a
spiritual and soulful dance performance.
MUSIC
KLEZMER MUSICIANS TRAVEL "HOME" TO KRAKOW, (Thirteen/WNET
New York)airing Thursday, April 6 at 9:30 p.m.,
documents the annual Krakow Festival of Jewish Culture which
continues to draw world-renowned Jewish musicians and artists. A
classic Yiddish legend is interwoven with live concert footage
and spontaneous "jamming" with local Krakowian street performers
throughout the film. More information: Gloria Park, Thirteen/WNET
New York, 212-560-2063
parkg@thirteen.org
LARRY HARLOW AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF SALSA, (Thirteen/WNET
New York)airing Wednesday, April 5 at 12:30 a.m., tells
the story of the birth and history of salsa, and Larry Harlow
himself, one of the most talented and colorful non-Hispanic
personalities to emerge from the salsa scene. A New York City
native of Jewish extraction, Harlow rode the salsa wave as a
member of the Fania All-Stars and leader of Orchestra Harlow,
which produced Hommy, the only salsa opera ever produced and
performed at Carnegie Hall. More information: Gloria Park,
Thirteen/WNET New York, 212-560-2063
parkg@thirteen.org
Vadim
Gluzman, violin, Angela Yoffe, piano. New York Recital Debut at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. April 7, 7
pm. One
of the most inspiring and dynamic artists before the public
today, Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman has established himself
as a performer of great depth, virtuosity and technical
brilliance. Lauded by both critics and audiences, he has
performed throughout the United States, Europe, Russia, Japan,
Australia and Canada as a soloist and in a duo setting with his
wife, pianist Angela Yoffe. Vadim Gluzman’s “degree of technical
perfection and artistic superiority is almost frightening . .
.polished like diamond.”-Leipziger Volkszeitung. Mr. Gluzman
will perform Mozart, Bartok, Castelnuovo, Tedesco, Bloch and
Shostakovich-Jazz Suite No. 2 (transcribed by Michael Gluzman,
New York Premiere).
Single Tickets: $ 25. The Grace Rainey Rogers
Auditorium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue.
To order, call Concerts & Lectures @ (212)570-3949.
The Classic Rock Battle Of
The Bands…
for
Adults! Sponsored By Crazy Hair Productions and Guitar Center of
Larchmont Saturday, May 13, 2006, 7:00pm - Midnight. Hosted by
Jimmy Fink of 1071.1 The Peak. Remember when Rock and Roll was
Hard Core. Remember when long hair and black mascara was cutting
edge. If Deep Purple, Led Zepplin and Ozzy…well maybe not Ozzy
are still in your hearts then you cannot miss the first ever
Westchester Battle of the Bands for “US!” We may have receding
hairlines but our fashion is still tight…for different reasons
but who says we can’t ROCK! This competition is open to any
adult over 30 in Westchester who can remember “Smoke on the
Water.” Incredible prizes will be awarded to the top three
bands. All entries should contact Brad Garfield, The Bendheim
Artistic Director at 472-3300 x315 or
garfieldb@jcca.org
First prize, six straight hours of studio time for bands own CD
recorded at Crazy Hair Productions in Purchase, NY.
Israeli Fine Art Fair and Jazz
Performance. Mar. 26,
4 pm.
"Modern &
Contemporary in Israeli Art" is a group exhibition,
spanning the last fifty years in Israeli art. Featured artists
include renowned Israeli artists as well as local and Israeli
based photographers and painters. The exhibition includes
etchings, prints and original works and presents Israel's art
history through figurative and abstract landscapes. The art fair
serves as a great opportunity to view and explore themes and
contemporary trends in Israeli art and to purchase affordable
fine Israeli art. Curator: Ayelet Danielle Aldouby.
JCC on the Palisades, 411 E.
Clinton Ave.
PASSOVER
Temple Beit T’Shuvah’s
Passover Seders Set for April 12th, 13th
& 14th . “Magical” is the word most often used to
describe the spiritual energy that is generated through prayer,
song, and stories of personal journeys to freedom when gathering
for Passover at Temple
Beit T’Shuvah, a celebration like no other, which will be
held this year for three nights—Wednesday, April 12, Thursday,
April 13, and a special Shabbat Seder on Friday April 15, 2006.
The soul of these powerful Sedersis sharing Gratitude. Young and old, orthodox,
conservative, reform and reconstructionist all come together as
members of the community to experience Rabbi Mark Borovitz’s
powerful message of liberation from personal bondage
which touches all who enter the doors.
“There is
nothing so moving as being witness to the transformation of
the human spirit,” says Harriet Rossetto, CEO of
Beit T’Shuvah. Attendees who belong to more traditional
congregations are drawn to
BeitT’Shuvah for a
newly meaningful way to renew their connection to Passover. A
recent participant explains, “never have I been so welcomed into
a community, nor have I ever felt such immediate love and
warmth. I am continually inspired by the stories of strength
and courage of the participants here. I too struggle in daily
life and hearing everyone’s personal stories of their struggles
and triumphs in turn gives me strength and courage to truly live
my life. I feel a part of something bigger than me—a closeness
and clear connection to G-d.” The 1st Night Seder
(April 12th) is themed “Leaving Egypt,” a Seder of
Gratitude and T’Shuvah; the 2nd Night (April 13th)
is called “Journey to Freedom,” a special evening that teaches
all how to be free from the slave within; the 3rd
Night (April 14th) is a Shabbat Seder, titled
“Freedom’s Song,” an original musical by Beit T’Shuvah
highlighting the journey from Slavery to Freedom. The cost per
person is $36/adult ($18/children under 12) per Seder (no one
refused because of the money).
Beit
T’Shuvah’s Professional Staff is
headed by Chief Executive Harriet Rossetto and Rabbi Mark
Borovitz, and includes Administrative Director Elaine Breslow,
Controller Faina Geller, Director of Development Lori Tessel,
Development Assistant Stacey Rosenholz and Creative Manager Tim
Foster. For more information on the Seders, please call Stacey
Rosenholz at 310-204-5200 ext. 223 or e-mail
info@beittshuvahla.org. Beit T’Shuvah is located at 8831
Venice Blvd., (3 blocks east of Robertson Blvd.) in West Los
Angeles.
EXHIBITIONS. GALLERIES. MUSEUMS
ISRAELI ARTISTS TAKE
GRAFFITI FROM THE STREETS TO MUSEUMS AND BOARDROOMS IN NYU
(BRONFMAN CENTER EXHIBITS)
Can you be a street artist without the “street”? A group of
young Israeli artists are proving you can with “Beyond Graffiti:
Fresh Visions from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and New York City,” an
exhibition that runs through May 5 at New York University’s
Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life (7 East 10th
St., between 5th Ave. and University Place). Gallery hours are:
Mon.-Thurs. 9am-10pm, Fri, 9am-3pm, and Sun., 10am-9pm. For more
information, the public may call 212.998.4122. Reporters
interested in attending the exhibition or the opening reception
at the Bronfman Center on March 30 (7-9 p.m.) should contact
Jenn Nuccio, Susan Blond, Inc., at 212.333.7728 x. 129 or
Jennifer@susanblondinc.com Exhibition“Beyond Graffiti:
Fresh Visions from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and New York City,” a
celebration of the innovative and evolving art form of graffiti.
Participants: Rami Meiri, who creates photorealistic wall
creations; Nir Aharon, who puts stylish designs on canvas;
Daniel Sieradski, who crafts satirical graphics; Leora Cheshin,
who crafts photographs of Jerusalem stencil art; Anne Sassoon,
who uses these stencils as her inspiration for her paintings;
Amitai Sandy, who designs graphics.New York: Meres (Jonathan
Cohen), founder and director of the graffiti mecca 5 Pointz,
Daniel Reyes Mozeson, Daniel Greenfeld, Daya B. Rao, Elliot
Bassman, Shlomo Rydzinski, and Michael Ponce. Through May 5.
Reception: Thurs., March 30, 7-9 p.m. (Working Media Only). At
The Edgar M. Bronfman Center For Jewish Student Life at NYU
(Gallery), 7 East 10th Street, Between 5th Ave. & University
Place [Subway Lines: N, R, W (8th Street); 6 (Astor Place)].
Contact: James Devitt, New York University, Office of Public
Affairs, 25 W. 4th Street, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10012-1119,
(212) 998-6808, cell--(914) 522-3774, fax--(212) 995-4021,
james.devitt@nyu.edu
Homecooked -
Videos by Guy Ben Ner, Ohad Meromi and Silvia Gruner.Through
Jun. 29. The Jewish Museum, Barbara and E. Robert Goodkind Media
Center.
1109 Fifth Avenue at 92 Street, New York.
Jerusalem
Journey - The art of Maty Grunberg.
Mar. 7 - Jun. 30. Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion Museum . 1 West 4th Street, New York.
Through a Jewish Woman's Lens -Photographs by
Margalit Manor, Aliza Olmert, Rachel Papo and others.
Mar.
8 - May 8.
The JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue
at. 76th Street, New York.
New Works by Barry Frydlender.
Mar. 9 - May 6. Viewing with the artist:
Mar. 10, 10:30am (RSVP).
Andrea Meislin Gallery, 526 West 26th Street, suite
214, New York .
"Is
a Single Letter". Until Apr. 8.
From the
Peloponnesian Wars to the Black Death and the war in Iraq, in
dire times laughter has always been the best revenge. Laughter
dislodges piety and short-circuits programmatic response, and
some subjects are simply too big to approach in any other way.
Curated by Art Critic Amei Wallach, Neo Sincerity: The
Difference Between the Comic and the Cosmic is a Single Letter
surveys three generations of visual artists who amuse and
appall. Art Spiegelman, who coined the term ‘neo-sincerity’,
Walid Raad, Tamy Ben-Tor, Paul Chan, Michael Combs, Thornton
Dial, Matt Forderer, Regina Gilligan, David Hammons, Ilya &
Emilia Kabakov, Melamid & William McClelland, Peter Land, Laura
Nova, David Rees, Skart, Nancy Spero, Marie Watt, Olav
Westphalen, Paul Zaloom present their expressions of comedy and
irony in an age of anxiety and rage when irony itself has become
the official language of power.
APEXART, 291 Church
Street, between Walker and White. For more information, please
call: 212 431 5270.
Solos: New Design from
Israel - 19 Israeli designers at the Cooper-Hewitt. Through Apr.
23 The first museum
exhibition of contemporary Israeli design in the U.S., New
Design from Israel includes approximately 25 works, including
prototypes, experimental objects, and production pieces. Each
object selected for the exhibition conveys a powerful physical
presence as well as a spirit of speculation and introspection.
Multimedia projections illuminate the broader context of Israeli
life and design practice. All designers featured in the
exhibition live and work in Israel, including Eilon Armon, Gad
Charny, Chanan de Lange, Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow, Tal Gur,
Safi Hefetz, Yaacov Kaufman, Pini Leibovich, Raviv Lifshitz,
Alon Meron, Willy Mizrachi, Ayala Serfaty, Nati Shamia-Opher,
Sharon Shechter, Yuval Tal, Asaaf Warshavsky, and Zivia ("Zit Up
chair," 2003, in the photo). The exhibition is organized by
guest curator Ezri Tarazi, Head of the Industrial Design
Graduate Program at Bezalel Academy for Art and Design,
Jerusalem; and Ellen Lupton, Curator of Contemporary Design at
Cooper-Hewitt.
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2 East 91st Street.
Boaz Vaadia: Ongoing Public
Art Installation of the sculpture "Asaf and Yoah". Untiol Apr.
28 "Asaf and Yoah" is a 3
tons sculpture built of layers of bluestone stacked on top of
one another and an adjoining boulder, unearthed from the
immediate area surrounding the artists studio in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn. Boaz Vaadia is an Israeli born sculptor who has
resided and worked in the United States. Vaadia has enjoyed an
impressive career, having prominent shows at major galleries,
and his work is included in many museums and private collections
throughout the world. . Time Warner Center, Residential
Tower 58th Street between 8th and 9th Avenue, New York.
Amatsaia Raanan at Tripping
the Light Fantastic. Until Apr. 11. Working with
the latest technologies in computer and digital imaging,
arranging multiple photographs together into "photomosaics", and
using poetry to create "poetic photographs", each artist in this
group show of fine art photography brings a fresh idea to the
medium of photography. The art photographs of Amatsia Raanan
devote special attention to the abstract nature of the world,
suggesting a non-conventional observation of nature and man-made
environment. Raanan strives to look beyond the obvious and
reveal with his camera the small bits and pieces of the world
that usually go unnoticed. He tends to search for the hidden and
extraordinary while exploring the astounding phenomenon of life
on earth. Photographically self-taught, Raanan served as a pilot
in the Israeli Air Force, studied Industrial & Management
Engineering and performed diversified managerial and business
consultation roles. He has exhibited his works in three solo
exhibitions and one group exhibition held at The Hertzliya
Centre for Performing Arts, The Jerusalem Centre for Performing
Arts and ID-Design Gallery in Ga'ash, Israel. Agora
Gallery, 530 West 25th Street.
Anthology - Lena Liv .Until
Apr. 29. Over the past
two decades, Lena Liv has been creating work that explores her
longstanding interest in history, identity and collective
memory. Using a variety of materials - photographs, handmade
paper, glass, sand, cast iron, etc. – Liv produces surreal
assemblages that are not about one culture, time or place, but
instead evoke a larger vision of humanity. Her constructions
often begin with the recovery of a meaningful image, found in a
flea market or historical archive. Lena then removes the
photograph from its original context, and manipulates and
combines it with various sculptural elements that she
meticulously recreates, such as old lamps, nightshirts, dolls
and beds. The final installations reverberate with great
expressive and emotional power, enveloping the spectator in a
remote, nostalgic mood in which the presence of human beings is
felt through their absence. This show will consist of over
twenty major pieces dating from 1998 through 2006. Mike
Weiss Gallery, 520 West 24th Street.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Family Times: JudyGelles, Photographs
and Video
1978-2005. Hebrew Home at Riverdale - New Art
Exhibition. March 17 – April 30, 2006. The Hebrew Home at
Riverdale is pleased to announce the exhibition Family Times: Judy Gelles –
Photographs and Video 1978-2005. A retrospective of
this photographer’s work, the exhibit highlights Ms. Gelles’
humorous, touching and provocative work. Beginning with her
series, “Family Portraits,” the photographs document the daily
life of the artist as a young mother alongside her two sons and
husband. Gelles uses black & white images and words to describe
her innermost thoughts. The show also includes a series of
“banal” portraits taken over ten consecutive years of the
families’ visits to Florida that traces the growth of the boys
and the simultaneous aging of their parents and grandparents.
Caught in the nexus of feminism, motherhood, finding a career
and developing as an artist, Judy Gelles gently but astutely
explores these issues in the context of a “normal” middle class,
suburban setting. The most recent piece included is her video
“The Age Tapes”, which was filmed at the Atlantic Center for the
Arts in Florida last year and tackles the topic with grace and
wit. Always able to see the universal within the specific,
Gelles is a great and subtle satirist for our time. Family Times: Judy Gelles –
Photographs and Video 1978 – 2005 opens on March 19,
and will be on view through April 30, 2006 in the Elma and
Milton A. Gilbert Pavilion. There will be an opening reception
for the artist on Sunday, March 19 at 2 p.m. The show is open to
the public daily from 10 am - 4 pm, free of charge. The Hebrew
Home at Riverdale is a nonprofit, non-sectarian geriatric center
serving 3,000 elderly persons through its resources and
community service programs. Its nineteen-acre campus overlooks
the Hudson River at 5901 Palisade Avenue in Riverdale. The Home
is a member of the American Association of Museums. It houses
an extensive collection of 20th century art and is
committed to exhibiting contemporary and modern works of art for
its residents, staff and friends in the community. The Home can
be reached easily by public transportation or Metro North and is
located just fifteen minutes from Manhattan. For further
information regarding the exhibition or the Hebrew Home’s art
collection, contact the Curator’s Department at (718) 581-1596.
Contact: Malka Margolis, The Hebrew Home at Riverdale (718)
581-1225.
stanenbaum@goodmanmedia.com
"Call for Artists: 2006
National Photography Competition" 2006-03-22 until
2006-06-20
Camera Club of New
York. The Camera
Club of New York announces its 2006 National Photography
Competition. The competition is open to all US residents 18
years or older except members of the Camera Club of New York or
their families, and employees. Freestanding pieces will not be
accepted. We are most pleased that Antonin Kratochvil renowned
photographer and documentarian, will be our Juror. Each entry
will consist of either 6 digital entries or 6 slides with a fee
of $35.00. Deadline for receipt of CD or slides is June 20,
2006. Chosen artist will receive a one-person exhibition in our
Alfred Lowenherz Gallery and a cash award of $300.00. Other
finalists will participate in a group show. Send self-addressed
stamped envelope for prospectus to: 2006 National Photography
Competition, Camera Club of New York, 853 Broadway, New York, NY
10003 or visit our website at www.cameraclubofnewyork.org,
download an entry form and view the complete rules and
information about The Camera Club of New York.
CONCERTS
Yoel Ben-Simhon & The Sultana
Ensemble with YAIR DALAL at Congregation B'nai Jeshurun.
Apr. 1 8PM. The Sultana Ensemble:. Yair Dalal-
vocals, violin, oud. Yoel Ben-Simhon-, vocals, oud, classical
guitar, Harel Shachal- G clarinet, sax, zurna, Dan Nadel-
flamenco guitar, Danny Zanekel- bass, Liron Peled- percussion ,
Dudu Buchbut- percussion, 257 West 88th Street,
between Broadway and West End. Tickets are:$10.
Yoel Ben-Simhon & The
Sultana Ensemble with Special Guests at MAKOR.
Apr. 5 9PM ,
The Sultana Ensemble:, Yoel Ben-Simhon- vocals,
oud, classical guitar, Salah Rhany- violin, Harel Shachal- G
clarinet, sax, zurna, Dan Nadel- flamenco guitar, Danny Zanekel-
bass, Liron Peled- percussion , Brahem Fribgane- percussion,
Daliah Carella- dancer , 35 West
67th Street, between Columbus & Central Park West. Tickets
are:$10.
Smadar Levi -- The Ladino
Festival!.
April 5, 8 PM.
Israeli-Moroccan singer Smadar
Levi has shifted from acting to music in the past several years. Her
current repertoire includes original material as well as traditional
songs from the Middle and Near East, and she sings in Arabic,
Moroccan, Ladino, Spanish, Greek and Hebrew. At the Ladino festival
Smadar will perform traditional Ladino repertoire and several original
compositions. Her current lineup features Seido Salifoski on Darbukka
and percussion, Harel Shachal on clarinet and sax , Uri Sharlin on
accordion, Hagar Ben-Ari on bass, and Megan Weeder on violin.
Makor is located on 37 West 67th St. Between Columbus & CPW. For more
information and tickets ($12.00) please visit
www.makor.org
or call 212.601.1000.
Vadim Gluzman, violin, Angela Yoffe, piano. New York
Recital Debut at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 7, 7 pm
. One of the most inspiring
and dynamic artists before the public today, Israeli violinist
Vadim Gluzman has established himself as a performer of great
depth, virtuosity and technical brilliance. Lauded by both
critics and audiences, he has performed throughout the United
States, Europe, Russia, Japan, Australia and Canada as a soloist
and in a duo setting with his wife, pianist Angela Yoffe. Vadim
Gluzman’s “degree of technical perfection and artistic
superiority is almost frightening . . .polished like diamond.”-Leipziger
Volkszeitung. Mr. Gluzman will perform Mozart, Bartok,
Castelnuovo, Tedesco, Bloch and Shostakovich-Jazz Suite No. 2
(transcribed by Michael Gluzman, New York Premiere).
Single Tickets: $ 25 The Grace Rainey
Rogers Auditorium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth
Avenue. To order, call Concerts & Lectures @ (212)570-3949.
Israel at Heart and Teev events present: Idan
Raichel’s Project at the Apollo Theater! April 8, 9pm, April 9, 4pm.
Idan Raichel's Project
catapulted onto the Israeli pop music scene just over three
years ago and has won the hearts of Israel and international
audiences, garnering awards and accolades such as Artist of the
Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year, repeatedly. The
multi-platinum group, led by the dread locked 28-year-old Idan
Raichel, and comprised of multi-ethnic and multi-racial Israeli
singers and musicians, represents the optimal fusion of Israel's
cultures. Raichel's immensely popular appeal stems from his
original pop/traditional music which incorporates samples of
original Ethiopian folk music intricately woven with choruses
sung in Hebrew and Amharic verses. Also featured are such
diverse musical elements as Arabic-language songs, Indian
chants, and traditional Jewish Yemenite hymns. Idan Raichel's
Project blends together World Music with a pop/rock feel. Israel
at Heart is a non profit organization whose single concern is
the well being of Israel. Please join us as we promote another
rich aspect of Israeli culture.
Apollo Theater is at 253 West 125th Street between Adam Clayton
Powell Blvd. (7th Ave.) and Frederick Douglass Blvd. (8th Ave.)
For more information and tickets please visit:
www.israelatheart.org
PREVIOUS MAJOR JEWISH EVENTS
BOOKS EVENTS
B.H. Fairchild and Jean Valentine. Mon
2/27, 8:15 pm. What an exultation." Richard Howard said of B.H.
Fairchild's Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest. Mr.
Fairchild is also the author of The Art of the Lathe. "This is a
poetry of the highest order, because it lets us into spaces and
meanings we couldn't approach in any other way," wrote Adrienne Rich
of the poetry of Jean Valentine, whose books include The Cradle of
the Real Life; Growing Darkness, Growing Light and Door in the
Mountain, for which she received the National Book Award. . 1395
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"My Future is in America: Autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish
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autobiographies from YIVO's archive, published in partnership with
New York University Press, selected by editors and translators
Jocelyn Cohen and Daniel Soyer.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO). Thursday, March 2 at 5pm.
Free Admission. Reservations required. Center for Jewish History, 15
West 16th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues), New York, NY 10011,
Box Office: 917 606 8200.
BOOK READING: David Von Drehle
on the Triangle Fire. David Von Drehle, journalist for
the Washington Post, reads from his award-winning book, Triangle:
The Fire That Changed America on the 95th anniversary of the fire at
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Yeshiva University Museum (YUM).
Thursday, March 23 at 6.30 pm. $10/$8 for YUM Members and students.
Includes exhibition viewing.
BOOK EVENT; Meredith Tax on
Rivington Street. Meredith Tax, feminist, writer, reads
from her celebrated book, Rivington Street, illuminating the world
of activist women in the Lower East Side a century age. Yeshiva
University Museum (YUM. Thursday, March 16 at 6.30 pm. $10/$8 for
YUM Members and students. Includes exhibition viewing. Seating is
limited. Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street (between 5th
& 6th Avenues), New York, NY 10011, Box Office: 917 606 8200.
Dr. Jeffrey Peck.Will
speak about his new book Being Jewish in the New Germany. RSVP:
Norma Kirschen 212 744 6400. LBI. Monday, February 14 at 5.30pm.
$10/$5 for LBI Members. Center for Jewish History.
The struggle for Soviet Jewry in
American Politics.
Dr. Fred Lazin – Ben Gurion University. YUM and AJHS.
Thursday, February 23 at 6pm. $10/$8 for YUM and AJHS members and
students. Center for Jewish History.
Book Reception for Nine Contemporary Jewish Plays.
Awards & Events:
Book Reception for Nine Contemporary Jewish Plays
- The Drama Book Shop, New York, NY.
Book Launch, Reading
and Reception. Tuesday, February 21, 2006 6:00 pm at The Drama Book
Shop , 250 West 40th Street, between 7th and 8th
Avenues.
The National Foundation for
Jewish Culture is pleased to invite you to a reception in honor of
the publication of Nine Contemporary Jewish Plays, an
anthology co-edited by Ellen Schiff and Michael Posnick....Read
more
PURIM EVENTS
PURIM
MASCARADE BALL:
MARCH 14, 2006 @ Jay Senior Center , 2600 Ocean Avenue, (718)
891-1110 . Come in costume. Live entertainment, Traditional Purim
luncheon and Mishloach monot to all. Suggested donation $1.00.
Call for details! The Jay Senior Center is a multicultural senior
center service agency serving community district 15 for the past 35
years.
Purim Carnival: Jesters, Esthers & Much More.
Sun 3/12, 11:30 am - 2:30 pm. Masks, games, puppet
shows and delicious treats are all part of this year’s Purim
Carnival extravaganza. There is fun for the whole family as the Y
transforms into Shushan, the site of the exciting, adventurous tale
of Queen Esther and Mordechai, the heroes of Purim. . 1395 Lexington
Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 15, Kids-Teens, Jewish,
Families,
92nd Street Y
Purim Feast for the Eyes and Ears: From Hodu to Kush.
Sun 3/12, 2 pm. Beautiful Esther, wise old Mordechai,
treacherous Haman, and the topsy-turvy court of King Ahasuerus loom
larger than life in this exciting Purim play by Arm–of–the-Sea
Theater. more Buy Tickets Online $12 per person; $10 family members.
1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, 10128, Alex Wittenberg, 212-423-3271,
Jewish, Families,
Jewish Museum
Purim: Let's Make Hamentaschen.
Thu 3/9, 1-2 pm. Families with children two to four years
old can get together to celebrate Purim with homemade hamentaschen,
the three-cornered pastries filled with apricot, prune and
poppy-seed fillings that recall the three-cornered hat of Haman, the
villain of the Purim story. Purim this year falls on Tuesday, March
14 (and begins Monday evening, March 13). . 1395 Lexington Avenue,
New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 30, 2-4, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
Purim in Jerusalem. Mon 2/27 thru Fri
3/31. This Photography exhibit brings "Purim in Jerusalem" to life.
Yankl Conzen fell in love with the Jewish State. An accomplished
artist and photographer, he composed a vivid series of photos on the
celebration of Purim in Jerusalem. The Jewish Theological Seminary,
3080 Broadway, New York, 10027, The Library, 212-678-8082, FREE,
College+, Jewish,
Jewish Theological Seminary
Purim
Event - Chicago, IL. On March 6th
there will be a special performance of a Purim Cantata, written
specially for the NFJC by Allen Turner, well know Chicago attorney,
artist and philanthropist. The performance will take place at the
Arts Club of Chicago. For more information, please contact Ilana
Lewin at 212-629-0500 ext. 214. Date: March 6th 2006. Contact: Ilana
Lewin at 212-629-0500 ext. 214. or
ilewin@jewishculture.org
JEWISH
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
.Grants and scholarships by The
National Foundation for Jewish Culture. Contact: (212) 629-0500,
Fax: (212) 629-0508;
E-mail:
nfjc@jewishculture.org.
1-The
Gantz-Zahler Grant For
Jewish Non-Fiction Publishing.
Established by Karen Gantz-Zahler and
Eric Zahler, the grant of $2,500 can cover any publication cost,
including research, editorial, printing, marketing or distribution.Due April 21, 2005.
#2.Maurice and Marilyn Cohen
Fund for Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Jewish Studies.
#3.Sidney
and Hadassah Musher Publication Prize for a doctoral dissertation
relating to Jewish Life in Israel or America: 1880 to the Present
The National Foundation for Jewish Culture announces the Sidney and
Hadassah Musher Publication Prize. The prize will provide $4,000
toward the publication of a Ph.D dissertation relating to Jewish
life in Israel or America from 1880 to the present. Applicants must
have completed their dissertations and have a commitment for
publication from an academic or university press. The Sidney and
Hadassah Musher Publication Prize has been awarded on a biannual
basis since 1992 and will be awarded in 2003, based on the
recommendations of the Academic Advisory Committee of the National
Foundation for Jewish Culture.
The National Foundation for Jewish
Culture can be reached at (212) 629-0500, Fax: (212) 629-0508;
E-mail:
nfjc@jewishculture.org.
FOR WOMEN ONLY
"Insights Into The Haftorah"
with Rabbi Romm, for women only, every Monday 8:30 p.m., Bialystoker
Shul, 7-11 Bialystoker Place, (212) 475-0165.
Discussion of Psalms,
for women only, every Monday, 7 p.m., Aish HaTorah, 313 W. 83rd St.,
call Esther at (973) 773-5782. $8.
MYSTICAL STUDY
“Mystical Study" with
Rabbi Zvi Friedlander, sponsored by The Lisker Shul, every Thursday,
7 p.m., Cafe K, 8 E. 48th St., (212) 472-3968.
"Jewish Dance and Enlightenment:
Its Theological and Mystical Meaning" with Feigue Berman,
9 sessions, 8-9:30 p.m., 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave., (212)
415-5500. Call for more information.
COMPUTER TRAINING
Computer training
classes begin, beginning and advanced levels, 6 sessions, Monday and
Wednesday, Feb. 6 and 8, 9:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Council Senior
Center, 241 W. 72nd St., register to (212) 799-7205. $90, members;
$115, non-members.
GAMES
Card and game room,
supervised bridge and Scrabble, every Monday, 1-4 p.m., JCC in
Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave., (646) 505-5708, Ext. 212. $5,
non-members.
Party Bridge, every
Tuesday, 10 a.m.; international/domestic current events, 11 a.m.;
Bridge, 1:30 p.m., Council Senior Center, 241 W. 72nd St., (212)
799-7205.
Party bridge, every
Thursday, 10:30 a.m.; social bridge, 1:30 p.m., Council Senior
Center, 241 W. 72nd St., (212) 799-7205.
GROUP DISCUSSIONS
JEWS & JUSTICE SERIES:
Religion in America: A Conversation. Curated and
moderated by Ruti Teitel, the Ernst C. Stiefel, Professor of
Comparative Law, New York Law School.. Panelists: Noah Feldman,
Professor of Law New York University School of Law and author of
Divided by God: Russell Pearce, Professor of Law and Co-Director,
Louis Stein Center for Law & Ethics, Fordham University School of
Law: Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law, New York Law School and
President of the American Civil Liberties Union. The Jews & Justice
series is made possible through the generous support of The David
Berg Foundation. American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS). Tuesday,
March 28 at7pm. $10/$5 for students. Center for Jewish History, 15
West 16th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues), New York, NY 10011,
Box Office: 917 606 8200.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
Self Conceptions: Women, Creativity and Jewish Identity. A
provocative roundtable discussion moderated by Joanna Lipper in
conversation with Erica Jong, Daphne Merkin, Molly Jong-Fast and
Bronya Shaffer. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO).
Wednesday, March 8 at 7pm. $11/$7 Students with ID. Center for
Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues), New
York, NY 10011, Box Office: 917 606 8200
PANEL DISCUSSION: Social
Responsibility and the Garment Industry. A panel
discussion with garment industry insiders on the challenges of
globalization, increased awareness of human rights issues, and the
ethical choices and creative solutions behind the production of what
we wear. Yeshiva University Museum (YUM). Tuesday, March 7 at 630
pm. $10/8 YUM members and students. Includes exhibition viewing.
Seating is limited.
Social and political issues
discussion group, every Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.-noon, JCC
in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave., (646) 505-5708, Ext. 212. $25, two
months, non-members.
ADOPTION
"Waiting to Adopt"
facilitated by social worker, sponsored by Ametz Adoption Program of
Jewish Child Care Association, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m., JCC in
Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave., RSVP to (646) 505-5708. $25, member
families; $30, non-member families.
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CLASSES: VOICE TRAINING
Voice
training, 10 a.m.; every Wednesday 10:45 a.m.;
low weight resistance and aerobics, 1:15 p.m., Council Senior
Center, 241 W. 72nd St., (212) 799-7205.
CHORUS
Chorus, every Friday, 1:30 p.m., Council Senior
Center, 241 W. 72nd St., (212) 799-7205.
KABALLAH
Day of Kabbalah. Sun
3/5, 9:30-5:30 am. With entertainers like Madonna touting
Kabbalistic practice, the popularity of this mystical Judaic
tradition has grown exponentially. But clearly, Kabbalah is
more than a fad. ‘A Day of Kabbalah’ travels well beyond pop
stars and the media, diving into K. JCC in Manhattan, 76th &
Amsterdam, New York, 10024, Rabbi Naftali Citron,
212-580-2391, $50 advance, $60 doo, Jewish,
The Carlebach Shul
The
Zohar: How Kabbalah Reimagines the Bible. Sun 2/26,
7:30 pm. The Aaron Freidberg, JD, Chair in Bible Studies
Lecture Rabbi Daniel Matt The Zohar, the masterpiece of
Kabbalah, is a mystical commentary on the Torah, Here, the
Biblical narrative is transformed into a biography of God—a
God who is equally male and female and whose union depends on
human awareness and action. Rabbi Daniel Matt, author of The
Essential Kabbalah and God and the Big Bang, recently
completed the third volume of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, a
translation and commentary based on original Aramaic
manuscripts. . 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128,
212-415-5500, 25, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
The Value of War:
A Kabbalistic Perspective on Conflict. Thu 3/2,
7:30 pm. Jason Shulman According to the Kabbalah, conflict is
one of the basic building blocks of our universe. Yet conflict
often degenerates into war. How can we return conflict to its
true origin as one of the positive ingredients in Creation?
Spiritual teacher Jason Shulman focuses on God, healing and
our capacity to live a truly human life. . 1395 Lexington
Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 20, College+, Jewish,
Families,
92nd Street Y
“The
Kabbalah of What Makes Us Tick”, every Thursday,
8:15 p.m., The Carlebach Shul, 305 W. 79th St., (212)
580-2391.
"Chasidut
and Kabbalah" with Rabbi Naftali Citron and
Rebbetzin Emunah Witt of Jerusalem, Thursday, Feb. 2nd, 8
p.m., The Carlebach Shul, 305 W. 79th St., (212) 580-2391.
$10.
Study
of kabbalistic meaning of Friday night service,
alongside actual service, led by Yaron Milgrom-Elcott,
doctoral student in medieval kabbalah every Friday, through
March 31 at New York University, at candelighting, or Zarua,
127 E. 82nd St., (212) 452-2310, Ext. 10.
CANCER SURVIVORS
CLASS FOR OVARIAN CANCER
SURVIVORS. Light exercise, toning, endurance,
stretching, balance work and stress reduction exercises,
followed by optional open swim. 8 sessions, beginning Monday,
March 13, 2:20-3:00pm . FEE: $10/session at the JCC of
Mid-Westchester, sponsored by Enid Ancell Family Center.
CONTACT: Melissa McCool, 914-472-3300 ext. 412.
Man to Man: An Afternoon
Seminar on Cancer. Sun 3/5, 2:30-4:30 pm. Simon
Hall, MD; Eric Hollander, MD, and David Katz, MD, MPH / Arthur
Aufses, MD, moderator Explore the latest research, detection,
treatment and prevention of prostate cancer. Gain an
understanding of how urologic health and male aging impact
sexual performance and how to combat these issues. Get the
information you need to better manage stress and anger on a
daily basis and obtain a nutrition plan to help increase
longevity, reduce mood swings and manage weight. Tickets are
$25; $5 for May Center members. May Center members please call
Y-Charge at 212.415.5500 to order. . 1395 Lexington Avenue,
New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 25, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
ALZHEIMER
Alzheimer’s and
beginning memory loss, 11:30 a.m.; Alzheimer’s
caregiver support group, noon; Council Senior Center, 241 W.
72nd St., (212) 799-7205.
ALZEIMER CAREGIVER SUPPORT
GROUP. Are you caring for someone with memory
loss? Come share advice and information with people going
through the same experience. Wednesday, April 5, 2006,
7:00pm . FEE: $10 at the JCC of Mid-Westchester. CONTACT:
Melissa McCool, 914-472-3300 ext. 412
YIDDISH JEWISH CONF.
NYU TO HOST TWO-DAY
CONFERENCE ON YIDDISH/JEWISH CULTURES. New York
University's Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies
will
host "Yiddish/Jewish Cultures: Literature, History, and
Thought in Eastern European Diasporas," on Sun., Feb. 26 and
Mon., Feb. 27 at NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center (53
Washington Sq. South, betw. Sullivan and Thompson Sts.).
Conference speakers include the following: NYU's Tony Michels,
Lawrence Schiffman, Hasia Diner, and Gennady Estraikh; Rebecca
Margolis of Montreal's Vanier College; David Roskies, Jewish
Theological Seminary; and Jeffrey Shandler, Rutgers
University. "Performing Yiddish Identities," "Constructing
Yiddish in Interwar Europe," and "Yiddish Theater and Its
Discontents" will be among the conference panels. Barbara
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, University Professor and professor of
performance studies at NYU, will deliver the keynote address,
"Yiddish Studies: Towards a 21st Century Mandate" on Sun.,
Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the
public, whom may call 212.998.8981 or email
gsas.hebrewjudaic@nyu.edu
to RSVP for individual sessions. Reporters interested in
attending should contact James Devitt, Office of Public
Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or
james.devitt@nyu.edu.
This conference for emerging scholars is sponsored by the
Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies with the
support of the Melvin Rauch Foundation, Inc.
FOLKLORE FESTIVALS
FOLKLORE FESTIVAL. All
in a Day's Work. A folklore festival combines storytelling,
dressmaking demonstrations and music, bringing to life the
multi-ethnic world of the garment industry. Yeshiva University
Museum (YUM). Sunday, March 26 1 to 4pm. $12/$10 YUM Members,
students and children under 18. Includes Museum admission. Advance
purchase recommended.
RUSSIAN
PROGRAM:
“INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMAN”
.A celebration @Jay Senior Center, 2600 Ocean Avenue, (718)
891-1110. Russian music starting @ 10am , authentic Russian lunch
Menu, free T-Shirt give away and free make-up makeovers. For all
women. Call the Director for details.
FAMILY
FAMILY. HISTORY RESEARCH:
Finding our Roots: Introduction to Jewish Genealogy. The basics of
family history research: interviewing relatives, mining family
archives, exploring selected Internet sites and examining source
documents. Special topics: surname origins, name changes and
spelling variations. Center Genealogy Institute (CGI). Wednesday,
March 29, 10.30am to 1pm and 6.30pm to 9pm. $25 for each session.
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
HOLOCAUST
CLUB 2600
. Meets every 3rd Thursday of the month for
Holocaust Survivors @ Jay Senior Center , 2600 Ocean Avenue, (718)
891-1110. Next meeting is February 23, 2006 call and ask for Ellie
Jacuby. The Jay Senior Center is a multicultural senior center
service agency serving community district 15 for the past 35 years.
Life in Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust.
Wed 3/1 thru Sun 6/25. This moving special exhibition
tells the remarkable stories of the Nazis' most vulnerable
victims--Jewish children. By war's end, as many as 1.5 million of
those children were dead. . 36 Battery Park City, New York, 10280,
Ella Leitner, 646-437-4200, Jewish,
Museum of Jewish Heritage
SYMPOSIUM
Symposium and Action
FAIR: A Call to Action on Darfur. Sun
3/12, 12-5 pm. Participants include Jerry Fowler, Director,
Committee on Conscience (USHMM); Kenneth Roth, Director, Human
Rights Watch; with introductory remarks by Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch,
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. Please check www. for a complete
listing of participan. Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memo, 36
Battery Place, New York, 10280, Ella Leitner, 646-437-4200, Free
with sug. donat, Jewish,
Museum of Jewish Heritage
TRIPS. TOURS
Israel Trip. Sat 2/18
thru Sun 2/26. Join us for 9 days of never-to-be forgotten
adventure, touring, learning, shopping and fun in the most alive
place in the entire universe - Israel. With world class guides,
speakers, accomodations and young Jewish Manhattanites, you can
expect memories, firendships and spiritual rejuvenation to last a
lifetime. Cost as low as $799 based on receipt of a scholarship. all
aplicants subject to interview. Israel, Lizzie, 212-579-1388 ext 23,
20s-30s, Jewish,
Aish New York
Cuba.
Tue 2/21 thru Tue 2/28. For more information about The
Jewish Museum Travel Program, please contact tour organizer Dr.
Aryeh Maidenbaum at 845.256.0194. 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York,
10128, Alex Wittenberg, 212-423-3271, Jewish, Families,
Jewish Museum
ISRAELI
CONSULATE EVENTS
Israeli Consulate
Honoring the Late Mrs. Coretta Scott King.
The Consulate
General of Israel in New York will honor the late Coretta Scott King
in the first dedicated ceremony in New York since her passing. The
ceremony will be held on Wednesday March 1, 2006 at 3:30 P.M. at the
Consulate General of Israel in New York, located at 800 2nd
Avenue (north east corner of 42nd Street). Mr. Martin
Luther King III, the son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mrs.
Coretta Scott, will accept the award honoring Mrs. Kings
contribution to the civil rights movement which helped shape U.S.
history. Each year the Consulate General of Israel in New York,
together with the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and
the Jewish National Fund, pays tribute to the late Reverend Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. by honoring an individual who embodies his
spirit and ideals. The State of Israel has embraced the legacy of
Dr. King for it exemplifies values of hope and peaceful co-existence
between people of diverse backgrounds. Dr. King was a great friend
to Israel and the Jewish people and was active in the battle against
anti-Semitism. The event is also sponsored by the Foundation for
Ethnic Understanding. For more information please contact David
Prince: David Prince, Director of National Radio, Consulate General
of Israel in New York, 800 Second, Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Tel
212 499 5429 / Fax 212 499 5425 212-499-5429 or at
davidp@newyork.mfa.gov.il
EXHIBITS:
HISTORY. ART. CULTURE. STARS
FLUXUS: TO GEORGE WITH
LOVE FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF JONAS MEKAS.
February 16 through March 31st, 2006. Reception March 11
from 6-9 pm. Maya Stendhal Gallery is currently presenting Fluxus: To George
With Love, From the Personal Collection of Jonas Mekas. Jonas
Mekas, curator of the exhibition, is a veteran avant-garde filmmaker
and writer, founder and artistic director of Anthology Film
Archives. He was a longtime friend and collaborator of George
Maciunas, founder and “chairman” of Fluxus. Maciunas coined the term
Fluxus in 1961 from a Latin etymological root meaning “flow”, in
order to describe a movement with origins in Futurist performance,
Dada, silent film, comedy, Vaudeville, and gaming.
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Joseph Nechvatal: Contaminations.
February 26 through April 23, 2006. Butler Institute of American
Art, Beecher Center for Technology in the Arts. 524 Wick Ave.
Youngstown, Ohio. Meet the Artist Monday, February 27 • 10 am.
BUTLER/YSU Symposia on American Art Speaker. The New Yorker artist
Joseph Nechvatal has used the computer for twenty years to create
his computer-robotic assisted acrylic paintings and electronic
installations. To do this, he has subjected his image compositions
to custom computer virus programs. This exhibition features
two-dimensional works that are a result of this experimentation.
Sarah Bernhardt: The Art of High
Drama. Wed 3/1 thru Sun 4/2. Now through April 2, 2006
See where culture and celebrity meet. Sarah Bernhardt, the
incomparable French stage actress and the first great movie star,
embodied the art of the Belle Époque. View 250 spectacular and
rarely seen objects, including Art Nouveau posters and jewelry,
illuminating the career of Bernhardt and the culture of her time. .
1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, 10128, Alex Wittenberg, 212-423-3271,
Jewish, Families,
Jewish Museum
A
Perfect Fit: the Garment Industry and American Jewry.
Wed 3/1 thru Thu 4/6. 1860-1960 This groundbreaking
exhibition traces the early thread of 19th century Jewish immigrants
seeking success in America interlaced with one hundred years of
fashion from 1860-1960. From 19th century Levi’s jeans to evening
gowns and early sewing machines, A Perfect Fit presents over 100
historic costumes with archival documents, advertising, industrial
equipment and multi-media installations, providing an engaging
exploration of a topic that blends fashion, history and culture. .
Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, 10011,
Eric Katzman, 917-606-8200, Jewish, Families,
Center For Jewish History
Family Gallery Tour: “Costumes and Characters”.
Sun 3/12, 11:15 am - 12:15 pm. View spectacular and
rarely seen costumes and artworks from the special exhibition, Sarah
Bernhardt: The Art of High Drama. more Free with Museum admission
For ages 5 to 12. 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, 10128, Alex
Wittenberg, 212-423-3271, Jewish, Families,
Jewish Museum
Sarah Bernhardt and the Belle Époque. Thu
3/9, 6:30 pm. The era of the Belle Époque, at the crossroads of the
19th and 20th centuries, was noted for the flourishing of theater,
fashion, and the decorative arts throughout Europe. In conjunction
with the exhibition, Sarah Bernhardt: The Art of High Drama, this
panel will consider the role of the decorative and performing arts
in the life and career of Sarah Bernhardt. The panelists will focus
on key works of art featured in the exhibition to explore the
interrelationship between Bernhardt’s life and the Belle Époque era.
more Buy Tickets Online $11 general public; $9 students/over 65; $5
memb. 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, 10128, Alex Wittenberg,
212-423-3271, Jewish, Families,
Jewish Museum
Ours to Fight For: American Jews During the
Second World War. Wed 3/1 thru Wed
7/5. The inaugural exhibition for the Robert M. Morgenthau wing,
Ours To Fight For: American Jews in the Second World War was named
the grand-prize winner of the Excellence in Exhibition Competition
at the American Association of Museums Annual Meeting in New
Orleans. Citing the exhibition's use of the first-person narrative,
the judges felt this approach engaged museum visitors and allowed
them to make connections with the experiences of soldiers 60 years
ago and troops serving today. . 36 Battery Park City, New York,
10280, Ella Leitner, 646-437-4200, Jewish,
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Our Great Garden: Nurturing
Planet Earth. Wed 3/1 thru Sun 6/18. The Jewish concept
of Tikkun Olam translates from Hebrew to “Repairing the World.” This
new exhibition for families and children explores ways in which we
can fulfill this value in our daily lives, through appreciation and
protection of the natural environment. The exhibit focuses on three
central themes — appreciating the beauty of nature, understanding
our responsibility to take care of the natural world, and using our
resources responsibly — and looks at these themes through the lens
of Jewish values. 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, 10128, Alex
Wittenberg, 212-423-3271, Jewish, Families,
Jewish Museum
Framed by Words: The Art of Mark Podwal. In pen and ink, gouache and
watercolor, this prolific artist continually amazes with his
perceptive insights into Biblical texts, legends, Haggadot and
children stories.. YUM Call Box Office for Information. Opening
Sunday, February 12. $8/$6 Students and Seniors. YU
members free admission. Center for Jewish History.
AJHS Exhibit on Jewish
Orphanages in America Opens at Center for Jewish History.
Opening January 17 through
June 2006, 'Cradled in Judea': Jewish Orphanages in New York,
1860-1960, a new exhibit by the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS),
explores the lives of children who called New York City's Jewish
orphanages "home"....Read
more
Image of Holocaust and Germany in
Hollywood movies. Author and Professor Larry Suid
will talk on Hollywood’s mission to resurrect Germany’s image in the
movies well before the end of WWII.. RSVP: Norma Kirschen 212 744
6400. LBI. Wednesday, February 22 at 7pm. $10/$5
for LBI Members. Center for Jewish History.
The struggle for Soviet Jewry in
American Politics.
Dr. Fred Lazin – Ben Gurion University. YUM and AJHS.
Thursday, February 23 at 6pm. $10/$8 for YUM and AJHS members and
students. Center for Jewish History.
MUSEUMS
Sarah Bernhardt: The Art of High
Drama.
December 02,
2005 - April 02, 2006 at
The Jewish Museum. 1109 Fifth
Avenue at 92nd Street, New York. Phone: 212.423.3200
Sarah Bernhardt: The Art of High Drama
is the first major museum show ever devoted to the great French
actress (1844-1923). Over the course of a remarkable sixty-year
career, “the Divine Sarah” established herself as the premier
tragedienne in the West. Her very name became synonymous with acting
and, long after her death, it continues to exercise a powerful spell
on performers and audiences around the world. Born five years after
the invention of photography, Bernhardt pioneered the use of modern
technologies to disseminate her image, and was the first major stage
actress to star in films...
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Metropolitan Museum private tour.
Private tour at Metropolitan Museum
with Tom Freudenheim, February 7th 2006.
LUNCHEON
Women's Alliance of Jewish
National Fund 2006 Luncheon Series- Session Two. The Living Trust
vs. the Will-which is right for you? A discussion of the
difference between these two documents that will answer the
following questions: Is your income a factor in determining which
vehicle to select? If you are widowed do you need a special plan?
How can you protect yourself in marriage and divorce? What works
best for your children? How do current tax laws impact your
decision? Tour of Congregation Emanu-El's Herbert and Eileen Bernard
Museum of Judaica and Purim festivities will follow. Featured
Speaker: Juliette S. Levin, Esq., of The Law Offices of
Juliette S. Levin in New York City. Event to take place on
Wednesday, March 8, 2006, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm at the Congregation
Emanu-El, One East 65th Street,New York, NY 10021. To register, or
for more information about JNF's Women's Alliance, please contact:
Sheila Klamen, JNF Planned Giving Department, 212-879-9300 ext. 294,
sklamen@jnf.org This session
is the second of a four-part series. Upcoming sessions (to be held
at various venues in Manhattan): Wednesday, April 5- 12:00 pm - 2:00
pm - Retirement planning for baby boomers and seniors, Wednesday,
May 3 - 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm- Asset management & issues concerning the
elderly. Each individual session is $18, or subscribe to all four
sessions for $50.
Jewish National Fund Women’s Alliance
2006 Luncheon Series
The Women’s Alliance of
Jewish National Fund will host a four-session luncheon series
throughout the winter and spring to guide women in making informed
decisions about their futures. Sponsored by The Bank of New York,
the series will explore topics of importance to women of all ages,
from mothers planning for their children’s college funds to baby
boomers nearing retirement to seniors applying for Medicaid...Read
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MUSIC. CONCERTS
With Mabel Mercer the
Words Came First. Sat 2/25 thru Mon 2/27,
8 pm. With Mabel Mercer the Words Came First Saturday Evening Donald
Smith, Artistic Director, Host James Followell, Music Director,
piano Jeff Harnar, Valerie Lemon, Craig Rubano, KT Sullivan, Lumiri
Tubo, vocals Jered Egan, bass Dan Gross, percussion For decades, the
inimitable English-born cabaret singer Mabel Mercer enthralled
audiences in Europe and the United States with her beguiling voice
and her insight into the marriage of words and music—always
employing a lyrics-first approach. Donald Smith, executive director
of the Mabel Mercer Foundation and cabaret's long-time champion,
brings us the lyrics and songs that made Mercer a legend. Ticket
prices: $55 Orchestra $45 Rear Orchestra. 1395 Lexington Avenue, New
York, 10128, 212-415-5500, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street
Charles Rosen on Mozart.
Sun 3/5, 11 am. Acclaimed pianist and music critic
Charles Rosen is the author of The Romantic Generation, The
Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and other books. Tickets
are $35; $29.75 for Poetry Center members. Members please call
Y-Charge at 212.415.5500 to order. . 1395 Lexington Avenue, New
York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 35, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
Concert: Mid-Century
Jazz Pianists. Sat 3/11, 8 pm. Mid-Century
Jazz Pianists: A Tribute to Teddy Wilson, Erroll Garner and Bill
Evans Dick Hyman, piano Barry Harris, piano Ted Rosenthal, piano Jon
Weber, piano Nicki Parrott, bass Kenny Washington, drums Dick Hyman
and guests present music by the preeminent piano stylists of the
’30s, ’40s and ’50s. . 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128,
212-415-5500, 45, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
Paul Galbraith, guitar.
Sat 3/4, 8 pm. “Exceptional artistry” —The
New Yorker Paul Galbraith performs on a guitar of his own design and
his groundbreaking technical innovations just may represent the
future of the instrument. His repertoire includes spellbinding
arrangements of piano works by Debussy and Ravel. Works by Debussy,
Ravel, Bach and others . 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128,
212-415-5500, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
The William Petschek
Family Music Program. Thu 3/2, 8 pm.
Pianist Sarah Rothenberg invites François Le Roux, France's leading
interpreter of art song, for an evening of period songs and rarely
heard melodies by Bernhardt's composer friends. 1109 Fifth Avenue,
New York, 10128, Alex Wittenberg, 212-423-3271, Jewish, Families,
Jewish Museum
Sarah Bernhardt's Musical
Friendships. Thu 3/2, 8 pm. The William Petschek Family
Music Program François Le Roux, baritone Sarah Rothenberg, piano In
Sarah Bernhardt’s Musical Friendships, pianist Sarah Rothenberg
invites François Le Roux, France’s leading interpreter of art song,
for an evening of music and reminiscences.e Buy Tickets Online $16
general public, $14 students/over 65/members. 1109 Fifth Avenue, New
York, 10128, Alex Wittenberg, 212-423-3271, Jewish, Families,
Jewish Museum
Kim Kashkashian, viola /
Maurice Bourgue, oboe. Tue 2/21 thru Wed
2/22, 8 pm. Jaime Laredo, violin Jennifer Koh, violin Kim
Kashkashian, viola Jonathan Vinocour, viola Sharon Robinson, cello
Zuill Bailey, cello Kurt Muroki, double bass Maurice Bourgue, oboe
David Jolley, horn Karl Kramer-Johansen, horn MartinÙ: String Sextet
Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F Major, K. 370 MartinÙ: Duo
No. 1 for Violin and Cello Mozart: Divertimento in D Major, K. 251.
1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 35, College+,
Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
JEWISH MUSIC FORUM; Assimilating
(Post-Modern) Jewish Music: Ambivalence in Contemporary Composition.
Speaker: David Schiller, University of Georgia. Respondent: Klara
Moricz, Amherst College. American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS)
and American Society for Jewish Music (ASJM). Friday, March 17 at
10am. Free Admission. Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th
Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues), New York, NY 10011, Box Office:
917 606 8200
CONCERT. Jewish Themes
in Russian Classical Music: Anton Rubinstein, Dmitri Shostakovich
and other Russian composers. The third in a series of four concerts
on the theme of Jewish composers, will be performed by the
critically acclaimed Phoenix Chamber Ensemble. The program is made
possible through the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Blavatnik. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO). Monday, March
6 at 7pm. $12/$6 YIVO Members and students. Center for Jewish
History, 15 West 16th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues), New York,
NY 10011, Box Office: 917 606 8200.
Finding the Rhythm: Dance and Music in Jewish Studies.
Speaker: Nina Spiegel – Respondent: Judah M. Cohen.
AJHS and ASJM. Friday
February 10 at 10am. Free Admission. Center for Jewish History.
KLEZMER CONCERT.
Klezmer concert, with performances by Strauss Warschauer Duo,
Columbia University Klezmer Band, Generation K and the Workmen\'s
Circle Klezmer Workshop, sponsored by Stuyvesant-Cooper Post 235,
Jewish War Veterans, Sunday, Feb. 5th, 3 p.m., Town and Village
Synagogue, 334 E. 14th St., (212) 477-3131. Free.
JEWISH ROCK. Concert
of Jewish rock music by Soulfarm and Seth Nadel, Saturday, Feb.
4th, 8 p.m., Makor, 35 W. 67th St., (212) 601-1000. $15.
CLASSES: ACTING
Intermediate Acting: Creating Life on Stage .
This Stanislavsky/Meisner-based class bridges the gap
between Beginning Acting and Advanced Scene Study. Using
contemporary scenes, explore moment-to-moment acting, responding to
your scene partner and developing multi-layered characters using
one’s self. Students will have the opportunity to develop complex
characters that challenge them. First Session:
Mon, Feb 13, 2006,
7:30pm-9:00pm. Instructor:
Adrienne D. Williams. At 92
Y street. Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street.
Adrienne D. Williams is an acting professor and director at Hunter
and Marymount Manhattan Colleges. She has performed at Town Hall,
the Jean Cocteau Repertory and Theater in the Square. She has also
appeared on Law & Order and The Sopranos.
FILMS
Unzipped. Wed 3/1, 7 pm. Unzipped (1994).
Directed by Douglas Keeve. Unzipped is a movie about the clothing
designer as artist and personality. Brooklyn-born Isaac Mizrachi is
not only a canny showman and a superb raconteur—manic, witty, and
garrulous to have been an Andy Warhol superstar—but a movie buff
first seen fast-forwarding through a VHS tape of Nanook of the North
in search of inspiration. Mizrachi has no difficulty holding center
stage although the galaxy of supporting divas include Eartha Kitt,
Naomi Campbell, and his own adoring mother. With A Good Uplift
(2002), Faye Lederman’s short essay on the retail part of the
business, documenting an Orchard Street lingerie shop presided over
by a Jewish grandmother and expert on foundation garments. . Center
for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, 10011,
212-294-8330 x8816, Jewish,
Yeshiva University Museum
Evening of Documentaries and Student Marathon Series.
Mon 2/27. JCC Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Avenue 76th st.
New York, New York, 10023 The Israel Film Festival will present
ground-breaking documentaries and innovative student short films.
This event is co-sponsored by the JCC Manhattan. Times to be
announced. . 6404 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1240, Los Angeles,
California, 90048, 323-966-4166, College+, Jewish,
Israel Film Festival
FILM SCREENING; We Want the
Light. This award winning film looks at the high level of
integration of the Jews into German cultural life in the latter part
of the 19th century and the first 33 years of the 20th: the roles
played by Moses and Felix Mendelssohn and the importance of music in
the dream of unproblematic assimilation of the Jews into German
society. Post-screening discussion with filmmaker Christopher Nupen.
The Gurzenich Orchestra, the Cologne Opera Chorus and the Cologne
Cathedral Children's Choir are conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Leo
Baeck Institute (LBI), Yeshiva University Museum (YUM) and Stern
College for Women, Yeshiva University. Sunday March 12 at 6pm,
$5/Free to Yeshiva University students
FILM AT THE VILLAGE TEMPLE: “SOMETIMES IN APRIL” In
April 1994, one of the most heinous genocides in the history of the
world began in the African nation of Rwanda. Written and directed by
Raoul Peck, SOMETIMES IN APRIL is the first large-scale film about
the 100 days of the 1994 genocide to be show in Rwanda, using
locations where actual events transpired. It tells the story of two
brothers, embroiled in the conflict between the Hutu majority and
the Tutsi minority. “Sometimes in April” is an epic story of courage
in the face of daunting odds as well as an expose of the West’s
inaction as nearly a million Rwandans were being exterminated.
“Memory and oblivion are entwined in "Sometimes in April," an
unsparing HBO movie that takes a deeper, more disturbing look at the
1994 genocide than does "Hotel Rwanda...”, wrote Alessandra Stanley
in the NEW YORK TIMES, March 18, 2005. This powerful film will be
shown at the Village Temple on Tuesday, March 7th, 2006 at 7:30 pm.
SOMETIMES IN APRIL is part of the Village Temple’s ongoing Rose and
Adolph Alexander Lecture, Concert and Film Series of the Adult
Education Institute. These free public events are held at The
Village Temple, 33 East 12th Street between University and Broadway
as part of “The Well,” the Adult Education Institute of The Village
Temple. The series is supported by Edward Krugman, in memory of the
parents of his late wife Paula. This is the seventh consecutive year
of this series.
Image of Holocaust and Germany in
Hollywood movies. Author and Professor Larry Suid
will talk on Hollywood’s mission to resurrect Germany’s image in the
movies well before the end of WWII.. RSVP: Norma Kirschen 212 744
6400. LBI. Wednesday, February 22 at 7pm. $10/$5
for LBI Members. Center for Jewish History.
Film Screening & Discussion: La Haine (Hate) 97min.
Performing Democracy Salon,
hosted by Dr. Benjamin R. Barber and the CivWorld Citizen’s Campaign
for Democracy. Wednesday, February 15th, 6:30 p.m. At The Brecht
Forum, 451 West Street. On February 15th, Dr. Benjamin R. Barber,
author of international bestseller Jihad Vs. McWorld, and the
CivWorld Citizen’s Campaign for Democracy, are presenting the first
in a series of Performing Democracy Salons. The evening will include
a screening of La Haine (Hate), the award-winning French film by
Mathieu Kassovitz, as well as a post-screening discussion with Dr.
Barber and special guests. ..Read
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GREEK JEWISH FILMS SCREENING.
Greek-Jewish film festival, with screenings of "My Family Came From
Rhodes", "The Jewish Community of Salonica" and "It Was Nothing, It
Was Everything,". Sunday, Jan. 29th, 1 p.m., Kehila Kedosha Janina,
280 Broome St., (212) 431-1619. $10.
SEPHARDIC FILM FESTIVAL
Live and Become(Va, Vis et Deviens); Radu
Mihaileanu / France-Israel / 2004 / 143 minutes / Hebrew, French,
and Amharic with English subtitles.
Audience Award winner of the Berlin Film Festival 2005 will open the
festival on February 2nd.
From director Radu Mihaileanu comes a poignant story of an Ethiopian
boy airlifted from a Sudanese refugee camp during 1984’s Operation
Moses. Adopted by a Moroccan family in Israel, the film follows
Schlomo’s conflicted journey into adulthood as he struggles with
survival, a secret identity, and love...Read
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Saturday February 4th
6:30 PM. Elias Canetti
; Thomas Honickel / Germany / 2005 / 59 minutes / German with
English subtitles A "Spanish poet of
German language," Elias Canetti grew up a polyglot, living at
different periods of his life in Bulgaria, England and Vienna. He
was born into an elite Sephardic family who when expelled from Spain
in 1492, settled in the Ottoman Empire. His masterpieces
“Auto-da-Fé” and “Crowds and Power,” are considered among the most
original works of the 20th
Century. The film will be followed by a talk with Gloria Ascher,
Tufts University on Canetti’s Sephardic heritage...Read
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Saturday February 4th
9:00 PM and Wednesday February 8th
6:00 PM. Secret Passage; Ademir Kenovic / UK-Luxembourg / 2004 /
94mins./ English. Directed by Ademir
Kenovic and starring John Turturro, the film is a period piece
filled with intrigue and romance. Set in 16th
century Venice, Isabel and Clara are growing up in a time of terror.
It is 1492, and Spain has decreed that all Jews must either convert
to Catholicism, go into exile or face trial and execution. Although
forcibly baptized, the sisters are chased through Christendom until
they arrive in Venice. It is in this great maritime empire, where
opulence rhymes with tolerance, that Isabel organizes secret
passages to the Ottoman Empire for refugees fleeing the Inquisition
while Clara falls in love with a Venetian nobleman...Read
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Sunday February 5th
12:00. Noon and Tuesday February 7th
at 4:00 PM. Salaam Shalom;
Vanessa C. Laufer / Canada / 1999 / 50 minutes / English.
A colorful film about the Jews of India that brings
to life a remarkable history dating back two millennia. A
microscopic minority living within a vast, varied nation, Jews who
have been in India for thousands of years and more recent immigrants
from Iraq and Spain, co-existed in an environment of tolerance and
pluralism. With the declaration of Indian independence in 1947 and
the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, many of the Jews of
India decided to “leave their home to find their home: their
religious loyalty stronger than their national loyalty to India.”...Read
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Sunday, February 5th
3:30PM.
The Last Greeks on Broom Street;
NY Premiere by Ed Askinazi / USA / 2004 / 27minutes / English.
A personal exploration
of filmmaker Ed Askinazi’s heritage doubles as a fascinating glimpse
into the little known community of Greek Jews, known as Romaniotes,
with 2,000 years of history, their own culture, language, food,
liturgical rites and customs. Ethnic communities and the cultures
that help define our identities are vanishing throughout America.
The Last Greeks on Broome Street explores one such
culture, New York City’s Greek Jews – a unique community that
thrived on Manhattan’s Lower East Side only a century ago but now
borders on extinction...Read
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Sunday February 5th
2:30 PM (DOUBLE FEATURE). A
Matter of Time, Common Fate; NY Premiere by
Serge Ankri and Marco Carmel / Israel / 2005 / 52 minutes / Hebrew
with English subtitles. The little-known
story of the Jewish Communities of North Africa (Tunisia, Algeria
and Morocco) during WW II, revealing how, had fate not intervened,
it was only “a matter of time” until they would share the fate of
their co-religionists in Europe. While often considered a Jewish
community “apart,” the film reveals through archival and
contemporary footage and stills, and extensive interviews with
surviving witnesses and historians, that these Jews too were very
much in the thoughts of Nazi planners...Read
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Sunday February 5th
5:00 PM and Tuesday February 7th
6:30 PM. Forgotten Refugees;
NY Premiere / Michael Grynszpan / USA / 2005 / 49 minutes / English.
A documentary that traces the decline and
disappearance of once vibrant Middle Eastern Jewish communities that
had existed for over 2,500 years. Compelling interviews from modern
day Jews from Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, and Libya, who quietly carry the
memory, give insight into a destroyed civilization. ..Read
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Monday February 6th
6:30 PM. Love Iranian American Style; Tanaz
Eshaghian / USA / 2005 / 62 minutes / English and Farsi with English
subtitles. The film first premiered at the festival in 2001 as a
short entitled “The Persian Girl.” Sexual purity, money, and a
mother’s worries come together in Tanaz Eshaghian’s humorous
documentary, offering a rare glimpse into the inner circles of the
tightly knit Persian community in the United States. The film
follows Tanaz, the narrator, a hip New Yorker whose Iranian family
attempts to marry her off now that she’s reached the ancient age of
25. As they arrange dates with suitors, lament her liberal American
upbringing, and agitate about the passing of youth, Tanaz explores
whether she can find love in her own way. ..Read
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Monday February 6th
9:00 PMThe
Garden of Finzi Contini;
Vittorio De Sica / Italy-West Germany / 1970 / 94 minutes / Italian
with English subtitles.
Adapted from Giorgio Bassani's
1962 semi-autobiographical novel, the film chronicles the gradual
disintegration of the Jewish community living in Italy at the
beginning of World War II. As Fascist persecution of the Jews
escalates from the onset of Benito Mussolini's anti-Semitic edicts
in 1938 to the mass arrests and deportations in 1943, the wealthy
Finzi-Contini family open their lush gardens to the persecuted
friends of their daughter, Micol, and their son, Alberto. It is
through the eyes of one of these friends, a middle-class,
Jewish-Italian student named Giorgio, that the story of unrequited
love, unfolds...Read
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FILM
AT THE VILLAGE TEMPLE: “WALK ON WATER”:
WALK ON WATER, an enthralling, award-winning film by internationally
acclaimed director Eytan Fox, explores
the motives, strengths, and, ultimately, the humanity of an Israeli
assassin sent to rectify a wrong committed five decades earlier. The
protagonist, Eyal, is a top assassin in
the Israeli secret service. He has killed terrorists before, but
this time he is sent to eliminate an aging former Nazi war criminal.
During his mission, Eyal meets his
target’s granddaughter and grandson, who inadvertently help him
uncover his own troubled history and fact his own demons....Read
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CELEBRATIONS
Henry Roth Centennial
Celebration. The New York Public Library
42nd Street & Fifth Avenue, New York City, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006
5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. 'Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Henry Roth
(1906-2006)'. The life and work of noted American novelist, Henry
Roth, recognized for his masterpiece Call it Sleep (1934), and Mercy
of a Rude Stream (1993-1997), will be honored during a centennial
celebration sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society...
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DANCE
ISRAELI FOLK DANCING
with Uri Aqua Instruction, requests and open session. Learn the
latest dances and old favorites. DATE: Ongoing Tuesdays through
June. TIME: 7:30-10:00pm . FEE: $8.50 members/$10.50 nonmembers per
class...Read
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Folk dancing, every
Thursday, 1:30 p.m., JASA West Side Senior Center, 120 W. 76th St.,
(212) 712-0170
ISRAELI FOLK DANCE.
Israeli folk dancing, sponsored by Rikuday Dor Rishon, beginner’s
class, 7 p.m., followed by open session with requests, 8 p.m.,
Bridge for Dance, 2726 Broadway, (917) 207-0093. $10, beginners,
includes open session; $7, open session only; $5, students. Every
Sunday.
JCC DANCE SCHOOL AND
WESTCHESTER THEATRE OF DANCE ANNUAL CONCERT: “ADVENTURES WITH
MADELINE”. A dance concert for children of all age.
DATE: Saturday March 25th. TIME: 8:00 pm performance. Sunday March
26th. TIME: 1:00 & 4:00 pm performances. FEE: Sat March 25th
Members: $20*/ Non-Members: $25* (* includes dessert reception
immediately following performance) Sun March 26th ...Read
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ARTS
Framed by Words: The Art of Mark Podwal. In pen and ink, gouache and
watercolor, this prolific artist continually amazes with his
perceptive insights into Biblical texts, legends, Haggadot and
children stories.. YUM Call Box Office for Information. Opening
Sunday, February 12. $8/$6 Students and Seniors. YU
members free admission. Center for Jewish History.
ISRAELI ART SHOW AND SALE:
EXPRESSIONS ‘06 Works by Meisler, Ebgi, Shemu, Sakstier, Abukassis,
Bloch, Agam, Denis and others. Opening reception, Sunday, March
5th, 1-4 pm. DATE: March 4 – March 12....Read
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Artist Max Ferguson discusses his
work in exhibit "From New York to Jerusalem: A Jewish Artist's
Journey Home", Sunday, Jan. 29 1:30 p.m., Yeshiva
University Museum at Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St.,
(917) 606-8200. Free with museum admission.
Artist Judith Leiber discusses
her handbag designs, featured in exhibit "A Perfect Fit: The Garment
Industry and American Jewry 1860-1960," with exhibit viewing
and reception,
Sunday, Jan. 31th, 6 p.m., Yeshiva University Museum at Center for
Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St., (917) 606-8200. $25.
ONLINE EXHIBITIONS
Online Exhibit Connects Jewish
Feminism and American History in Landmark Project from Jewish
Women’s Archive.
At the Jewish Women’s Archive (JWA), losing history
means losing ground. That’s the impetus behind a pioneering
initiative called “Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution” that
examines the phenomenon of Jewish women’s significant contributions
to a movement that has changed our world...Read
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SUMMER PROGRAM
JEWISH YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS WANTED FOR HARD LABOR AND THE SUMMER
OF A LIFETIME
Jewish students and young adults from 16 to 25 are invited to apply
for the Volunteer Summer program of American Jewish World Service, a
seven-week overseas experience that puts young peoples' hands and
hearts to work in the developing world. The program promises intense
physical labor in a rural site with few amenities, a real-life
exercise in tikkun olam ("repairing the world"), the ideal at the
core of AJWS' mission of grassroots sustainable development...Read
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YOUNG JUDAEA TO OFFER NEW THREE-WEEK SUMMER
PROGRAM IN ISRAEL. Also
reinstitutes popular program that begins in Italy and ends in
Israel. In response
to the demanding pace of modern life, Young Judaea, the Zionist
youth movement of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of
America, will offer a shorter, more intensive summer program
beginning in 2006...Read
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CARING ABOUT PEOPLE
BREAKFAST RUN – TO FEED THE HOMELESS
(GR 9-12). EARN
COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS!!! Make breakfast at the JCC and travel into
NYC to feed and clothe the homeless. All participants are encouraged
to bring donations of warm winter clothing to be distributed on the
run. January 29 at 6:30am – 11:00am , February 26...Read
more
BIBLE/ARCHAEOLOGY STUDY
"Archaeology and the Biblical
Text" with Peter Feinman, founder and president of
Institute of History, Archeology, and Education, 4 sessions,
Thursday, Feb. 2 7-8:30 p.m., JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave.,
(646) 505-5708. $60, members; $75, non-members.
GOURMET KOSHER COOKING
Presidents
Day Weekend Retreat. Fri 2/17 thru Mon 2/20. Acclaimed
international speakers, Gourmet Kosher Cuisine, Late Night Viennese
Tables, Discovery Shabbat Experience. Exclusively for young Jewish
professionals, Scholarships available. Sheriton Hotel, Parsippany,
New Jersey, Rachelle, 1-800-742-2228, $399, 20s-30s, Jewish,
Singles,
Discovery Production
"Antipasto
Party" part of "Gourmet Kosher Cooking" series, with
Levana Kirschenbaum, followed by full-course dinner, Monday, Jan.
30th, 7-9 p.m., Lincoln Square Synagogue, 200 Amsterdam Ave., RSVP
to (212) 874-6100.
HEALTH, WELLNESS
The Society for the Protection of Jewish Health. Wed 3/1
thru Sun 3/12. Fighting for a Healthy New Generation OZE -
Obshchestwo Zdravookhraneniya Yevreyev, "The Society for the
Protection of Jewish Health," was established during the Czarist
period in 1912 with headquarters in St. Petersburg. OZE's aim was
the prevention, early detection, and cure of diseases among Jewish
people, combating epidemics and creating living conditions enabling
the normal physical and mental development of Jewish youth. Having
been outlawed in Russia after the revolution, OZE moved to Berlin in
1923. In 1933, after the Nazi takeover in Germany, OZE transferred
its headquarters to Paris. Later, the old acronym with a slight
change was fitted with the new name - Oeuvre De Secour Aux Enfants (OSE),
"Society for the Aid of Children." . Center for Jewish History, 15
West 16th Street, New York, 10011, Eric Katzman, 917-606-8200,
Jewish, Families,
Center For Jewish History
"Mending
With Color, Sound and Vision" with Carmela Tal-Baron,
part of Wellness Program, Monday, Feb. 3rd, 10:30 a.m., Dorot, 171
W. 85th St., (212) 769-2850.
Body fitness, 11 a.m.;
Short story discussion, 11 a.m.; "Come
Let's Kibbits", every Monday, 1 p.m.; "Conversations
on the Classics" 1:30 p.m., Council Senior Center, 241 W.
72nd St., (212) 799-7205.
Mind aerobics, 10
a.m.; every Wednesday 10:45 a.m.; Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; low weight
resistance and aerobics, 1:15 p.m., Council Senior Center, 241 W.
72nd St., (212) 799-7205.
Dancercize, 1:15 p.m.,
Council Senior Center, 241 W. 72nd St., (212) 799-7205.
Exercise, every
Friday, 10:30 a.m., JASA West Side Senior Center, 120 W. 76th St.,
(212) 712-0170.
PREMIERES
GRAMMY NOMINATED
TRUMPETER/COMPOSER DAVE DOUGLAS PRESENTS THE NEW YORK CITY
MULTI-MEDIA PREMIERE OF KEYSTONE.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 AT ZANKEL HALL. This concert is part of
IN YOUR EAR TOO, a weekend festival curated by John Adams. Keystone
is Dave Douglas’ Twenty-Third Recording of Original Music and a
CD/DVD Homage to Silent Film Legend Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle. On
Saturday, February 18, 2006 at 8:30 PM, trumpeter/composer Dave
Douglas will present the New York City multi-media premiere of the
Grammy-nominated project, Keystone, original music set to films of
early 20th century silent film legend, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, one
of America’s earliest and most-ingenious movie stars. The
compositions on the Keystone CD/DVD were originally commissioned by
The Paramount Center for the Performing Arts in Peekskill, NY (with
a National Endowment for the Arts Commissioning Grant). Dave
Douglas will be appearing at Zankel Hall with Marcus Strickland
(tenor saxophone), Adam Benjamin (Fender Rhodes), Brad Jones (bass),
Gene Lake (drums), DJ Olive (turntables); collectively known as
Keystone. The New York City premiere of Keystone is part of In Your
Ear Too (a weekend festival curated by John Adams), and the
international multi-media tour in support and celebration of the
CD/DVD release on Greenleaf Music; the follow up recording to the
much praised Mountain Passages, and Douglas’ encomium to the
unjustly maligned Arbuckle. Keystone is comprised of a CD featuring
eleven new compelling and modernistic Douglas compositions, and a
DVD containing two of Arbuckle’s most revered films, Fatty and Mable
Adrift and Just Another Murder (circa 1916, Keystone/Triangle
Studios), accompanied by Douglas’ “score” (these films and others
can be viewed in streaming video at www.Greenleafmusic.com). Dave
Douglas, a recent recipient of a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship, and a
Grammy Award nominee, is joined on Keystone by a band of five of the
most groundbreaking and gifted musicians in the world today: Jamie
Saft on Wurlitzer, Gene Lake on drums, Marcus Strickland on
saxophones, Brad Jones on bass and DJ Olive on turntables.
Keystone, co-produced by Douglas and David Torn, is the fourth
release, and the first Grammy nominated recording, from Greenleaf
Music, Douglas’ new label formed in partnership with music industry
veteran Mike Friedman. Tickets for the New York City premier of
Keystone at Zankel Hall on February 18 are $27-$32, and can be
purchased online at www.carnegiehall.org. Showtime is 8:30 PM.
WORLD PREMIERE OF NEW
TRANSLATION OF HANOCH LEVIN’S AWARD-WINNING PLAY, RETZACH. A Theatrical
Exploration of the Dark Heart of Vengeance Presented by Crooked
Timber Productions in Association with VOICETheatre.
Written by Israel's most
celebrated playwright, Hanoch Levin, and winner of 5 Israeli Theater
Awards including Best Play of 1998, Retzach comes to 59E59
Theaters with a new translation by Liat Glick, Shauna Kanter and
Tzahi Moshkovitz. Directed by Shauna Kanter, Artistic Director of
VOICETheatre, whose acclaimed production of Pushing Through
was featured on NPR's Weekend Edition. The production was one of
the first theatre pieces ever to be developed and performed by
Palestinian and Israeli artists together. She also received rave
reviews in New York, London and Germany for her recent production of
Legacy, a music/theatre piece sponsored by the European
Commission. Retzach portrays the dark forces that drive the
escalation of human conflict. Staged in three acts, the play begins
with a father's grisly discovery of the death of his child at the
hands of three young soldiers amidst the chaos of war. This, in
turn, ignites successive acts of vengeance leading to a senseless
cycle of brutality. The play received rapturous critical acclaim in
Israel for its political courage and cultural poignancy. In this
production VOICETheatre's uniquely styled physical and vocal
ensemble brings a distinctly modern vision to this powerful and
universal story. THEATER 59
East 59th Street, NYC, (btwn Madison Ave & Park). PERFORMANCE
SCHEDULE:
February 9 thru March
12, 2006, Wednesday- Friday 8:15pm, Saturdays 2:15pm & 8:15pm,
Sundays 3:15pm & 7:15pm. TICKET INFO: ALL SEATS $35.00.
Student/Senior Rush $15.00. Group Rates available. Call:
212-501-2847. CALL: 212-279-4200. VISIT: Box Office @ 59E59
THEATERS. Mon 12-6, Tues-Sun 12-8pm.
ARTS AND CRAFTS
Sewing, Needlecraft and Fabric Workshop. Sun 3/5, 3 pm.
Second Workshop at 4pm. Try your hand in our “factory” workshop
where you are invited to learn basic needlecraft and produce your
very own utility apron to take one home. Using denim and orange
thread will give your project the look of the original “blue jeans”.
Try out the treddle on an antique Singer Sewing machine. More
dexterous participants may even get to add real copper rivets. .
Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, 10011,
212-294-8330 x8816, Kids, Jewish,
Yeshiva University Museum
Express
Yourself: Vacation Week Arts & Crafts. Mon 2/20 thru Fri
2/24, 1-4 pm. While you are off from school, come to The Jewish
Museum and explore your artistic imagination. more Free with Museum
Admission. 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, 10128, Alex Wittenberg,
212-423-3271, Jewish, Families,
Jewish Museum
Kodesh
Kingdom. Sat 3/4, 11 am - 12:30 pm. Advance Purchase
Required — CALL FOR Pricing Kodesh (Holy) Kingdom is a 90-minute
program of storytelling, songs, crafts and Shabbat foods designed to
introduce children ages 3-6 and their parents to the chapter (or
parsha) of the Torah (Bible) read in synagogue that week. . 1395
Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 3-6, Jewish,
Families,
92nd Street Y
EXHIBIT:
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bukharan Odyssey. Wed
3/1 thru Mon 9/4. This exhibition of Zion Ozeri photographs captures
one of the world's most exotic and colorful Jewish communities, the
Bukharan Jews of Uzbekistan. Settling in the cities and villages of
Central Asia centuries ago, this community flourished and created
its own special traditions, customs, and rituals. Zion Ozeri
traveled to Uzbekistan from 1993-2000 to photograph this rich and
vibrant intersection of Jewish, Persian, and Soviet influences on
Bukharan Jews just as they began emigrating en masse to Israel and
the United States following the break up of the Soviet Union. . 36
Battery Park City, New York, 10280, Ella Leitner, 646-437-4200,
Jewish,
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Gregory Crewdson. Tue 3/7, 8:15 pm. Robert
Storr, moderator Gregory Crewdson’s large-scale, elaborately staged
and psychologically charged photographs address the intersection
between order and chaos, real and surreal, beauty and repulsion,
challenging the notion of the photograph as a faithful witness. His
work is in the collections of MoMA, the Whitney, the Metropolitan
Museum of Art and other major institutions. Tickets are $25; $15 for
College Art Association members with ID. . 1395 Lexington Avenue,
New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 25, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street
NAOMI SOLOMON PRESENTS: SETTLERS.
See photos
A photographic portrayal of daily settlement life and the
disengagement from Gaza. Thursday,
February 16, 7:30pm. Congregation Mogen David • 9717 West
Pico Blvd • in the school building. With a musical introduction by
Yehuda Solomon and Duvid Swirsky of MOSHAV BAND. Driven to
understand the human experience within the political tornado, Los
Angeles photographer Naomi Solomon embarked on a personal
exploration of Israeli settlement culture and society in March of
2002. She lived inside West Bank and Gaza Strip settlements for as
long as three months at a time, executing twelve photographic
expeditions to the region. Her project culminated in August of 2005
with the evacuation and destruction of Gaza’s Gush Katif
settlements. Join Naomi as she discusses her journey as an
independent photographer living among Israel’s front-line settlers
and gives a first-hand account of the evacuation and demolition of
Gush Katif. Naomi received a BFA in photography from Tisch School of
the Arts at New York University. Her photographs have been published
in Mamm Magazine, Newsweek, The Baltimore Jewish Times, The Wall
Street Journal, The Jewish Journal, The Jewish Week, and The
Philadelphia Exponent. She has lectured in Philadelphia, New Jersey,
New York, and Los Angeles. For more information please email:
naomisolomon@comcast.net
Sarah Bernhardt and the Belle Époque. Thu
3/9, 6:30 pm. The era of the Belle Époque, at the crossroads of the
19th and 20th centuries, was noted for the flourishing of theater,
fashion, and the decorative arts throughout Europe. In conjunction
with the exhibition, Sarah Bernhardt: The Art of High Drama, this
panel will consider the role of the decorative and performing arts
in the life and career of Sarah Bernhardt. The panelists will focus
on key works of art featured in the exhibition to explore the
interrelationship between Bernhardt’s life and the Belle Époque era.
more Buy Tickets Online $11 general public; $9 students/over 65; $5
memb. 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, 10128, Alex Wittenberg,
212-423-3271, Jewish, Families,
Jewish Museum
DOCUMENTARIES
Evening of Documentaries and Student Marathon Series.
Mon 2/27. JCC Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Avenue 76th st.
New York, New York, 10023 The Israel Film Festival will present
ground-breaking documentaries and innovative student short films.
This event is co-sponsored by the JCC Manhattan. Times to be
announced. . 6404 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1240, Los Angeles,
California, 90048, 323-966-4166, College+, Jewish,
Israel Film Festival
Holocaust Documentary
"V'nikdashti": A Remarkable Affirmation of Faith.
The Orthodox Jewish
world has long grappled with an appropriate way to deal with the
nightmare and commemorate its victims. How do you teach the coming
generations about the reality of the Holocaust--without demoralizing
them and shaking their faith?...
Read more
Screening of "Blood and Tears"
documentary on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, followed by discussion
with director Isidore Rosmarin, Wednesday, Feb. 1 7 p.m.,
Brotherhood Synagogue, 28 Gramercy Park South, (212) 674-5750. $10,
in advance; $15, at the door.
ENTERTAINMENT
With Mabel Mercer the Words Came First.
Sat 2/25 thru Mon 2/27, 8 pm. With Mabel Mercer the Words Came First
Saturday Evening Donald Smith, Artistic Director, Host James
Followell, Music Director, piano Jeff Harnar, Valerie Lemon, Craig
Rubano, KT Sullivan, Lumiri Tubo, vocals Jered Egan, bass Dan Gross,
percussion For decades, the inimitable English-born cabaret singer
Mabel Mercer enthralled audiences in Europe and the United States
with her beguiling voice and her insight into the marriage of words
and music—always employing a lyrics-first approach. Donald Smith,
executive director of the Mabel Mercer Foundation and cabaret's
long-time champion, brings us the lyrics and songs that made Mercer
a legend. Ticket prices: $55 Orchestra $45 Rear Orchestra. 1395
Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, College+, Jewish,
Families,
92nd Street
Paul Galbraith, guitar. Sat 3/4, 8 pm.
“Exceptional artistry” —The New Yorker Paul Galbraith performs on a
guitar of his own design and his groundbreaking technical
innovations just may represent the future of the instrument. His
repertoire includes spellbinding arrangements of piano works by
Debussy and Ravel. Works by Debussy, Ravel, Bach and others . 1395
Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, College+, Jewish,
Families,
92nd Street Y
Sarah Bernhardt's Musical
Friendships. Thu 3/2, 8 pm. The William Petschek Family
Music Program François Le Roux, baritone Sarah Rothenberg, piano In
Sarah Bernhardt’s Musical Friendships, pianist Sarah Rothenberg
invites François Le Roux, France’s leading interpreter of art song,
for an evening of music and reminiscences. Buy Tickets Online $16
general public, $14 students/over 65/members. 1109 Fifth Avenue, New
York, 10128, Alex Wittenberg, 212-423-3271, Jewish, Families,
Jewish Museum
Margot Leverett teaches and
performs at "Klezmerquerque". Fri 2/17 thru Sun 2/19. 55
Perry Street, #1M, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jonathan Slaff &
Associates, (212) 924-0496, Jewish,
Klezmer Mountain Boys
PURIM
MASCARADE BALL:
MARCH 14, 2006 @ Jay Senior Center , 2600 Ocean Avenue, (718)
891-1110 . Come in costume. Live entertainment, Traditional Purim
luncheon and Mishloach monot to all. Suggested donation $1.00.
Call for details! The Jay Senior Center is a multicultural senior
center service agency serving community district 15 for the past 35
years.
EHUD BANAI:
Singer, song-writer and story-teller extraordinaire . APTLY
described as the Israeli answer to BOB DYLAN, EHUD
BANAI is one of Israel's most popular singer/songwriters. Full of
energy and passion, his powerful music and original lyrics have made
an undeniable mark on the Israeli music scene. Now New Yorkers have
a rare chance to see EHUD BANAI live in concert. Hailing from an
Israeli showbiz family EHUD BANAI made a clean sweep at the 2004
Israeli music awards, winning awards for best singer, best lyricist
and best album for Aneh Li (Answer Me), his latest release. He also
received accolades from the Israeli musicians' union and the Israel
Music Channel, who named him the top overall musician for 2004.
EHUD BANAI will perform at the Peter Norton Symphony Space at 8pm on
Saturday February 11, as part of Israel Non-Stop, a
six-day arts festival, bringing the best of Israeli talent to New
York. Presented by the Jewish Community Centre in Manhattan, this
fiesta of Israeli culture includes an Israel cheese & wine
tasting expo, a performance by Israel's esteemed
Cameri Theater, the creative and interactive children's
modern dance show Tippa - Poppa, plus Israeli fashion,
photography, short-films and much more. EHUD BANAI is available for
interviews. For media enquiries contact David
Prince at the Consulate General of Israel in New
York on 212-499-5429ordavidp@newyork.mfa.gov.il.
For tickets
and general information on Israel Non-Stop, call: 646.505.5708 or
click on www.jccmanhattan.org
KOSHER BREAKFAST
GLATT KOSHER BREAKFAST:
MONDAYS-FRIDAYS 8:30AM TO 9:30AM, JAY SENIOR CENTER, 2600 OCEAN
AVENUE, (718) 891-1110.
Kosher breakfast:
Mondays-Fridays , 8-9 a.m., JASA West Side Senior Center, 120 W.
76th St., (212) 712-0170. 50 cents.
OPERATION
FREE GIVE AWAY DAY:
First 200 people to have a meal at theJay
Senior Center, 2600 Ocean Avenue, (718) 891-1110 , will be a bag of
FREE groceries to take home. Join us for Breakfast and Lunch,
Computer ESL Classes @ 10am , Line Dancing @ 11:am . The Jay Senior
Center is a multicultural senior center service agency serving
community district 15 for the past 35 years.
NEW JEWISH
MAGAZINE
Shebrew Magazine. We
just discovered a delightful new Jewish magazine for women. It is
vibrant, energetic, informative and enormously entertaining. It is a
sort of a daring discovery journey behind new Jewish horizons of all
sorts. Here is what and how, the folks at SHEBREW MAGAZINE describe
their magazine: "You will love it. is a modern Jewish girl’s review
of life and self. It is about everything that we are and everything
that we want to be. We are athletes, fashonistas, brats, nice Jewish
girls, nasty Jewish girls, radicals, conservatives, activists,
lawyers, doctors, ladies of leisure, gay, straight, bisexual and
transgendered. We date Jews and non-Jews, people our mothers like
and people they hate. We’re orthodox, reform, conservative,
reconstructionist, renewal, humanistic and “just” Jewish. We
celebrate every holiday and we only make it to synagogue once a
year. We’ve been to Israel every summer since we were 13. We’ll
never go to Israel. Our Jewish identity is important to us, but we
don’t always know what that means. " Pay them a visit.
LECTURES, CONFERENCES
Straight Talk: Evangelicals and the Jews.
Tue 3/7, 8 pm. Rabbi David Saperstein, Rabbi Yechiel Z. Eckstein,
Randall Balmer Joseph Berger, moderator . 1395 Lexington Avenue, New
York, 10128, 212-415-5500, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
Max Liebermann: From Realism to
Impressionism. Fri 3/10 thru Sun 7/30. 1109 Fifth Avenue,
New York, 10128, Alex Wittenberg, 212-423-3271, Jewish, Families,
Jewish Museum
Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture in Law and Ethics.
Tue 2/21, 7:30-9 pm. Lewis Kaden, Vice Chair and
Chief Administrative Officer of Citigroup, will discuss "Corporate
Governance and Business Ethics: Values Come First." RSVPs requested.
Application to the Continuing Legal Education Board for
accreditation of this program in Ne. The Jewish Theological
Seminary, 3080 Broadway, New York City, New York, 10027, Beth
Lutzker, 212-280-6093, Free with photo ID, College+, Jewish,
Jewish Theological Seminary
CONFERENCE: YIVO & The Metro New
York Division of the American Association of Professors of Yiddish.
The annual academic conference on Modern Jewish Studies will observe
Sholem Aleichem's 90th yortsayt: Jewish Theater in the America's
Sholem Aleichem, His predecessors and His followers. (In Spanish,
English and Yiddish). YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO).
Sunday, March 19 11am to 4pm. Free Admission. Seating is limited.
Reservations Required. Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th
Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues), New York, NY 10011, Box Office:
917 606 8200.
FAMILY. HISTORY RESEARCH:
Finding our Roots: Introduction to Jewish Genealogy. The basics of
family history research: interviewing relatives, mining family
archives, exploring selected Internet sites and examining source
documents. Special topics: surname origins, name changes and
spelling variations. Center Genealogy Institute (CGI). Wednesday,
March 29, 10.30am to 1pm and 6.30pm to 9pm. $25 for each session
LECTURE; Hort Memorial Lecture:
"Writing about Erets Yisroel: The Struggle Between
Yiddish and Hebrew as Reflected in the Children's Periodical
Grininke Beymelekh", Dr. Kerstin Hoge, Lecturer, Germanic
Linguistics, Oxford University, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO),
Tuesday, March 21 at 7pm. Free Admission. Reservations required.
Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street (between 5th & 6th
Avenues), New York, NY 10011, Box Office: 917 606 8200. Center for
Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues), New
York, NY 10011, Box Office: 917 606 8200
PANEL DISCUSSION: Social
Responsibility and the Garment Industry. A panel
discussion with garment industry insiders on the challenges of
globalization, increased awareness of human rights issues, and the
ethical choices and creative solutions behind the production of what
we wear. Yeshiva University Museum (YUM). Tuesday, March 7 at 630
pm. $10/8 YUM members and students. Includes exhibition viewing.
Seating is limited.
Image of Holocaust and Germany in
Hollywood movies. Author and Professor Larry Suid
will talk on Hollywood’s mission to resurrect Germany’s image in the
movies well bevore the end of WWII.. RSVP: Norma Kirschen 212 744
6400. LBI. Wednesday, February 22 at 7pm. $10/$5
for LBI Members. Center for Jewish History.
The struggle for Soviet Jewry in
American Politics.
Dr. Fred Lazin – Ben Gurion University. YUM and AJHS.
Thursday, February 23 at 6pm. $10/$8 for YUM and AJHS members and
students. Center for Jewish History.
Once in a Millennium
Scholar" Rabbi Adin
Steinsaltz To Discuss Jewish Identity at New York City's 92nd Street
Y, (1395 Lexington Avenue),
Kaufmann Concert Hall. Wednesday, January 25th, at 8:00 p.m.
Rabbi Steinsaltz will explore
“Rethinking Jewish Identity: A Discussion with Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz”
and some of the most
challenging questions facing the Jewish people today:
Are Jews a
nation, a religion, an ethnic group, or a race? Do Jews have unique
character traits? What does it mean to be the “chosen” people?
What will
become of the Jewish people? Following
his talk, he will sign copies of his recent book,We Jews: Who Are We and What Should
We Do?. There
is a $25 fee per person for the lecture. Rabbi Steinsaltz is a
renowned author, educator, social critic and spiritual leader who
has been hailed by Time as a “once-in-a-millennium scholar.”
In the U.S., he is best known for his monumental translation and
commentary on the Talmud. Rabbi Steinsaltz is the founder of an
international network of educational institutions and Jewish
outreach programs, reaching
thousands of people each
year. He is the recipient of the Israel Prize – his nation’s
highest honor – and holds honorary doctorates from five major
universities. His writings, which include more than 60 books and
hundreds of essays, have been translated into nearly a dozen
languages.
THE POPE, THE CHIEF RABBI, AND JEWISH ORPHANS AFTER THE HOLOCAUST”
TOPIC OF FEB. 2 NYU LECTURE.
Michael Marrus, a professor of
Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto, will deliver “The
Pope, the Chief Rabbi, and Jewish Orphans after the Holocaust” on
Thurs., Feb. 2, 5:30 p.m., at New York University’s Rosenthal
Pavilion...Read
more
Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?A Provocative
Lecture and Discussion of Gender and Physiology at Village Temple,
NY. It’s not only
their genitalia that make men and women different anatomically.
Their hearts and brains also have distinctive characteristics. But
physicians are not usually aware of these differences....Read
more
A Look at the Current Political
State of Affairs in Israel.
With Jay Shapiro, Commentator on Israel National Radio. Presented by
Orthodox Union Singles Connection in conjunction with Fifth Ave
Synagogue. Thursday, February 2, 2006, Fifth Ave Synagogue, 5 East
62nd Street, New York, NY 10021. Since early 1998 Jay has been the
host of a weekly radio program on Arutz 7, Israel National Radio, in
which he discusses current events in Israel and world Jewry. Jay
lives in Karnei Shomron, a community in Western Samaria He is
currently on a North American speaking tour for Arutz Sheva. Fee:
$10. Phone reservations: (212) 613-8300 - Email reservations:
Syng@ou.org
7:00 Registration and Light Refreshments. 7:30 Program. For singles
of all ages.
JEWISH SINGLES EVENTS
Veggie Jews' Young Adult Division
Singles dinner (20-39) . Tue 2/21, 7 pm. If you will
attend, please reply to veggiejews no later than Monday, February
20, at 3 p.m. Eastern Time. Walk-ins without reservations will only
be accommodated on a space-available basis, so reservations are
strongly recommended. . Caravan of Dreams vegetarian restuarant, 405
East 6th Street, New York, veggiejews, 20s-30s, Jewish, Singles,
Veggie Jews
Saturday Night Singlespeaks. Sat 2/25,
7:30 pm. Brenda Stiefel Sherman Meet other singles facing the same
issues you face and discover ways to cope together. Each evening
begins with a wine reception at 7:30pm, followed by group
discussions, and concludes with music and more refreshments. . 1395
Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 25, College+,
Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
Hineni Singles Supperette,
Sunday, February 19th , 7:30 PM for
singles 40 and over.
Hineni Matchmaker
will make introductions.
Lots of fun, food and good
company at The Hineni Heritage Center, 232 West End Avenue (bet.
70th and 71st St.)
R.S.V.P. by February
17th, 2005. Admission: $25 prepaid; $35 at the door, space
permitting.. For more information, call 212-496-1660.
Mingle, 18-35, with refreshments,
9-11 p.m., 1659 E. 13th St., $5, (718) 951-2302.
DISCUSSIONS
The Lure of Orthodoxy. Tue 2/28, 8 pm.
Allan Leicht, Pearl Abraham and Alana Newhouse More Jews are turning
to Orthodoxy, including many who were not raised in religious homes.
These Jews long for caring, connection and a community with a
greater appreciation of Jewish values. Yet becoming Orthodox also
means sacrificing a great deal of modern Jewish secular life. Author
Pearl Abraham, TV producer Allan Leicht and Alana Newhouse discuss
this growing phenomenon. Pearl Abraham is the author of, most
recently, The Seventh Beggar. She has taught writing and literature
at Sarah Lawrence College and The University of Houston. Alana
Newhouse is Arts & Culture editor of Forward. Allan Leicht has
written and produced such television programs as the TV movie Adam
and the series Kate and Allie. He has wo. 1395 Lexington Avenue, New
York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 20, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
In
the News with Jeff Greenfield. Sun 3/5,
7:30 pm. CNN senior analyst Jeff Greenfield and guests discuss key
political issues in today’s world. Greenfield’s brilliant analysis
of current events and his quick wit make him one of the most trusted
names in television journalism. Guest to be announced. . 1395
Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 25, College+,
Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
Straight Talk: Evangelicals and the Jews.
Tue 3/7, 8 pm. Rabbi David Saperstein, Rabbi Yechiel Z. Eckstein,
Randall Balmer Joseph Berger, moderator . 1395 Lexington Avenue, New
York, 10128, 212-415-5500, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture in Law and Ethics.
Tue 2/21, 7:30-9 pm. Lewis Kaden, Vice Chair and
Chief Administrative Officer of Citigroup, will discuss "Corporate
Governance and Business Ethics: Values Come First." RSVPs requested.
Application to the Continuing Legal Education Board for
accreditation of this program in Ne. The Jewish Theological
Seminary, 3080 Broadway, New York City, New York, 10027, Beth
Lutzker, 212-280-6093, Free with photo ID, College+, Jewish,
Jewish Theological Seminary
Discussion: 'The Struggle for
Soviet Jewry in American Politics: Israel vs. the American Jewish
Establishment'. American Jewish Historical Society &
Yeshiva University Museum, Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th
Street), New York City, Thursday, Feb. 23, 6 p.m. J.J. Goldberg,
editor of The Forward, speaks with Professor Fred Lazin, political
scientist at Ben Gurion University, and author of The Struggle for
Soviet Jewry in American Politics: Israel versus the American
Establishment, about the changing ethnic identity and politics in
the Jewish world that shaped the negotiation of where to settle the
Soviet Jews in the 1970's and 80's. Sponsored by the American Jewish
Historical Society and Yeshiva University Museum. Center for Jewish
History (15 West 16th Street, New York City). Tkts: $10 regular; $8
members/students. Box Office: 917.606.8200 -
boxoffice@cjh.org or
purchase tkts. at
www.ticketweb.com. American Jewish Historical Society - 15 West
16th Street - New York, N.Y. 10011. Tel. 212.294.6160
www.ajhs.org. Contact: Linda
Harris. Tel. 212 294 6162.
lharris@ajhs.cjh.com
JEWS & JUSTICE SERIES:
Religion in America: A Conversation. Curated and
moderated by Ruti Teitel, the Ernst C. Stiefel, Professor of
Comparative Law, New York Law School.. Panelists: Noah Feldman,
Professor of Law New York University School of Law and author of
Divided by God: Russell Pearce, Professor of Law and Co-Director,
Louis Stein Center for Law & Ethics, Fordham University School of
Law: Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law, New York Law School and
President of the American Civil Liberties Union. The Jews & Justice
series is made possible through the generous support of The David
Berg Foundation. American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS). Tuesday,
March 28 at7pm. $10/$5 for students. Center for Jewish History, 15
West 16th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues), New York, NY 10011,
Box Office: 917 606 8200.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Self
Conceptions: Women, Creativity and Jewish Identity. A
provocative roundtable discussion moderated by Joanna Lipper in
conversation with Erica Jong, Daphne Merkin, Molly Jong-Fast and
Bronya Shaffer. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO).
Wednesday, March 8 at 7pm. $11/$7 Students with ID. Center for
Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues), New
York, NY 10011, Box Office: 917 606 8200.
PANEL DISCUSSION: Social
Responsibility and the Garment Industry. A panel
discussion with garment industry insiders on the challenges of
globalization, increased awareness of human rights issues, and the
ethical choices and creative solutions behind the production of what
we wear. Yeshiva University Museum (YUM). Tuesday, March 7 at 630
pm. $10/8 YUM members and students. Includes exhibition viewing.
Seating is limited.
Screening of "Sophie Scholl".
Depicting the only female member of the White Rose movement to
fight Hitler. The screening shall be followed by a discussion of the
history of Germany. Monday, January 30th at 7:30 p.m., at the JCC
in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave., (646) 505-5708. $8, members; $10,
non-members.
Jewish Author Explores Her Iranian Roots: A Discussion of Historic Issues with Roya Hakakian, Author of
JOURNEY FROM THE LAND OF NO: A GIRLHOOD CAUGHT IN REVOLUTIONARY IRAN.
As America's presence
in the Middle East continues, attention has started to shift toward
Iran. Iranian society is one that has remained a mystery to most
Americans. Roya Hakakian provides a rare window into this world in
her memoir Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in
Revolutionary Iran (Three Rivers Press, 2004). Hakakian, an Iranian
Jewish woman, invites her readers to share her experience growing up
during the Iranian revolution and her immigration to the United
States in 1985...Read
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TRIBUTES. HONORS
Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg.
Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg at
the Raoul Wallenberg School in New York Wallenberg's. The event will
take place on January 24th at 9:30 am at the Raoul Wallenberg
School, located at 3117 Avenue W in Brooklyn. A portrait of
Wallenberg, painted by renowned Mossad Agent Peter Malkin, the man
who captured Eichmann, will be donated to the school. Malkin, who
died in 2005...
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Beit T’Shuvah Annual “The Steps to Recovery” Gala. Blair Belcher,
Warren Breslow and The Skirball Foundation Honorees.
Blair Belcher will receive the
“Harriet Award,” Warren Breslow will be honored with the “Moses
Award,” and The Skirball Foundation has been chosen as the recipient
of the “T’Shuvah Award” at
Beit T’Shuvah’sThe Steps to Recovery annual gala on
Sunday, January 29th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel as
announced by Beit T’Shuvah
Chief Executive Officer, Harriett Rossetto...Read
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TELETHON
THE 13TH NCFJE ANNUAL CHANUKAH TELETHON:
Blending joyful song and dance with heartfelt emotional appeals, the
13TH NCFJE annual Chanukah Telethon generated important support for
the group's educational and social service programs. This broadcast
one of most successful fundraising events to date for NCFJE of Long
Island...Read
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BOUTIQUE/SALE
JCC HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE.
Gifts for children and adults, including jewelry, toys,
pocketbooks, stationery and more, will be available. DATE: Tuesday,
March 28, 2006. TIME: 9:00am-2:00pm...
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WORKSHOPS
SEDER PLATE WORKSHOP.
Adorn your Passover table with your family’s one-of-a-kind
Seder plate. DATE: Sunday, March 5, 2006. TIME: 1:30-3:00pm...Read
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Motivating Our Children by Emphasizing Their Success:Lessons Learned From the Shabbos Table byRabbi Dr. Yehuda Krohn
This presentation will provide
parents with a number of unique motivational tools. Parentswill learnessential differences
between playing the more passive role of spectator and themore active role ofwitness to
their children’s successes. Parents will also learn how toidentify and effectively respond to
the positive intentions that are hidden within theirchildren’s misbehavior. The presentation will beanchored with numerous practical
examples including two activities found at the Shabbos table- theone (often) a source ofpain; the
other (potentially) a source of joy. Workshops will be presented at
8:30 p.m.and repeated at 9:40 p.m. For
information on a program in your community, please contact Frank
Buchweitz, Director of Community Services and Special Projects
Orthodox Union • 11 Broadway, New York NY, 10004 • 212-613-8188 FAX
212.613.0667.
Positive Jewish Parenting.
Building Family Resiliencewith Our Children.
Featuring the Nineteenth Annual Rabbi
Isaac Mayefsky Memorial Lecture.
For more than four decades, Rabbi Mayefsky used his great talent tobenefit ourcommunity and its
children. We urge you to attend this stimulating andrewarding programhonoring the
memory of one of our most respected educators!
Evening
of Useful Ideas, Suggestions
and Discussions from
Leading Experts in the
Field and in
our Community,
Motzoei ShabbosSaturday Evening - February 4,
2006, 7:00pm –11:00pm. Keynote begins promptly at 7:30pm. Location:
Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago,
2828 WEST PRATT BOULEVARD, CHICAGO, IL
60645
One Day
Conference& Seminar for Gabbaim.
Sunday, February 5,
2006 / 7 Shevat 5766 • 10:00am–3:30pm. OU Headquarters • 11
Broadway, New York, NY. Who Gets an Aliyah? Who Gets the Amud?
Understanding the Halachot of Chiyuvim. By Rabbi Hershel Schachter
(Rosh Yeshiva, RIETS; Halachic Consultant, Orthodox Union).
Workshops topics: Handling Decorum in Shul, Gary Buchwald
(Congregation Darchei Noam, Oceanside, NY). Technological Resources
for the Gabbai, Moshe Rayman (Congregation Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck,
NJ). Dealing with Disputes and Hurt Feelings, Rabbi Yonah Reiss
(Administrator, Beth Din of America). Recognizing a Pasul Sefer
Torah, Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Pincus (Sofer, Tiferes Stam). How to Get
People More Involved, Alan Sohn (Congregation Keter Torah, Teaneck,
NJ). When to Correct the Ba’al Kri’ah, Rabbi Jeremy Weider (Rosh
Yeshivah, RIETS).
FUN
RUSSIAN
PROGRAM: “INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMAN”
.A celebration @Jay Senior Center, 2600 Ocean Avenue, (718)
891-1110. Russian music starting @ 10am , authentic Russian lunch
Menu, free T-Shirt give away and free make-up makeovers. For all
women. Call the Director for details.
FOLKLORE FESTIVAL. All
in a Day's Work. A folklore festival combines storytelling,
dressmaking demonstrations and music, bringing to life the
multi-ethnic world of the garment industry. Yeshiva University
Museum (YUM). Sunday, March 26 1 to 4pm. $12/$10 YUM Members,
students and children under 18. Includes Museum admission. Advance
purchase recommended.
SUMMER LUAU IN WINTER
(GR. 6 – 8). It’s hula time - enjoy a fun filled evening with
swimming, great food & great company. Bring your bathing suits & big
appetites. Sunday, January 15 at 7:30pm - 9:30pm, Members $10, Non
Members $15. SKI TRIP—CATAMOUNT (GR. 6- 8). Ski, snowboard, & hang
out at Catamount. No experience necessary & experts welcome.
Limited spots available. Monday, January 16 at 8:00am – 7pm.
Members $110 (Lift, lesson& rental) $90 (Lift & lesson). Non
Members $ 130 (Lift, lessons& rental) $110 (lift &lesson). ..Read
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MALL MADNESS – SCAVENGER HUNT
(GR.6-8). Enjoy a trip to the mall like no other. Teams of 5 will
race to beat the clock in taking photos & collecting various objects
through out the The Westchester Mall. Participants will meet at be
picked up from the food court. Monday, February 20 at 1pm – 5pm.
Members $ 20. Non Members $25. NYC LIMO SCAVENGER HUNT (GR.9-12).
Your group is divided into teams. Armed with a Polaroid or digital
camera and a custom-designed scavenger list, each team using a local
map, set out to capture themselves on film with as many items from
their list as the three-hour time limit allows. Saturday, January
14 at 6pm – Midnight $125. ..Read
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TEENS, CHILDREN EVENTS
Kodesh
Kingdom. Sat 3/4, 11 am - 12:30 pm. Advance Purchase
Required — CALL FOR Pricing Kodesh (Holy) Kingdom is a 90-minute
program of storytelling, songs, crafts and Shabbat foods designed to
introduce children ages 3-6 and their parents to the chapter (or
parsha) of the Torah (Bible) read in synagogue that week. . 1395
Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 3-6, Jewish,
Families,
92nd Street Y
TEEN EVENT:
EXTREME DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT Sign up as an individual or
register a team for our Extreme Dodgeball rock-n-roll tournament.
April 1, 2006, 8:00pm- FEE: $5/player. At the JCC of
Mid-Westchester. CONTACT: Jan Borger, Director, 472-3300 ext. 322;
mail to: borgerj@jcca.org
TEEN EVENT: J-SERVE
A national day of service for Jewish youth. We will be screening the
movie Protocols of Zion and following it up with a discussion led by
director Mark Levin. In partnership with JCC on the Hudson, BBYO,
and NCSY. Grades 9-12. Sunday, April 23, 2006, 10:00am. FEE: FREE.
At the JCC of Mid-Westchester. CONTACT: Jan Borger, Director,
472-3300 ext. 322; mail to:
borgerj@jcca.org
BATTLE OF
THE BANDS. This annual event
is known as the “BEST TEEN BATTLE” in the county. The JCC will be
rocking – make sure you get there early before the event sells
out!!! Saturday, February 4 at 7pm- Midnight $12.JCC MACCABI
GAMES - (AGES 13-16)...
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OPEN HOUSE.
Learn about this annual week –
long, international, multi-sport, athletic, and cultural event that
has united Jewish teens since 1982. This year the JCC of
Mid-Westchester delegation will be traveling to Vancouver, British
Columbia in August for the 2006. Summer Games Wednesday, January
18 at 6:30pm...Read
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JCC
MACCABI ARTSFEST (AGES 13 -
16). OPEN HOUSE Designed to inspire Jewish teens through a dynamic
combination of workshop, performance, exhibition, competition,
community service, social activities and fun to develop their
individuality through the medium of artistic expression while
strengthening their bonds to their Jewish heritage, community, and
Israel. FREE . Wednesday, January 18 at 7:30pm. Contact: Cynthia
Blustein, Director, Marketing and Communications, JCC of
Mid-Westchester/Bendheim Performing Arts Center, 999 Wilmot Road,
Scarsdale NY...Read
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JNF Connects Students
with the Land of Israel on Tu B'Shevat.New nationwide raffle offers a free
ticket to Israel. On February 13, 2006, the holiday of
Tu B’Shevat will come alive for students across the country who
participate in Jewish National Fund’s annual “Tu B’Shevat in the
Schools” educational program. Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year for
Trees, falls on the fifteenth day of the Hebrew month of Shevat and
marks the time when trees begin to drink in the rainfall of the new
year...Read
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CULTURE
Kodesh
Kingdom. Sat 3/4, 11 am - 12:30 pm. Advance Purchase
Required — CALL FOR Pricing Kodesh (Holy) Kingdom is a 90-minute
program of storytelling, songs, crafts and Shabbat foods designed to
introduce children ages 3-6 and their parents to the chapter (or
parsha) of the Torah (Bible) read in synagogue that week. . 1395
Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 3-6, Jewish,
Families,
92nd Street Y
Mix and Match: Love, Religion, and Cultural
Diversity on TV
November 01, 2005 - February 28, 2006. The
Jewish Museum. 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York. Phone:
212.423.3200
This
30-minute compilation of video clips from the Museum’s broadcast
archive examines portrayals of interfaith and intercultural love on
television. Topics include the tension surrounding courtship and
dating, depictions of marriage rituals, conversion, anti-Semitism
and racism...
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FAMILY. HISTORY RESEARCH: Finding our Roots: Introduction
to Jewish Genealogy. The basics of family history research:
interviewing relatives, mining family archives, exploring selected
Internet sites and examining source documents. Special topics:
surname origins, name changes and spelling variations. Center
Genealogy Institute (CGI). Wednesday, March 29, 10.30am to 1pm and
6.30pm to 9pm. $25 for each session.
CLASSES: MUSIC
Music theory, 9:30
a.m.; chorus, 10:30 a.m.; bridge instruction, every Monday, 1 p.m.,
JASA West Side Senior Center, 120 W. 76th St., (212) 712-0170.
SEX EDUCATION
SEX EDUCATION: Kids, Teens and Sex: Tackling the Tough Questions.
Thu 3/9, 8 pm. Robie H. Harris Who is responsible for
conveying crucial, age-appropriate and accurate information about
healthy sexuality to children? We all are. With children’s book
author Robie H. Harris’ guidance, learn what to address when, how to
get a conversation started and how books can help. Harris and
illustrator Michael Emberley are the creators of the award-winning
books on sexual health It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies,
Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health, for children ages 10 and up; and
It’s So Amazing, A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies and
Families, for children seven and up. They are working on a book for
even younger children to be published in 2006. . 1395 Lexington
Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
COOKING SHOWS
Soups & Stocks. Wed 2/22, 7 pm. Cooking with Mike
Colameco at the Viking Showroom: Soups & Stocks Join cooking show
host and chef Mike Colameco at the new Viking showroom on Third
Avenue for monthly cooking classes. Exclusively for the 92nd Street
Y, he will present classes that cover the basics and help home cooks
become more proficient. Colameco, a restaurant owner and a former
executive chef at the Ritz-Carlton in New York, demystifies the
world of home cooking, just as he does in his weekly series on WNET-TV/Channel
13. All classes meet at the Viking showroom at 969 Third Avenue at
58th Street. . 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500,
35, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
FOOD. MENUS
‘’ CHOICE
MENU PLAN ‘’
has arrived at the Jay Senior Center, 2600 Ocean Avenue,(718)
891-1110 . It is your body and your CHOICE. Choose what you want
to eat Everyday at the Jay. Choose the European style lunch or the
tasty Vegetable Burger or a healthy salad packed with protein and
vitamins. Now you have a choice! Call Darlene for details.
Suggested donation is $ 1.00. The Jay Senior Center is a
multicultural senior center service agency serving community
district 15 for the past 35 years.
OPERATION
FREE GIVE AWAY DAY:
First 200 people to have a meal at theJay
Senior Center, 2600 Ocean Avenue, (718) 891-1110 , will be a bag of
FREE groceries to take home. Join us for Breakfast and Lunch,
Computer ESL Classes @ 10am , Line Dancing @ 11:am . The Jay Senior
Center is a multicultural senior center service agency serving
community district 15 for the past 35 years.
Presidents
Day Weekend Retreat. Fri 2/17 thru Mon 2/20. Acclaimed
international speakers, Gourmet Kosher Cuisine, Late Night Viennese
Tables, Discovery Shabbat Experience. Exclusively for young Jewish
professionals, Scholarships available. Sheriton Hotel, Parsippany,
New Jersey, Rachelle, 1-800-742-2228, $399, 20s-30s, Jewish,
Singles,
Discovery Production
INTERFAITH
Workshop
for Interfaith Couples. Tue 3/7, 7:45-9:45 pm. Begins
Tue, Mar 7, 7:45-9:45 pm, 6 sessions, Interfaith couples confront
distinct and complex issues. Join other couples to discuss the
impact of religious, ethnic and emotional differences on a couple's
life, including interaction with families and the community, raising
children and celebrating holidays. Beverly Schneider, CSW,
facilitates this workshop and is experienced in the dynamics of
interfaith couples. 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128,
212-415-5500, $300, College+, Jewish, Couples,
92nd Street Y
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Discussion
of Torah as it relates to historical and contemporary issues,
with Rabbi Noach Valley, every Thursday, 6 p.m., call for
location, (212) 957-6918.
“Life Experiences in Torah
Context” with Judith Friedlander, every Wednesday,
7:30 p.m., The Lisker Shul, 163 E. 69th St., (212) 472-3968.
"A Taste of
Torah, A Taste of Kabbalah” every Tuesday, 8 p.m.,
The Carlebach Shul, 305 W. 79th St., (212) 580-2391. $8,
members; $10, non-members.
Ramban al
HaTorah class, with Rabbi Eliezer Rubin, every
Saturday, 8 a.m., Kehilath Jeshurun, 125 E. 85th St., (212)
774-5600.
Torah study,
every Saturday with Rabbis Matthew Gewirtz and Lisa Grushcow, 9
a.m., Rodeph Sholom, 7 W. 83rd St., (212) 362-8800.
Torah
discussion, with Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky, 9 a.m.,
Ansche Chesed, 251 W. 100th St., (212) 865-0600.
TALMUD & JEWISH STUDIES
Sexdous: Politics
of Procreation. Thu 2/23, 7-9 pm. Join
Amichai Lau Lavie for a series of 5 monthly study sessions on
the lesser known myths and essential motifs of each of the Five
Books of Moses. The sessions include commentary from classic and
modern sources, live interaction and no required pre reading.
The Actors Temple, 339 West 47th Street, New York, 10003, Geir
Jaegersen, 212-245-8188 (Tickets: 1-888-Storah-1), $12 ($50 for
series), College-40s, Jewish,
Storahtelling
Talmud
class, with Rabbi J. David Bleich, every Saturday, 8
a.m., Yorkville Synagogue, 352 E. 78th St., (212) 249-0766.
Talmud
class, with Rabbi Zvi Friedlander, between mincha and
maariv, every Saturday, The Lisker Shul, 163 E. 69th St., (212)
472-3968.
Parsha
Foundations class with Rabbi Elie Weinstock, every
Saturday, one hour before afternoon services, Kehilath Jeshurun,
125 E. 85th St., (212) 774-5677.
Learner's
service with George Rohr, followed by kiddush,
co-sponsored by National Jewish Outreach Program, every
Saturday, 9:30 a.m., Kehilath Jeshurun, 125 E. 85th St., (212)
774-5678.
Teen minyan,
with Rabbi Eliezer Rubin, followed by hot kiddush, every
Saturday, 9:30 a.m., Kehilath Jeshurun, 114 E. 85th St., (212)
774-5600.
AEROBICS
Aerobics.
Every Wednesday 10:45 a.m.; low weight resistance and aerobics,
1:15 p.m., Council Senior Center, 241 W. 72nd St., (212)
799-7205.
TAI CHI
Tai Chi,
11 a.m.; Council Senior Center, 241 W. 72nd St., (212)
799-7205.
YOGA
Yoga,
every Thursday, 11 a.m.; L.I.N.C. group, Council Senior Center,
241 W. 72nd St., (212) 799-7205.
ISRAELI CURRENT EVENTS
ISRAELI
ELECTION: Join the largest Israeli Election Event in
New York City on Thursday, March 2nd at the 92nd Street Y.
Until then make your voice heard with Dor Chadash
on-line Election Poll, published weekly in The Jewish Week
and Yediot Achronot. All who vote will be entered in a
raffle to win a free trip to Israel on El Al. The random winner
will be chosen at the Election Event . The results so far:
Kadima 59%, Likud 17%, Labor 9%, Meretz 8%, Haichud-Haleumi 5%,
Shas 1% and Shinui 1%. About half the respondents have been
Israeli and half American. Dor Chadash is one of the finest
Jewish institutions in the nation. Since its establishment in
October 2003, Dor Chadash ("New Generation") has united
thousands of young professionals through social, cultural and
educational events, building bridges between young Israeli and
American Jews who want to connect to Israel. Dor Chadash is a
new movement aimed at bridging Israeli and American Jews who
share a mutual passion for Israel. They accomplish this through
educational, cultural and social interaction targeted at young
professionals. Scott Richman, executive director of Dor Chadash
rushed us with this addendum: "We
have put together a panel of representatives of the major
political parties in Israel. Representing the Meretz party will
be Yael Dayan, currently the Deputy Mayor Tel Aviv in charge of
Social Services. Following the panel discussion moderated by
Jewish Week Editor Gary Rosenblatt will be commentary by Micah
Halpern, syndicated columnist and frequent guest on radio and
television, and Ilan Safit, Editor in Chief of Yediot Achronot
USA.
Israeli current events,
every Thursday,
11 a.m.; social bridge, 1:30 p.m., Council Senior Center, 241
W. 72nd St., (212) 799-7205.
SHABBAT
"Sephardic Shabbat,"
20+, sponsored by Aleph Learning Center, American Sephardi
Federation-Sephardic House, Congregation Tifereth Israel, Edmond
J. Safra Synagogue, Gateways, ISEF Foundation, Manhattan
Sephardic Congregation, Sephardic Educational Center-Sha'ar,
Sephardic Minyan of the Upper West Side and Sephardic Society of
Manhattan, with 4:45 p.m. services, followed by dinner with
Sephardic cuisine, 6 p.m., Shearith Israel-The Spanish and
Portuguese Synagogue, 8 W. 70th St., $36, RSVP to (646)
827-9181. Meetings on Friday, Jan. 27th.
Presidents Day Weekend
Retreat. Fri 2/17 thru Mon 2/20. Acclaimed
international speakers, Gourmet Kosher Cuisine, Late Night
Viennese Tables, Discovery Shabbat Experience. Exclusively for
young Jewish professionals, Scholarships available. Sheriton
Hotel, Parsippany, New Jersey, Rachelle, 1-800-742-2228, $399,
20s-30s, Jewish, Singles,
Discovery Production
"Kodesh Kingdom"
families with children ages 3-6 share storytelling, songs and
crafts, Saturday, Feb. 4th, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 92nd Street Y,
1395 Lexington Ave., RSVP to (212) 415-5500.
Shabbat dinner with Rabbi
Naftali Citron and Moshe and Ziporah Rothkopf,
Friday, Feb. 3rd, The Carlebach Shul, 305 W. 79th St., (212)
580-2391. $35, members; $25, newcomers.
Len Wasserman discusses "Did
All the B'nai Yisrael Go Out of Egypt?" Saturday,
Feb. 4th at Beit Midrash, following morning services and kiddush
lunch, Congregation Habonim, 44 W. 66th St., (212) 787-5347.
PASSOVER EVENTS
Passover for
Everybody. Wed 3/1, 9:15-10 am. Begins
Wed, Mar 1, 9:15-10:30 am, 3 sessions, $60 Morning Workshop For
Parents Leana Moritt More people participate in the Passover
seder than any other Jewish ritual. In this workshop designed
specifically for parents, look beyond the spring cleaning,
koshering, cooking, planning and the Maxwell House haggadah to
examine the spiritual aspects of the holiday. This workshop aims
to provide parents with a new level of understanding and insight
into the traditional and contemporary meanings of Passover and
holiday preparations so that they can provide a meaningful and
fun experience for their families. Leana Moritt is director of
Jewish Outreach in the 92nd Street Y's Bronfman Center for
Jewish Life. . 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128,
212-415-5500, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
BEYOND RED CONCORD: THE VILLAGE TEMPLE AND
ASTOR WINES SPONSOR PASSOVER WINE TASTING.
Passover wine, fortunately, does not end with traditional red
concord. Today, owing to improved technique and increased
demand, there are lots of good to exceptional kosher wines
available. The Village Temple is offering a free Passover Wine
Tasting on March 23rd from 7 to 9 pm at 33 East 12 Street,
featuring a consultant from Astor Wines & Spirits. Participants
will be guided through a tasting of wines guaranteed to make the
Seder more successful. There is a suggested contribution is
$5.00, payable at the door. Reservations are necessary and can
be made by contacting Maria DeKord,
mdekord@villagetemple.org (718) 674-2340.The Village
Temple, led by Rabbi Chava Koster and Cantor Kathy Barr, has
served the Reform Jewish community in Greenwich Village and
Lower Manhattan for almost 60 years. It blends the beauty of
tradition with the creative expression of modern Judaism,
providing community and worship experiences that are both
participatory and joyful. The Congregation is inclusive,
progressive and diverse, reflecting the community it serves. The
Village Temple is committed to social justice, supporting many
community outreach activities. It has operated a Soup Kitchen
for almost 20 years that continues to serve hot meals to over
150 people each week. The Temple sponsors a vibrant religious
school for students in grades Pre-K through high school,
exciting adult education programs, and many enjoyable social
events.
PASSOVER
HOLIDAY WORKSHOP. Make matzoh from scratch!! A
cooperative program with Chabad of Westchester, Sunday, April
9, 2006. 1:30-2:30pm. FEE: $12M/$15NM per matzoh maker at the
JCC of Mid-Westchester. CONTACT: Sheila Sturmer, Director,
(914) 472-3300 ext.
351sturmers@jcca.org
JUMP INTO
JUDAISM: PASSOVER. Create Jewish memories with your
child/grandchild with holiday stories, rituals, crafts, music,
food Sunday, April 2, 2006, 10:00-11:00am. FEE: $20M/$24NM per
family at the JCC of Mid-Westchester. CONTACT: Sheila Sturmer,
Director, (914) 472-3300 ext. 351, mail to:
sturmers@jcca.org
JEWISH ETHICS AND JUDAISM
"Jewish Ethics"
with Rabbi Yacov Jaffe, every Tuesday, 8 p.m., Lincoln Square
Synagogue, 200 Amsterdam Ave., (212) 874-6100.
"The 10 Commandments for
the Modern Orthodox Jew" with Rabbi Shaul Robinson,
every Wednesday, 8 p.m., Lincoln Square Synagogue, 200 Amsterdam
Ave., (212) 874-6100.
Sexdous: Politics
of Procreation. Thu 2/23, 7-9 pm. Join Amichai Lau
Lavie for a series of 5 monthly study sessions on the lesser
known myths and essential motifs of each of the Five Books of
Moses. The sessions include commentary from classic and modern
sources, live interaction and no required pre reading. The
Actors Temple, 339 West 47th Street, New York, 10003, Geir
Jaegersen, 212-245-8188 (Tickets: 1-888-Storah-1), $12 ($50 for
series), College-40s, Jewish,
Storahtelling
SPIRITUAL STUDY
“Fascinating Spiritual
Journey Through the Weekly Parsha” Every Wednesday,
8:15 p.m., The Carlebach Shul, 305 W. 79th St., (212) 580-2391.
$10, suggested donation.
WRITER'S WORKSHOP
Writer's
workshop, every
Thursday, 1 p.m.; social bridge, 1:30 p.m., Council
Senior Center, 241 W. 72nd St., (212) 799-7205.
ENGLISH
“English in Action”,
every Friday, 10 a.m.; L.I.N.C. group, , Council Senior Center,
241 W. 72nd St., (212) 799-7205.
JEWISH YOUTH
JEWISH
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS WANTED FOR HARD LABOR AND THE SUMMER OF A
LIFETIME. Jewish students and young adults from 16
to 25 are invited to apply for the Volunteer Summer program of
American Jewish World Service, a seven-week overseas experience
that puts young peoples' hands and hearts to work in the
developing world. The program promises intense physical labor in
a rural site with few amenities, a real-life exercise in tikkun
olam ("repairing the world"), the ideal at the core of AJWS'
mission of grassroots sustainable development. Volunteers work
with AJWS partner organizations to help achieve their goals and
improve their communities. They live, work, travel and learn
with each other in an intensive group experience designed to
challenge their ideas about the developing world as well as each
other. Four projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America are being
offered this year. Three projects are for young adults 18-25,
and one is for high school juniors and seniors. Projects are
hosted by AJWS-supported community-based organizations. This
year's projects are building a new school for a village in
Ghana; constructing new homes in an area hit by Hurricane Stan
last fall in Guatemala; working on a sustainable agriculture
project in Thailand; and the high school group will dig a
potable water system in Honduras. The physical work is also
enriched by the spiritual work of the program. Group leaders
hold daily educational sessions that draw from the Torah, the
Talmud and other Jewish texts, and put them into a social
justice context. Jews from the secular to the Orthodox are
welcomed and accommodated. Participants do not work on the
Sabbath, and participants' "Shabbat committees" are put in
charge of designing each week's service to reflect the different
traditions among the group, and even the host country. After
returning home, volunteers participate in a domestic yearlong
program, which connects them as a virtual community online, and
brings them together for occasional retreats to discuss their
experiences, receive advocacy training, and plan how they can
apply the lessons they learned abroad to their lives at home.
Many Volunteer Summer alumni have gone on to spearhead
independent activism in their communities, for which AJWS
sometimes provides microgrants. "This is a unique student
volunteer program," says Leni Silverstein, director of AJWS'
service programs. "Not only does it give young Jews an extensive
experience overseas, it also inspires them to serve their own
communities when they come back." The application deadline is
March 31. For more information, contact Sonia Gordon-Walinsky at
1-800-889-7146 x 651, or
sgw@ajws.org. American Jewish World Service (AJWS) helps
people in Africa, Asia, and the Americas move beyond poverty,
illiteracy, disaster, and war. An international development
organization engaged in strategic grant making, volunteer
service, and educational and advocacy programs, AJWS supports
over 200 development projects in 36 countries and provides
emergency assistance when disasters strike. American Jewish
World Service, 45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor. New York, NY
10018. Contact: Ronni Strongin, 212-273-1657 or
rstrongin@ajws.org
THEATER
Leo
Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata.
Mon 3/6, 8-9:30 pm. With Larry Pine, directed by Margaret Pine
"I remember how they looked at each other, and cast a glance at
the audience. They said a few words to each other, and the music
began. They played Beethoven's "Kreutzer Sonata". Do you know
the first presto? Do you know it? Ah.…" Adapted for the stage by
Larry and Margaret Pine, this presentation of Tolstoy’s novella
features live musical accompaniment. . 1395 Lexington Avenue,
New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 17, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
WORLD PREMIERE OF
NEW TRANSLATION OF HANOCH LEVIN’S AWARD-WINNING PLAY, RETZACH.
A Theatrical
Exploration of the Dark Heart of Vengeance Presented by Crooked
Timber Productions in Association with VOICETheatre. Written by Israel's
most celebrated playwright, Hanoch Levin, and winner of 5
Israeli Theater Awards including Best Play of 1998, Retzach
comes to 59E59 Theaters with a new translation by Liat Glick,
Shauna Kanter and Tzahi Moshkovitz. Directed by Shauna Kanter,
Artistic Director of VOICETheatre, whose acclaimed production of
Pushing Through was featured on NPR's Weekend
Edition. The production was one of the first theatre pieces
ever to be developed and performed by Palestinian and Israeli
artists together. She also received rave reviews in New York,
London and Germany for her recent production of Legacy, a
music/theatre piece sponsored by the European Commission.
Retzach portrays the dark forces that drive the escalation
of human conflict. Staged in three acts, the play begins with a
father's grisly discovery of the death of his child at the hands
of three young soldiers amidst the chaos of war. This, in turn,
ignites successive acts of vengeance leading to a senseless
cycle of brutality. The play received rapturous critical acclaim
in Israel for its political courage and cultural poignancy. In
this production VOICETheatre's uniquely styled physical and
vocal ensemble brings a distinctly modern vision to this
powerful and universal story.
THEATER 59
East 59th Street, NYC, (btwn Madison Ave & Park). PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
February 9 thru
March 12, 2006, Wednesday- Friday 8:15pm, Saturdays 2:15pm &
8:15pm, Sundays 3:15pm & 7:15pm. ALL SEATS $35.00.
Student/Senior Rush $15.00. Group Rates available. Call:
212-501-2847. CALL: 212-279-4200. VISIT: Box Office @ 59E59
THEATERS. Mon 12-6, Tues-Sun 12-8pm.
Terrence
McNally and Paula Vogel. Mon 2/20, 8 pm. Terrence
McNally, called "one of our most original and audacious
dramatists, and one of our funniest" by The New Yorker, is the
author of plays including Bad Habits, The Ritz, A Perfect Ganesh,
Love. Valour. Compassion. and The Stendhal Syndrome. "Nothing
more spiritually nourishing could take place on the contemporary
stage," Michael Feingold said of the work of Pulitzer
Prize-winning playwright. "Nothing more spiritually nourishing
could take place on the contemporary stage," Michael Feingold
said of Paula Vogel's plays, which include The Baltimore Waltz,
The Mineola Twins and the Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned
to Drive. . 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128,
212-415-5500, 17, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
The Judenstadt –
A Stage of Mind by Warren Rosenzweig.
Sun 3/12, 2-4 pm. Stage Reading in cooperation with the Austrian
Cultural Forum, New York and the Jewish Theatre of Austria
[Details to follow] . 15 West 16 Street, New York, 10011, Mrs.
Norma Kirschen, 212-744-6400, College+, Jewish,
Leo Baeck Institute
HEART DISEASE
Outliving
Heart Disease: Tue 2/21, 6:30 pm. Outliving Heart
Disease: 10 New Rules for Prevention and Treatment Richard A.
Stein, MD Based on the latest medical science, discover how you
can "beat" most forms of heart disease and stroke. Explore how
to use well-known and new generation drugs, make simple diet and
exercise changes and learn to become an assertive, informed
partner to your physician. Discover how to best coordinate
treatment, test results and procedures for optimum heart health
and combat potential death-causing ailments. . 1395 Lexington
Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 10, College+, Jewish,
Families,
92nd Street Y
JEWISH DATING
DATING: 8
Minute Dating. Tue 2/21, 7 pm. A very popular &
unique opportunity to date several people in one evening.
Midrash BEN ISH HAI presents DATEin8 (tm) - Eight Minute Dating
event for Jewish Singles, 20s, 30's & early 40s. You will be
paired with others in YOUR age group for one to one ses. Circa,
NY, New York, 516-487-6676, see listing, 20s-40s, Jewish,
Singles,
Midrash Ben Ish Hai
With Mabel Mercer
the Words Came First. Sat 2/25 thru
Mon 2/27, 8 pm. With Mabel Mercer the Words Came First Saturday
Evening Donald Smith, Artistic Director, Host James Followell,
Music Director, piano Jeff Harnar, Valerie Lemon, Craig Rubano,
KT Sullivan, Lumiri Tubo, vocals Jered Egan, bass Dan Gross,
percussion For decades, the inimitable English-born cabaret
singer Mabel Mercer enthralled audiences in Europe and the
United States with her beguiling voice and her insight into the
marriage of words and music—always employing a lyrics-first
approach. Donald Smith, executive director of the Mabel Mercer
Foundation and cabaret's long-time champion, brings us the
lyrics and songs that made Mercer a legend. Ticket prices: $55
Orchestra $45 Rear Orchestra. 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York,
10128, 212-415-5500, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street
GALA
Opening Night Gala.
Thu 2/23, 7:30 pm. The Director's
Guild of America Theatre 110 West 57th Street New York, New York
10019 Join celebrities, directors, stars and dignitaries at the
Festival's most glamorous event honoring David Brown--Producer,
Author, Magazine Editor and Humanitarian--with the Visionary
Award and Haim Bouzaglo--Director and Screenwriter--with the
Cinematic Achievement Award. Other awards to be announced. .
6404 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1240, Los Angeles, California, 90048,
323-966-4166, College+, Jewish,
Israel Film Festival
Centerpiece
Gala (Invitation Only). Tue 2/28. The Director's
Guild of America Theatre 110 West 57th Street New York, New York
10019 The Israel Film Festival proudly honors Aaron Ziegelman
with the Humanitarian Award. The event will be co-sponsored by
American Assocaites, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and will
screen Eitan Londner's riveting historical drama, Now or Never,
regarding the birth of the State of Israel through the eyes of
Ben Gurion and others who made it happen. This event is by
invitation only. 6404 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1240, Los Angeles,
California, 90048, 323-966-4166, College+, Jewish,
Israel Film Festival
CREATIVE WRITING
Writing as a Form
of Prayer. Thu 3/2, 8 pm - 9:30 am.
Begins Thu, Mar 2, 8-9:30 pm, 6 sessions, Explore creative
writing as a tool for revealing and formulating a deeply
personal connection to your spirituality. Through exercises
inspired by classic texts and Hasidic writings, find and learn
to trust your inner voice with the author of Soul Language:
Writing as a Form of Prayer. This course is for both new and
continuing students; No prior writing experience is necessary.
Writer, editor, teacher and poet Louise Temple serves on the
faculty of the International Women's Writing Guild. She is a
former editor of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach's magazine Connections,
and has produced her own CD. . 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York,
10128, 212-415-5500, $110, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
STORYTELLING
Taking the
Stories Beyond. Sun 3/5, 10 am - 2 pm.
This master class for intermediate and advanced
storytellers—those who tell stories in classrooms and libraries,
from the pulpit, around the table, or on a business or
performance stage—offers an opportunity to delve deeper into the
story itself. Learn how to create a more satisfying dialogue
with your listeners, find more meaning in the text and in the
telling and improve your storytelling techniques. Peninnah
Schram is a storyteller, author, recording artist and an
associate professor of speech and drama at Stern College of
Yeshiva University. Her most recent book is Stories Within
Stories: From the Jewish Oral Tradition. . 1395 Lexington
Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, $55, College+, Jewish,
Families,
92nd Street Y
STORYTELLING:
Kodesh Kingdom. Sat 3/11, 11 am -
12:30 pm. Sat, Mar 11, 11:00 am-12:30 pm / Advance Purchase
Required — CALL FOR Pricing Kodesh (Holy) Kingdom is a 90-minute
program of storytelling, songs, crafts and Shabbat foods
designed to introduce children ages 3-6 and their parents to the
chapter (or parsha) of the Torah (Bible) read in synagogue that
week. 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 3-6,
Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
STOCK. INVESTMENT
International Stock Investing. Mon 3/6, 8:15 pm.
William L. Wilby: Should You Increase Your Long-Term Exposure to
International Stocks? Our long-running investment series
continues, focusing on a range of investment styles and asset
classes in the United States and abroad. Is it possible to
design an investment portfolio that will provide strong
long-term growth with moderate volatility by diversifying
opportunities and risks? William L. Wilby, PhD, CFA, is the
senior vice president, senior investment officer and director of
equities at Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. . 1395 Lexington Avenue, New
York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 25, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
JAZZ
Starry
Nights;
Live Jazz at the American
Museum of Natural History’s Rose Center for Earth and
Space. WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Broadcasts Live Performances Every
Other Month Starry Nights,
the enormously popular series of live jazz performances
presented the first Friday of every month, continues in the
American Museum of Natural History’s Rose Center for Earth and
Space.The series features renowned jazz musicians
performing in one of the most spectacular settings in New York.
Visitors to Starry Nights can enjoy mouthwatering
tapas along with wine and other beverages during performances.
Every other month, beginning in February, the 7:30
performance will be broadcast live on WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM.
Hour-long sets start at 6:00 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 3--Eric
Lewis Groove Eric Lewis, a passionate, creative, and
enormously soulful jazz pianist, has played, recorded, and
toured with legendary artists including Elvin Jones, Wynton
Marsalis, Cassandra Wilson, and Roy Hargrove. “Earthy yet
virtuosic, capable of impressionism as well as deep
swing.”Citypaper.net April 7, 2006--HoJo5Broadcast
live on WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM, 7:30–8:30 p.m. Born in Alabama and
raised in Ohio, Howard Lewis Johnson taught himself baritone
saxophone in 1954, learning tuba a year later. Johnson moved to
New York City in 1963, where he has organized many groups
including HoJo5, a jazz quintet with Erica Lindsay on tenor sax.
May 5, 2006--David Weiss Born in Syracuse, New
York, David Weiss studied classical guitar at Western Washington
University. Weiss now fronts a five-piece band playing Santana
and Jack Johnson covers along with his originals. “Weiss has
developed a reputation as a first-class trumpeter, composer, and
arranger through performances with artists from Freddie Hubbard
to Jimmy Heath, collaborations with Abbie Lincoln and Phil
Woods, and leadership in the critically acclaimed New Jazz
Composers Octet.”AllAboutJazz.com June 2,
2006--Houston Person QuartetBroadcast live on WBGO Jazz
88.3 FM, 7:30–8:30 p.m. Houston Person began playing in his late
teens and gained further experience playing in bands during his
military service. The internationally acclaimed tenor
saxophonist has recorded over 75 albums and has played with many
legendary artists including Etta Jones, Johnny Hammond, and
Johnny Smith. “Houston Person plays beautifully, in a warm,
honest, uncomplicated style.”Bill Buchanan. Starry
Nights is made possible, in part, by Constellation
NewEnergy and Fidelity Investments. The Museum’s suggested
admission of $14.00 for adults, $10.50 for students and seniors,
and $8.00 for children covers entry to the Museum and to
Starry Nights. Other programs at the Rose Center
include the Space Shows Passport to the Universe
andThe Search for Life: Are We Alone? Admission
to the Museum and a Space Show is $22.00 for adults, $16.50 for
students and seniors, and $13.00 for children. Admission is
$15.00 to SonicVision,the
groundbreaking digitally animated alternative music show
that takes audiences on a mind-warping roller-coaster ride
through fantastical dreamspace. Advance tickets for the Space
Shows and SonicVision can be purchased by calling
212-769-5200 or visiting
www.amnh.org. A service charge may apply. The Museum is open
daily, 10:00 a.m.–5:45 p.m. The Rose Center remains open until
8:45 p.m. for Starry Nights on the first Friday of
each month. The Museum is closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
For general information, call 212-769-5100. CONTACT: Aubrey
Gaby, Department of Communications, American Museum of Natural
History , Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024 ,
Tel: 212.496.3409
Concert:
Mid-Century Jazz Pianists. Sat 3/11, 8
pm. Mid-Century Jazz Pianists: A Tribute to Teddy Wilson, Erroll
Garner and Bill Evans Dick Hyman, piano Barry Harris, piano Ted
Rosenthal, piano Jon Weber, piano Nicki Parrott, bass Kenny
Washington, drums Dick Hyman and guests present music by the
preeminent piano stylists of the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s. . 1395
Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 45, College+,
Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Mozart Inspired.
Sun 3/12, 1:30 pm. Charles Rosen,
lecture & piano “He may well be the most versatile of living
musicians.” —Los Angeles Times For the young Mozart, the name
Bach meant Johann Christian or Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. His
discovery of the music of their father, Johann Sebastian,
profoundly shook his sense of what music could be. But the most
important influence on him was Joseph Haydn, whose quartets
opened Mozart’s eyes to new stylistic possibilities. BACH:
Six-Voice Ricercare from The Musical Offering BACH: Double Fugue
No. 10 from Art of the Fugue Mozart: Allemande and Courante from
Suite in C Major, K. 399 Mozart: Gigue in G Major, K. 574 HAYDN:
Piano Sonata No. 43 in C Major HAYDN: Divertimento in F minor,
“Un piccolo” Mozart: Piano Sonata in A minor, K. 310 . 1395
Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 35, College+,
Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
Charles
Rosen on Mozart. Sun 3/5, 11
am. Acclaimed pianist and music critic Charles Rosen is the
author of The Romantic Generation, The Classical Style: Haydn,
Mozart, Beethoven and other books. Tickets are $35; $29.75 for
Poetry Center members. Members please call Y-Charge at
212.415.5500 to order. . 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128,
212-415-5500, 35, College+, Jewish, Families,
92nd Street Y
