http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner en-us Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:29:28 -0700 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:40:50 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m12d11-Judaism-101-What-Hanukkah-is-and-what-it-isnt?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner Our Peterbald cat Sasson watching our oil hanukkiah last year. Hanukkah (also transliterated as Chanukah), a joyous but minor holiday begins this evening at sundown and continues for eight days. Also known as the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah is ... Israel Jewish Greek Judaism events NYC arts music film cinema Brooklyn holiday history movies Hanukkah Chanukah Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:40:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m12d11-Judaism-101-What-Hanukkah-is-and-what-it-isnt?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m12d8-NY-Jewish-events-sex-Tamiflu-and-Sephardic-music?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner It's a pity so many of us are coughing, sneezing, and otherwise feeling miserable, because this week's NYC Jewish events include engaging talks, fun events, terrific sounds, and a film festival worth braving the cold or even catching one. Let's ... lecture Jewish museum Kinky Jews events NYC adults arts Manhattan music performance film cinema Brooklyn Diwon hedonism fun culture movies Sephardi Smadar Levi Sarah Aroeste Dr. Ruth Westheimer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:14:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m12d8-NY-Jewish-events-sex-Tamiflu-and-Sephardic-music?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m12d3-This-Weekend-International-Symposium-to-Focus-on-the-Sephardic-Experience-Spain-and-Its-Jews?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner Most of the events I cover in this column reflect the culture of American Jewry's majority Ashkenazi Jews. This weekend American Sephardi Federation/Sephardic House(ASF/SH) will host a symposium that will highlight the culture and history of S... Jewish events NYC adults arts Manhattan music performance history culture Sephardi Sephardi Jews Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:19:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m12d3-This-Weekend-International-Symposium-to-Focus-on-the-Sephardic-Experience-Spain-and-Its-Jews?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d30-Events-this-week-include-several-movies?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner movie camera public domain Events of Jewish interest include limited screenings of several movies, but we'll start with tomorrow's job fair in Staten Island. Staten Island Job Fair & Networking Event The Staten Island JCC in partnership wit... sexual abuse workshop Jewish events NYC adults arts Manhattan drama film cinema Brooklyn Holocaust plays theater job fair culture Nancy Schwartzman movies Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:24:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d30-Events-this-week-include-several-movies?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d24-Jewish-Communities-101-The-Abayudaya-Ugandas-Jews?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner Moses Synagogue in Nabugoye Hill. The Abayudaya live in five villages; each has its own synagogue. kulano.org Last night J.J. Keki of Uganda's Abayudaya Jewish community shared his community's history, music, and current situation at Park Slope Jew... lecture Jewish conversion funding Brooklyn health education religion Jewish communities economy crafts Africa Uganda Abayudaya Semei Kakungulu Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:02:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d24-Jewish-Communities-101-The-Abayudaya-Ugandas-Jews?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Events-singles-author-talk-meet-artist-Ugandan-Jews--musical-Macabi-Film-Festival?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner  J.J. Keki of Uganda's Abayadayu Jewish community.   Two Jewish singles events will take place tomorrow and motzei Shabbat (Saturday night): Tomorrow night, November 19th, will be Jewish singles night at New York City Opera: Flirt For Your ... event social events synagogue Jewish museum NY metro area Park Slope reading author children Judaism events NYC adults arts Manhattan drama film cinema singles dating Brooklyn fine art visual art books plays theater Jewish communities synagogues Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:12:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Events-singles-author-talk-meet-artist-Ugandan-Jews--musical-Macabi-Film-Festival?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Brooklyn-rabbinic-student-becomes-first-Israeli-world-boxing-champion?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner He spends his mornings studying Tanach, Talmud, and commentaries, his afternoons training in the weight room, jogging or sparring in the boxing ring. Saturday night in Las Vegas after observing Shabbat in his hotel room Brooklyn resident Yuri Fore... Jewish Israeli rabbi Brooklyn boxer boxing Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:00:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Brooklyn-rabbinic-student-becomes-first-Israeli-world-boxing-champion?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Tonight-Rabbis-for-Human-Rights-and-playwrights-read-from-their-plays?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner     Rabbi Arik Ascherman, executive director of Israel's Rabbis for Human Rights, will talk and answer questions about Gaza, the Goldstone Report on human rights violations by both sides during Israel's Gaza incursion, an... event Israel Jewish reading author NYC adults arts drama Brooklyn rabbis plays theater religion Rabbis for Human Rights playwrights human rights Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:31:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Tonight-Rabbis-for-Human-Rights-and-playwrights-read-from-their-plays?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d5-JWW-solar-cookers-prevent-Darfuri-rapes-and-other-inspiring-works-via-Goodstock?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner JWW solar powered stoves save lives and prevent rapes of Darfuri women. Darfuri women who find shelter in UN refugee camps in Chad after fleeing the genocide in their homeland remain at risk of violent assault including rape every time they leave th... event Jewish Park Slope children NYC adults funding Brooklyn health social justice Darfur charities crafts Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:21:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d5-JWW-solar-cookers-prevent-Darfuri-rapes-and-other-inspiring-works-via-Goodstock?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d31-New-Yorks-upcoming-Israeli-and-Jewish-film-festivals?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner Several film festivals are coming up in New York that will feature Israeli films. JCCManhattan will hold the  Other Israel Film Festival from November 12-19, 2009. The Other Israel Film Festival will feature films by and about Palestinian I... Israel Jewish museum NY metro area Israeli Arab celebrities events NYC adults arts Manhattan drama film cinema Brooklyn JCC Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:53:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d31-New-Yorks-upcoming-Israeli-and-Jewish-film-festivals?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Goodstock-Brooklyns-tikkun-olam-fair?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner Flier for The Institute for Living Judaism's Goodstock II: a day of tikkun olam The Institute for Living Judaism Every December my wife Shoshana and I sit at the kitchen table and review the charitable organizations we supported the previous year; ... event synagogue Jewish food organ donation Park Slope kids children NYC adults parents funding music performance Brooklyn health genetics social justice charities non-profit sector economy fun crafts Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:37:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Goodstock-Brooklyns-tikkun-olam-fair?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d26-exhibits-classes-and-other-forthcoming-events?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner Kippot as checkers pieces from "Reinventing Ritual" exhibit at the Jewish Museum. Ritual is pretty important in Judaism. Unlike some other religions subjective belief alone does not suffice. And so it should not come as a surprise that rit... Jewish museum events NYC adults arts Manhattan music rock Brooklyn art health exhibitions exhibits free education classes Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:35:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d26-exhibits-classes-and-other-forthcoming-events?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Updates-to-my-recent-events-learning-opportunities-and-antisemitic-protest-stories?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner  This article will be an update to several recent stories. To the events this week which I listed in my previous article I would like to add the following additional events:   The documentary film Killing Kasztner will preview tomorrow eve... Jewish author Judaism events NYC adults arts Manhattan film cinema puppets Brooklyn Holocaust books antisemitism JCC history classes Melila Hellner-Eshed Allan Appel Limud Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:28:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Updates-to-my-recent-events-learning-opportunities-and-antisemitic-protest-stories?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Events-of-Jewish-interest-this-week-in-NYC-Sacred-Spaces-and-Jewish-Body-Week?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner If the Jewish Museum's permanent exhibit and The Derfner Judaica Museum have whetted your appetite for Jewish ritual art you'll want to see Tobi Kahn: Sacred Spaces for the 21st Century an exhibition of 30 recent paintings, sculptures and... Jewish museum dance children events NYC arts Manhattan music film cinema art fine art exhibitions exhibits religion body bodies race Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:34:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Events-of-Jewish-interest-this-week-in-NYC-Sacred-Spaces-and-Jewish-Body-Week?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d15-The-Mothers-Circle-support-and-educational-group-for-gentile-moms-raising-Jewish-children?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner Normal 0 0 1 143 818 6 1 1004 11.1282 0 0 0 Normal 0 0 1 539 3077 25 6 3778 11.1282 0 ... Jewish kids children Judaism NYC adults parents Manhattan Brooklyn religion synagogues congregations classes The Mothers Circle Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:40:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d15-The-Mothers-Circle-support-and-educational-group-for-gentile-moms-raising-Jewish-children?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Happy-Hoshana-Raba?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner Sukkah Willow Three weeks ago I wrote that on Rosh Hashanah we affirm God's authority to judge us and on Yom Kippur we implore God to use that authority leniently. Figuratively speaking, God inscribes our names in the Books of either Life ... Jewish Judaism adults holiday religion synagogues Sam Weintraub Larry Magarik Hoshana Raba Sukkot Simchat Torah Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Ha Kohen Kook Richard Elliot Friedman Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:30:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Happy-Hoshana-Raba?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Jewish-learning-opportunities-for-all-ages?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner  Four weeks ago I reported on trends in Hebrew School schedules, but we all know that Jewish studies classes are not limited to elementary and middle school children. Most congregations and JCCs have adult education programing. Today I will... Israel Jewish children Judaism NYC adults parents Manhattan Brooklyn college students JCC education classes Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:20:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Jewish-learning-opportunities-for-all-ages?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d2-No-one-hurt-in-synagogue-ceiling-collapse?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner Congregation Beth Elohim When homophobic and anti-semitic protestors picketed Park Slope's Congregation Beth Elohim (CBE) last Shabbat congregants had greater concerns and reasons to feel grateful. The previous Wednesday evening a large part of the ... synagogue Jewish Park Slope NYC funding Andy BAchman rabbi Brooklyn religion Yom Kippur congregations collapse ceiling Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:06:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d2-No-one-hurt-in-synagogue-ceiling-collapse?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Publicityseeking-antisemites-to-picket-Brooklyn-shuls-tomorrow?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner Westboro Baptist Church member Margie Phelps rails against Jews and Israel in a protest outside the Washington offices of the Anti-Defamation League on May 8, 2009. (Eric Fingerhut) Protesters from the publicity-seeking homophobic and antisemitic We... synagogue Park Slope NYC Andy BAchman Brooklyn news antisemitism ADL synagogues Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:54:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Publicityseeking-antisemites-to-picket-Brooklyn-shuls-tomorrow?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d24-After-shul-this-Shabbat-afternoonevening-KinkyJews-Bagels-and-Locks-Munch--Poets-House-reopens?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner  Readers of this space may recall that I've written about several KinkyJews events such as their annual seder. KinkyJews defines its mission to bring together like-minded men and women who define both kink and Judaism as cent... Jewish Kinky Jews author events NYC adults arts Manhattan performance poet poets Poets House Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:47:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d24-After-shul-this-Shabbat-afternoonevening-KinkyJews-Bagels-and-Locks-Munch--Poets-House-reopens?cid=exrss-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner