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Cool Jewish Events: Hanukkah Celebrations at Indian Jewish Congregation of USA

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Event: Hanukkah Celebrations at INDIAN JEWISH CONGREGATION OF USADate: Saturday, December 12, 2009Time: 5:30pmPlace: Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Boulevard, Rego Park, NY 11374, Tel : 718-897-8718, Email : jewsofindia@yahoo.com Let us all celebrate Hanukkah together on December 12thth 2008 from 5:30PM onwards with prayer and singing and dancing. Bring the family, the children,… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Hanukkah Celebrations at Indian Jewish Congregation of USA

event · Israel · Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism · rabbi · Riverdale

Cool Jewish Events: Rabbi Chaim Drukman Speaking

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Event: “The State of Conversions in Israel” with Rabbi Chaim Drukman Date: Tuesday night, Dec. 1, 2009 Time: 7:30pm Place: Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY The International Rabbinic Fellowship, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Hebrew Institute of Riverdale are honored to welcome RABBI CHAIM DRUKMAN to spreak at HIR. Rabbi Chaim… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Rabbi Chaim Drukman Speaking

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Cool Jewish Events: Ernest H. Adams Speaking

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Event: Ernest H. Adams Speaking on “From Ghetto to Ghetto”Date: Tuesday, November 17thTime: 7:00 pmPlace: Memphis Jewish Community Center, 6560 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38138, 901-761-0810 Please come and experience Dr. Ernest H. Adams’ original voice and fresh perspective. “From Ghetto to Ghetto: An African American Journey to Judaism”, is a memoir by Ernest H.… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Ernest H. Adams Speaking

event · Israel · Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism

Cool Jewish Events: Nishmat at Sotheby’s

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Nishmat at Sotheby’sJoin American Friends of Nishmat for a brunch and private viewing of the upcoming Sotheby’s sales of Judaica & Israeli Art, with a tour conducted by Sharon Liberman Mintz, Senior Consultant for Sotheby’s. Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009 Time: 10:30am-Noon Place: Sotheby’s New York, 1334 York Avenue at 72nd Street, New York, NY… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Nishmat at Sotheby’s

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Cool Jewish Events: Intersecting Jewish Identities

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Event: Intersecting Jewish Identities Workshop led by Jared JacksonDate: Friday, November 13, 2009Time: 8pmPlace: The Hill at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Remember if you know of any cool events about or led by racially and/or ethnically diverse Jews send them my way and I’ll post it up on my blog!

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Cool Jewish Events: Danielle Abrams Performing

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Jew of color Danielle Abrams performing “After Before the Revolution – A Tribute to Eleanor Antin, Eleanora Antinova, and The Black Panthers.” This work has been adapted from play scripts by Eleanor Antin. Malcolm Tulip has directed the piece. Vince Mountain has done set design. Michael Stone Richards will be gracing the stage with a… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: Danielle Abrams Performing

culture/multiculturalism · event · New York

Cool Jewish Events: What’s with Jews and Chinese Food?

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The many, many kosher Asian restaurants in New York City is a testament to the Jewish obsession with Chinese food (and now sushi). In Jews and Chinese Food: Love Affair”, an entertaining talk based on her book, “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles”, New York Times Metro reporter Jennifer 8. Lee dissects the longtime love affair between… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events: What’s with Jews and Chinese Food?

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Cool Jewish Events

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From now on, I’ll be posting events that feature racially and ethnically diverse Jews! If it’s happening anywhere, doesn’t have to be New York, tell me about it and I’ll post it! Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, the Rabbi of the Abayudaya Congregation in Uganda, will be speaking at Congregation B’nai Tzedek, 10621 South Glen Road Potomac,… Continue reading Cool Jewish Events

event · Jews/Jewish/Judaism/Orthodox Judaism · learning · New York · speaking

What are YOU doing this winter?

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I’ve never been to Jewish summer camp (but I hear it rocks!). And the most Jewish learning I’ve done at a Jewish school was one summer spent at Pardes and an ultra-Orthodox conversion school in Israel. If I could, I would have already run away for a year (or two, or three) to learn in… Continue reading What are YOU doing this winter?

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Event: Conversion and Controversy with Rabbi David Kalb

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“Event: Conversion and Controversy with Rabbi David Kalb” “Conversion is one of the most controversial issues in the Jewish community today. Delve into the different movements of Judaism to explore each movement’s separate approach to conversion and how these differences can create conflict.” Date & Time: Tue, Sep 15, 2009, 7:30pmLocation: 92nd Street Y, Lexington… Continue reading Event: Conversion and Controversy with Rabbi David Kalb