An Evening with Nathan Englander
An Evening with Nathan Englander
New York, NY
Nathan Englander chafes at being pigeonholed as a “Jewish writer.” But the label is inevitable when your latest book is a fable about a Memphis man who is too much the atheist to recite the daily prayer for the dead — and appeases his Orthodox mother by hiring a stranger through kaddish.com to re...
Monday, April 15 2019
7:00 PM
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8:30 PM
Across the (Religious) Divide
Across the (Religious) Divide
New York, NY
Too much bickering, too little listening. That’s today’s conversation about Israel — and it endangers both Israel and the American Jewish community. In this series, we’ve already tackled the generational and political divisions over Israel that are tearing at the fabric of American Jewish unity....
Thursday, April 11 2019
7:00 PM
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8:30 PM
Beyond Books: Israel in Film
Beyond Books: Israel in Film
New York, NY
Broaden your Streicker Center experience with a deeper look into the stories and people that enliven our stages. Free lunchtime events connected to Streicker Center Events - just for Temple members! April 10 | 1:30 PM | FreeIsrael in FilmFilm expert Eric Goldman will discuss how Israeli society...
Thursday, April 11 2019
1:30 PM
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3:00 PM
Three Identical Strangers
Three Identical Strangers
New York, NY
It began as the ultimate feel-good story: Three identical triplets separated at birth and adopted by three different families are reunited by astonishing coincidence. Their reunion unfolds like a fairy tale as they discover dozens of commonalities, from their fondness for wrestling to the way the...
Monday, April 8 2019
6:30 PM
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9:00 PM
Valerie Jarrett: Hear Her Voice, Find Your Own
Valerie Jarrett: Hear Her Voice, Find Your Own
New York, NY
Even if she hadn't wound up as President Obama's senior adviser, Valerie Jarrett would have a compelling — and instructive — story to tell. Her great-grandfather was the first African American graduate of MIT, her grandfather the first black man to head the Chicago Housing Authority and her fathe...
Tuesday, April 2 2019
7:00 PM
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8:30 PM
Friday Night Live with the Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Friday Night Live with the Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
New York, NY
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE SHINE: The Students of Parkland, Florida, Inspire Us to Hope Friday, March 29 6:00 PM Free End your week by experiencing the magic of Shabbat in our historic sanctuary — with fascinating guests and an extended Oneg Shabbat reception with live music. Whether Temple Emanu-E...
Friday, March 29 2019
6:00 PM
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8:00 PM
All About Sesame
All About Sesame
New York, NY
Tuesday, March 26 6:30 PM $18 (includes tasting) We are paying tribute to the humble sesame seed — and its sweet and savory offspring. And no one can commend them more knowledgeably than Rachel Simons, who has been preaching the wonders of tahini, halvah and all things sesame since she opened ...
Tuesday, March 26 2019
6:30 PM
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8:00 PM
The Best of Enemies: Screening & Discussion
The Best of Enemies: Screening & Discussion
New York, NY
Based on a true story, THE BEST OF ENEMIES centers on the extraordinary relationship between Ann Atwater (Henson), a fearless and outspoken civil rights activist who faced off against C.P. Ellis (Rockwell), a local Ku Klux Klan leader, to blaze the way for school desegregation in Durham, North Ca...
Monday, March 18 2019
6:30 PM
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9:30 PM
Rabbi David Wolpe: Abortion
Rabbi David Wolpe: Abortion
New York, NY
Monday, March 18 6:30 PM $10 ABORTION The struggle over abortion has long been driven by Christians. Is that because there is no controversy in Jewish law? About the Series: Struggling with today’s cascade of political and social controversies? Why not discover what Judaism has to say about...
Monday, March 18 2019
6:30 PM
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8:00 PM
The Medici Archive Project: Jews and the Anti-Renaissance
The Medici Archive Project: Jews and the Anti-Renaissance
New York, NY
The Renaissance is associated with the rediscovery of Classical antiquity as well as with intense creative output in the visual arts, literature, philosophy and science. But it was also suffused with arcane, esoteric and even irrational phenomena that existed outside the Renaissance canon. These...
Thursday, March 14 2019
6:30 PM
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