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<strong>Monday, May 16, 2022 at 6pm ET</strong> <strong>Registration Required - <a href="https://www.ujafedny.org/ukraine-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Suggested Donation to UJA Crisis in Ukraine Fund</a></strong> <strong>IN PERSON Registration - <a href="https://www.classy.org/event/ukraine-at-war-a-conversation-with-natan-sharansky-and-ambassador-sergiy-kyslytsya/e406689/register/new/select-tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here</a> Center for Jewish History - 15 W 16th Street, New York, NY</strong> <strong>LIVESTREAM Registration - <a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x4F1hVyPT5ynxZY92ye0aQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here</a> Live on Zoom</strong> Ukraine at War is a program designed to inspire critical thinking and responsible analysis. Presented as a signature event of Jewish American Heritage Month, the presentation will create an opportunity for the public to engage with a topic that is at the center of world affairs and on the minds of Jewish Americans across the country. The history and contemporary manifestations of antisemitism underscore our collective commitment to educate and always remember—a responsibility with enduring relevance for Jews and other minority groups who face persecution today. In person attendees will be required to present proof of vaccination for COVID 19 at the door and wear a face mask at all times while inside the building. <strong>More About The Panelists</strong> <strong>Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, </strong>a first generation immigrant from Soviet Ukraine, is a journalist living in New York City. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic, New York Times, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, Vox, Vogue, Salon, Glamour, Business Insider, Los Angeles Review of Books, Jewish Review of Books, and Religion &amp; Politics, among others. Avital is an adjunct professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and does pastoral work alongside her husband Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt in Manhattan's Upper East Side. <strong>Mr. Sergiy Kyslytsya— </strong>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN has served in this position since February 2020. Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary maintained a distinguished career as a public servant as Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Directorate-general for the United Nations and Other International Organizations of the MFA of Ukraine, Deputy Director-general of the Second Territorial Department, Minister-Counselor of the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States of America, and many other notable roles, including Chair of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO, among others. <strong>Mark B. Levin— </strong>Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, National Coaliltion Supporting Eurasian Jewry, is one of the Jewish community’s leading experts on national and international issues. Mr. Levin received the Order of Merit medal in 2008 from Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko, and served three times as a Public Member of the U.S. Delegation to meetings of the Organization on Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and as a Public Advisor for the U.S. Delegation to the 2004 Berlin Conference on Anti-Semitism. <b>Natan Sharansky<strong>—</strong></b> born in 1948 in Donetzk, Ukraine and graduated from the Physical Technical Institute in Moscow with a degree in computer science.  After graduating, he became active in the human rights movement led by Andrei Sahkharov and very quickly became internationally known as the spokesperson for the Helsinki movement.  At the same time he applied for an exit visa to Israel, which he was denied for "security reasons".  In 1977, a Soviet newspaper alleged that Mr. Sharansky was collaborating with the CIA.  Despite denials from every level of the U.S. Government, Mr. Sharansky was found guilty and sentenced to thirteen years in prison, including solitary confinement and hard labor.  In the courtroom prior to the announcement of his verdict, Mr. Sharansky in a public statement said: "To the court I have nothing to say – to my wife and the Jewish people I say "Next Year in Jerusalem".  After nine years of imprisonment, due to intense international pressure, Mr. Sharansky was released on February 11, 1986, emigrated to Israel, and arrived in Jerusalem on that very day. Upon his arrival to Israel he became active in the integration of Soviet Jews and formed the Zionist Forum, an umbrella organization of former Soviet activist groups dedicated to helping new Israelis and educating the public about absorption issues. The final chapter of the historic struggle for the release of Soviet Jews was the historic rally of over 250,000 in 1987 during Gorbachev's first visit in Washington of which Natan Sharansky was is the initiator and driving force. In early 1994, he co-founded Peace Watch - an independent non-partisan group committed to monitoring the compliance to agreements signed by Israel and the PLO.  From 1990 to 1996 Mr. Sharansky served as Associate Editor of "The Jerusalem Report". In 1996, ten years after arriving in Israel, Natan Sharansky founded the political party Yisral B’Aliya which means both “Israel on the Rise” and “Israel for Immigration".  The party was established to accelerate the absorption of the massive numbers of Russian immigrants into Israeli society and to maximize their contribution. From 1996-2005 Natan Sharansky served as Minister, as well as Deputy Prime Minister in all of the successive governments. In November 2006 Natan Sharansky resigned from the Israeli Knesset and assumed the position of Chairman of the newly established Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies of the Shalem Center in Jerusalem. Natan Sharansky was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1986 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006. He has continued to lead human rights efforts both through his writings as well as public activities since his release. In June 2009, Natan Sharansky was appointed Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Natan concluded his post at the Jewish Agency in July 2018. <hr /> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">An official program of Jewish American Heritage Month. </span></i> <img class="alignnone wp-image-813 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03.jpg" alt="" width="173" height="173" /> <span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Presented in partnership with the Center for Jewish History, Combat Anti-Semitism Movement, National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry, and Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History.</span></i> <img class="alignnone wp-image-2852 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/CJH.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="94" />  <img class="alignnone wp-image-2707 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CAM-Logo-1366x544.jpg" alt="" width="236" height="94" />   <img class="alignnone wp-image-1990 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NCSEJ-logo.jpg" alt="" width="271" height="90" />  <img class="alignnone wp-image-2771 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.png" alt="" width="445" height="94" />

&nbsp; <strong>Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET</strong> <strong>In Person at the Weitzman</strong> <strong>Weitzman Members Only Free with suggested</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.classy.org/event/members-only-wine-nosh-and-n-a-f-t-u-l-e/e402658/register/new/select-tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></strong> <a href="https://www.classy.org/event/members-only-wine-nosh-and-n-a-f-t-u-l-e/e402658/register/new/select-tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Registration Required- Click Here</strong></a> Enjoy this teaser! <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/709666284?h=f7e9651e5a" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-mce-fragment="1"></iframe> Members of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History are welcomed to join for this exclusive evening of kibbitz, nosh, and the exclusive premiere of a tribute to an American Klezmer legend. When the doors open at 6:30pm, Weitzman members will schmooze on the concourse while enjoying homemade babka as well as wine and champagne. After the schmooze, the event will move into the theater for an exclusive premiere of the show N*A*F*T*U*L*E, which uses original handmade art, live music and narration to tell a story about the American Klezmer legend, Naftule Brandwein. The performance will followed by a Q&amp;A with the artists. <em>In an effort to protect the most vulnerable members of our community we ask that all attendees ages 5 &amp; older present proof of vaccination for COVID-19 upon entering the museum. Attendees will also be required to wear a face covering while in the theater.</em> <strong>What is a Crankie?</strong> A crankie is a scrolled panorama. It is a visual aid to storytelling and song. The crankie itself is a modern term for a very old idea. If you want to imagine the construction of a crankie, think the torah scrolls but with pictures. In its most basic form is a long scroll that provides the visual narration to a story or song. Versions of the crankie have been around for hundreds of years if not longer. Its most recent iteration has a direct link to an 1800s trend of moving panoramas. While these pre-cinema moving pictures all but faded away, in recent years, young artists have begun to embrace the intimacy of the format, using hand cranked (thus crankie) scrolls to slow down the minds of overstimulated audiences. The result is an intimate visual bridge in which to allow the words of a storyteller or singer to connect to an audience. <strong>About the Performance</strong> N*A*F*T*U*L*E In the 1920s’ a virtuoso of the klezmer clarinet went electric. A small part of the story of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naftule_Brandwein" data-auth="NotApplicable">Natfule Brandwein</a>, the eccentric Jewish musical virtuoso who shined bright in the first half of the 20th century. N*A*F*T*U*L*E is a collaboration between visual artist Tine Kinderman, musician Michael Winograd, and Josh Kohn. <strong>About the Artists</strong> <strong>Tine Kindermann</strong> is a visual artist and musician from Berlin, Germany, who has been living and working in New York City since 1993. A figurative artist working in various media, her work, which includes painting, miniature tableaux and dioramas, video and sculpture, has been shown at Stephen Romano Gallery, the Governors Island Art Fair, RePop, Mark Miller Gallery and other galleries in New York City, as well as Neurotitan Gallery and Gallery Kurt im Hirsch in Berlin. Clarinetist <strong>Michael Winograd</strong> lives in Brooklyn, NY.  He is a performer and composer of Klezmer, Eastern European Jewish wedding and celebration music. He performs internationally with his band the Honorable Mentshn, and plays regularly with today's premier klezmer musicians.  Michael has shared the stage with Itzhak Perlman, the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Frank London, Budowitz and countless others.  He is a member of Pneuma Quartet, and co-founded Sandaraa along with Pakistani super star Zeb Bangash.  In 2016 Michael recorded the opening track for Vulfpeck's LP "The Beautiful Game," and has since been a regular guest with them in concert, including a sold out show and live recording at Madison Square Garden in 2019.  Michael is a founder of the Yiddish New York festival, now embarking on it's 6th edition.  He served as Artistic Director of KlezKanada from 2016-2021. <strong>Ira Khonen Temple</strong> is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and embedded cultural organizer. Recent credits include accordionist for Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, and music director of Indecent at the Weston Playhouse, Great Small Works’ Muntergang and Other Cheerful Downfalls, the Aftselakhis Spectacle Committe Purimshpil, and Zoe Beloff’s Days of the Commune. Ira is a founder of the radical-traditional Yiddish music group Tsibele. <strong>Josh Kohn</strong> is the Associate Director at the Center for Cultural Vibrancy. He first heard of the story of Naftule Brandwein electrocuting himself in front of Meyer Lansky after a performance with Michael Winograd several years ago. Not a day went by where he didn’t dream longingly of seeing that story as a crankie. He worked on this script with the help of Tine, Michael, his wife Marianne, and his three-year-old daughter Golda who, despite the provenance of her name, is not a fan of Naftule Brandwein (yet). &nbsp;

<strong>Thursday, May 19, 2022, 8:00pm ET</strong> <strong>Free on Virtual J, Registration Required <a href="https://virtualjcc.com/watch/jfest-rubegoldberg-may19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here to Register</a></strong> We are thrilled to share that <em>JFest: An Arts Festival for the JCC Movement</em> continues this spring, with a very special film event, <em>The Two Lives of Rube Goldberg.</em> Legendary cartoonist Rube Goldberg (1886-1970), an American born son of German Jewish immigrant parents, was one of the great cultural icons and storytellers of the 20th Century. His drawings of unwieldy fantasy inventions became a fixture of American popular entertainment and cemented his reputation as one of the most influential satirists of The Machine Age. In “The Two Lives of Rube Goldberg,” director Geoffrey George (Rube Goldberg’s youngest grandchild,) explores Rube’s life, as well as the influence of his legacy, which inspires new generations of creative thinkers today. This 50-minute program will include a live chat feature with filmmaker Geoffrey George, and other special guests. <strong>About JFest</strong> Join us for JFest: An Arts Festival for the JCC Movement – a Jewish Arts festival that offers high quality cultural and educational content delivered to you on Virtual J. JFest transcends boundaries by delivering rich, Jewish cultural arts content on a continental level, online and in-person, and ignites storytelling, building resilience across all our communities. Throughout the year, JFest programs explores three core themes of storytelling: How to Tell Your Story, How Others Tell Our Story, and How History Tells Our Story. Through dynamic programs and partnerships with Artist-Educators from around the world, JFest invites you to tell your own story, and keep us connected even when we’re apart. <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: left;">___________________________________________________________________________________________</p> </div> <em>JFEST <i>is a Signature Program of JCC Association of North America, and</i> an official partner of Jewish American Heritage Month. All programs and events for JFest: An Arts Festival for the JCC Movement are made possible through funds granted by The Covenany Foundation, with additional support from The Pertzik Fund for Arts and Culture. This program is presented in celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month.</em> <em><a href="http://jewishamericanheritage.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="wp-image-813 alignleft" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px" srcset="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03.jpg 930w, https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03-768x767.jpg 768w, https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03-640x640.jpg 640w, https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03-150x150.jpg 150w, https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03-320x320.jpg 320w" alt="" width="166" height="166" /></a></em> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper"></div>

<strong>Thursday, May 19, 2022, 4:00pm ET</strong> <strong>Free on Zoom, Registration Required <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_klGRYWpQRGCzyrPvhCva5Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here to Register</a></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode of <strong>America250's</strong> "Community Conversation" series will celebrate Jewish American and Asian American Pacific Islanders Heritage Months. In this program we will explore American immigrant experiences from these groups, past and present challenges, as well as honor the influences that these groups had, and continue to have, on the history, culture, and achievements of the United States.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Community Conversation series is a place to connect, and to share the stories and histories that shape America.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"> It’s with your support that we can continue to have these conversations and explore themes important to our country.</span> <strong>About the Panelists</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Nancy Yao Maasbach</strong> - </span>As the President of <span style="font-weight: 400;">the <a href="https://www.mocanyc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Museum of Chinese in America</a> (MOCA)</span>, Nancy has the unique privilege of combining her experiences in managing organizations, promoting arts and culture as a bridge between peoples, and executing research focused on redefining the American narrative by examining the role of Chinese Americans in U.S. history. Prior to her time at MOCA, Nancy was the executive director of the Yale-China Association, one of the oldest non-profit organizations dedicated to building U.S.-China relations. At the Yale-China Association, Nancy led over 20 programs in the areas of arts, education, and health. These programs were lauded as best-in-class and models for bilateral engagement. Nancy has over twenty years of leadership experience at non-profit organizations and for-profit management, including staff and board positions at The Community Fund for Women &amp; Girls, International Festival of Arts and Ideas, Tessitura Network, Goldman Sachs &amp; Co, Council on Foreign Relations, CNN, and more. <strong>Dr. Annie Polland</strong> is a public historian, author and President of the Lower East Side <a href="https://www.tenement.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tenement Museum</span></a>, where she served as Vice President for Programs &amp; Education from 2009 to 2017. Prior to her return to the Tenement Museum she served as Executive Director of the American Jewish Historical Society. She is the co-author, with Daniel Soyer, of Emerging Metropolis: New York Jews in the Age of Immigration, winner of the 2012 National Jewish Book Award. She received her Ph.D. in History from Columbia University, and served as Vice President of Education at the Museum at Eldridge Street, where she wrote Landmark of the Spirit (Yale University). <span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng</strong> is serving her fifth term in the United States House of Representatives. Grace represents the Sixth Congressional District of New York encompassing the New York City borough of Queens, including west, central and northeast Queens. Grace is the first and only Asian American Member of Congress from New York State and the first female Congressmember from Queens since former Vice Presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro.</span> <strong>About America250</strong> <p class="description"><a title="https://america250.org/" contenteditable="false" href="https://america250.org/">America250</a> is a multi-year effort to commemorate the semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, of the United States. The purpose of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, created by Congress, and the corresponding America250 Foundation, is to catalyze a more perfect union by designing and leading the most comprehensive and inclusive celebration in our country’s history. America250 represents a coalition of public and private partners all working to create initiatives and programs that honor our first 250 years and inspire Americans to imagine our next 250. The commemoration period began in 2020, culminates on July 4, 2026, and officially concludes in 2027.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: left;">___________________________________________________________________________________________</p> </div> <em>An official program of Jewish American Heritage Month. Presented by America 250 in Partnership with JAHM and the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History.</em> <em><a href="http://jewishamericanheritage.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="wp-image-813 alignleft" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px" srcset="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03.jpg 930w, https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03-768x767.jpg 768w, https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03-640x640.jpg 640w, https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03-150x150.jpg 150w, https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03-320x320.jpg 320w" alt="" width="166" height="166" /></a></em> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper"></div>

<strong>Thursday, May 26, 2022 7:30pm - 9:00pm ET In person and Online</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.classy.org/event/joey-weisenberg-album-release-concert-in-person-tickets/e402630/register/new/select-tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here for IN-PERSON tickets $18, $15 Members</a></strong> <strong><a href="https://www.classy.org/event/joey-weisenberg-album-release-concert-livestream/e402545/register/new/select-tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here for LIVESTREAM tickets $5 Donation</a></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Join us online or in person for the concert celebrating the album </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">L’eila</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the latest release from Joey Weisenberg. Flanked by a four piece ensemble featuring Deborah Sacks Mintz, Yosef Goldman, Daniel Ori, and Richie Barshay, Weisenberg will play through all the tunes from the new album in a rare Philadelphia performance, his first concert with an audience in more than two years.</span> The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History is thrilled to host this event in celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month, and as the first public concert at the museum since 2019. <em>In an effort to protect the most vulnerable members of our community we ask that all attendees ages 5 &amp; older present proof of vaccination for COVID-19 upon entering the museum. Attendees will also be required to wear a face covering while in the theater.</em> <b>More about the Artists</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Joey Weisenberg has long occupied the nexus point between the old and the new, and he is known for reaching into the heart of the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">nigun</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the wordless Jewish spiritual melody, and synthesizing it with the American soundscape and the passion of the blues bars he grew up playing in. As the Hadar Institute's longtime musician-in-residence and as the founder of Hadar's Rising Song Institute, where he teaches </span><a href="https://joey-weisenberg.mykajabi.com/joey-weisenberg-instructional-library"><span style="font-weight: 400;">master classes in Jewish song</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and produces albums for </span><a href="https://risingsongrecords.bandcamp.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rising Song Records</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Joey's prolific output of melodies has resounded throughout the Jewish world and beyond.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">For this concert in the theater of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Weisenberg will be accompanied by the inventive rhythm section of Richie Barshay (percussion) and Daniel Ori (bass), and multifaceted vocalists Deborah Sacks Mintz and Yosef Goldman.</span> <b>More about the Album</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Soul-igniting melodies, masterful improvisations, ethereal harmonies, acoustic meditations, and electric invocations—</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">L'eila</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a sonic journey of harrowing emotion and spiritual uplift, combining signature elements of musical virtuosity and grassroots folksong. The latest chapter of this yearslong musical project, the album takes its name from the iconic Kaddish prayer that describes the ultimate Source of sound as “above all the blessings and hymns, praises and consolations.” With the same aspirational spirit, Weisenberg and his quintet aspire to create a transcendent musical experience for all who attend.</span> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eCIbSpgX0Cw" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106 <em>This program is presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the Rising Song Institute and promotional partnership from CANVAS in celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month.</em> <img class="alignnone wp-image-2441 aligncenter" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.png" alt="" width="539" height="114" /><img class="alignnone wp-image-859 aligncenter" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/RSI-Logo-No-Background-1366x1286.jpg" alt="" width="182" height="171" /> <img class="alignnone wp-image-2668 aligncenter" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/logo-final-tiny-02-1366x1301.jpg" alt="" width="152" height="145" /> &nbsp; <hr /> An official program of <em><a href="http://jewishamericanheritage.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="wp-image-813 alignleft" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px" srcset="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03.jpg 930w, https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03-768x767.jpg 768w, https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03-640x640.jpg 640w, https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03-150x150.jpg 150w, https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03-320x320.jpg 320w" alt="" width="166" height="166" /></a></em> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper"></div>

<b>Monday, May 30, 2021 at 7:00 pm ET Free -  Stream on Zoom </b><b>Registration Required</b> - <a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gOWqLLBRRmqK0yOukxQv0Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click Here</strong></a> <span data-contrast="auto">From the Revolutionary War through today</span><span data-contrast="auto">, American Jews have served nobly in all branches of our country’s military</span><span data-contrast="auto">—</span><span data-contrast="auto">and many </span><span data-contrast="auto">are</span><span data-contrast="auto"> among our nation’s fallen heroes.</span><span data-contrast="auto"> It is incumbent upon America’s Jewish community</span><span data-contrast="auto">, therefore,</span><span data-contrast="auto"> to </span><span data-contrast="auto">mark Memorial Day</span><span data-contrast="auto"> for both </span><span data-contrast="auto">its national </span><span data-contrast="auto">and its</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Jewish significance. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}"> </span> <span data-contrast="auto">During this year’s Jewish American Heritage Month</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">National Jewish Community Observance of Memorial Day</span><span data-contrast="auto">, </span><span data-contrast="auto">w</span><span data-contrast="auto">e </span><span data-contrast="auto">will honor the multi generational service and sacrifice of the Seixas family, hear from Gold Star Families, experience performances from the United States Naval Academy Glee Club, and hear prayer's chanted by a Jewish military chaplain.  </span> <strong>Donations</strong> Should you wish to make a donation in support of JAHM, <b><a href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMmemorialday&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">please click here</a>. </b>To learn more about and support the work of the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council and Jews in uniform, <b><a href="https://donate.jcca.org/index.htm?campaignid=pHl2CBF5D52" target="_blank" rel="noopener">please click here</a>. </b>To learn more about and support the work of the National Museum of American Jewish Military History,<strong><a href="https://nmajmh.org/support-the-museum/donate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> please click here</a></strong>. To learn more about and support the work of Operation Benjamin, <strong><a href="https://operationbenjamin.networkforgood.com/projects/99668-because-every-hero-deserves-to-rest-in-peace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">please click here</a></strong>. <hr /> <i>This program is organized by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, Operation Benjamin, </i><i>JWB ​Jewish Chaplains Council, a signature program of the JCC Association of North America​ in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History and Jewish American Heritage Month.</i> <p style="text-align: left;">An official program of:</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><a href="http://jewishamericanheritage.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="wp-image-813 alignleft" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JAHM_Pin_FINAL-03.jpg" alt="" width="166" height="166" /></a></em></p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"></div>

<strong>Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 8:00pm - 9:30pm ET</strong> <strong>Free on Zoom with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/event/la-nona-kanta-the-remarkable-life-of-flory-jagoda/e396854/register/new/select-tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">$10 donation</a></strong> <strong><a href="https://www.classy.org/event/la-nona-kanta-the-remarkable-life-of-flory-jagoda/e396854/register/new/select-tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here to Register</a></strong> "La Nona Kanta” is a tale of survival and courage that has particular relevance in today’s turbulent world. In filmed interviews, <strong>Flory Jagoda</strong> (z"l) tells the true story of how music helped her escape from Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia when she was a teenager; how she made a life in the United States; and how she turned the tragic fate of her family and Balkan Sephardic culture into a celebration of five centuries of faith and tradition, giving meaning to the rest of her life, and delighting audiences worldwide. In the world premiere of this brand new production, Flory’s filmed narration alternates with performances of her music by <strong>Trio Sefardi</strong>, pictures from the Altarac family archives, animation, and translations of Flory’s songs, which were composed in Ladino and Serbo-Croatian. The members of Trio Sefardi- Howard Bass, Tina Chancey, and Susan Gaeta- will take questions from those in attendance at the end of the program. <strong>More About the Program</strong> La Nona Kanta sheds light on the tragedy that befell the Jews of Southern Europe, largely Sephardim, during World War II, a story far less known than the fate of the Jews of Eastern Europe. This is a story that resonates today as the world continues to struggle with war, genocide, and the existential threats to suffering people. <em>La Nona Kanta</em> will give audiences, young and old, Jews and non-Jews alike, a shining example of one person’s triumph over adversity and will lend new meaning to the on-going battles against hatred and prejudice. <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: left;">___________________________________________________________________________________________</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><em style="text-align: left;">This production of La Nona Kanta is produced with support from the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History and <a href="https://culturalvibrancy.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Center for Cultural Vibrancy</a>. </em></p> </div> <p style="text-align: left;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-2441" src="https://nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.png" alt="" width="415" height="88" /><img class="alignnone wp-image-2654" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CCV_Logo-Horizontal-1-1366x750.jpg" alt="" width="395" height="217" /></p> <em>La Nona Kanta: The Remarkable Life of Flory Jagoda is presented in partnership with the Ashkenaz Festival, the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, the Jewish Women's Archive, and The United State Holocaust Memorial Museum.</em> <img class="alignnone wp-image-1628" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AshkenazLogo.jpg" alt="" width="124" height="67" /><img class="alignnone wp-image-1652" src="https://nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/UCLA_Uxd_Blk_SchM_LMCntMusicAmJwExp_B2.jpg" alt="" width="410" height="77" /><img class="alignnone wp-image-2652" src="https://nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/JWA_2C.jpg" alt="" width="121" height="102" />

<strong>Monday, June 27, 2022 7:30pm ET In Person at the Weitzman</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.classy.org/event/ladino-culture-from-yesterday-to-today-a-musical-journey-with-sarah-aroeste/e402930/register/new/select-tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Click Here for IN PERSON tickets $15 GA, $12 Members</a></strong> Join us as we welcome Sarah <span class="searchHighlight">Aroeste</span>, international Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) singer/songwriter, author and activist, as she weaves Sephardic history and stories together with song. This interactive, multi-media presentation will demonstrate the rich textures of Mediterranean Sephardic life and will take you on a sensory journey from the 15^th century to today. <strong>More About Sarah Aroeste</strong> Sarah Aroeste is an international Ladino singer/songwriter, author and cultural activist, who draws upon her Sephardic family roots from Macedonia and Greece (via Medieval Spain) to bring Judeo-Spanish culture to new generations. Since 2001, Aroeste has toured the globe and recorded seven albums, from a feminist Ladino rock album (Gracia, 2012) to an all-original Ladino children’s album (Ora de Despertar, 2016) and an album dedicated to her family's hometown in modern day North Macedonia (Monastir, 2021). Aroeste also recently published her newest children’s book, Buen Shabat, Shabbat Shalom (Kar-Ben and PJ Library, 2020), the first bilingual Ladino-English board book. Bringing Ladino words and music to young and old, Aroeste works to introduce Sephardic culture to wider audiences. <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: left;">___________________________________________________________________________________________</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><em>This program is presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the <a href="https://jewishlibraries.org/2022-conference/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Association of Jewish Libraries</a> and support from <i>Dan Wyman Books,</i> Brooklyn, NY.</em></p> </div> &nbsp;

<strong>Thursday, July 14, 2022</strong> <strong>7:30pm ET</strong> <strong>In Person at The Weitzman in Philadelphia</strong> <a href="https://www.classy.org/event/liana-finck-book-release/e404755/register/new/select-tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here for Tickets</strong></a> <strong>$15 GA, $12 Members</strong> Join us as we welcome the National Jewish Book Award winning cartoonist and graphic novelist, <strong>Liana Finck, </strong>and celebrate the release of her new book entitled “Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation”. In this program we’ll talk to the award winning<em> New Yorker</em> contributor about the book, her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lianafinck/?hl=en">instagram account</a> with over half a million followers, her creative process and more. <strong>More About Liana Finck</strong> Liana Finck is a cartoonist and graphic novelist. She’s published three graphic novels: A Bintel Brief (Ecco, 2014), Passing for Human (Random House, 2018) and Let There Be Light (Random House, 2022), and a collection of her Instagram cartoons, Excuse Me (Random House, 2019). Her popular Instagram feed has 600,000 followers. She is also the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, a Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in fiction. She’s had residencies with Macdowell, Yaddo, the Headlands Center for the Arts, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. <strong>Purchase a Signed Copy Today</strong> Interested in purchasing a copy of the book signed by the author for yourself or as a gift? Visit our online Museum Store and order your copy today - <a href="https://shopnmajh.com/products/let-there-be-light-7-847384018062?_pos=1&amp;amp;_sid=0b3458ab2&amp;amp;_ss=r" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click Here</strong></a>. __________________________________________________________________________