Virtual Museum

<span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW220305803 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220305803 BCX0">Join us at The Weitzman for Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media's (PJFM) 42nd Annual Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival. Throughout the week, we'll host seven exciting and carefully curated films </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW220305803 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220305803 BCX0">which engage with Jewish culture and values. See below for more information. </span></span> <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OPENING NIGHT</span></strong> <strong><em>KARAOKE - </em><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/Karaoke" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets</a></strong> <em>Saturday, November 12 at 7pm</em> <img class="wp-image-3127 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_KARAOKE-HR-Pic-2.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="185" /> Opening Night of the 42nd Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival begins with <b>KARAOKE</b>! A Tel Aviv couple’s lifeless marriage is forever changed when their new tenant (Israeli legend Lior Ashkenazi), a dashing, party-throwing playboy, moves into their apartment building. Nominated for nine Ophir Awards (Israeli Oscars), <b>KARAOKE</b> is a funny, authentic comedy/drama about aging, love, and the chance happenings that can forever change our outlook on life. <hr /> <strong><em>THE LEVYS OF MONTICELLO -</em> <a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/TheLevysofMonticello" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets</a></strong> <em>Sunday, November 13 at 4pm</em> <img class="wp-image-3128 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_THE-LEVYS-OF-MONTICELLO-HR-Pic-34.jpg" alt="" width="292" height="164" /> Monticello is remembered as the home of Thomas Jefferson, but did you know that for nearly a century after his death, it was owned by a Jewish family? Fascinating and oddly riveting, <b>THE LEVYS OF MONTICELLO</b> tells the little-known story of the family that helped preserve one of America’s landmarks, all amidst increasing antisemitism from their community. <b>SPECIAL GUEST</b>: Director Steven Pressman. <hr /> <em><strong>WHERE LIFE BEGINS - </strong></em><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/WhereLifeBegins" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click Here for Tickets</strong></a> <em>Sunday, November 13 at 7:30pm  AND  Wednesday, November 16 at 2pm (ENCORE SCREENING)</em> <img class="wp-image-3129 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_WHERE-LIFE-BEGINS-HR-Pic-22.jpg" alt="" width="223" height="167" /> Evoking films of Italian neorealism and the French New Wave, <b>WHERE LIFE BEGINS</b> is a gorgeously filmed, stunningly acted drama about the close bond between a divorced Catholic farm owner and an unhappy ultra-Orthodox woman who attends his farm in preparation for Sukkot. <hr /> <em><strong>A RADIANT GIRL - </strong></em><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/ARadiantGirl" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click Here for Tickets</strong></a> <em>Monday, November 14 at 7pm</em> <img class="wp-image-3130 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_A-RADIANT-GIRL-HR-Pic-2.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="180" /> The year is 1942. Paris, France. Irène, a 19-year-old Jewish girl and aspiring actress, is having the time of her life. As the Nazis gradually assert power in her home, she is both cognizant of and unperturbed by the rising fear from the community. As an innocent youth, Irène knows that things are getting a little scary. What she may not know, however, is that her own life may be on the line. <hr /> <em><strong>THE MAN IN THE BASEMENT </strong></em><strong>-<a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/TheManintheBasement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em> </em>Click Here for Tickets</a></strong> <em>Tuesday, November 15 at 2pm </em> <img class="wp-image-3131 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_THE-MAN-IN-THE-BASEMENT-HR-Pic-1.jpg" alt="" width="278" height="186" /> Simon (Jérémie Renier) and Hélène (Academy Award nominee Bérénice Bejo) are a healthy, attractive bourgeois couple living in Paris with their teenage daughter. When they decide to sell their basement cellar to the elderly Mr. Fonzic (François Cluzet), a former history teacher, their idyllic world is slowly torn apart as his far-right, antisemitic beliefs are uncovered. <hr /> <em><strong>RECKONINGS </strong></em><strong>- </strong><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/Reckonings" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click Here for Tickets</strong></a> <em>Wednesday, November 16 at 7pm </em> <img class="wp-image-3132 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_RECKONINGS-HR-Pic-2.jpg" alt="" width="316" height="178" /> From Roberta Grossman, <strong>RECKONINGS</strong> is another outstanding addition to the documentarian’s collection. This riveting docudrama explores the years immediately after the liberation of the camps and the issue of ordering reparations to survivors of the Shoah. The decision to compensate survivors was both supported and frowned upon by leaders and citizens, both German and Jewish alike. Could something of this unprecedented a scale be achievable? <hr /> <b><em>HOLLYWOOD’S JEWISH NEW WAVE: PRESENTED BY FILMSHUL</em> <strong><em>- </em><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/HollywoodsJewishNewWavePresentedbyFilmShul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets</a></strong></b> <em>Thursday, November 17 at 2pm</em> <img class="wp-image-3125 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Producers-1366x768.jpg" alt="" width="308" height="173" /> Film history teaches us of the “waves” or movements that shook up the traditional, cinematic status quo. Few, however, know about the Jewish New Wave of the 60s and 70s, a period of increased Jewish visibility in American cinema. In this exclusive presentation, <strong>FilmShul</strong>, led by film historians and “movie mensches” <strong>Laurence Lerman </strong>and <strong>Irv Slifkin</strong>, discusses the impact of the Jewish New Wave and how Jewish onscreen presence paved the way for the Jewish actors, comedians, and filmmakers we know and love today. <hr /> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>CLOSING NIGHT</strong></span> <em><strong>AMERICA - </strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/America" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets</a></strong> <em>Saturday, November 19 at 7pm </em> <img class="wp-image-3133 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AMERICA-HR-Pic-2-1366x768.jpeg" alt="" width="306" height="172" /> The 42nd Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival concludes with <b>AMERICA</b>, the latest tour de force from director Ofir Raul Graizer (<i>The Cakemaker</i>). This richly layered melodrama follows an Israeli swimming coach who returns to his country after his distant father passes away. There, he reconnects with his childhood friend and his fiancée, both of whom run a successful flower shop downtown. Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, a tragedy sets off a chain of motion for these three individuals, an event that unlocks hidden desires, secrets, and torment that have afflicted these characters. This event will conclude with a post-film reception in the museum. ALL guests are welcome! <hr /> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106 <strong>Questions or Comments?</strong> For General Questions, please reach out to Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media at <a href="mailto:info@phillyjfm.org">info@phillyjfm.org</a>, or visit the <a href="https://phillyjfm.org/tribe-events/category/lindy-summerfest-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PJFM official website</a>. <hr /> <em>This program is presented by Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media in partnership with the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History.</em> &nbsp; <img class="wp-image-3095 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.jpg" alt="" width="392" height="83" />             <img class="wp-image-3135 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thumbnail_pjfm-logo-full-color-rgb-1500px@72ppi-1.jpg" alt="" width="149" height="156" />

<strong>We appreciate your support!</strong> <strong>Your donations help fund future programs - <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/428366/#!/donation/checkout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DONATE HERE!</a></strong> <strong>Missed it? Watch the lecture here anytime:</strong> <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/770309403?h=08675d91f9" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <i>This program is made possible with the generous support of Dr. Ted Robinson in memory of Leni Robinson, of blessed memory, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother.</i> <strong>Thursday, November 10, 2022</strong> <strong>Doors at 6:30 pm, Event at 7:00 pm ET</strong> <strong>In person at The Weitzman in Philadelphia</strong> <strong>General Admission Ticket: $25 | Member Ticket: $18</strong> <span data-ogsc="rgb(84, 130, 53)">Join us for the final program in our series celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Month. </span><span data-ogsc="rgb(84, 130, 53)"> </span> <span data-ogsc="rgb(84, 130, 53)">The Weitzman welcomes <a href="https://www.heyalma.com/the-almas/the-best-jewish-television-of-5782/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hey Alma's <strong>Breakout TV Actress</strong></a> of <em>The Best Jewish Television of 5782</em> and star of Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi's critically acclaimed television dramedy, <em>Reservation Dogs</em>, <strong>Sarah Podemski</strong>, to our stage. </span> <span data-ogsc="rgb(84, 130, 53)"> </span><span data-ogsc="rgb(84, 130, 53)">A Toronto Native, Podemski's Anishinaabe/Ashkenazi background is a significant factor in her life on and off the screen. After three decades in film and television, she is uniquely positioned to speak about the developments, or lack thereof, of Indigenous and Jewish representation in the media. Podemski will discuss her childhood, artwork, and career in the entertainment industry through her intersectional lens that considers her Indigenous and Jewish experiences. She will also share her continued efforts toward uplifting and advocating for Indigenous peoples throughout Canada and America. The program will be moderated by <strong>Rabbi Shira Stutman</strong> founding rabbi of sixth and i synagogue in DC and co-host of the PRX podcast "Chutzpod!", <span style="font-weight: 400;">which since its launch has consistently been ranked in the top five Jewish podcasts nationally, and which aims to provide Jewish answers to life’s conte</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">mporary questions and help listeners build lives of meaning. </span></span> <p data-fontsize="28.08" data-lineheight="33.9768px"><strong>More About Sarah Podemski</strong></p> Sarah Podemski is an award winning Anishinaabe/Ashkenazi multidisciplinary artist from Toronto. Currently, Podemski can be seen pulling double duty on television. She stars in the critically acclaimed award-winning series <em>Reservation Dogs</em> on FX, which is co-created and executive produced by Sterlin Harjo and Academy Award winner Taika Waititi and the Syfy/Amblin comedy <em>Resident Alien</em>. Most recently Podemski finished filming the independent film / sports drama <em>Warrior Strong</em> alongside Andrew Dice Clay (Pam &amp; Tommy) and Jordan Johnson-Hinds (Blindspot). Podemski began in the performing arts at the tender age of six years old. She booked her first role in the German TV series <em>Blue Hawk</em> at 11 and went on to appear in the iconic series <em>Goosebumps</em>. Her long career also includes work on television shows such as CBS’ <em>Bull</em>, Amazon’s <em>Tin Star</em> and CBC’s <em>The Coroner</em> and feature films include The TIFF competition films <em>EMPIRE OF DIRT</em> as well as Sterlin Harjo’s <em>MEKKO</em>, for which Podemski won Best Supporting actress at the American Indian Film Festival. Throughout her career, Podemski has been passionate about raising awareness and elevating Indigenous and Jewish narratives in the entertainment industry. In addition to her on-camera presence, she writes and produces alongside her husband James Gadon. Beyond her work in film and television, Podemski runs Totem Designs, where she makes handmade dreamcatchers with a modern twist. The video below is a clip from FX's <em>Reservation Dogs </em>featuring Sarah Podemski as 'Rita,' who is in the midst of a journey of self discovery as she raises her son as a single mother. <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SO6mCyQuDQg" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <strong>More about the Moderator:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Rabbi Shira Stutman is a </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">nationally known faith-based leader and change-maker. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">She and the actor Joshua Malina host the PRX podcast “</span><a href="https://chutzpod.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chutzpod</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!” which since its launch has consistently been ranked in the top five Jewish podcasts nationally, and which aims to provide Jewish answers to life’s conte</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">mporary questions and help listeners build lives of meaning. In addition, as founder of </span><a href="https://www.mixedmultitudes.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mixed Multitudes</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, an organization that exposes diverse groups of Jews and fellow travelers to the beauty and power of Jewish life, she currently is working on a variety of projects including: helping launch a new </span><a href="http://mountainminyan.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">minyan</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in Aspen; facilitating less reactive and more heart-centered conve</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">rsations about Israel; and working with Jewish federations to lead year-long programs for the next generation of philanthropic leadership. She was named one of “America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis” by </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Jewish Forward</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and a T’ruah Rabbinic Human Rights Hero, among other awards. </span> <strong>Safety / Covid 19:</strong> Masking during theater style events is mandatory. <hr /> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106 <hr /> <strong>Additional Events Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Month:</strong> <ul> <li>October 12 (online) - Jewish and Indigenous Interactions with David S Koffman Part 1 – <strong><a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/jewish-indigenous-american-interactions-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong></li> <li>November 1 (online) - Members of Two Tribes with Emily Bowen Cohen - <a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/emily-bowen-cohen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here</strong></a></li> <li>November 9 (online) - Jewish and Indigenous Interactions with David S Koffman Part 2 – <a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/jewish-indigenous-american-interactions-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here</strong></a></li> </ul> <hr /> <em>This program is presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the JCC of Greater Baltimore. </em> <img class="wp-image-3095 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.jpg" alt="" width="331" height="70" />    <img class="wp-image-3228 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jcc-agency-SEA.jpg" alt="" width="352" height="63" />

<strong>We appreciate your support!</strong> <strong>Your donations help fund future programs - <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/422426/#!/donation/checkout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DONATE HERE!</a></strong> <strong>Missed it? Watch the lecture here anytime:</strong> <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/771701239?h=4e6ea0ad38" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <strong>Wednesday, November 9 at 8pm ET</strong> <b>Free on Zoom with suggested $12 donation</b> Next up in this two part series is Jewish-Indigenous Encounters: New Trends. In this second lecture, Dr David S Koffman will take a closer look at more recent relationships between Indigenous and Jewish communities in America and Canada. How have these sets of communities interacted and continued interacting with one another in recent years? What is the current state of "dialogue" around genocide, colonialism, language revival, and sovereignty? What's at stake in North American Jewries' newfound engagement with questions of colonialism and indigeneity? Tune in to the second and final lecture by Dr David S Koffman where he will provide answers to these questions and much more.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <strong><a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/jewish-indigenous-american-interactions-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a> for more information and to view the on demand video recording of part 1 of this series.</strong> <strong>More About David S Koffman</strong> David S. Koffman is the J. Richard Shiff Chair for the Study of Canadian Jewry and an Associate Professor in the Department of History. His undergraduate courses include "Worry &amp; Wonder: Jewish Politics, Culture &amp; Religion in Canada", "A Convenient Hatred: Antisemitism Before, During and After the Holocaust", "God/USA: Religion in America Since 1491", "Making Money," and "History of Me: The Genealogy Seminar." He is the author of <em>The Jews’ Indian: Colonialism, Pluralism, and Belonging in America</em> (Rutgers University Press, 2019), winner of an Association for Jewish Studies' Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, and the editor of, and a contributor to <em>No Better Home? Jews, Canada, and the Sense of Belonging</em> (University of Toronto Press, 2021). He has published work in journals including the <em>Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era</em>, <em>Journal of Jewish Education</em>, <em>Canadian Jewish Studies</em>, <em>American Jewish History</em>, <em>Contemporary Jewry</em>, and <em>the Journal of American Ethnic History</em>. He serves as the editor-in-chief of the journal <em>Canadian Jewish Studies </em>/ <em>Études juives canadiennes</em>, and on the editorial boards of <em>Directions, The Journal of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, </em>and <em>AJS Review: The Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies. </em>He is also the Acting Director of York’s Israel &amp; Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies. <hr /> <strong>Additional Events Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Month:</strong> <ul> <li>October 12 (online) - Jewish and Indigenous Interactions with David S Koffman Part 1 - <strong><a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/jewish-indigenous-american-interactions-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong></li> <li>November 1 (online) - Members of Two Tribes with Emily Bowen Cohen - <a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/emily-bowen-cohen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here</strong></a></li> <li>November 10 (in-person) - Conversation with Star of FX's <em>Reservation Dogs</em> Sarah Podemski - <strong><a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/podemski/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong></li> </ul> <hr /> <em>This program is presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the JCC of Greater Baltimore. </em> <img class="wp-image-3095 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.jpg" alt="" width="331" height="70" />    <img class="wp-image-3228 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jcc-agency-SEA.jpg" alt="" width="352" height="63" />

<strong>We appreciate your support!</strong> <strong>Your donations help fund future programs - <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/404755/#!/donation/checkout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DONATE HERE!</a></strong> <strong>Missed it? Watch the lecture here anytime:</strong> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/773980102?h=9474054c0f" width="640" height="564" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <strong>Wednesday, November 2 at 8pm ET</strong> <b>Free on Zoom with suggested $12 donation</b> 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 “<strong>Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation</strong>”. In her newest graphic novel, Finck reimagines the story of Genesis with God as a woman, Abraham as a resident of New York City, and Rebekah as a robot, among many other delightful twists. During this online program, Finck will be joined in conversation by the Founder and Executive Director of <strong>Mural Arts Philadelphia</strong>, <strong>Jane Golden</strong>.  The program's conversation will cover Finck's award winning contributions to <em>The</em><em> New Yorker</em>, the book, her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lianafinck/?hl=en">extremely popular instagram account</a> with over half a million followers, her creative process and more. <strong>More About Liana Finck</strong> [caption id="attachment_2968" align="alignright" width="148"]<img class=" wp-image-2968" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/headshot-by-Jorge-Colombo-1366x1366.jpg" alt="" width="148" height="148" /> Photo of Liana Finck by Jorge Colombo[/caption] 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>More About Jane Golden</strong> [caption id="attachment_2970" align="alignright" width="198"]<img class=" wp-image-2970" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Jane_Golden_s.jpg" alt="" width="198" height="248" /> Jane Golden[/caption] Jane Golden has been the driving force of Mural Arts Philadelphia since its inception, overseeing its growth from a small city agency into the nation’s largest public art program. Under Golden’s direction, Mural Arts has created over 4,000 works of transformative public art through community engagement. In partnership with innovative collaborators, she has developed groundbreaking and rigorous programs that employ the power of art to transform practice and policies related to youth education, restorative justice, environmental justice and behavioral health. Sought-after nationally and internationally as an expert on urban transformation through art, Golden has received numerous awards for her work, including the Philadelphia Award, the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Award and the Katharine Hepburn Medal. This year, she has been awarded the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Philadelphia Honors Award and nominated as a 2022 Philadelphia Titan 100. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and serves on the Mayor’s Cultural Advisory Council and the board of directors of The Heliotrope Foundation. <strong>Purchase a Signed Copy of "Let There Be Light: The Story of Her Creation" 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>. <hr /> <em>This program is presented by The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with <strong><a href="https://www.muralarts.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mural Arts Philadelphia </a></strong>and the JCC of Greater Baltimore.</em> <img class="wp-image-2771 alignnone" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.png" alt="" width="410" height="87" /><img class="wp-image-2999 alignnone" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/MAP-Logo-Purple-1366x323.png" alt="" width="305" height="72" /><img class="wp-image-3228 alignnone" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jcc-agency-SEA.jpg" alt="" width="352" height="63" />

<div class="body-copy wysiwyg"> <strong>Release Date: Wednesday, November 2 Free Online Series</strong> <iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/766164163?h=a1d51f4b84" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> In June, we launched the first season of <em><a href="https://theweitzman.org/secret-chord" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Secret Chord Concerts</a>,</em> a new series spotlighting top Jewish musicians worldwide today. Episode 5 features a performance by the grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist master of klezmer and bluegrass, <strong>Andy Statman</strong>, who is joined in this session by Jim Whitney on bass and Larry Eagle on drums. Together the trio takes viewers on a spiritual musical journey of klezmer, bluegrass, jazz and more. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> On Wednesday, November 2 at  12:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m. ET, the next <em>Secret Chord Concert </em>in the series will post at the top of this page, on the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/weitzmanmuseum" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Museum’s Facebook page</a>, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/UCLAMAJE/featured">Lowell Milken Center’s YouTube page</a> and on the series page on <a href="https://theweitzman.org/secret-chord">The Weitzman’s website</a> along with all of the previous episodes. </div> <strong>About the Series</strong> <strong><em>Secret Chord Concerts</em> is a free on-demand video series featuring 15-25 minute performances from celebrated Jewish musicians</strong> representing a broad range of styles, heritages, and histories and <strong>recorded live in front of intimate audiences in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.</strong> Season 1 episodes will air the first Wednesday of every month from June until October. A cross-country partnership between the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (The Weitzman) on historic Independence Mall in Philadelphia, and the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music (Lowell Milken Center) in Los Angeles, generated this new online offering. Both presenting organizations are committed to inspiring in people of all backgrounds a greater appreciation for the diversity of the American Jewish experience. This season’s episodes were filmed at The Weitzman, against the striking backdrop of Independence Hall, and in UCLA’s beautiful recording studio. &nbsp; <hr /> <em>This program is produced and presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music</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="393" height="83" /><img class="alignnone wp-image-1652 aligncenter" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/UCLA_Uxd_Blk_SchM_LMCntMusicAmJwExp_B2.jpg" alt="" width="439" height="82" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<strong>We appreciate your support!</strong> <strong>Your donations help fund future programs - <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/427057/#!/donation/checkout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DONATE HERE!</a></strong> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/766494330?h=cb1b0fa83f" width="640" height="301" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <strong>Tuesday, November 1 at 8pm ET</strong> <b>Free on Zoom with suggested $12 donation</b> <p class="p1">Join us on-line as we welcome the illustrator, author and educator, Emily Bowen Cohen, for a presentation celebrating the first day of Indigenous Peoples' Month. During this program Cohen will discuss her own experiences as an Indigenous and Jewish American. Cohen will use her own original drawings and comic panels to help illustrate the myriad ways in which people with intersectional identities are creating spaces for themselves in todays Jewish community. She will also reflect on themes common to Jewish and Indigenous American experiences such as the importance of places that feel like home, historical persecution and oppression, and cultural traditions. Cohen is best known for her memoir-style comics including her book <i>An American Indian Guide to the Day of Atonement</i>, in addition to several other published essays, such as <i>My Sioux-kot</i> and <i>Visiting National Parks While Native</i>.</p> <p class="p1">Cohen's new novel entitled <em>Two Tribes</em> goes on sale in August 2023!</p> <strong>More About Emily Bowen Cohen</strong> [caption id="attachment_3087" align="alignright" width="142"]<img class=" wp-image-3087" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/EBCheadshot_comp.jpg" alt="" width="142" height="214" /> Emily Bowen Cohen[/caption] Emily Bowen Cohen is a writer and visual artist. This summer, she was the Peleh Foundation Artist-in-Residence in Berkeley, CA. Her graphic novel, <em>Two Tribes</em>, will be published June 2023 by Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint at HarperCollins. Emily’s background informs her passion for creating complicated Indigenous characters. She is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and grew up in rural Oklahoma. Her father was the Chief of Staff at their tribal hospital and her mother is a nice Jewish girl from New Jersey. After her father’s early death, she was separated from her Native family. A decade later, she returned to Oklahoma for a bittersweet homecoming.  She’s been writing and drawing stories about the weirdness of being Indigenous in America ever since.<strong> </strong> <hr /> <strong>Additional Events Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Month:</strong> <ul> <li>October 12 (online) - Jewish and Indigenous Interactions with David S Koffman Part 1 – <strong><a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/jewish-indigenous-american-interactions-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong></li> <li>November 9 (online) - Jewish and Indigenous Interactions with David S Koffman Part 2 – <a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/jewish-indigenous-american-interactions-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here</strong></a></li> <li>November 10 (in-person) - Conversation with Star of FX's <em>Reservation Dogs</em> Sarah Podemski - <strong><a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/podemski/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong></li> </ul> &nbsp; <hr /> <em>This program is presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the JCC of Greater Baltimore. </em> <img class="wp-image-3095 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.jpg" alt="" width="331" height="70" />    <img class="wp-image-3228 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jcc-agency-SEA.jpg" alt="" width="352" height="63" />

<strong>We appreciate your support!</strong> <strong>Your donations help fund future programs - <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/425356/#!/donation/checkout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DONATE HERE!</a></strong> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/773365532?h=701abb9853" width="640" height="564" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>       </strong></p> <p data-ogsc="rgb(14, 16, 26)"><strong>Thursday, October 27 7:30pm ET Doors | 8:00 pm ET Event </strong> <b>Live at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History</b> <strong>General Admission Ticket: $18 | Member Ticket: $13</strong></p> <p data-ogsc="rgb(14, 16, 26)">Yo! After several months and thousands of selfies since the installation of the monumental "OY/YO" sculpture at The Weitzman, we are excited to welcome the artist and creator back to the Museum for a special program.</p> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <span data-ogsc="rgb(26, 26, 26)">Brooklyn-based artist Deborah Kass will sit down with her friend Thom Collins, Neubauer Family Executive Director and President of the Barnes Foundation, in the Weitzman's Dell Theatre. Kass and Collins will discuss the roles of art on the streets, in civic life, and protest- here in Philadelphia and beyond. The duo will also explore how "OY/YO" and other modern works of art reflect on the values of specific cultures within American society's larger landscape and the forces that divide and unite our community.</span> <strong>More About "OY/YO"</strong> </div> </div> </div> <p data-ogsc="rgb(14, 16, 26)">Deborah Kass' larger than life, Lamborghini yellow "OY/YO" sculpture is hard to miss when approaching 5th and Market streets on Independence Mall, Philadelphia. Standing proud outside the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, the sculpture says "OY," a Yiddish expression of surprise or dismay commonly used in American Jewish culture. From the reverse perspective, it reads "YO," representing the ever-popular Philadelphia slang interjection. Alternatively, "YO" is the Spanish pronoun translated to "I" in English. The artist's inspiration for this work was the dichotomy between America's promise of equality and the animosity increasing in our country today. "OY/YO" encapsulates the zeitgeist through a projection of universality.</p> <strong>About Deborah Kass </strong> <p class="p1"><strong>Deborah Kass</strong> is an American mixed-media artist whose work realizes the crossway of pop culture, art history, and identity. She obtained her BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University before joining the Whitney Museum Independent Studies Program and the Art Students League of New York. Kass has executed several solo exhibitions including Deborah Kass: Before and Happily Ever After, a Mid-Career Retrospective, at the Andy Warhol Museum, and My Elvis +, at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York. Her work was also featured in Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Many of her pieces can be seen in permanent collections in museums across the country such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, the Fogg Museum in Boston, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, the Jewish Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Kass is currently represented by <a href="https://kavigupta.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kavi Gupta Gallery</a>.</span></p> <strong>About Thom Collins</strong> <b>Thom Collins, Neubauer Family Executive Director and President of The Barnes Foundation, </b>is a Philadelphia native with nearly 30 years of experience at some of America's top arts institutions, including the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase. NY; the Contemporary in Baltimore; the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati; the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle; and the Museum of Modern Art in NY. Since arriving at the Barnes in 2015, Thom has led the institution to build upon the progressive vision of its founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes, with programs that share the collection, educate learners of all ages and break down traditional barriers to participation in the arts for diverse audiences. <strong>Safety / Covid 19: </strong>*This event will occur in the DELL THEATER CONCOURSE LEVEL. *Masking in the auditorium is mandatory. <hr /> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106 &nbsp;

<strong>Wednesday, October 19, 2022</strong> <strong>Doors at 6:30 pm, Event at 7:00 pm ET</strong> <strong>In person at The Weitzman in Philadelphia</strong> <a href="https://www.classy.org/event/beyond-chicken-soup-ashkenazi-herbalism-with-deatra-cohen-and-adam-siegel/e422168/register/new/select-tickets?&amp;c_src=beyondchickensoup&amp;c_src2=eventpagelink" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>$18 / $13 Members - </strong><strong>Click Here</strong></a> <p class="p1">With the autumn harvest holiday of <strong>Sukkot </strong>this month, join us for an event that will surely inspire ideas for the fall garden and sow new ideas for gardeners planning the year to come. Learn about the native plants, practices and practitioners of the Jewish medicinal plant healers of Eastern Europe.</p> <p class="p1">When faced with the reality that the natural medicine practices of her Jewish ancestors had been erased by war like most documentation of European Jewry, <strong>Deatra</strong> <strong>Cohen</strong>, a clinical herbalist and research librarian, took it upon herself to piece back together the history of Ashkenazi healers.</p> <p class="p1">Philadelphia's Jewish Farm School co-founder, Nati Passow will lead the discussion and unearth the history of Eastern European folk medicine with authors <strong>Cohen</strong> and <strong>Adam Siegel. </strong></p> <p class="p1"><strong>About the Book </strong>Authors Cohen and Siegel turn back time to explore the vast treatments within Eastern Europe’s Pale of Settlement herbal tradition that from the Middle Ages through today has been shrouded in mystery. <strong>Cohen</strong>, a clinical herbalist and research librarian, with the help of <strong>Siegel</strong>, a research librarian and literary translator, was able to uncover European Jewish medicinal traditions that go beyond today’s ever present “chicken soup” theory.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>About the Authors </strong>Deatra Cohen is a research librarian and clinical herbalist, having trained with the Berkeley (formerly Ohlone) Herbal Center in Berkeley, California. She is a member of a Western Clinical Herbal collective, and holds the title of Master Gardener at the University of California.</p> <p class="p1">Adam Siegel is a research librarian at the University of California, Davis, and a historian of Central and Eastern Europe, specializing in issues concerning cultural contact and plant knowledge. Siegel was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Translation Fellowship in 2014 for his work as a literary translator, having translated works from Russian, Czech, German, Croatian, Serbian, French, Italian, Swedish, and Norwegian. He reviewed and translated literature and scholarship in Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, German, Polish, and Hebrew for “Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews.”</p> [caption id="attachment_3059" align="alignright" width="108"]<img class="wp-image-3059" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/thumbnail_Nati-Headshot.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="143" /> Nati Passow[/caption] <strong>About the</strong> <strong>Moderator</strong> Nati Passow has been a leader in the Jewish environmental movement for the past two decades. He co-founded and served as Executive Director of the Jewish Farm School for 15 years, overseeing hundreds of programs for children, college students, and adults. From 2019-2020 Nati was an Assistant Professor of Sustainable Food Systems at Temple University, and currently is the Director of Operations &amp; Finance for Dayenu: A Jewish Call for Climate Action. When not working, he can be found biking, tending his garden, and sharing food with family and friends in West Philadelphia. <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://shoptheweitzman.org/products/ashkenazi-herbalism-7-847384018177?_pos=1&amp;_sid=5b125da53&amp;_ss=r" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click Here</strong></a>. <p class="fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" data-fontsize="28.08" data-lineheight="33.9768px"><strong>Safety / Covid 19: </strong>*This event will occur in the DELL THEATER CONCOURSE LEVEL. Masking in the auditorium is mandatory.</p> <hr /> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106

<strong>Wednesday, October 12 at 8pm ET</strong> <b>Free on Zoom with suggested $12 donation</b> <b><a href="https://bit.ly/3SKA5vb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here</a> to Register for the Series (Parts 1 &amp; 2)</b> <strong>Missed it? Watch the lecture here anytime:</strong> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/760614504?h=8a38f4b613" width="640" height="400" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p class="p2">Join us online as we welcome Dr David S Koffman for the first of two lectures focused on the historical intersections and relationships between Indigenous and Jewish American communities. In this first lecture, Dr Koffman will highlight significant moments in history that helped shape the dynamics of these relationships from the colonial Atlantic world to the Civil Rights era. It touches down on the fur trade routes in Indian Territories  of the "Old West" in the late 19th century, in the curio shops of the Pacific Northwest, Southwest and Plains, the frontier newspaper and memoirs of Jewish western pioneers, and the New York and Washington offices of policy makers, lobbyists and anthropologists of the New Deal era. Based on his award winning book, <em>The Jews' Indian: Colonialism, Pluralism and Belonging in America</em>, professor David S. Koffman will host a lively discussion about a largely unknown, complex and fascinating history of an interpersonal and intercommunal meeting.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">Return for the next lecture where Koffman concludes with the second half of the 20^th century highlighting the transition to a new kinship between the communities.</p> &nbsp; <strong>More About David S Koffman</strong> David S. Koffman is the J. Richard Shiff Chair for the Study of Canadian Jewry and an Associate Professor in the Department of History. His undergraduate courses include "Worry &amp; Wonder: Jewish Politics, Culture &amp; Religion in Canada", "A Convenient Hatred: Antisemitism Before, During and After the Holocaust", "God/USA: Religion in America Since 1491", "Making Money," and "History of Me: The Genealogy Seminar." He is the author of <em>The Jews’ Indian: Colonialism, Pluralism, and Belonging in America</em> (Rutgers University Press, 2019), winner of an Association for Jewish Studies' Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, and the editor of, and a contributor to <em>No Better Home? Jews, Canada, and the Sense of Belonging</em> (University of Toronto Press, 2021). He has published work in journals including the <em>Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era</em>, <em>Journal of Jewish Education</em>, <em>Canadian Jewish Studies</em>, <em>American Jewish History</em>, <em>Contemporary Jewry</em>, and <em>the Journal of American Ethnic History</em>. He serves as the editor-in-chief of the journal <em>Canadian Jewish Studies </em>/ <em>Études juives canadiennes</em>, and on the editorial boards of <em>Directions, The Journal of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, </em>and <em>AJS Review: The Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies. </em>He is also the Acting Director of York’s Israel &amp; Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies. <hr /> <strong>Additional Events Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Month:</strong> <ul> <li>November 1 (online) - Members of Two Tribes with Emily Bowen Cohen - <a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/emily-bowen-cohen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here</strong></a></li> <li>November 9 (online) - Jewish and Indigenous Interactions with David S Koffman Part 2 - <a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/jewish-indigenous-american-interactions-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here</strong></a></li> <li>November 10 (in-person) - Conversation with Star of FX's <em>Reservation Dogs</em> Sarah Podemski - <strong><a href="https://theweitzman.org/events/podemski/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong></li> </ul> &nbsp; <hr /> <em>This program is presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the JCC of Greater Baltimore. </em> <img class="wp-image-3095 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.jpg" alt="" width="331" height="70" />    <img class="wp-image-3228 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jcc-agency-SEA.jpg" alt="" width="352" height="63" />

<strong>Thursday, September 22 Doors at 6:30pm, Event at 7:00 pm ET</strong> <b>Live at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History</b> <a href="https://www.classy.org/event/koshersoul-book-release-with-michael-twitty-and-joan-nathan/e422105/register/new/select-tickets?&amp;c_src=koshersoul&amp;c_src2=eventpagelink" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>$25 GA/ $18 Members - Click Here for IN PERSON Tickets</b></a> <strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3Bgkiyl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$12 GA/ $10 Members - Click Here for LIVESTREAM Tickets</a></strong> <div style="padding: 75% 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="Koshersoul Book Release with Michael Twitty and Joan Nathan" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/774292575?h=be51ada9b9&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> &nbsp; Join for an evening with the acclaimed James Beard award-winning author, <strong>Michael Twitty</strong>, as we celebrate the launch of his new book <em>Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American American Jew</em>. In conversation with <strong>Joan Nathan</strong>, another superstar James Beard award-winning Jewish food guru, the two will explore the cultural crossroads of Jewish and African diasporic cuisines and related issues of memory, identity, and food. The conversation will be immediately followed by a book-signing with Michael Twitty and Joan Nathan. As a special treat, all attendees will receive a sample of Michael Twitty's homemade spice mix and a "Best of Philly 2021" award-winning brownie from <a href="https://www.seconddaughterbakingco.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Second Daughter Baking Co.</a> <strong>More about the Koshersoul </strong>In <em>Koshersoul</em>, Michael W. Twitty considers the marriage of two of the most distinctive culinary cultures in the world today: the foods and traditions of the African Atlantic and the global Jewish diaspora. To Twitty, the creation of African-Jewish cooking is a conversation of migrations and a dialogue of diasporas offering a rich background for inventive recipes and the people who create them. Having wrestled with his identity as a Jewish American of African descent, Twitty uses the culinary arts and history to write a narrative of what it means to be a Jew of Color in America. <em>Koshersoul</em> does not represent a fusion of the two cuisines, but instead honors and lifts up the myriad intersections between the African American and Jewish American diasporic identities. The question that most intrigues Mr Twitty is not just who makes the food, but how the food makes the people. Jews of Color are not outliers, Twitty contends, but significant and meaningful cultural creators in both Black and Jewish civilizations. <em>Koshersoul</em> also explores how food has shaped the journeys of numerous cooks, including Twitty’s own passage to and within Judaism. As intimate, thought-provoking, and profound as <em>The Cooking Gene</em>, this remarkable book teases the senses as it offers sustenance for the soul. <em>Koshersoul </em>includes 48-50 recipes. <strong>About the Author </strong>Michael W. Twitty is a living history interpreter, culinary historian, and food writer personally charged with teaching, documenting, and preserving the African American culinary traditions of the historic South and the wider African Atlantic world as well as parent traditions in Africa. He blogs at <strong><a href="http://www.AfroCulinaria.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Afroculinaria</a>.</strong> His first two books, <em>The Cooking Gene</em> (HarperCollins 2017), and <em>Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook </em>(UNC Press 2021), were both released to great acclaim. The former won Twitty the 2018 James Beard Award, making him one of the few Black authors so awarded. The video below is a clip from PBS NewsHour featuring Michael Twitty and his work at Colonial Williamsburg. <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R6l8jRF-eGA" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-mce-fragment="1"></iframe> <strong>About the Moderator </strong>Joan Nathan has authored an astounding eleven cookbooks over the last five decades exploring a multitude of Jewish cuisines both near and far, beginning with her first entitled <i>The Flavor of Jerusalem</i>.  A Rhode Island native, Nathan received an education in French literature and public administration from the University of Michigan and Harvard University respectively, before living in Israel where she worked under Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem. Nathan’s most recent work, <i>King Solomon’s Table: a Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking from Around the World</i> was released by Alfred P. Knopf in April of 2017. She has been awarded numerous accolades including a spot on NPR, Food and Wine, and Bon Appétit magazines 10 best cookbooks of 2010 for <i>Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France</i>; both the James Beard Award and the IACP/Julia Child Cookbook of the Year Award in 1994 for <i>Jewish Cooking in America</i>, the R.T. French Tastemaker Award for American cooking in 1985 for <i>An American Folklife Cookbook</i>, and many more. In later years, Nathan hosted a James Beard Award nominated television series on PBS called <i>Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan</i>, produced the award-winning documentary <i>Passover: Traditions of Freedom,</i> and was featured as a guest on several radio and television programs. More recently, Nathan was granted the Silver Spoon Award from <i>Food Arts</i> magazine, a Special Recognition Award from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the distinguished Grande Dame award, and countless other recognitions for her efforts in revering Jewish culinary arts. <strong>Preorder a Copy Today </strong>Interested in preordering a copy of <em>Koshersoul</em> to be signed by the author for yourself or as a gift? Visit our online Museum Store and preorder your copy today. Additional books by Twitty and Nathan also available for purchase - <a href="https://shoptheweitzman.org/collections/koshersoul-book-release" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click Here </strong></a> <strong>Safety / Covid 19: </strong>*This event will occur in the DELL THEATER CONCOURSE LEVEL. *Masking in the auditorium is mandatory. <hr /> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106 <hr /> <em>This program is presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the African American Museum of Philadelphia and Jews in ALL Hues.</em> <img class="alignnone wp-image-3095 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.jpg" alt="" width="306" height="65" /><img class="wp-image-3096 alignnone alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/New-AAMP-Logo-Purplecomp.jpg" alt="" width="107" height="73" /><img class="wp-image-3097 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/New-JIAH-Logo-copycomp-e1663082978191.png" alt="" width="166" height="65" />

<p style="text-align: left;"><b>Wednesday, September 14th, 6:00 pm ET<a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/FiddlersJourneytotheBigScreen" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> </a>In Person at the Weitzman (5th and Market) </b><strong>Free with Suggested $12 Donation - <a href="https://bit.ly/3wHLjrE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here</a> </strong></p> THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST, a new three-part, six-hour series directed and produced by <strong>Ken Burns</strong>, <strong>Lynn Novick</strong> and <strong>Sarah Botstein</strong>, explores America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the 20th century. Join us as <em>Radio Times'</em> <strong>Marty Moss-Coane</strong> hosts a preview screening of the documentary and conversation about America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian cris<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" data-ogsc="rgb(0, 176, 80)">e</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" data-ogsc="black">s in history, </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" data-ogsc="rgb(0, 176, 80)">the Holocaust</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" data-ogsc="black">. </span>Marty will be joined by two expert panelists, <strong>Philippe Weisz</strong>, Director of Legal Services for HIAS Pennsylvania and <strong>Beth S. Wenger</strong>, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, and Moritz and Josephine Berg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania; author of<i> History Lessons: The Creation of American Jewish Heritage.</i><i> </i>Together in conversation they will consider the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany, in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement, immigration restrictions, race laws in the American south and more. <strong>More About the Documentary</strong> Inspired in part by the <a href="https://www.ushmm.org/support/why-support/americans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition</a> and supported by its historical resources, the film examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States and race laws in the American south. The series, written by Geoffrey Ward, sheds light on what the U.S. government and American people knew and did as the catastrophe unfolded in Europe. Combining the first-person accounts of Holocaust witnesses and survivors and interviews with leading historians and writers, THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST dispels competing myths that Americans either were ignorant of the unspeakable persecution that Jews and other targeted minorities faced in Europe or that they looked on with callous indifference. The film tackles a range of questions that remain essential to our society today, including how racism influences policies related to immigration and refugees as well as how governments and people respond to the rise of authoritarian states that manipulate history and facts to consolidate power. Directed and produced by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, <em><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" data-ogsc="black" data-ogsb="white">The US &amp; the Holocaust</span></em><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" data-ogsc="rgb(34, 34, 34)"> premieres September 18, 2022 at 8 p.m. ET on </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" data-ogsc="black" data-ogsb="white">WHYY-TV 12</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" data-ogsc="rgb(34, 34, 34)">. Visit <a href="https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/us-and-the-holocaust/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WHYY.org</a> for more info.</span> <strong>More About the Host</strong> <p class="p1"><strong>Marty Moss-Coane</strong> is host and executive producer of <b><i>Radio Times</i></b>, one of the most respected weekday interview programs on regional radio. She has earned praise for her versatility and engaging conversations and interviews with guests and phone callers alike during the live program, which covers social issues, public policy, books, films, and more. She is one of the tri-state area’s most thought-provoking and balanced radio hosts, working for WHYY, the region’s leading public broadcasting station. Her programs reflect the belief that guiding discussions fairly and accurately are of prime importance in educating and informing the audience, allowing them to make sound and informed decisions. Marty is as comfortable interviewing political candidates about their election promises as she is eliciting tips on how to care for the family pets from a local veterinarian to asking listeners to discuss their favorite “pick up” lines.</p> <strong>More About the Panelists</strong> <p class="p1"><strong>Philippe Weisz</strong> has been an advocate for immigrant rights for over 20 years. He started his career with the American Friends Service Committee, Immigrant Rights Program in Newark, New Jersey. There, he represented detained asylum seekers and immigrants from Central America. In 2006 he joined HIAS Pennsylvania as director of legal services. In addition to supervising its staff of attorneys and paralegals and handling his own caseload, Philippe oversees the agency's educational activities. Philippe has presented at professional conferences, trained pro-bono lawyers as well as provided training to staff at numerous social and legal services agencies. He also has been interviewed by English and Spanish language media on immigration matters. Philippe earned his BA in International Relations at Dickinson College in 1992. He earned his JD from the Washington College of Law at American University where he also received his MA in International Relations in 1996.</p> <strong>Beth S. Wenger</strong> is Moritz and Josephine Berg Professor of History and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the School of Arts &amp; Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Wenger has authored three award-winning books entitled History Lessons: The Creation of American Jewish Heritage, The Jewish Americans: Three Centuries of Jewish Voices in America, and New York Jews and the Great Depression: Uncertain Promise, in addition to co-editing many others. She was awarded the Lee Max Friedman Award Medal from the American Jewish Historical Society for distinguished service, scholarship and leadership within the field along with several other academic grants and fellowships. Wenger was one of four founding historians who helped to create the core exhibition at the <b>Weitzman</b> National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, and she continues to serve as historical consultant to the Museum. &nbsp; <hr /> <strong>Safety / Covid 19: </strong>*This event will occur in the DELL THEATER CONCOURSE LEVEL. *Masking in the Dell Theater is mandatory. <hr /> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106 <hr /> <strong>Donations from this event go to support programs and services at the Weitzman Museum of American Jewish History and WHYY, your local NPR and PBS member station.</strong> <em>This program is presented by WHYY, your local NPR and PBS member station in partnership with the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History.</em> <img class="wp-image-3063 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/thumbnail_Outlook-31m2zs3b.png" alt="" width="176" height="74" /><img class="wp-image-3064 alignleft" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/thumbnail_Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.png" alt="" width="373" height="79" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <em>Co-presented by WHYY with support from The Hill at Whitemarsh</em> <em><img class="alignnone wp-image-3067" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/THAW-Logo_Color2.jpg" alt="" width="293" height="53" /></em>

<strong>Wednesday, September 7 -  3 pm ET / 12 pm PT Free Online Series See "Ways to Watch" Below</strong> In June, we launched the first season of <em><a href="https://theweitzman.org/secret-chord" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Secret Chord Concerts</a>,</em> a new series spotlighting top Jewish musicians worldwide today. Episode 4 features a collaborative performance by two groups, <strong>Tsvey Brider</strong> and <strong>Baymele. </strong>In various combinations, the two ensembles perform original, stylistically diverse compositions of Yiddish poetry in addition to music of Jewish eastern Europe. <strong>More about the Ensemble</strong> <p class=""><strong>Tsvey Brider</strong> (meaning “two brothers” in Yiddish) is a Yiddish songwriting, arranging and performing duo featuring <strong>Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell</strong> (vocals) and <strong>Dmitri Gaskin </strong>(piano, accordion). Formed in 2017 after winning the Concurso Internacional de Canciones en Idish (Der Idisher Idol) in Mexico City, Tsvey Brider has gone on to be featured in the Gorki Theatre’s Radikale Jüdisches Kulturtage (Radical Jewish Culture Festival), tour across Poland and perform for culture and music festivals both nationally and interntaionally.</p> <p class="">Inspired by the work of an international group of twentieth century Jewish writers and poets, Tsvey Brider is an outfit for the musical exploration of contemporary life in the Yiddish language. This has led the duo to write, arrange and perform in a diverse array of styles and genres including contemporary classical, cabaret, blues and pop in addition to the sounds of Jewish Eastern Europe that have traditionally accompanied music in the Yiddish language.</p> <p class=""><strong>Baymele</strong> (meaning "little tree" in Yiddish) is a klezmer and Eastern European folk trio rooted in the San Francisco Bay Area on <em>unceded Ohlone</em> land. Avid ethnographic researchers, they perform newly rediscovered gems from Ashkenazi, Polish, Romanian, Ukrainian, and Hungarian folk music traditions, alongside original compositions. The trio's members are <strong>Matthew Stein</strong> (violin), <strong>Misha Khalikulov</strong> (cello) and <strong>Dmitri Gaskin</strong> (accordion).</p> <strong>Watch the Full Episode</strong> <iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/743469159?h=84a08f11f5" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> On Wednesday, September 7 at  12:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m. ET, the next <em>Secret Chord Concert </em>in the series will post at the top of this page, on the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/weitzmanmuseum" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Museum's Facebook page</a>, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/UCLAMAJE/featured">Lowell Milken Center’s YouTube page</a> and on the series page on <a href="https://theweitzman.org/secret-chord">The Weitzman’s website</a> along with all of the previous episodes. <strong>About the Series</strong> <strong><em>Secret Chord Concerts</em> is a free on-demand video series featuring 15-25 minute performances from celebrated Jewish musicians</strong> representing a broad range of styles, heritages, and histories and <strong>recorded live in front of intimate audiences in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.</strong> Season 1 episodes will air the first Wednesday of every month from June until October. A cross-country partnership between the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (The Weitzman) on historic Independence Mall in Philadelphia, and the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music (Lowell Milken Center) in Los Angeles, generated this new online offering. Both presenting organizations are committed to inspiring in people of all backgrounds a greater appreciation for the diversity of the American Jewish experience. This season’s episodes were filmed at The Weitzman, against the striking backdrop of Independence Hall, and in UCLA’s beautiful recording studio. &nbsp; <hr /> <em>This program is produced and presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music</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="393" height="83" /><img class="alignnone wp-image-1652 aligncenter" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/UCLA_Uxd_Blk_SchM_LMCntMusicAmJwExp_B2.jpg" alt="" width="439" height="82" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<h6 style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://theweitzman.org/nei" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a> to visit the NEI website for details and to register.</strong></h6> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><strong>This year's Institute will be held online from August 15-17.</strong></h6> This online seminar and workshop, now in its sixth year, will 1) expand how you understand and teach<b> </b>the American Jewish experience: past, present, and future; 2) introduce new ways to stimulate your students’ curiosity and critical thinking through inquiry-based learning; and 3) provide a space to engage with top scholars and practitioners in the field and develop professional connections with fellow teachers...<a href="https://theweitzman.org/nei" target="_blank" rel="noopener">READ MORE</a>. &nbsp;

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/736600996?h=756ded3d6c" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <strong>Released: Wednesday, August 3 Free Online Series </strong> In June, we launched the first season of <em><a href="https://theweitzman.org/secret-chord" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Secret Chord Concerts</a>,</em> a new series spotlighting top Jewish musicians worldwide today. Episode 3 will feature <strong><a href="https://www.netaelkayam.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Neta Elkayam</a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">a world-renowned Israeli singer of North African music who connects the spirits of her Moroccan Jewish mothers to audiences around the world. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">As described in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New York Times</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">: “It is that work of bridging gaps, across time and nations — and in particular drawing attention to women artists — that makes Ms. Elkayam important.”</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">In this performance, Elkayam performs as a duo with her multi-instrumentalist, musical director Amit Hai Cohen. Together, the duo creates an intimate and energetic sound, melding music from the Moroccan Jewish repertoire with jazz melodies, as well as rock, pop and other contemporary influences. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Neta was granted two coveted international awards for her work in 2022: the Moroccan TMM Trophy for spreading the Moroccan Jewish Voice around the world, and the Pomegranate Award for Sephardi Excellence in the Arts from the American Sephardi Federation.</span> <strong>About the Series</strong> <strong><em>Secret Chord Concerts</em> is a free on-demand video series featuring 15-25 minute performances from celebrated Jewish musicians</strong> representing a broad range of styles, heritages, and histories and <strong>recorded live in front of intimate audiences in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.</strong> Season 1 episodes will air the first Wednesday of every month from June until October. A cross-country partnership between the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (The Weitzman) on historic Independence Mall in Philadelphia, and the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music (Lowell Milken Center) in Los Angeles, generated this new online offering. Both presenting organizations are committed to inspiring in people of all backgrounds a greater appreciation for the diversity of the American Jewish experience. This season’s episodes were filmed at The Weitzman, against the striking backdrop of Independence Hall, and in UCLA’s beautiful recording studio. &nbsp; <hr /> <em>This program is produced and presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music</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="393" height="83" /><img class="alignnone wp-image-1652 aligncenter" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/UCLA_Uxd_Blk_SchM_LMCntMusicAmJwExp_B2.jpg" alt="" width="439" height="82" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="Secret Chord Concerts Episode 2: Mostly Kosher" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/727114666?h=7b8f49c004&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> <strong>Wednesday, July 6 -  3 pm ET / 12 pm PT Free Online Series See "Ways to Watch" Below</strong> Last month, we launched the first season of <em><a href="https://theweitzman.org/secret-chord" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Secret Chord Concerts</a>,</em> a new series spotlighting top Jewish musicians worldwide today. Episode 2 will feature <span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.mostlykosher.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mostly Kosher</a>—an acclaimed Klezmer-rock band that boldly redefines Judaic and American cultural music. This performance will highlight their new album, “This World is Yours,” which takes listeners through modern protest music, challenging them to topple norms of intolerance and indifference.</span> <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> On Wednesday, July 6 at  12:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m. ET, the next <em>Secret Chord Concert </em>in the series will premiere on the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/weitzmanmuseum" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Museum's Facebook page</a> and on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/UCLAMAJE/featured">Lowell Milken Center’s YouTube page</a>. The series will be also be available on-demand following the premiere on those two sites as well as on this page, and on the series page on <a href="https://theweitzman.org/secret-chord">The Weitzman’s website</a>. <b>Episode Teaser</b> <div style="padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="Secret Chord Concerts Episode 2 teaser - Mostly Kosher" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/721583242?h=efdbe3e22c&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> &nbsp; <strong>About the Series</strong> <strong><em>Secret Chord Concerts</em> is a free on-demand video series featuring 15-25 minute performances from celebrated Jewish musicians</strong> representing a broad range of styles, heritages, and histories and <strong>recorded live in front of intimate audiences in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.</strong> Season 1 episodes will air the first Wednesday of every month from June until October. A cross-country partnership between the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (The Weitzman) on historic Independence Mall in Philadelphia, and the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music (Lowell Milken Center) in Los Angeles, generated this new online offering. Both presenting organizations are committed to inspiring in people of all backgrounds a greater appreciation for the diversity of the American Jewish experience. This season’s episodes were filmed at The Weitzman, against the striking backdrop of Independence Hall, and in UCLA’s beautiful recording studio. &nbsp; <hr /> <em>This program is produced and presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music</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="393" height="83" /><img class="alignnone wp-image-1652 aligncenter" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/UCLA_Uxd_Blk_SchM_LMCntMusicAmJwExp_B2.jpg" alt="" width="439" height="82" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<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;

<p style="text-align: left;"><b>Thursday, June 23, 2022 7:00 pm ET<a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/FiddlersJourneytotheBigScreen" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> </a>In Person at the Weitzman</b></p> <b><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/JewsoftheWildWest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets</a> - $15</b> <strong>Philadelphia Premiere </strong>One may not necessarily associate Jews with the emblems of the American Wild West; cowboys, horseback riding, saloons with their usual swinging doors. In <strong><em>Jews of the Wild West</em></strong>, viewers are presented with a long-forgotten, unheard of chapter of American history: the efforts and accomplishments that thousands of Jews made in shaping the Western frontier. Who knew, for example, that Broncho Billy Anderson, considered to be Hollywood’s first celebrity cowboy, was Jewish? Who knew that even Golda Meir herself, the famed prime minister of Israel, lived in Colorado? With incredible archival footage and interviews of present-day relatives of the little-known <em><strong>Jews of the Wild West</strong></em>, this remarkable debut from director Amanda Marshall Kinsey is a testament to the historic achievements Jews have made throughout <em>all</em> parts of America. <strong>Official Selection</strong>: <ul> <li>Atlanta Jewish Film Festival</li> <li>Toronto Jewish Film Festival</li> </ul> <hr /> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106 <strong>Questions or Comments?</strong> Call PJFM at (215) 545-4400, email <a href="mailto:info@phillyjfm.org">info@phillyjfm.org</a>, or visit the <strong><a href="https://phillyjfm.org/tribe-events/category/lindy-summerfest-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PJFM official website</a>.</strong> <hr /> <em>This program is part of Lindy SummerFest 2022 and is presented by Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media in partnership with the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History</em> <img class="alignnone wp-image-2921 aligncenter" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Lindy-SummerFest-2022-Flyer.jpg" alt="" width="861" height="861" /> &nbsp;

<p style="text-align: left;"><b>Thursday, June 16, 2022 </b><b>7:00 pm ET</b><b><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/FiddlersJourneytotheBigScreen" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> </a></b><b>In Person at the Weitzman </b></p> <b><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/ATreeofLife" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets</a> - $15</b> <strong>Philadelphia Premiere </strong>Saturday, October 27, 2018. Shabbat morning. A man enters a synagogue in Pittsburgh with four assault weapons in hand, murdering 11 congregants, all because he hates Jews. Four years later and the pain still won’t go away. Can it ever? Academy Award nominee Trish Adlesic tackles a delicate topic with bravery and skill in <strong><em>A Tree of Life</em></strong>, an astounding powerhouse of a motion picture. As survivors and relatives of the victims recount that tragic day, Adlesic delves even deeper into the politically biased, ever-growing hate crimes and anti-Semitic attacks that continue to afflict this country. <strong>Official Selection</strong>: <ul> <li>Atlanta Jewish Film Festival</li> <li>DOC NYC</li> <li>Miami Jewish Film Festival</li> <li>San Francisco Jewish Film Festival</li> <li>Washington Jewish Film Festival</li> </ul> <p class="fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" data-fontsize="28.08" data-lineheight="33.9768px"><strong>Safety / Covid 19: </strong>*The screening will occur in the DELL THEATER CONCOURSE LEVEL. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required for visitors age 5+. Masking in the auditorium is mandatory.</p> <hr /> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106 <strong>Questions or Comments?</strong> Call PJFM at (215) 545-4400, email <a href="mailto:info@phillyjfm.org">info@phillyjfm.org</a>, or visit the <strong><a href="https://phillyjfm.org/tribe-events/category/lindy-summerfest-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PJFM official website</a>.</strong> <hr /> <em>This program is part of Lindy SummerFest 2022 and is presented by Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media in partnership with the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History</em> <img class="alignnone wp-image-2921" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Lindy-SummerFest-2022-Flyer.jpg" alt="" width="1007" height="1007" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="LNK Full Program Intro and Chat.mp4" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/721240273?h=037092c1b1&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> <strong>Original Broadcast Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 8:00pm - 9:30pm ET</strong> <strong>View by Clicking Play Above. <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> suggested</strong> Contact the booking agent for <strong>Trio Sefardi, </strong><a href="howardbass7@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Howard Bass</a>, if you're interested in bringing <strong>La Nona Kanta (digital or in person program)</strong> to your school, synagogue, church, museum, or other community group. "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" />

<b>Sunday, June 12, 1:00 pm - 2:30pm ET</b> <b>Free on Zoom <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sefarad-jews-in-early-america-from-inquisition-to-freedom-tickets-344297020657?fbclid=IwAR2EHHHA8Z8QjX3cW2nfO0JKkXnp0UQtLrOn4etgwWdpPIU_uUg5aIP_9e4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here to Register</a></b> <div class="g-group l-mar-bot-6 l-sm-mar-bot-4"> <div class="structured-content g-cell g-cell-10-12 g-cell-md-1-1"> <div class="has-user-generated-content" data-automation="about-this-event-sc"> <div class="structured-content-rich-text structured-content__module l-align-left l-mar-vert-6 l-sm-mar-vert-4 text-body-medium"> <div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle">During this webinar we will explore the role of Jews in the development of religious liberty in America, from the arrival of the earliest community of Jews in 1654 through the end of the 18th century. This remarkable period witnessed the arrival of many Sephardic Jews with roots in the Iberian Peninsula and their settlement in port cities along the Eastern Seaboard of North America. They proceeded to create several famous communities, and synagogues, which endure to this day, including Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City, Congregation Jeshuat Israel in Newport, Rhode Island, and Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When the founders of the United States drafted the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights, they were aware of these Jews, some of whom had fought for America’s freedom. The fact that America barred “religious tests” for public office and guaranteed “free exercise” of religion to everyone reflected sensitivity to the presence of non-Christians, the Jews in particular, within the New Nation.</div> <div></div> <div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle">This remarkable story - the birth of religious freedom in the young American Republic - is epitomized most notably by President George Washington’s famous 1790 letter to the Jews of Newport, which characterized religious liberty as an “inherent natural right,” and promised that the Government of the United States would “give to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.” This extraordinary legacy has profoundly shaped Jewish life in the United States from George Washington’s time until our own.</div> <div></div> <div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle"><strong>Speakers (in order of appearance):</strong></div> <div></div> <div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle"><strong>Mr. Michael Steinberger</strong>: CEO &amp; Founder of Jewish Heritage Alliance.</div> <div></div> <div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle"><strong>Mr. Warren Klein</strong>: Curator of the Herbert and Eileen Bernard Museum of Judaica at Temple Emanu-El since 2013.</div> <div></div> <div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle"><strong>Dr. Isaac Amon</strong>: Director, Academic &amp; Program Development at Jewish Heritage Alliance.</div> <div></div> <div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle"><strong>Dr. Jonathan Sarna</strong>: Chief Historian of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. University Professor and the Joseph H. &amp; Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History and Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University. He is also past president of the Association for Jewish Studies. Considered by many as the leading academic authority on early Jewish life in America as the Keynote Speaker.</div> <div></div> <div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle"><strong>Professor Paul Finkelman</strong>: A specialist in American legal history, constitutional law, American Jewish History, and race and the law, Dr. Paul Finkelman is the Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of History at Gratz College, in Greater Philadelphia. He is the author of more than 200 scholarly articles and more than 50 books. His op-eds and shorter pieces have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, Washington Monthly, and The Atlantic.</div> <div></div> <div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle"><strong>Mr. Keith Stokes</strong>: Speaking for the Touro Synagogue and community in Rhode Island is Mr. Keith Stokes. Among many positions, Keith served as a Rhode Island Advisor for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, also on numerous regional and national historic preservation boards including Chairman of the Touro Synagogue Foundation, Vice President &amp; Trustee of the Preservation Society for Newport County, advisory board of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society and board member of the Newport Historical Society.</div> <div></div> <div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle"><strong>Eli Gabay, Esquire</strong>: Eli Gabay, Esquire, Parnas/President of Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia, a synagogue established in 1740. An attorney, and former prosecutor in the historic trial of Demjanjuk in Israel, Gabay also sits on the Board of Mikveh Israel historic Revolutionary Period cemetery and is a board member of the American Sephardic Federation. Parnas Gabay will expound on the life of Haym Salomon, financier or the American Revolution, as well as about the extraordinary story of Warder Cresson, the first American Consul to Jerusalem, a Messianic Quaker, who converted to Judaism and became a member of Congregation Mikveh Israel.</div> <div> <hr /> </div> <div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle"><em>This event is co-promoted by Congregation Mikveh Israel, Temple Moses Sephardic Congregation of Florida, ANU Museum of the Jewish People, Weitzman National Museum American Jewish History, the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies, the American Sephardi Federation’s Institute of Jewish Experience, Fundación HispanoJudía, EJCC European Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Learning Channel, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, University of Miami (Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies and the George Feldenkreis Program in Judaic Studies), Kulanu, Reconectar and The Temple Emanu-el Streicker Center.</em></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="page" title="Page 3"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> &nbsp; </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

<p style="text-align: left;"><b>Thursday, June 9, 2022 7:00 pm ET<a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/FiddlersJourneytotheBigScreen" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> </a>In Person at the Weitzman</b></p> <b><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/FiddlersJourneytotheBigScreen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets</a> - $15</b> <strong>Philadelphia Premiere</strong><em> Fiddler on the Roof</em>, which celebrated its 50^th anniversary in 2021, remains one of the most celebrated movie musicals of all time. With its melodious songs, iconic imagery, and Sholem Aleichem’s unforgettable tale of Tevye and his family, the film is most recognized in the canon of Jewish international cinema. Narrated by Jeff Goldblum,<strong> Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen </strong>takes viewers back to the arduous journey director Norman Jewison – who, funnily enough, is <em>not </em>Jewish, despite his surname – partook to bring the stage musical to the big screen. Featuring insightful and often hilarious present-day interviews with Jewison himself, <strong>Fiddler's Journey</strong> is a toe-tapping, delightful “journey” you won’t soon forget! <strong>Official Selection</strong>: <ul> <li>Atlanta Jewish Film Festival</li> <li>Miami Jewish Film Festival</li> <li>Toronto Jewish Film Festival</li> </ul> <p class="fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" data-fontsize="28.08" data-lineheight="33.9768px"><strong>Safety / Covid 19: </strong>*The screening will occur in the DELL THEATER CONCOURSE LEVEL. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required for visitors age 5+. Masking in the auditorium is mandatory.</p> <strong>Watch the Trailer</strong> <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D19flnSG79Q" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Live at The Weitzman 101 South Independence Mall East (Corner of 5^th &amp; Market) Philadelphia, PA 19106 <strong>Questions or Comments?</strong> Call PJFM at (215) 545-4400, email <a href="mailto:info@phillyjfm.org">info@phillyjfm.org</a>, or visit the <strong><a href="https://phillyjfm.org/tribe-events/category/lindy-summerfest-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PJFM official website</a>.</strong> <hr /> <em>This program is part of Lindy SummerFest 2022 and is presented by Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media in partnership with the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History</em> <img class="alignnone wp-image-2921 aligncenter" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Lindy-SummerFest-2022-Flyer.jpg" alt="" width="861" height="861" /> &nbsp;

<div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="Secret Chord Concert: New Moon Rising" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/715776694?h=0c5341eeb1&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> &nbsp; <strong>Wednesday, June 1 -  3 pm ET / 12 pm PT Free Online Series See "Ways to Watch" Below</strong> On Wednesday, June 1, the first season of <em>Secret Chord Concerts,</em> a new series spotlighting top Jewish musicians worldwide today, will launch. Episode 1 will feature <strong><a href="https://www.newmoonrisingtrio.com/">New Moon Rising</a></strong>, a trio of powerhouse female voices in Jewish music. Their original spiritual music is filled with lush, powerful harmonies interwoven with violin, mandolin and guitar. The group features <strong>Elana Arian</strong>, <strong>Deborah Sacks Mintz</strong> and <strong>Chava Mirel</strong>. [caption id="attachment_2903" align="alignleft" width="258"]<img class=" wp-image-2903" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/New-Moon-Rising-1-by-A-Mayers-1366x911.jpg" alt="" width="258" height="172" /> Photograph by Ayden Mayer. From left to right: Elana Arian, Deborah Sacks Mintz, Chava Mirel.[/caption] <strong><em>Secret Chord Concerts</em> is a free on-demand video series featuring 15-25 minute performances from celebrated Jewish musicians</strong> representing a broad range of styles, heritages, and histories and <strong>recorded live in front of intimate audiences in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.</strong> Season 1 episodes will air the first Wednesday of every month from June until October. A cross-country partnership between the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (The Weitzman) on historic Independence Mall in Philadelphia, and the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music (Lowell Milken Center) in Los Angeles, generated this new online offering. Both presenting organizations are committed to inspiring in people of all backgrounds a greater appreciation for the diversity of the American Jewish experience. This season’s episodes were filmed at The Weitzman, against the striking backdrop of Independence Hall, and in UCLA’s beautiful recording studio. <b>Episode Teaser</b> <div style="padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="Secret Chord Concerts - New Moon Rising teaser" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/713710727?h=f42187e407&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> On Wednesday, June 1 at  12:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m. ET, the first <em>Secret Chord Concert </em>will premiere on the Facebook pages of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/weitzmanmuseum">The Weitzman</a>, the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UCLAMAJE">Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience</a> and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UCLAalpert/">UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music</a>. The series will be also be available on-demand on <a href="https://theweitzman.org/secret-chord">The Weitzman’s website</a>, and on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/UCLAMAJE/featured">Lowell Milken Center’s YouTube page</a>. <hr /> <em>This program is produced and presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music</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="393" height="83" /><img class="alignnone wp-image-1652 aligncenter" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/UCLA_Uxd_Blk_SchM_LMCntMusicAmJwExp_B2.jpg" alt="" width="439" height="82" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<div style="padding: 75% 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="2022 National Jewish Community Observance of Memorial Day" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/715391367?h=f520295711&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> &nbsp; <b>Monday, May 30, 2021 at 7:00 pm ET Free -  Stream on Zoom </b> <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 prayers 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 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>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="wp-image-2896 aligncenter" src="https://theweitzman.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/HRSI.png" alt="" width="178" height="158" /> <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>

<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> <div style="padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="America250 Community Conversation with JAH and AAPI" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/772558281?h=787cb68260&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> &nbsp; <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 19 at 12:30 pm ET (9:30 am PT) </strong><strong>Presented by The White House Office of Public Engagement </strong><strong>Free, registration required. <a href="https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_KrkoE0L1Qpi2eRBijHJIvw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE</a> to register.</strong> &nbsp; <p align="center">In Conversation: Jews &amp; Baseball</p> <p align="center">Date: Thursday, May 19, 2022</p> <p align="center">Time: 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm ET</p> <p align="center"><a title="https://whitehouse.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b999ee4d97253671de1a2d1fa&amp;id=e7054a2dc8&amp;e=ffda0e5f71" contenteditable="false" href="https://whitehouse.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b999ee4d97253671de1a2d1fa&amp;id=e7054a2dc8&amp;e=ffda0e5f71" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RSVP HERE</a></p> <p align="center">Featuring:</p> <p align="center"><strong>John Thorn</strong></p> <p align="center">Official Historian for Major League Baseball (MLB)</p> <p align="center"><strong>Justine Siegal</strong></p> <p align="center"> First Woman to Coach in Major League Baseball (MLB)</p> <p align="center"><strong>Shawn Green</strong></p> <p align="center">Retired Major League Baseball (MLB) Player</p> <p align="center"><strong>Dr. Misha Galperin</strong></p> <p align="center">President and CEO, Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History</p>

&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;

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/711242857?h=84c03da8f0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> &nbsp; <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" />

<div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="NEVER FORGET &amp;ndash; THE AMERICAN JEWISH RESPONSE TO THE REFUGEE CRISIS" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/709598943?h=3c8cb5c800&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> <p style="text-align: center;">Originally Aired: Thursday, May 12, 2022, 2:00pm ET <b>Click the Play Button Above to Watch on Demand -</b><a href="https://www.classy.org/event/american-jewish-response-to-the-refugee-crisis/e405773/register/new/select-tickets"> <b>$10 donation suggested</b></a></p> <span style="font-weight: 400;">This JAHM event features </span><b>Anne-Marie Grey</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Executive Director and CEO of USA for UNHCR and </span><b>Sloane Davidson, </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">founder and CEO of Hello Neighbor in conversation with </span><b>Juliet Simmons</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, creator of the "What Would You Bring?" Refugee Storytelling Initiative and </span><b>Noam Dromi</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Managing Director of Reboot Studios. Together, They'll explore the ways in which the American Jewish community has taken an active role in refugee resettlement and support services and the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead.</span> <b>About the Panelists</b> <b>Anne-Marie Grey</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is the Executive Director and CEO of USA for UNHCR. Appointed in September 2014 to lead the organization and enhance its programs and resources, Anne-Marie is committed to mobilizing efforts in support of the 82.4 million men, women and children that have been forced to flee their homes around the world.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Prior to joining USA for UNHCR, Anne-Marie worked with UNHCR, Save the Children, UNICEF and Share our Strength in a variety of leadership fundraising and marketing positions. Before returning to the United States, Anne-Marie lived in Australia, where she led marketing and development programs for the National Museum of Australia and held several roles at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.</span> <b>Sloane Davidson</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is the Founder and CEO of Hello Neighbor, a nonprofit organization that works to improve the lives of recently resettled refugee families by matching them with dedicated neighbors to guide and support them in their new lives. Prior to starting Hello Neighbor, Sloane worked for fifteen years across the intersection of philanthropy and digital marketing. She has worked with nonprofits, NGOs and for-profit businesses in a wide range of capacities including branding, business development, capacity building, communications, corporate social responsibility partnerships and campaigns, event production and fundraising.</span> <b>Juliet Simmons</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a Creative Producer with a background in marketing and event production. Based in London, she has worked with blue-chip clients around the world and now works across the creative industries with arts organizations and non for profits to help them make good things happen. She volunteers for a centre for refugees and asylum seekers and is a trustee of the Wellspring Project. Her grandfather was a refugee, moving from Vienna to London before the Second World War, and she often wonders what he did bring with him on that journey.</span> <b>Noam Dromi</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is the Managing Director and Executive Producer of Reboot Studios, the content production arm of the arts-and-culture nonprofit Reboot. He is an Emmy® Award-winning veteran writer/producer, marketing executive and digital strategist, specializing in creative content, media production and brand development for entertainment companies, consumer brands and nonprofits. He won the first Primetime Emmy® for VR in 2015 for his work as Producer of the Sleepy Hollow Virtual Reality Experience with the Fox Broadcasting Company. He was nominated again in 2018 for his work as Executive Producer of the AMC digital series The Walking Dead: Red Machete. He is an active member of the WGA, PGA, and Television Academy and serves as an adjunct screenwriting professor in the School of Film and Television at Loyola Marymount University.</span> <hr /> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">An official program of Jewish American Heritage Month. Produced by REBOOT in Partnership with JAHM and the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History.</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> <p style="text-align: left;"></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Original Broadcast Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 8:00pm - 9:00pm ET</strong> <strong>Click Below to Watch on Demand  - <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/405767/#!/donation/checkout?&amp;c_src=uncoveringjewishcollections&amp;c_src2=website" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation suggested</a></strong> <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/709274834?h=fd8d48d6ad" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <span style="color: #2d2d2d;">Join us for a fascinating conversation on uncovering world-class Jewish collections at public institutions across America. Featuring three leading experts in the field, the conversation will explore Jewish collections at New York Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The conversation will feature</span><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span><span style="color: #2d2d2d;">Simona Di Nepi, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Curator of Judaica at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Dr. Lyudmila Sholokhova, Curator of the Dorot Jewish Collection at New York Public Library; and will be</span><span style="color: #ff0000;"> </span><span style="color: #2d2d2d;">moderated by Michelle Margolis Chesner,  </span><span style="color: #2d2d2d;">the Norman E. Alexander for Jewish Studies at Columbia University and President-Elect of the Association of Jewish Libraries.</span> <strong>About the Panelists</strong> <strong><span class="gmail-il">Michelle</span> <span class="gmail-il">Margolis</span> <span class="gmail-il">Chesner</span></strong> <span class="gmail-il">is</span> <span class="gmail-il">the</span> <span class="gmail-il">Norman</span> <span class="gmail-il">E</span>. <span class="gmail-il">Alexander</span> Librarian for Jewish Studies at Columbia University. She co-directs <i>Footprints: Jewish Books Through Time and Place, </i><span class="gmail-il">is</span> <span class="gmail-il">the</span> creator of "Codex Conquest: Jewish Edition," and has curated various library exhibitions, both physical and virtual. She presently serves as <span class="gmail-il">the</span> Vice President/President-Elect at <span class="gmail-il">the</span> Association of Jewish Libraries. <span class="gmail-il">Michelle</span>'s research includes early Jewish printing and <span class="gmail-il">the</span> history of Judaic collecting and collections, as well as <span class="gmail-il">the</span> intersection of Jewish  Studies and <span class="gmail-il">the</span> digital humanities. <strong>Dr. Lyudmila Sholokhova</strong> is a Curator of the Dorot Jewish Collection at the New York Public Library.  She was the Director of the YIVO Library and Associate Director for External Relations in Eastern Europe and Russia from 2019 till January 2020. She was Head Librarian at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research from 2011-2016, Acting Chief Archivist from 2013-2016, and Director of the YIVO Archives and Library from 2016 - 2019. From 1994 to 2001, she was a Research Associate at the Judaica Division of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. Dr. Sholokhova is the author of numerous publications on the history of Jewish music and Jewish bibliography. <strong>Simona Di Nepi</strong> is the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Curator of Judaica at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she is responsible for building and displaying the collection of Jewish Art. Originally from Rome,  Simona has also studied and worked in London and Tel Aviv for 25 years. She has filled curatorial roles—in both decorative arts and Old Masters—at the Victoria and Albert Museum, The National Gallery, and the Royal Academy of Arts in London, where she cared for permanent collections and curated exhibitions. In Israel, she worked as curator at Anu: the Museum of the Jewish People, Lecturer in Italian Renaissance art at Reichman University(IDC Herzelyia), and Educator at the Nachum Gutman Museum of Art. Simona has published both in the fields of Old Masters and Judaica. <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 and co-sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries</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>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RjAyl3WY1Dw" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <b>Original Date of Event: </b>Tuesday, May 10 at 1 pm ET <strong>Howard Mortman</strong>’s <em>When Rabbis Bless Congress: The Great American Story of Jewish Prayers on Capitol Hill</em> is an unprecedented examination of 160 years of Jewish prayers delivered in the literal and figurative center of American democracy. With exhaustive research written in approachable prose, it tells the story of more than 400 rabbis giving over 600 prayers since the Civil War days. In this program Mortman will be joined in conversation by <strong>Brian Lamb</strong>, founder and former CEO of C-SPAN. Mortman and Lamb will discuss, and screen specially selected videos of the history from the C-SPAN archives. The two will take questions the audience during the last ten minutes of the program. <strong>About Howard Mortman</strong> Howard Mortman has been C-SPAN’s Communications Director since early 2009.  He directs media outreach, corporate communications, and public relations efforts for the nation’s only public affairs cable television network.  The <em>Washington Post</em> has recognized C-SPAN for its “importance as a means of mass civic education … without any taxpayer money.” The <em>Washington Post</em> has also called C-SPAN "the channel that has achieved cult status among policy geeks." Mortman is responsible for planning and executing the strategic vision for extending the C-SPAN brand and content among traditional and social media.  Critical to this effort is working with the next generation of journalists and new media outlets and platforms. Mortman's first book, <em>When Rabbis Bless Congress: The Great American Story of Jewish Prayers on Capitol Hill" </em>was published in October 2020. It is the first-ever academic and historical examination of a little-known tradition in Congress: opening each session of the House and Senate in prayer. Reporting on the research into rabbis who have prayed in Congress, the <em><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/amen-congress-moves-to-keep-god-in-daily-prayer-thwart-atheist-movement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Examiner calls his project</a></em> "a remarkable history researched by Howard Mortman." <strong>About Brian Lamb</strong> <p class="x_MsoNormal">Brian Lamb is founder of the cable television network C-SPAN. He has been associated with the network since 1977, serving in various position, including CEO and Chairman of the Board. Lamb has been fascinated by Jewish history and Jewish stories throughout his life.</p> <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>

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<p style="text-align: left;"><b>Tuesday, April 26, 12 pm - 1:30 pm ET</b> <b>Live on Zoom, $10 GA, Registration Required </b><strong><a href="https://payments.jdc.org/give/386040/#!/donation/checkout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here to Register</a></strong></p> Holocaust scholarship has generally been critical of the role of American Jewry during the Shoah. Many believe that American Jews could have done much more than they did to save the Jews of Europe. The JDC stands as the great exception to the “knew nothing, did nothing” generalizations. Scholarship shows that it quietly “saved hundreds of thousands of lives in its tireless efforts to rescue Jews from Europe.” A growing body of literature shows that the JDC did not work alone. Others worked clandestinely and behind the scenes, too. Recent scholarship shows that Jews across the United States secretly spied on the German Bund during the 1930s and worked to undermine its pro-Nazi activities. Much has recently appeared concerning individuals and groups, working under the radar, who rescued rabbis, scholars, labor leaders, children, and other Jews, obtaining precious immigration certificates to bring them into the country and settle them without drawing public attention. A Jewish sponsored news service, known as the Overseas News Agency uncovered and disseminated news of the persecution and murder of Jews, that would never have appeared in the general press had their “Jewish origin” been exposed. Further, books on the Jewish Labor Committee and the World Jewish Congress detail how hard they secretly worked to save Europe’s Jews. This scholarship, which will be discussed in this lecture by <strong>Dr. Jonathan Sarna</strong>, points to the need for a full-scale reevaluation of American Jewry’s role in saving Jews and fighting Nazism during the Holocaust years. <strong>About the Speaker </strong><strong>Dr. Jonathan Sarna</strong> is University Professor and the Joseph H. &amp; Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History as well as the Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University. He is also past president of the Association for Jewish Studies and Chief Historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. Jonathan Sarna is a JDC Board member and serves on JDC’s Archives Committee. Dr. Sarna is the author or editor of more than 30 books on American Jewish history and life. <em>His American Judaism: A History</em> (Yale 2004), recently published in a second edition, won the 2004 “Everett Jewish Book of the Year Award” from the Jewish Book Council. His most recent books are <em>Coming to Terms with America </em>(JPS, 2021) and (with Benjamin Shapell) <em>Lincoln and the Jews: A History</em> (St. Martin’s, 2015). <strong>Questions </strong>For any technical issues, please contact Isabelle Rohr - Isabellero@jdc.org. _________________________________________________________________________________ <em>This program is co-sponsored by the JDC Archives, JDC Ambassadors and The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History.</em> <em>The JDC Archives houses one of the world’s most significant collections of modern Jewish history.  Comprising the organizational records of JDC, the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian organization, the archives’ rich text, photograph, and audio-visual collections document JDC activity in over 90 countries from 1914 to the present.  To learn more, please visit <a href="https://archives.jdc.org/">https://archives.jdc.org/</a></em> <em>JDC Ambassadors are individuals and families supporting Jewish humanitarian aid worldwide by making a meaningful, annual gift. For more information, contact <a href="mailto:ambassadors@JDC.org">ambassadors@JDC.org</a></em> <em>The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History is the only museum in the nation dedicated to exploring and interpreting 360+ years of Jewish life in America. Through educational programs and experiences, the Museum seeks to connect Jews more closely to their heritage and to inspire in people of all backgrounds a greater appreciation for the diversity of the American experience and the freedoms to which all Americans aspire. NMAJH.org</em>

<b>Sunday, March 27, 1:00 pm - 2:30pm ET</b> <b>Free on Zoom <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-golden-age-of-sefarad-and-the-abraham-accords-tickets-292366324547?aff=erelexpmlt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here to Register</a></b> <div class="g-group l-mar-bot-6 l-sm-mar-bot-4"> <div class="structured-content g-cell g-cell-10-12 g-cell-md-1-1"> <div class="has-user-generated-content" data-automation="about-this-event-sc"> <div class="structured-content-rich-text structured-content__module l-align-left l-mar-vert-6 l-sm-mar-vert-4 text-body-medium"> <div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> Join for this global online event which celebrates and connects the growing rapprochement between Israel and Arab countries taking place today, with the medieval Golden Age of Spain, highlighting the timeless benefits of peaceful tolerance and coexistence between Jews, Muslims, and Christians. <h3><strong>The Program</strong></h3> <strong>Introduction:</strong> <strong>Mr. Michael Steinberger </strong>- CEO &amp; Founder of Jewish Heritage Alliance. <strong>Dr. Isaac Amon</strong> - Descendant of Moses Amon, Jewish physician to Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. He is an attorney and counselor at law who is Director of Academic Research &amp; Program Development at Jewish Heritage Alliance. <strong>Moderator / Master of Ceremonies:</strong> <strong>Ms. Fleur Hassan-Nahoum </strong>-<strong> </strong>Our Moderator is the Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem in charge of foreign relations, economic development, and tourism. She is also Co-Founder of the UAE-Israel Business Council and the Founder of the Gulf-Israel Women’s Forum. <strong>Welcome Remarks:</strong> <strong>Mr. Yaakov Hagoel </strong>-<strong> </strong>Chairman of the Executive of the World Zionist Organization. Since July 2021, he has been Acting Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel. Between 2015 - 2020, he served as the Vice Chairman of the WZO. <strong>Opening Remarks:</strong> <strong>His Excellency Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi</strong> - As a prominent advocate of Global Peace, Tolerance, and Coexistence, he serves as first Chairman of the International Steering Board of Hedayah, The International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism based in Abu Dhabi. He also founded and currently Chairs the World Council of Muslim Communities and was the first Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Elders. <strong>Opening Statements:</strong> <strong>His Excellency Gilad Erdan</strong> -<strong> </strong>Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations since 2020. He has previously served as a member of the Knesset, Minister of Strategic Affairs, Minister of Public Security, and Ambassador to the United States. <strong>His Excellency Bishop Paul Hinder </strong>–<strong> O.F.M Cap. </strong>– Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia and Apostolic Administrator of the Vicariate of Northern Arabia. He holds many roles, including as consultor to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. <strong>PANEL DISCUSSION:</strong> <strong>Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie </strong>-<strong> </strong>Our Guest of Honor is the Senior Rabbi of the Jewish Council of the Emirates, Rabbi of the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), and Chairman of the Council of Sephardic Sages. He served as Founding Rabbi of the Edmond J. Safra Synagogue in NYC. He comes from a long and distinguished rabbinical lineage dating back to fifteenth century Spain and Provence. <strong>The Honorable David Friedman </strong>- Ambassador of the United States to Israel from 2017-2021. During his term, he played a formative role in the negotiations and implementation of the Abraham Accords. He also led the efforts of the United States to move its Embassy to Jerusalem and to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. <strong>His Excellency Ahmed Obaid Al Mansoori</strong> - Founder of the “Crossroads of Civilizations Museum” in Dubai, which aims to promote multi-culturalism, tolerance, and positive co-existence. It is the first museum accessible in the Hebrew language in the city and includes in its collection historical Jewish artifacts of the Middle East. <strong>His Excellency Dr. Shaikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa </strong>- Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence in Bahrain. He also serves as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Executive Director of Isa Cultural Centre. For his efforts in promoting cultural diversity and interreligious dialogue, he received the 2018 Mediterranean Prize for Culture and Peace. <strong>Closing Remarks:</strong> <strong>Mr. Michael Steinberger</strong> - CEO &amp; Founder of Jewish Heritage Alliance. </div> </div> </div> ______________________________________________________________________________ <aside>Program Partners: <a href="https://www.anumuseum.org.il/?fbclid=IwAR0bAziTZkBQKjc_KcNBkjB3r59wizFv_HVRHRXsfpwpO0IUm8odhRDW8lQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ANU Museum of the Jewish People</a>, <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History</a>, <a href="https://cryptojews.com/?fbclid=IwAR2Yf-JBIKlunJXGGjEWug5KGlAeWIAv997bgjKECGO_BY6Xab9eti1F1UA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies</a>, <a href="https://instituteofjewishexperience.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">the American Sephardi Federation’s Institute of Jewish Experience</a>, <a href="https://www.jlcweb.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">the Jewish Learning Channel</a>,  <a href="https://fundacionhispanojudia.org/?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fundación HispanoJudía</a>, <a href="https://www.ejcc.eu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">EJCC European Jewish Community Center,</a> <a href="https://www.brandeis.edu/hbi/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hadassah-Brandeis Institute</a> , <a href="https://kulanu.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kulanu</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ReconectarEng/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Reconectar. </a></aside><aside></aside>Program Co-Sponsors: </div> <div> <div class="page" title="Page 3"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> The Dr. M. Lee Pearce Chair in Middle East Peace Studies at the University of Miami, the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies and the George Feldenkreis Program in Judaic Studies, University of Miami. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/692047335?h=d530334618" width="640" height="289" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: left;"><b>Tuesday, March 15 at 8 pm ET</b> <b>Suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=PersianJewishMusic&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton">$10 Donation</a> </b></p> What is Persian Jewish Music? In this program <strong>Dr. Galeet Dardashti</strong> will help us explore some of Judeo-Persian musical traditions through both recorded and live music examples. Her grandfather, Younes Dardashti, was one of the most famous singers of Persian classical music in Iran and her grandmother’s family came from Hamadan, modern day Shushan, the ancient Persian city where the story of Purim unfolded. Galeet's family history and her own artistic work will be central to this pre-Purim session. <strong>More about Dr. Dardashti</strong> As the granddaughter of Younes Dardashti, the most renowned singer of Persian classical music in Iran in his day, and daughter of highly esteemed cantor Farid Dardashti, Middle Eastern vocalist and composer Galeet Dardashti is the first woman in her family to continue her family tradition of distinguished Persian and Jewish musicianship. After performing in the US and Canada with The Dardashti Family from her childhood into her teenage years, Dardashti began her own independent musical pursuits. She has performed as a soloist both throughout the US and Israel, including significant cantorial work. Her newest performance, <em><strong><a href="http://galeetdardashti.com/calendar.php">Monajat</a></strong></em>, is inspired by the poetic prayers of Selihot, recited during the month preceding Jewish New Year. It is a time-specific concert and program that takes place during a period of deep reflection and spiritual preparation. In the project, she re-imagines the Selihot ritual in collaboration with an acclaimed ensemble of musicians, an electronic soundscape, and dynamic live video art. <strong>Monajat</strong> is a Persian word meaning an intimate dialogue with the Divine. Using Persian melodies and Hebrew texts, the work pays homage to her grandfather. She performs some of the Persian piyutim (liturgical songs) traditionally chanted as part of the Selihot service, as well as other liturgical and non-liturgical Hebrew and Persian poetry set to new music. Through electronics, she defies time and performs with her grandfather. As leader and vocalist of the edgy all-female Mizrahi band <a href="http://galeetdardashti.com/divahn.php">Divahn</a>, Dardashti’s “sultry delivery spans international styles and clings to listeners long after the last round of applause” (Jerusalem Report). Her acoustic/electronic solo project <a href="http://galeetdardashti.com/naming.php">The Naming</a>, supported by a Six Points Fellowship and a Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Fellowship, draws inspiration from the musical and cultural landscapes of the Middle East and some of the provocative yet unsung Biblical women who lived there. The Huffington Post calls the album "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/derek-beres/global-beat-fusion-roots_b_680410.html">a heart-stopping effort</a>." The Naming <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/galeetdardashti">album</a> launched in September 2010. Galeet also pursues her passion for Jewish music and culture as an anthropologist. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology, specializing in cultural politics and contemporary Middle Eastern/Arab music in Israel. She is currently Assistant Professor of Jewish Music and Musician-in-Residence at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and she has published widely on her work. She offers residencies, lectures, and workshops on her artistic and academic work.

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/686540027?h=2d8309423e" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><b>Tuesday, March 8 at 8 pm ET</b> <b>Free on Zoom with Suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=NefeshMountain&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton">$10 Donation</a> To Register - <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdumuqDMvGNcDm7VcQP4uEPB_QiVpTaej" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a></b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>“To us, sparrows represent a small but mighty voice. That’s why we chose to name the album for them—they’re often overlooked, but they’re beautiful and everywhere.” - Doni Zasloff, Nefesh Mountain</strong></p> Join us for an evening of music performed by the wildly talented group, <strong>Nefesh Mountain.</strong> Fresh off of their debut performance at The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, bandleaders <strong>Doni Zasloff</strong> and <strong>Eric Lindberg</strong> will perform as a duo from their studio in northern New Jersey. Zasloff and Lindberg will fill the evening with beautiful music rooted at the crossroads of Jewish spirituality and the roots of American roots. The duo will also talk about what it's like being Jewish on the American Roots music scene today, share stories from life on the road and take questions from those in attendance. <strong>About Nefesh Mountain</strong> <p class="">Since their arrival on the scene in 2015, Nefesh Mountain has been hailed as one of today’s formative boundary pushing Bluegrass/Americana bands. They’re among the first to truly give voice and openly represent Jewish American culture, tradition, values and spirituality in the world of American roots music. In a testament to the unbridled imagination and extraordinary grace of their musicianship, each track on Songs for the Sparrows ineffably evokes the sensation of roaming through the unknown. True to the album’s spirit of loving inclusivity, Lindberg and Zasloff, have created an elegantly wayward sound by melding elements of everything from Americana and Appalachian bluegrass to Celtic folk and Eastern European music. Not only a reflection of their vast musical knowledge, that open-hearted embracing of so many eclectic genres also speaks to the joyful curiosity that animates every aspect of their artistry.</p> <p class="">Writing thirteen of the fourteen tracks, the duo looked back on a life-changing trip to Eastern Europe in 2018. “We tracked down the towns where our families are from, and it was devastating to see the destruction of the Holocaust firsthand, and to know that we’re not so far removed from that time,” says Lindberg. “” ‘Songs For The Sparrows’ ultimately came from that experience, and from thinking about the many groups of people who are horribly discriminated against in the U.S.” Zasloff adds: “To us, sparrows represent a small but mighty voice. That’s why we chose to name the album for them—they’re often overlooked, but they’re beautiful and everywhere.”</p> ______________________________________________________________________ <em>The "<a href="https://www.nmajh.org/countrymusic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jews and Country Music</a>" series is presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the Ashkenaz Festival.</em> <strong>You may also be interested in....</strong> February 15- <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/suiting-the-sound-22/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Suiting the Sound: The Jewish Rodeo Tailors of Country Music</a> February 22- <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/mark-rubin-concert/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Rubin: Jew of Oklahoma</a> March 1- <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/judaism-and-country-music/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Torah of Country Music with Joe Buchanan and Rabbi Sandra Lawson</a>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/683988741?h=297d8f4722" width="640" height="289" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <b>Tuesday, March 1 at 8 pm ET</b> <b>Free on Zoom with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JudaismandCountryMusic&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton">$10 donation</a></b> <strong><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7G9MHc_sSW-SLSD6Gn3zKQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here to Register</a></strong> Jewish Americana artist and Texas native <strong>Joe Buchanan</strong> has spent the last nine years finding his voice in the history, Torah and values of the Jewish People. Over the last decade Buchanan's journey into Judaism has sent him touring across the United States, leading an original Shabbat service, playing concerts, and facilitating a workshop called "Choosing to be Chosen" which is based around his conversion to Judaism and "the reasons why so many are coming home". In this online program <strong>Rabbi Sandra Lawson</strong> will sit down with Buchanan to talk about their shared love for Judaism and Country music. Lawson will ask Buchanan about his music, his work as a spiritual leader, the challenges he's faced along the way and much more. This program will also feature several musical demonstrations and live performances from Joe Buchanan. <strong>About the Speakers</strong> <a href="https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/profile/rabbi-sandra-lawson" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Rabbi Sandra Lawson </strong></a>is a Rabbi, activist, and the Inaugural Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion with Reconstructing Judaism. A Texas native, <a href="https://www.joebuchananmusic.com/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Joe Buchanan</strong></a> makes Jewish Americana music. Grounded in the idea that there is always room at the table, Joe's music highlights the values, Torah, and history of the Jewish people to deliver stories steeped in the struggle and triumph of the human spirit, all while praising Gd for the goodness in life. Read more about Joe in <strong><a href="https://texashighways.com/culture/people/the-cowboy-spirit-is-a-way-of-life-for-these-texas-jews/">this recently published article</a></strong> about Jews from Texas. ______________________________________________________________________ <em>The "<a href="https://www.nmajh.org/countrymusic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jews and Country Music</a>" series is presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the Ashkenaz Festival. The "Torah of Country Music" episode is also presented in partnership with Reconstructing Judaism.</em> <img class="alignnone wp-image-2043" src="https://nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ReconJudaism_LogoTagline_RGB_MED.png" alt="" width="256" height="82" /> <img class="alignnone wp-image-1628" src="https://nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AshkenazLogo.jpg" alt="" width="131" height="71" /> <strong>You may also be interested in....</strong> February 15- <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/suiting-the-sound-22/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Suiting the Sound: The Jewish Rodeo Tailors of Country Music</a> February 22- <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/mark-rubin-concert/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Rubin: Jew of Oklahoma</a> March 8- <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/nefesh-mountain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nefesh Mountain(duo)</a>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/681015709?h=fa3acaac57" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><b>Tuesday, February 22 at 8 pm ET</b> <b>Free with Suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JewofOklahoma&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton">$10 Donation</a></b></p> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>"In every Shtetl it's good have to have<em> </em>somebody big enough and mean enough to fight off the Cossacks. If I have a role in our musical community I like to see myself that way." - Mark Rubin</strong></p> Join us for an evening of music performed by one of the great American Jewish musicians of our time. The Oklahoma-born, Texas-reared,  New Orleans residing, multi-instrumentalist <strong>Mark Rubin</strong> is an unabashed Southern Jew, known equally for his muscular musicianship and larger-than-life persona. In this interactive program, Rubin will be joined by Chip Wilson (guitar) and Michael Ward-Bergeman (accordion). Together the trio will share music from Rubin's new album, <strong>The Triumph of Assimilation</strong>. <strong>About Mark Rubin</strong> Over an accomplished 30+ year career, Rubin has accompanied or produced a virtual who's-who of American traditional music, while straddling numerous musical genres, including Country, Western Swing, Bluegrass, Tex-Mex, Polka, Klezmer, Roma, and More. He is perhaps best known for co-founding the notorious proto-Americana band Bad Livers, though his more recent work as a first call tuba and bass player in the klezmer music scene has now earned him equivalent notoriety. His credits in the Jewish music world include long time collaborations with Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars, The Other Europeans, and Andy Statman, as well as two decades on faculty at KlezKamp. He has been a featured performer and instructor with multiple appearances at Yiddish Summer Weimar, KlezFest London, KlezMore Vienna, Klezmer Festival Furth, Festival of Jewish Culture Krakow and more. Jews of Oklahoma debuted as a special feature at Toronto's Ashkenaz Festival in 2016. Today he lives and works as a professional musician in New Orleans and makes a study of the musical traditions and cultures of Southern Louisiana. He recently took a position at the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience where he jokingly describes his position as "living exhibition". ______________________________________________________________________ <em>The "<a href="https://www.nmajh.org/countrymusic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jews and Country Music</a>" series is presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the Ashkenaz Festival.</em> <strong>You may also be interested in....</strong> February 15- <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/suiting-the-sound-22/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Suiting the Sound: The Jewish Rodeo Tailors of Country Music</a> March 1- <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/judaism-and-country-music/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Torah of Country Music with Joe Buchanan and Rabbi Sandra Lawson</a> March 8- <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/nefesh-mountain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nefesh Mountain(duo)</a> &nbsp;

<b>Sunday, February 20, 1:00 pm - 2:30pm ET</b> <b>Free on Zoom </b><b>Registration Link - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sefarad-hiding-in-plain-sight-tickets-265641820837" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here</a></b> <div class="g-group l-mar-bot-6 l-sm-mar-bot-4"> <div class="structured-content g-cell g-cell-10-12 g-cell-md-1-1"> <div class="has-user-generated-content" data-automation="about-this-event-sc"> <div class="structured-content-rich-text structured-content__module l-align-left l-mar-vert-6 l-sm-mar-vert-4 text-body-medium"> By the end of the 15th century, the Kingdom of Spain was unified under Ferdinand and Isabella. Their growing empire encompassed parts of the Mediterranean, including Southern Italy, Sardinia, and Sicily. These areas – with ancient Jewish communities dating to Roman times – were deeply affected by the 1492 Edict of Expulsion and the phenomenon of Crypto-Judaism. Speaking directly from her mountain village in Calabria in southern Italy, the “toe” of the Italian “boot,” will be Rabbi Barbara Aiello, a descendant of Sefardic Jews from Toledo, Spain. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Rabbi Barbara made her way to the Calabrian mountains in search of her family’s heritage. What began as a personal journey to share her family story of Crypto-Jewish observance and survival with the people of Calabria soon became her life’s work. In 2004, Rabbi Barbara was appointed Italy’s first female rabbi and she continues to serve as a modern, liberal rabbi who lives and works in Italy. In this webinar, she will share stories about Jewish life in the south of Italy, the arrival of Sefardic Jews in 1492, and the generational impact of the Spanish Inquisition. As was true for crypto-Jews everywhere, Jewish rites and rituals in this region of Italy were practiced for centuries, often by hiding in plain sight. Rabbi Barbara has made it her mission to return to the birthplace of her ancestors and to offer Bnei Anusim (descendants of Jews forced to convert to Catholicism) the opportunity to reconnect with their lost Jewish roots at Sinagoga Ner Tamid del Sud, the first active synagogue in Calabria in over 500 years. Joining her in this webinar will be Angela Yael Amato who will share her personal journey of discovery. As a concert violinist, Angela will play an ancient Ladino melody that exemplifies the strength of the B’nei Anusim of southern Italy and their determination to reclaim their Jewish identity. <strong>Opening Remarks:</strong> <strong>Michael Steinberger</strong>, CEO &amp; Founder of Jewish Heritage Alliance. <strong>Program Introduction:</strong> <strong>Dr. Isaac Amon</strong>, a descendant of Sefarad, is an attorney and counselor at law and JHA Director, Academic &amp; Program Development. Isaac graduated summa cum laude with “Highest Honors” in History for his thesis on the Spanish Inquisition and worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague. He has visited execution sites and torture chambers of the Inquisition as well as Nazi death camps. At the onset of the global pandemic, he was in the Iberian Peninsula researching the Iberian Inquisition. <strong>Moderator:</strong> <strong>Rabbi Barbara </strong>is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania where she received the Distinguished Alumni Award.  She holds a MS from The George Washington University in Washington DC and received rabbinic ordination from The Rabbinical Seminary International and the Rabbinical Academy in New York City. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Rabbi Barbara made her way to the Calabrian mountains where she was appointed Italy’s first female Rabbi serving congregation Ner Tamid del Sud (the Eternal Light of the South), the first active synagogue in Calabria in 500 years since Inquisition times. In 2017 the synagogue was recognized as a member of the Reconstructionist Jewish movement and welcomes Jews of all backgrounds including crypto Jewish Italians who are discovering and embracing their Jewish roots. She is a founder of the Italian Jewish Cultural Center of Calabria, a pioneering society designed to bring recognition to the lost and hidden Jewish communities in southern Italy. <strong>Guest Speakers:</strong> <strong>Professor Angela Yael Amato </strong>is a member of the Board of Directors, Sinagoga Ner Tamid del Sud. She is an accomplished professional violinist holding a master’s degree in music education from London’s acclaimed Institute of Higher Education. Professor Amato is a descendant of Bnei Anusim who combines teaching and performing to create magic in venues all over Europe. Professor Amato has spoken and written extensively about her family history and the plight of southern Italy’s Bnei Anusim. - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTE: Question and answer session will follow the presentation for those who wish to stay on. ______________________________________________________________________________ <aside>This program is being presented by <a href="https://jewishheritagealliance.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jewish Heritage Alliance</a> in partnership with <a href="https://www.anumuseum.org.il/?fbclid=IwAR0bAziTZkBQKjc_KcNBkjB3r59wizFv_HVRHRXsfpwpO0IUm8odhRDW8lQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ANU Museum of the Jewish People</a>,<a href="https://www.nmajh.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History</a>, <a href="https://cryptojews.com/?fbclid=IwAR2Yf-JBIKlunJXGGjEWug5KGlAeWIAv997bgjKECGO_BY6Xab9eti1F1UA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies</a>, <a href="https://instituteofjewishexperience.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">the American Sephardi Federation’s Institute of Jewish Experience</a>, <a href="https://fundacionhispanojudia.org/?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fundación HispanoJudía</a>, <a href="https://www.ejcc.eu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">EJCC European Jewish Community Center,</a> <a href="https://millercenter.miami.edu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Miami (Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies </a>and the<a href="https://judaicstudies.as.miami.edu/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> George Feldenkreis Program in Judaic Studies)</a>, <a href="https://www.jlcweb.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">the Jewish Learning Channel</a>, <a href="https://www.brandeis.edu/hbi/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hadassah-Brandeis Institute</a> , <a href="https://kulanu.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kulanu</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ReconectarEng/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Reconectar</a></aside></div> </div> </div> </div>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/677978132?h=fc1018fe77" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <strong>Tuesday, February 15 at 8 pm ET</strong> <b>Free on Zoom with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=SuitingtheSound&amp;c_src2=EventPageLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a> <a href="https://vimeo.com/677978132" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a> to watch the program</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Ablaze with vibrant colors and sparkling with rhinestones, country music performers have been lighting up stages and turning heads in spectacular, custom-designed Western wear since the late 1940s. In this program, we'll explore the lives and work of the three most influential of the pioneering rodeo tailors, Bernard "Rodeo Ben" Lichtenstein, Nathan Turk, and Nudie Cohn. Each of these three rodeo tailors were born to Jewish families and immigrated to the United States in the early 1900's. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Join us to learn more about this interesting slice of American Jewish and Country Music history, listen in on good conversation between curators, and soak up insights (and a little music) from a country music legend. </span> <b>Program</b> <b>Jewish Mass Migration from Eastern Europe to the U.S.</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><b>Josh Perelman, PhD</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Chief Curator and Director of Exhibitions &amp; Interpretation, Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History</span> <b>Western Wear and Trailblazing Rodeo Tailors</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><b>Mick Buck</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Chief Curator, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum </span> <b>Conversation with the Curators</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Featuring conversation with and music from special guest </span><b>Ray Benson</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, nine-time Grammy-winning co-founder and bandleader of the legendary band </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Asleep at the Wheel </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">the</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">self-proclaimed "Tallest Jew in Country Music".</span> ________________________________________________ <em>This program is produced in partnership with The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.</em> <em>The "<a href="https://www.nmajh.org/countrymusic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jews and Country Music</a>" series is presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with the Ashkenaz Festival.</em> <strong>You may also be interested in....</strong> February 22- <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/mark-rubin-concert/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Rubin: Jew of Oklahoma</a> March 1- <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/judaism-and-country-music/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Torah of Country Music with Joe Buchanan and Rabbi Sandra Lawson</a> March 8- <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/nefesh-mountain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nefesh Mountain(duo)</a>

<b>Sunday, January 30, 1:00 pm - 2:30pm ET</b> <b>Free on Zoom </b><b>Registration Required - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sefarad-hidden-legacies-uncovered-tickets-242500785377?aff=erelexpmlt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a></b> <div class="g-group l-mar-bot-6 l-sm-mar-bot-4"> <div class="structured-content g-cell g-cell-10-12 g-cell-md-1-1"> <div class="has-user-generated-content" data-automation="about-this-event-sc"> <div class="structured-content-rich-text structured-content__module l-align-left l-mar-vert-6 l-sm-mar-vert-4 text-body-medium"> On January 30, 2022, <strong>Jewish Heritage Alliance and their participating co-hosting partners will present “Sefarad: Hidden Legacies Uncovered”</strong>, a webinar that will explore the unfolding drama endured by the crypto-Jews, those that were forced to convert to Catholicism during years of persecution and massacres. Jewish life in Spain came to an end with the 1492 Edict of Expulsion. Jews were ordered to depart the country where their ancestors had lived for centuries or convert to Christianity. Confronted by this harrowing choice, some escaped into Portugal, others converted to stay, and many fled the Iberian Peninsula for North Africa and the Ottoman Empire. At this same time, Columbus famously “sailed the ocean blue.” One of the lesser-known aspects of his voyage is that it was navigated with instruments created by Jews and funded and accompanied by crypto-Jews. Prominent among this group was Luis de Torres, the translator on the voyage, who bears the distinction of being one of the first Jews in the New World. <strong>This webinar will host a conversation focusing on the journey of those who chose to keep their identity secret and the consequences their decisions produced.</strong> Our speakers will take us on a journey across the generations so you may learn how this crypto-Jewish identity has been understood in the Americas, including in the present day. We will explore these legacies of Sefarad through the lens of history, literature, and music. <em>Opening Remarks:</em> <strong>Mr. Michael Steinberger</strong>, CEO &amp; Founder of Jewish Heritage Alliance. <em>Program Introduction:</em> <strong>Dr. Isaac Amon</strong>, a descendant of Sefarad, is an attorney and counselor at law and JHA Director, Academic &amp; Program Development. Isaac graduated summa cum laude with “Highest Honors” in History for his thesis on the Spanish Inquisition and worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague. He has visited execution sites and torture chambers of the Inquisition as well as Nazi death camps. At the onset of the global pandemic, he was in the Iberian Peninsula researching the Iberian Inquisition. <em>Moderator:</em> <strong>Dr. Dalia Wassner, Ph.D.</strong> is the Director of the Project on Latin American Jewish &amp; Gender Studies at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute of Brandeis University. She holds a PhD in history from Northeastern University, an MPhil in Jewish studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York, and MAs in history and Latin American studies from Stanford University. She has been an active participant at the HBI since 2012 as a Scholar-in-Residence, Research Associate, and Gilda Slifka Internship Program mentor. Since 2015 Dalia Wassner has taught Latin American Jewish history at Brandeis in the Near Eastern &amp; Judaic Studies Department and Latin American &amp; Latino Studies Program. She has also developed courses in Women’s studies, Latin American studies, and Jewish studies, most recently at Emerson College, Boston University, and Brandeis University. <em>Guest Speakers:</em> <strong>Ms. Mary Morris</strong> is the author of sixteen books, including the novel, Gateway to the Moon, three collections of short stories. Her stories and essays have appeared in publications such as “The Atlantic,” “The Paris Review,” and “The New York Times”. The idea for Gateway to the Moon began over thirty years ago when Morris lived in the Southwest and became aware of the crypto-Jew of New Mexico. <strong>Ms. Susana Behar</strong> was born in Havana to a Cuban Jewish family and was surrounded with Cuban music but also traditional Sephardic music of her Turkish grandparents. While living in Venezuela, she began to pursue her passion for Jewish music while also exploring her love of Latin American folk songs. ______________________________________________________________________________ <aside><em>This program is presented by Jewish Heritage Alliance in partnership with ANU Museum of the Jewish People, the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies, the American Sephardi Federation’s Institute of Jewish Experience, Fundación HispanoJudía, EJCC European Jewish Community Center, University of Miami (Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies and the George Feldenkreis Program in Judaic Studies), the Jewish Learning Channel, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute , Kulanu and Reconectar</em></aside></div> </div> </div> </div>

Thursday, January 27, 2022 10:00 am ET Free, Online, <a href="https://898a.blackbaudhosting.com/898a/Echoes-in-Ink-A-Liberation-Day-Reading-of-Short-Stories-From-the-Holocaust?_ga=2.76962513.513234181.1641487440-1266950408.1639586275" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Registration Required</a> In the aftermath of the Holocaust, many Jewish writers turned to pen and paper to reckon with the enormity of their loss. The stories they wrote—both fiction and nonfiction—bring to life the darkest moments of human history at the same time as they remind us of the human capacity for renewal and regeneration. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, join the Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History for a reading of three such short stories:<strong> “The Road of No Return” by Rachel Häring Korn</strong> read by Jackie Hoffman,<strong> “The Shawl” by Cynthia Ozick </strong>read by Mili Avital, and <strong>“</strong><strong>A Wedding in Brownsville” by Isaac Bashevis Singer </strong>read by Eleanor Reissa. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> The event will stream live on Zoom. <a href="https://898a.blackbaudhosting.com/898a/tickets?tab=2&amp;txobjid=8b9b5dad-6afc-4dd1-87ee-0bdb1ef61e1e&amp;_ga=2.140857659.883524982.1615567640-1815015153.1610052315" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Registration is Required.</a> The program will premiere at 10 am ET and be available all day. <em>The recording will not be available after January 27, 2022. </em> ________________________________________________ <em>This "Echos in Ink" program is presented by the Museum of Jewish Heritage in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History</em> <img class="wp-image-1715 aligncenter" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MJH-post20th_Logo-k-4c-1366x527.png" alt="" width="304" height="117" /> <p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-2441" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Weitzman-NMAJH-Logo-Full-Color-1366x289.png" alt="" width="401" height="85" /></p>

Tuesday, January 25, 2022 11:00 am ET on Zoom Registration Required - <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h0HZi0TxRtGEonmDancl8w" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click Here</a> In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and in celebration of these incredible community leaders and the 43rd anniversary of their Righteous Among the Nations designation, the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), in partnership with the National Hellenic Society, and the Hellenic American Women's Council, will host a virtual reception honoring Loukas Karrer and Dimitrios Chrysostomos. During the Greek Presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), this educational event will highlight the history of Hellenic-Jewish relations and the importance of strengthening those bonds in facing antisemitism. During the Greek IHRA presidency, recognizing past leaders who confronted antisemitism in its most extreme form will help inspire a new generation of civic and religious leaders to similarly confront antisemitism and other forms of hate. <strong>More about the Event</strong> <div id="lp-pom-text-50" class="lp-element lp-pom-text nlh"> On the island of Zakynthos off the coast of mainland Greece, 275 Jews lived prior to the outbreak of World War II. Nazi forces arrived in Zakynthos on September 9th, 1943 and demanded a complete list of the island’s Jews from Mayor Loukas Karrer. Unsure of how to proceed, Karrer turned to the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church on the island, Metropolitan Dimitrios Chrysostomos, for assistance. Metropolitan Chrysostomos assured Karrer that he would negotiate with the Nazis and ensure the protection of the Jewish community of Zakynthos. </div> <div id="lp-pom-text-51" class="lp-element lp-pom-text nlh"> Hesitating for months, by 1944, the Nazis confronted Mayor Karrer at gunpoint to forfeit the names and locations of Zakynthos’ Jews. At this, Metropolitan Chrysostomos handed the island’s Nazi leadership a list of the island’s Jews with two names on it: Loukas Karrer and Dimitrios Chrysostomos. The two leaders then mobilized the island’s citizens to hide all of the town’s Jewish people in rural villages, allowing them to escape deportation. While more than 80% of Greek Jews were killed during the Holocaust, the entire Jewish community of Zakynthos was saved. Loukas Karrer and Dimitrios Chrysostomos were honored with the title of Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem for saving their island’s Jewish community in 1977. <strong>More on the Speakers - <a href="https://greece.combatantisemitism.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here</a></strong> </div> ________________________________________________ <em>This program is co-sponsored by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, the American Sephardi Federation, The Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America, Center for Jewish Impact, Artists 4 Israel, WJC North America, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, Interorthodoc Centre of the Church of Greece, Muslims Against Anti-Semitism, March of the Living Australia, American Hellenic Institute, and Interfaith Paths to Peace.</em>

<div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="5782 / 2022 Tu B&amp;#039;Shevat Musical Seder" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/668252307?h=6a8101eebe&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: left;"><b>Sunday, January 16 at 8 pm ET, ONLINE </b><strong>Free with <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=TuBshevatMusicalSeder2022&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 Suggested Donation</a> </strong><b>See "Ways to Watch" below, <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvf-uhpjIjHNYGnsRNa9CPsao3NdqrtuV7">click here</a> to register on Zoom</b></p> Tu B’Shevat is the Jewish New Year for the trees. Like many Jewish traditions, this one is grounded in harvesting practices and the change of seasons. The holiday’s ritual seder was popularized by 16^th century Rabbis living in Sefad (a town 100 miles north of Jerusalem). Much like the widely observed Passover seders that are centered on the eating and drinking of certain symbolic foods in a specific order, the Tu B’Shevat seder involves eating 10 different fruits and nuts as well as drinking four cups of wine in a specific order. These rituals are rooted in explorations of both the mystical and natural worlds. This Sunday evening all are welcomed to join online as four Jewish spiritual and musical leaders, <strong><a href="http://www.rebekkagoldsmith.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rebekka Goldsmith</a>,</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.batyalevine.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Batya Levine</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JRMcellochic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jessie Reagen Mann</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://micahshapiromusic.bandcamp.com/releases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rabbi Micah Shapiro</a></strong> take us on a journey through these worlds with artfully curated and beautiful songs, poems, and prayers. Follow along by downloading the Hagaddah (guide book) <strong><a href="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/57822022-TU-BISHVAT-MUSICAL-SEDER-FINAL-VERSION.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong>, which was made especially for this event. <strong>More about Tu B'Shevat and the Program</strong> This ancient holiday, whose name literally means the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat, is rooted in a legalistic tithing practice described in the <em>Mishna</em>. Later, Tu B'Shevat became a more ethereal, spiritual experience when 16th century <i>kabbalists</i> (Jewish mystics) inaugurated a ritual to honor the trees, providing a framework for a communal celebration that is still developing today. The traditional Tu B'Shevat Seder moves through different mystical "worlds," mapping these esoteric realms onto corresponding types of fruit, wine, and other tree-rooted themes. At our musical seder, we plan to explore these worlds via song, poetry, and embodied experiential practices. We will describe and bless different kinds of nuts, fruits and wine (or grape juice) during each part of the ritual and we will sing wordless melodies and other songs with thematic links to the holiday. Throughout the evening, we will invite virtual participants to share in the experience through online chatting and other suggested practices. No experience with or knowledge of Tu B'Shevat is necessary. Live captioning will be provided. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Zoom: </b>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvf-uhpjIjHNYGnsRNa9CPsao3NdqrtuV7" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>click here</strong></a>. The Museum’s Zoom can accommodate 1000 guests. Should we reach that number, please use one of the other methods listed below—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <b>Facebook: </b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 8pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>Weitzman NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <i>_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________</i> <i>This program is presented by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History and Hadar's Rising Song Institute, in partnership with The Friends of Laurel Hill &amp; West Laurel Hill Cemeteries.</i> <i>_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________</i> <strong>You may also be interested in... </strong> <strong>1pm ET on January 16 -</strong> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/tubeshvat-tree-tour-21/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tu B'Shevat Tree Tour at West Laurel Hill Cemetery</a> &nbsp;

<strong>TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT HAVE SOLD OUT</strong> <p style="text-align: left;"><b>Sunday, January 16 at 1 pm ET </b><strong>$15 GA, $13 Seniors, $10 Members, $7.50 Youth, Free 5 &amp; Under </strong><strong><a href="https://67610.blackbaudhosting.com/67610/tickets?tab=2&amp;txobjid=1ea6e83c-550a-4634-b193-becb68530bf2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here</a> for Tickets - capacity is limited!</strong><b><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/AmericanBirthright" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> </a></b><b>In Person at West Laurel Hill Cemetery </b><em>225 Belmont Ave, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004</em></p> In honor of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish new year of the trees, explore the beautiful arboretum at West Laurel Hill Cemetery with their Arboretum Manager and Board Certified Master Arborist, <strong>Aaron Greenberg</strong><b> </b>and <strong>Rebekka Goldsmith</strong>. This tour will focus on prominent evergreen trees while identifying leafless trees by their bark, branch arrangement, berries, and buds. Special attention will be given to trees with historical significance to West Laurel Hill and Philadelphia horticulture. Warm up after the tour with a cup of hot cider or mulled wine! <strong>Directions:</strong> We will depart from the CONSERVATORY inside West Laurel Hill Cemetery (<strong>not </strong>the first building you see). Directions for getting to West Laurel Hill Cemetery <a href="https://westlaurelhill.com/about/visit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are linked here</a>. West Laurel Hill Cemetery is located at <strong>225 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd PA 19004</strong> (GPS directions: please use 340 Belmont Avenue). When you arrive and enter the cemetery you will pass two sets of gates and see a white line on the road. Follow this line to the Conservatory. Free parking is available outside the Conservatory. <strong>NOTE FOR UBER/LYFT RIDERS:</strong> Have your driver go into the cemetery following the above directions—otherwise, you will have a 5–10-minute walk to the event location. <strong>Accessibility:</strong> <ul> <li>Accessible parking is available at the Conservatory.</li> <li>This tour does require going up and down hills and on uneven terrain.</li> </ul> <strong>Questions:</strong> For any questions, email <a href="mailto:mkf@thelaurelhillcemetery.org">mkf@thelaurelhillcemetery.org</a> ________________________________________________________________________________ <i>This program is presented by West Laurel Hill Cemetery in partnership with the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History and members of the museum can register at the member price.</i>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNMAJH%2Fvideos%2F4823391444349835%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" width="560" height="314" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>We were live on December 25, 2021 from 9:30 am - 2:30 pm ET. </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Please scroll down for the agenda. </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>If you're enjoying our programming, please make a donation to support family days like this one. </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>$18 suggested, any amount welcome and appreciated! </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?&amp;c_src=christmas21&amp;c_src2=eventpagebutton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></p> <h5 style="text-align: center;"><img class="wp-image-1269 aligncenter" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/big-blank-and-christmas-sm-1366x308.jpg" alt="" width="741" height="167" /><span class="head1"><strong><span class="head2"><span class="head3">Snowy. Jewish. Happy. Caring. Buddhist. Generous. Family. Creative. Friendly. Sparkly.</span></span></strong></span></h5> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="head1"><span class="head2"><span class="head3">Fill in your own blank and join us for our annual day of family fun.</span></span></span></strong></h3> <span class="head1"><span class="head2"><span class="head3"><strong>Saturday, December 25, 2021 - Online 9:30</strong></span></span></span><span class="head1"><span class="head2"><span class="head3"><strong> am - Tot Shabbat </strong></span></span></span><span class="head1"><span class="head2"><span class="head3"><strong>10:00am - 2:30pm ET - Main Program</strong> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=Being___onChristmas2021&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton">$18 donation</a></b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b></span></span></span> <span class="head1"><span class="head2"><span class="head3">The Museum is open virtually. The online galleries are warm. All we need is you to get the party started. Join us for an all-day livestream packed with fun for the entire family hosted by the amazing comedy duo, <b><a href="https://www.thebibleplayers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Bible Players</a></b> . Confirmed activities include:</span></span></span> <h6><span class="head1"><span class="head2"><span class="head3">9:30 AM - TOT SHABBAT</span></span></span></h6> <span class="head1"><span class="head2"><span class="head3">Saturday morning kid-friendly Shabbat service with musician, prayer leader, teacher, and Rabbi, <a href="https://micahkaleidoscope.bandcamp.com/track/sheep-in-a-jeep" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Micah Shapiro</b></a>.</span></span></span> <h6>10:10 AM - KIDS CONCERT</h6> Sing and dance with Emmy Award-winning returning favorite, <b>Alex Mitnick</b> of <a href="https://youtu.be/TXXZEV49z9E" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Alex and the Kaleidoscope</strong></a>. <h6>10:45 AM - PAPER-TUBE PUPPET-MAKING, ANIMAL MASK-MAKING</h6> Get crafty with <b>Jenny Strunge</b> of the <b>Black Cherry Puppet Theater.</b> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Strunge-Activities-Material-Lists.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here</a> for the list of materials you'll need to gather in order to participate<strong>!</strong> <h6>11:10 AM - TZEDEK BOX-MAKING</h6> <a href="https://launch.tzedekbox.org/a-physical-box/tobi-kahn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tzedek box</a>-making (hands-on family craft activity) with esteemed theater creator, <strong><a href="https://kaplanwildmann.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eli Kaplan Wildmann.</a></strong> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Tzedek-Box-Family-Craft-Project-handout-5.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here</a> for the list of materials you'll need to gather in order to participate<strong>!</strong> <h6>11:30 AM - STORIES AND CRANKIES</h6> Watch and listen to great stories as they are told and unrolled by Baker Award-winner, <strong><a href="https://bakerartist.org/portfolios/katherine-fahey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katherine Fahey</a>.</strong> <h6><span class="head1"><span class="head2"><span class="head3">12:00 PM - SPLATBOOMBANG PERCUSSIVE STORYTELLING</span></span></span></h6> <span class="head1"><span class="head2"><span class="head3">Dance to the beat and enjoy stories with Grammy Award-winning artist, <a href="https://splatboombang.com/cory-hills" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Cory Hills</strong></a>.</span></span></span> <h6>12:45 PM - HAND AND STRING PUPPET-MAKING</h6> Get crafty again with <b>Jenny Strunge</b> of the <b>Black Cherry Puppet Theater.</b> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Strunge-Activities-Material-Lists.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here</a> for the list of materials you'll need to gather in order to participate<strong>!</strong> <h6>1:15 - 2:30 PM - CONCERT: WEST AFRICAN STORIES AND JEWISH PRAYERS FOR EVERYBODY</h6> Concert with the <b>Epichorus Duo</b> featuring Malian Griot and Kora player, <a href="https://youtu.be/kdrsJ3EIlhU" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Yacouba Sissoko</strong></a>, with multi-instrumentalist and bandleader, <a href="https://temenosnyc.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Rabbi Zach Fredman</b></a> <em>For those unable to participate on Saturday, December 25, the content will be available again beginning Sunday, December 26.</em> <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Zoom: </b>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CCWnp8tQQYqrDE0Lft8sMw" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>click here</strong></a>. The Museum’s Zoom can accommodate 500 guests. Should we reach that number, please use one of the other methods listed below—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <b>Facebook: </b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 10am ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>Weitzman NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. ______________________________________________________________ <em>Sponsored by the Robert Saligman Jewish Heritage Fund</em>

<b>Sunday, December 19 at 1 pm ET</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=SefaradPart3&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> <b>Watch anytime- click the play button below <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r81SEf0UgVo" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></b> <div class="g-group l-mar-bot-6 l-sm-mar-bot-4"> <div class="structured-content g-cell g-cell-10-12 g-cell-md-1-1"> <div class="has-user-generated-content" data-automation="about-this-event-sc"> <div class="structured-content-rich-text structured-content__module l-align-left l-mar-vert-6 l-sm-mar-vert-4 text-body-medium"> On December 19, 2021,<strong> Jewish Heritage Alliance and their participating co-hosting partners </strong>will present <em><strong>“Sefarad... To Be or Not to Be”,</strong></em> a webinar that will explore the torturous dilemma facing the Jews of Sefarad once the 1492 Edict of Expulsion was issued. In 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued the Edict of Expulsion, giving Jews a few months in which to depart the country where their ancestors had lived for centuries or convert to Catholicism. One of the stories accompanying this drama was that of Isaac Abarbanel and Abraham Senior, colleagues, and powerful Jewish advisers to Queen Isabella who argued to the King and Queen to rescind the Edict of Expulsion. When their efforts failed, they were forced to choose. Isaac Abarbanel and his family left for Italy to live openly as Jews, but Abraham Senior and his family converted to stay in Spain. We will explore the painstaking decisions that determined the fate of 150,000 Jews and 25 generations of their descendants, both the openly practicing Sephardic Jews around the Mediterranean, and the conversos/crypto-Jews in the Americas. <strong>Program Introduction:</strong> Michael Steinberger, CEO &amp; Founder of Jewish Heritage Alliance. <strong>Key Presenter:</strong> Ron Duncan Hart, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist from Indiana University with postdoctoral work in Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford. He is the Director of the Jewish Learning Channel and former President of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico. He has awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, Fulbright, and the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society among others. He has written several books on Jewish life and cultural history and the most recent is Crypto-Jews: The Long Journey. He is co-author/editor of the award-winning book Fractured Faiths: Spanish Judaism, the Inquisition, and New World Identities. <strong>Guest Speakers:</strong> Blanca Carrasco, a converso descendant of Marcos Alonso de La Garza y del Arcon, co-founder of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, will speak about her experience of returning to the open practice of Judaism. Dr. Isaac Amon, a descendant of Moses Hamon, a Jewish physician to Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, will speak about his family’s odyssey from Spain to Turkey and beyond. ______________________________________________________________________________ <aside><em>This program is being presented by Jewish Heritage Alliance in partnership with the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, ANU Museum of the Jewish People, the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies, The American Sephardi Federation’s Institute of Jewish Experience, Fundación HispanoJudía, EJCC European Jewish Community Center, University of Miami (Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies and the George Feldenkreis Program in Judaic Studies), Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and Kulanu.</em></aside></div> </div> </div> </div>

<strong>Thursday, December 16 at 1 pm ET</strong> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=Twitty2021&amp;c_src2=EventPageLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/657601719?h=6190bb7450" width="640" height="289" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Tune in as we get to know the James Beard Award-winning culinary historian and food writer Michael Twitty. We’ll talk about the highly anticipated release of his third book, Koshersoul, which will focus on Jewish and Black food traditions through the eyes of Black Jews and Southerners who converted to Judaism, including his own. We’ll find out more about Twitty’s role as an educator in the Jewish community around Washington DC, his work as an interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, his recent appearance at the Netflix series <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wsEdxt1Ico&amp;feature=youtu.be">High on the Hog</a>, and his myriad other exciting projects. The video below is a clip from PBS NewsHour featuring Michael Twitty and his work at Colonial Williamsburg. <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R6l8jRF-eGA" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <strong>About the Author</strong> Michael W. Twitty is a living history interpreter, culinary historian, and food writer personally charged with teaching, documenting, and preserving the African American culinary traditions of the historic South and the wider African Atlantic world as well as parent traditions in Africa. He blogs at <strong><a href="http://www.AfroCulinaria.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Afroculinaria</a>.</strong> His first book, <em>The Cooking Gene</em> (HarperCollins 2017), won the 2018 James Beard Award, making him one of the few Black authors so awarded. Twitty's latest book, <em>Rice</em>, is just out with UNC press. <em>Koshersoul </em>(HarperCollins), about his culinary journey as a Jew of African descent, will be out in 2022. ________________________________________________ <em>This program is presented in partnership with Jews in All Hues.</em>

<h4><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2414 aligncenter" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/NMAJH_GIF_V3.gif" alt="" width="612" height="396" /></h4> <h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>We are embarking on a bright future. </strong><strong>Join the celebration!</strong></h4> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Monday, December 6 at 6 pm</strong> <strong>at the National Museum of American Jewish History</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;">$250 Individual Tickets Tribute ads and sponsorships available Donations welcome Virtual tickets also available, free with suggested $50 donation</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Broadway star <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Adam-Kantor-Bio.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-link-type="web">Adam Kantor</a> of <em>Rent</em>, <em>Fiddler on the Roof</em>, <em>The Band’s Visit</em>, and <em>Avenue Q</em> joins our December 6 celebration to help honor our Board and Benefactors</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--small box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/event/miracle-on-the-mall/e374559?c_src=dec6event&amp;c_src2=website" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Click here to RSVP</span></a></p> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Please contact <a href="mailto:development@nmajh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-link-type="email">development@nmajh.org</a> with questions.</strong></h6> &nbsp; <h4 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Why we're celebrating:</strong></h4> <p style="text-align: center;">As you know, it's been a difficult time for arts and culture organizations. The Museum made the hard decision to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection in March 2020 just two weeks before the pandemic-induced shutdown.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">We had planned to fully operate during the proceedings but like all other organizations, our operations ceased along with our primary sources of income.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">We were so excited to report that we exited Chapter 11 on September 17, 2021 thanks to the generosity of our fiercest supporters.</p> <div></div> <div></div> <div> <hr /> </div> <div> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Board of Trustees through October 2021 </strong>Susanna Lachs Adler Scott Akman Philip Balderston Harold Berger Stephen A. Cozen Philip M. Darivoff Elijah S. Dornstreich Alec Ellison Gwen D. Goodman Alan J. Hoffman Thomas O. Katz Sharon Tobin Kestenbaum Andrew Klaber Elaine Lindy Mitchell L. Morgan Mark Oster Matthew Pestronk Daniel Promislo Lyn M. Ross Laury Saligman Sherrie R. Savett Brett J. Schulman Mimi Schneirov Daniel A. Shapiro Meredith C. Slawe Lindy Snider Michael Swift Joseph S. Zuritsky</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Benefactors </strong>Sandy and Steve Cozen Betsy and Philip Darivoff Caroline and Sidney Kimmel The Morgan Family Lyn M. Ross Ronald Rubin z"l The Robert Saligman Charitable Foundation The Hess Foundation Etta Winigrad Lisa and Richard Witten Joseph S. Zuritsky</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Gala Committee </strong>Stephen A. Cozen Philip M. Darivoff Amanda Goldstein Gwen D. Goodman Shirley Honickman Hahn Sharon Tobin Kestenbaum Laura Lenet Lyn M. Ross Brett J. Schulman Meredith C. Slawe Lindy Snider Michael Swift Joseph S. Zuritsky</p> </div>

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/649643010?h=e8decc5ba5" width="640" height="337" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <b>Sunday, November 21, at 4 pm ET</b> <b>Free</b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b> Join the Sephardic singing sensation, Sarah Aroeste, to celebrate the release of her new all-Ladino Hanuka album. Be the first to see Aroeste perform music from the album and a brand new music video. Aroeste will lead a sing-along for all in attendance, as well as a bimuelo-making demonstration and cook-off. <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Aroeste-Hanuká-Party-Recipe-and-Songs.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here</strong></a> to download the Bimuelo recipe and sing-a-long song-list. Spread the word and join in the fun for a <i>Hanuká aleg</i>re! <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Facebook: </b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 4pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>Zoom: </b>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcscOuhqT8rEtYyOTeV3Nn0cCXrP2H3zZf0"><strong>click here</strong></a>. The Zoom can accommodate 100 guests. Should we reach that number, please use one of the other methods listed above—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <hr /> <em>This program is being presented by Sarah Aroeste in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History.</em> _____________________________________________________________ <strong>You may also be interested in...</strong> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/solomonov-jawhara-piner-sephardi-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SEPHARDI's Second Edition with Mike Solomonov and Dr Hélène Jawhara Piñer</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/sufganiyot-and-essential-jewish-baking-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sufganiyot and Essential Jewish Baking with Beth A Lee</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/michael-twitty-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conversation with Michael Twitty</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-sarah-aroeste-monastir/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rewatch: Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors with Sarah Aroeste</a>

<p style="text-align: left;"><b>Saturday, November 20 at 7 pm ET </b><strong>$15 GA- <a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/NotGoingQuietly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets</a></strong><b></b><b> In Person at the National Museum of American Jewish History </b><em>enter code "nmajhPJFM41" at check-out for a $5 discount</em><b> </b></p> Movies are back! Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media (PJFM), formerly known as Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, is back with its <strong><a href="http://www.phillyjfm.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">41^st Annual Jewish Film Festival</a></strong>. Two weeks of the best in Jewish international cinema! Fall Fest will take place both <strong>*in theaters and venues </strong>throughout Philadelphia <strong>and stream on-demand</strong>. This evening will feature the film "<strong>Not Going Quietly</strong>". <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>COVID-19: </strong></span><strong>Proof of vaccination with ID</strong> is required for entry<strong>. Masking is required</strong> inside all areas of the Museum, which will be limited in capacity. A photo of your vaccination card on your phone will be accepted. <strong>About The Film </strong>Ady Barkan had his whole life ahead of him. A rising star in political organizing and a new father, life was good. Then came the diagnosis: ALS, a life-threatening disease that would ultimately paralyze Ady’s entire body. He knew he had every right to feel despair. The diagnosis felt like a death sentence. He also knew that he had to make a choice. Returning to his activist roots, Ady vows to fight for healthcare justice so that folks like him, folks that rely on government-sponsored healthcare programs, have the means to survive. After a chance encounter with a powerful senator is caught on video and goes viral, Ady suddenly finds himself with a platform. Capitalizing on his newfound celebrity, he launches the “Be a Hero” campaign. With support from a talented cohort of young activists, Ady travels the country and builds his people-powered healthcare movement from the ground up. Though Ady’s voice eventually fades, his message remains clear: he’s not going quietly. Not until every person has the right to affordable healthcare. Not until he can leave this world a better place for his son to inherit. This impactful documentary, brimming with inspiration, took home the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at SXSW 2021. <strong>Watch the Trailer</strong> <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/89Gt4iHvdtA" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <strong>Questions or Comments?</strong> Call PJFM at (215) 545-4400, email <a href="mailto:info@phillyjfm.org">info@phillyjfm.org</a>, or visit the <strong><a href="https://phillyjfm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PJFM official website</a>.</strong> <strong>Please Note: masks are <em>required</em> inside the National Museum of American Jewish History, which will be limited in capacity.</strong> ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <em>This program is presented by Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History</em> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<strong>Thursday, November 18 at 3 pm ET</strong> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?&amp;c_src=bethalee&amp;c_src2=eventpagelink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> <div style="padding: 50.21% 0 0 0; position: relative;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/649047242?h=0c3851c4d7&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479/embed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> &nbsp; Join us for this program as we get to know <strong>Beth A. Lee</strong>, author of the newly released book entitled <strong><em>The Essential Jewish Baking Cookbook: 50 Traditional Recipes for Every Occasion.</em></strong> In preparation for Hanukkah, Lee will teach us two ways to make <em>Sufganiyot, </em>the jelly donuts traditionally eaten during the Jewish festival of lights. We'll also talk about Beth's life, her transition from working in silicon valley to working with silicone baking mats, her food blog <span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><a href="https://omgyummy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OMG! Yummy</a></strong></span> and what exactly brought her to write this book. <strong>Try the Recipe at Home</strong> Check out Beth A Lee's Sufganiyot recipe <strong><a href="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sufganiyot-Baked-or-Fried-Jam-filled-Donuts-for-Hanukkah-OMG-Yummy.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. </strong>Try making these sweet treats in your own home during the program or whenever it is convenient for you! <strong>About the Author</strong> <strong>Beth A. Lee</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> grew up on the East Coast before moving to Northern California, far away from the traditional Jewish food she was raised on. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she received a degree in business and pursued a marketing career in Silicon Valley.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2010, Beth realized she preferred pita chips over computer chips and launched her food blog, <strong><a href="https://omgyummy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OMG! Yummy</a></strong>. Through her blog, she reconnected with her love of cooking and her passion for documenting her family's multicultural food traditions.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beth has been featured in the New York Times and the San Jose Mercury News and has been a frequent contributor to Edible Silicon Valley magazine. She also co-leads a popular virtual cooking group, Tasting Jerusalem, focused on Middle Eastern cuisines and ingredients.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beth is so glad she can make a New York-style bagel in her sunlit kitchen in Northern California.</span> <strong>Purchase the Book</strong> Interested in purchasing a copy of the book for yourself or as a gift? <a href="https://judaicashop.net/p-11710-the-essential-jewish-baking-cookbook-50-traditional-recipes-for-every-occasion.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here</strong></a> to visit our online Museum Store and order your copy today.

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/647147693?h=aaea7641fa" width="640" height="400" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <b>Wednesday, November 17 at 12 pm ET</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?&amp;c_src=sephardi2&amp;c_src2=eventpagelink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> Join <strong>Mike Solomonov</strong> and <strong>Hélène Jawhara Piñer</strong> for a conversation on Sephardic history and culinary traditions as the two master chefs celebrate the release of the second edition of Jawhara-Piñer's book, <em><strong>SEPHARDI</strong></em>. As Chef Solomonov said in his review, "<em>Sephardi</em> is truly the only cookbook of its kind...Mazel Bueno to <em>Sephardi</em>!" <strong>About the Chefs</strong> <strong>Hélène Jawhara Piñer</strong> is a PhD in Medieval History and the History of Food. She was awarded the American Sephardi Federation's Broome and Allen Fellowship in 2018 in recognition of her impressive academic accomplishments and service of the Sephardic community. Her research interests are the medieval culinary history of Spain through inter and multiculturalism with a special focus on the Jewish culinary heritage written in Arabic. From Barcelona, Santa Barbara, Bar-Ilan University in Israel and beyond, Piñer has given lectures on subjects such as Reflections on the Jewish heritage according to the Kitab al-tabih, "Jewish cuisine in old cookbooks of the Iberian Peninsula", "Jews and Muslims at the Table" and much more. <strong>Michael Solomonov</strong> is a beloved champion of Israel's extraordinarily diverse and vibrant culinary landscape.  He is co-owner of CookNSolo Restaurants with hospitality entrepreneur, Steve Cook.  Together they own Philadelphia’s Zahav, the trailblazing restaurant where Solomonov is Chef, which has put the rich melting pot of Israeli cuisine at the forefront of dining in America today.  Solomonov is the co-author of three cookbooks, and the recipient of the following James Beard awards: 2011 “Best Chef, Mid-Atlantic”, 2016 “Best International Cookbook” and “Book of the Year” for his and business partner/co-author Steve Cook’s best-selling cookbook, Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking, and the 2017 “Outstanding Chef.”  In 2018, Zahav was recognized by Food &amp; Wine Magazine as one of "The 40 Most Important Restaurants of the Past 40 Years" and in May of 2019, Zahav was awarded "Outstanding Restaurant" by the James Beard Foundation, making Zahav the first Israeli-American restaurant to be awarded this great honor. In addition to his work at Zahav, Chef Solomonov co-owns Philadelphia's Federal Donuts, Dizengoff, Abe Fisher, and Goldie. In July of 2019, Solomonov brought another major slice of Israeli food culture to Philadelphia with K'Far, an Israeli bakery &amp; café named for his hometown just outside of Tel Aviv. In November of 2019, Solomonov opened Merkaz, an Israeli pita sandwich shop, and in February of 2020 opened Laser Wolf, an Israeli skewer house.  Outside of the restaurants, you can often find Mike with Steve at Pho 75, working out the kinks in their Israeli village, or with family. <strong>Purchase the Books</strong> Interested in purchasing a copy of the book for yourself or as a gift? Visit our online Museum Store and order your copies of books by <a href="https://shopnmajh.com/products/sephardi-cooking-the-history-autographed-copy?_pos=1&amp;_sid=44606e8c4&amp;_ss=r" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Jawhara-Piñer</strong></a> and <strong><a href="https://shopnmajh.com/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct&amp;q=solomonov*" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Solomonov</a></strong> today.

<p style="text-align: left;"><b>Monday, November 15 at 7 pm ET </b><strong>$15 GA- </strong><b><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/TheAdventuresofSaulBellow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets </a></b><b>In Person at the National Museum of American Jewish History </b><em>enter code "nmajhPJFM41" at check-out for a $5 discount</em></p> Movies are back! Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media (PJFM), formerly known as Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, is back with its <strong><a href="http://www.phillyjfm.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">41^st Annual Jewish Film Festival</a></strong>. Two weeks of the best in Jewish international cinema! Fall Fest will take place both <strong>*in theaters and venues </strong>throughout Philadelphia <strong>and stream on-demand</strong>. This evening will feature the film "<strong>The Adventures of Saul Bellow.</strong>" <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>COVID-19: </strong></span><strong>Proof of vaccination with ID</strong> is required for entry<strong>. Masking is required</strong> inside all areas of the Museum, which will be limited in capacity. A photo of your vaccination card on your phone will be accepted. <strong>About The Film</strong> <span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW80432361 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW80432361 BCX0">The first major documentary on the celebrated Jewish American writer, Saul Bellow, is also a finalist for the Library of Congress </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW80432361 BCX0">Lavine/</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW80432361 BCX0">Ken Burns Prize</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW80432361 BCX0"> for Film</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW80432361 BCX0">. Tracing the iconic author’s influence on American literature, director and PJFF alumnus Asaf Galay delves into Bellow’s legendary life and career, using his major works as both territory and map for how the author related to the most critical issues of his time. Exploring Bellow’s approach to race, gender, and the Jewish American post-war immigrant experience, Galay weaves together excerpts from Bellow’s novels and the recollections and observations of his contemporaries. Featuring interviews with the late great Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie, and Martin Amis, </span></span><strong><span class="TextRun Highlight MacChromeBold SCXW80432361 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW80432361 BCX0">THE ADVENTURES OF SAUL BELLOW</span></span></strong><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW80432361 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW80432361 BCX0"> is a must-see doc for Bellow fans and a comprehensive primer for newbies interested in learning more about Bellow and his contributions to 20</span></span><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW80432361 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW80432361 BCX0" data-fontsize="11">th</span></span><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW80432361 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW80432361 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW80432361 BCX0">century American Jewish literature</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW80432361 BCX0">.</span></span> <strong>Watch the Trailer</strong> <iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/388719576?h=f795d7b33f" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <strong>Questions or Comments?</strong> Call PJFM at (215) 545-4400, email <a href="mailto:info@phillyjfm.org">info@phillyjfm.org</a>, or visit the <strong><a href="https://phillyjfm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PJFM official website</a>.</strong> <strong>Please Note: masks are <em>required</em> inside the National Museum of American Jewish History, which will be limited in capacity.</strong> ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <em>This program is presented by Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History</em> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<b>Monday, November 15</b> <strong>9:30am - 6:00pm ET</strong> <b>Free, Registration Required - <a href="https://www.accelevents.com/e/jewishsoldiersinwwii" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a></b> <strong>ABOUT THE CONFERENCE</strong> Amidst the bloodshed and destruction of World War II, nearly 1.5 million Jewish men and women made vital contributions to the Allied war effort against Adolf Hitler and the Axis powers. However, despite the large volume of World War II research, books, movies, and other works, the very fact of these 1.5 million “Jewish soldiers” remains virtually unknown. In November 2021, leading experts from universities, archives, libraries and museums will gather on an international (virtual) stage, alongside members of the public, veterans and their families, and Holocaust survivors and their descendants to explore the experience of the Jewish soldier in WWII. <strong>More Information</strong> Visit the official Jewish Soldiers &amp; Fighters in World War II conference website for more information <strong> - <a href="https://www.accelevents.com/e/jewishsoldiersinwwii" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a></strong> ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <em>The <strong>National Museum of American Jewish History</strong> is proud to serve as a cultural partner on Jewish Soldiers and Fighters in WWII conference, which is convened and presented by the <strong>Blavatnik Archive</strong> with the generous support of <strong>Genesis Philanthropy Group</strong>, <strong>Blavatnik Family Foundation</strong>, and <strong>David Berg Foundation</strong>. Produced by <strong>jMUSE</strong> and guided by an internationally recognized and respected committee of scholarly advisors, including <strong>Dr. Elissa Bemporad</strong> (Professor of History and the Jerry and William Ungar Chair in Eastern European Jewish History and the Holocaust, Queens College and the Graduate Center - CUNY); <strong>Dr. Derek Penslar</strong> (William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University); <strong>Dr. Anna Shternshis</strong> (Al and Malka Green Professor of Yiddish Studies and the Director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto).</em> ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <strong>You may also be interested in... </strong> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/jewish-soldiers-and-fighters-in-wwii-2021-day-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jewish Soldiers &amp; Fighters in World War II (Day 1)</a>

<b>Sunday, November 14</b> <strong>11:00am - 4:30pm ET</strong> <b>Free, Registration Required - <a href="https://www.accelevents.com/e/jewishsoldiersinwwii" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a></b> <strong>ABOUT THE CONFERENCE</strong> Amidst the bloodshed and destruction of World War II, nearly 1.5 million Jewish men and women made vital contributions to the Allied war effort against Adolf Hitler and the Axis powers. However, despite the large volume of World War II research, books, movies, and other works, the very fact of these 1.5 million “Jewish soldiers” remains virtually unknown. In November 2021, leading experts from universities, archives, libraries and museums will gather on an international (virtual) stage, alongside members of the public, veterans and their families, and Holocaust survivors and their descendants to explore the experience of the Jewish soldier in WWII. <strong>More Information</strong> Visit the official Jewish Soldiers &amp; Fighters in World War II conference website for more information <strong> - <a href="https://www.accelevents.com/e/jewishsoldiersinwwii" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a></strong> ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <em>The <strong>National Museum of American Jewish History</strong> is proud to serve as a cultural partner on Jewish Soldiers and Fighters in WWII conference, which is convened and presented by the <strong>Blavatnik Archive</strong> with the generous support of <strong>Genesis Philanthropy Group</strong>, <strong>Blavatnik Family Foundation</strong>, and <strong>David Berg Foundation</strong>. Produced by <strong>jMUSE</strong> and guided by an internationally recognized and respected committee of scholarly advisors, including <strong>Dr. Elissa Bemporad</strong> (Professor of History and the Jerry and William Ungar Chair in Eastern European Jewish History and the Holocaust, Queens College and the Graduate Center - CUNY); <strong>Dr. Derek Penslar</strong> (William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University); <strong>Dr. Anna Shternshis</strong> (Al and Malka Green Professor of Yiddish Studies and the Director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto).</em> ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <strong>You may also be interested in... </strong> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/jewish-soldiers-and-fighters-in-wwii-2021-day-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jewish Soldiers &amp; Fighters in World War II (Day 2)</a>

<p style="text-align: left;"><b>Wednesday, November 10 at 7 pm ET </b><strong>$15 GA- </strong><b><a href="https://www.goelevent.com/pjfm/e/AmericanBirthright" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click Here for Tickets </a></b><b>In Person at the National Museum of American Jewish History </b><em>enter code "nmajhPJFM41" at check-out for a $5 discount</em></p> Movies are back! Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media (PJFM), formerly known as Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, is back with its <strong><a href="http://www.phillyjfm.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">41^st Annual Jewish Film Festival</a></strong>. Two weeks of the best in Jewish international cinema! Fall Fest will take place both <strong>*in theaters and venues </strong>throughout Philadelphia <strong>and stream on-demand</strong>. This evening will feature the Philadelphia premiere of the film "<strong>American Birthright</strong>" <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>COVID-19: </strong></span><strong>Proof of vaccination with ID</strong> is required for entry<strong>. Masking is required</strong> inside all areas of the Museum, which will be limited in capacity. A photo of your vaccination card on your phone will be accepted. <strong>About The Film</strong> “Should I marry Jewish?” This is the question that Becky Tahel Bordo ponders when her younger sister marries outside of her faith. Born in Israel and raised in the US, Becky is a writer, actress, and filmmaker (you may have seen her in that <span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 BCX0 SCXW229887128">Jdate</span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW229887128"> commercial!) who never really gave the ramifications of an interfaith marriage much thought while growing up. However, her sister’s selection of a non-Jewish partner – an act some Jewish households still consider taboo – inspires Becky to probe deeper into her Jewish identity and explore the reasons for her initial ambiguity. With a suitcase and camera in hand, Becky embarks on a trip to the Holy Land to “</span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 BCX0 SCXW229887128">edJEWcate</span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW229887128">” herself and re-examine her relationship with Torah. In creating her own “birthright” trip, Becky’s spiritual journey enlightens and helps her further embrace her Jewishness. With universal appeal and a Philly connection to boot, this light-hearted and intimate doc will resonate with anyone who’s ever struggled with their sense of identity and purpose.</span> <strong>Watch the Trailer</strong> <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xorImEgTJps" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> &nbsp; <strong>Questions or Comments?</strong> Call PJFM at (215) 545-4400, email <a href="mailto:info@phillyjfm.org">info@phillyjfm.org</a>, or visit the <strong><a href="https://phillyjfm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PJFM official website</a>.</strong> <strong>Please Note: masks are <em>required</em> inside the National Museum of American Jewish History, which will be limited in capacity.</strong> ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <em>This program is presented by Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History</em> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/278858517490497" data-width="1180" data-show-text="false"> <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/643660664?h=4aa5e826de" width="640" height="289" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Join us as we illuminate the work of LUNAR: The Jewish-Asian Film Project. Come to enjoy a screening of <strong>"Strictly Speaking: Asian American Jews discuss heritage languages"</strong>, an episode from the new season of their short film series. Stick around for the whole program to enjoy an engaging conversation with cast member <b>Maya Katz-Ali</b>, and co-creator/producer <b>Gen Xia Ye Slosberg. </b>The two featured guests will also field questions from those attending on Zoom or Facebook during the program. </div> <strong>About LUNAR:</strong> A project supported by Be’chol Lashon, LUNAR cultivates connection, belonging and visibility for Asian American Jews through authentic multimedia storytelling and intersectional community programming. The LUNAR team is currently releasing the second season of their highly popular video series, which features 23 Asian American Jews in conversation about identity topics like fusion food, belonging, Asian-Jewish solidarity, and media representation. Check out their first episode, <em>The Taste of Connection</em>, at the bottom of this page. <strong>About the program's guests:</strong> <strong>Gen Xia Ye Slosberg</strong> is a writer &amp; community organizer who serves as the Executive Producer of LUNAR: The Jewish-Asian Film Project. She is a Bay Area based Jewish nonprofit professional &amp; speaker who's dedicated to advancing representation and belonging for Jews of Color. She has been featured on Alma, MTV News, and HuffPost for her identity and activism journey. She received her B.A. in Political Science from UC Berkeley. <strong>Maya Katz-Ali</strong> is the Bay Area Field Manager at OneTable, where she works to highlight various parts of the Jewish narrative and Jews of Color in the local community. She was born and raised in a multicultural home in Oakland, California. Her father is Muslim, born and raised in Bangalore, India and her mother is Jewish, born in New York the daughter of a World War II Refugee. Maya completed her B.A. and M.A. at Clark University in Massachusetts; during international internships and studies she deepened her love of building community across global contexts and bringing people together. She sees sharing stories, traditions, and values as central to our growth as a global community, which is one of the reasons the LUNAR project is so important to her. _________________________________________________________________ <em>Lunar: The Jewish-Asian Film Project</em> <em>Season 1 Episode 1: The Taste of Connection</em> <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/neXlIc1lHUY" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<p style="text-align: left;"><b>Sunday, October 31 at 8 pm ET</b><b></b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b></p> Join us for a performance from the duo of legendary Canadian Yiddish singer <strong>Allan Merovitz</strong> and guitarist/pianist <strong>Brian Katz</strong>, joined by special guest <strong>Jane Bunnett</strong> (sax, flute). This concert is the final episode of the series entitled "Nu? Nu! The Barn Sessions". <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Series Trailer <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1bZQXbqZA9o" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></strong></p> <strong>About The Barn Sessions</strong> In July 2021, Ashkenaz presented its first official concerts with a live audience since the global pandemic began. The performances took place in the barn at Bela Farm, a beautiful property one hour northwest of Toronto. For all of the artists too, this was their first opportunity to perform for a live audience in over 18 months. The thrill and excitement of the artists and the small socially-distanced audiences was palpable. This magical week of concerts was documented with multiple cameras and mics and will be streamed in four episodes, on Sundays at 8pm ET throughout October. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Facebook: </b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 8pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <em>"The Barn Sessions" is presented Ashkenaz in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History. </em> ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <strong>You may also be interested in...</strong> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-barn-sessions-episode-1-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 10 – Sergiu Popa &amp; ROMada (Barn Sessions)</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-barn-sessions-episode-2-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 17 – Socalled with Toronto Jazz Orchestra (Barn Sessions)</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-barn-sessions-episode-3-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 24 - Aviva Chernick and La Serena Trio (Barn Sessions)</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-with-pedrito-martinez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 26 - Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors with Pedrito Martinez</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>POSTPONED - NEW DATE TBA</strong></span></p> <em>Unfortunately due to ongoing and unexpected equipment issues following damage sustained during Hurricane Ida, Pedrito Martinez will be unable to participate in tonight's program. He and we are really excited to find a new date. Thanks for your understanding and patience. </em> <p style="text-align: left;"><b>Tuesday, October 26 at 8 pm ET</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=PetritoMartinez&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>"Pedrito is a genius... working with him has been a revelation to me.”</strong> <b>Wynton Marsalis</b></p> Celebrate and explore the music of the Grammy-nominated vocalist and Afro-Cuban percussion master, <strong>Pedrito Martinez</strong>, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most innovative Latin percussionists on the planet. In the ninth episode of <em>Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors</em>, Martinez will chat with NMAJH Public Programs Manager and musician, Dan Samuels, about his childhood in Cuba, the history of Afro-Cuban music, his musical collaborations with the Greats like Paul Simon, Quincy Jones, and Wynton Marsalis, and the intertwined nature of his life as both a master musician and Santero (Santeria Priest). <strong>About Pedrito Martinez</strong> Pedro Pablo “Pedrito” Martinez was born in Havana, Cuba, Sept 12, 1973 and began his musical career at the age of 11. Since settling in New York City in the fall of 1998, Pedrito has recorded or performed with Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, and Sting, and has contributed to well over 100 albums. A master of Afro-Cuban folkloric music and the batá drum he has played and sung with dozens of Cuban rumba groups and contributed to several important films, including Calle 54 (2000) and Chico and Rita (2010). Pedrito was a founding member of the Afro-Cuban/Afro-Beat band, Yerba Buena, with which he recorded two albums and toured the world in the mid-to late-90’s. As leader, Pedrito has released two albums, the first one of which was nominated for a Grammy, in 2013. Habana Dreams, their second, was recorded in Cuba, and released in June 10, 2016 featuring, Ruben Blades, Isaac Delgado, Wynton Marsalis, and Angelique Kidjo. In February of 2019, Pedrito and Cuban pianist, Alfredo Rodriguez, a duo album with Quincy Jones as Executive Producer. In July 2019, Pedrito and Eric Clapton recorded a newly arranged version of Clapton’s song, My Father’s Eyes, and on September 22, Pedrito and Clapton performed together at Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas, Texas. <em>Above photo by Richard Termine</em> <strong>About the Songs of Our People Songs of Our Neighbors series: </strong> Launched online in June 2020, this series explores music from varied Jewish traditions and diverse cultures, from the historic and traditional, to the contemporary and reimagined. Through conversations, live and prerecorded performances, and audience Q&amp;A, this series uses music to better understand the complex, culturally diverse communities which make up the Jewish People, and our nation. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Facebook: </b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 8pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <b>Zoom: </b>Registration is required to receive the link <strong><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gK-u_dAVS9-TJKvuGjzyuw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a></strong>. The Museum’s Zoom can accommodate 500 guests. Should we reach that number, please use one of the other methods listed above—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. _____________________________________________________________________________ <strong>You may also be interested in...</strong> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-sarah-aroeste-monastir/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Sarah Aroeste </a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-susan-gaeta/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Susan Gaeta</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-susana-behar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Susana Behar</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

<iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNMAJH%2Fvideos%2F483363939394973%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" width="560" height="314" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <p style="text-align: left;"><b>Sunday, October 24 at 8 pm ET</b><b></b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b></p> Join us for this performance from beloved Toronto vocalist, <strong>Aviva Chernick</strong>, as she sings songs in Ladino, Hebrew, Yiddish and English. For this performance she'll be joined by her amazing ensemble featuring <strong>Joel Schwartz</strong>, <strong>Justin Gray</strong>, <strong>Naghmeh Farhamand</strong>, plus special guest <strong>Maryem Tollar</strong>. This concert is the third episode of four from the series "Nu? Nu! The Barn Sessions". <strong>Episode Trailer </strong> <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAshkenazFestival%2Fvideos%2F394391638993442%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" width="560" height="314" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <strong>About The Barn Sessions</strong> In July 2021, Ashkenaz presented its first official concerts with a live audience since the global pandemic began. The performances took place in the barn at Bela Farm, a beautiful property one hour northwest of Toronto. For all of the artists too, this was their first opportunity to perform for a live audience in over 18 months. The thrill and excitement of the artists and the small socially-distanced audiences was palpable. This magical week of concerts was documented with multiple cameras and mics and will be streamed in four episodes, on Sundays at 8pm ET throughout October. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Facebook: </b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 8pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <em>"The Barn Sessions" is presented Ashkenaz in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History.  </em> ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <strong>You may also be interested in...</strong> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-barn-sessions-episode-1-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 10 – Sergiu Popa &amp; ROMada (Barn Sessions)</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-barn-sessions-episode-2-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 17 – Socalled with Toronto Jazz Orchestra (Barn Sessions)</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-with-pedrito-martinez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 26 - Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors with Pedrito Martinez</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-barn-sessions-episode-4-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 31 – Hartzedike-Lider (Barn Sessions)</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bFesekeTDCk" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <p style="text-align: left;"><b>Thursday, October 21 at 8 pm ET</b> <b>Free</b> <b>Press the "Play Button" Above to Watch</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>"In every Shtetl, it's good have to have a <em>Bela Kazak</em>, somebody big enough and mean enough to fight off the Cossacks. If I have a role in our musical community I like to see myself that way." - Mark Rubin</strong></p> Join us for this program where we'll meet and chat with one of the great American Jewish musicians of our time. The Oklahoma-born, Texas-reared,  New Orleans residing, multi-instrumentalist <strong>Mark Rubin</strong> is an unabashed Southern Jew, known equally for his muscular musicianship and larger-than-life persona. In this interactive program, Rubin will share music from and insights into his new album <strong>The Triumph of Assimilation</strong>. <strong>About Mark Rubin</strong> Over an accomplished 30+ year career, Rubin has accompanied or produced a virtual who's-who of American traditional music, while straddling numerous musical genres, including Country, Western Swing, Bluegrass, Tex-Mex, Polka, Klezmer, Roma, and More. He is perhaps best known for co-founding the notorious proto-Americana band Bad Livers, though his more recent work as a first call tuba and bass player in the klezmer music scene has now earned him equivalent notoriety. His credits in the Jewish music world include long time collaborations with Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars, The Other Europeans, and Andy Statman, as well as two decades on faculty at KlezKamp. He has been a featured performer and instructor with multiple appearances at Yiddish Summer Weimar, KlezFest London, KlezMore Vienna, Klezmer Festival Furth, Festival of Jewish Culture Krakow and more. Jews of Oklahoma debuted as a special feature at Toronto's Ashkenaz Festival in 2016. Today he lives and works as a professional musician in New Orleans and makes a study of the musical traditions and cultures of Southern Louisiana. He recently took a position at the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience where he jokingly describes his position as "living exhibition". _____________________________________________________________________________ <em>This program is presented by the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at UCLA in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History.</em> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

<div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/568084951082506" data-width="1180" data-show-text="false"> <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/637468517?h=c81bf5d75e" width="640" height="361" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> </div> <b>Wednesday, October 20 at 4 pm ET</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=DrAlexandraFriedman&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> <b>Click the "Play Button" Above to Watch</b> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>“In Judaism, there’s a belief that if you don’t use the gifts given to you by God, you’re not really honoring God” - Dr. Alexandra Friedman</em></strong></p> Join us for an interview with the awe inspiring medical doctor and mother of 10, <strong>Dr. Alexandra Friedman</strong>. In conversation with <strong>Rabbi Shira Stutman</strong>, we will learn about Dr. Friedman's upbringing, her decision to join the Hasidic movement after graduating from college, her commitment to religion and family as well as the myriad ways that she has stretched the community's social norms. <em>Photo of Dr Friedman by Naomi Lewkowicz</em> &nbsp;

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNMAJH%2Fvideos%2F3083906658554194%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" width="560" height="314" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><b>Click the "Play" Button Above to Watch <strong>Sunday, October 17, at 8:00pm ET</strong></b></p> Join us for the North American premiere of a new program from the one and only <strong>Josh Dolgin</strong>, aka <strong>Socalled</strong>, performed with a 19-piece jazz big band directed by <strong>Josh Grossman</strong>. This concert is the second episode of four from the series entitled "Nu? Nu! The Barn Sessions". <strong>Series Trailer <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1bZQXbqZA9o" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></strong> <strong>About The Barn Sessions</strong> In July 2021, Ashkenaz presented its first official concerts with a live audience since the global pandemic began. The performances took place in the barn at Bela Farm, a beautiful property one hour northwest of Toronto. For all of the artists too, this was their first opportunity to perform for a live audience in over 18 months. The thrill and excitement of the artists and the small socially-distanced audiences was palpable. This magical week of concerts was documented with multiple cameras and mics and will be streamed in four episodes, on Sundays at 8pm ET throughout October. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Facebook: </b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 8pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <em>"The Barn Sessions" is presented Ashkenaz in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History. </em> ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <strong>You may also be interested in...</strong> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-barn-sessions-episode-1-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 10 – Sergiu Popa &amp; ROMada (Barn Sessions)</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-barn-sessions-episode-3-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 24 – Aviva Chernick and La Serena Trio (Barn Sessions)</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-with-pedrito-martinez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 26 - Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors with Pedrito Martinez</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-barn-sessions-episode-4-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 31 – Hartzedike-Lider (Barn Sessions)</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNMAJH%2Fvideos%2F238703374894804%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" width="560" height="314" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><b>Sunday, October 10 at 8 pm ET </b><b>Click the "Play" Button Above to Watch!</b></p> Join us for the world premiere of <strong>ROMada,</strong> the all-star ensemble of Roma musicians living in Canada led by the Moldavian-born, Montreal-based accordionist <strong>Sergiu Popa</strong>. This is the first episode of four in the series "Nu? Nu! The Barn Sessions". <strong>About The Barn Sessions</strong> In July 2021, Ashkenaz presented its first official concerts with a live audience since the global pandemic began. The performances took place in the barn at Bela Farm, a beautiful property one hour northwest of Toronto. For all of the artists too, this was their first opportunity to perform for a live audience in over 18 months. The thrill and excitement of the artists and the small socially-distanced audiences was palpable. This magical week of concerts was documented with multiple cameras and mics and will be streamed in four episodes, on Sundays at 8pm ET throughout October. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <em>"The Barn Sessions" is presented by Ashkenaz in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History. </em> ___________________________________________________________________________________________ <strong>You may also be interested in...</strong> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-barn-sessions-episode-2-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 17 – Socalled with Toronto Jazz Orchestra (Barn Sessions)</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-barn-sessions-episode-3-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 24 – Aviva Chernick and La Serena Trio (Barn Sessions)</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-with-pedrito-martinez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 26 - Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors with Pedrito Martinez</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-barn-sessions-episode-4-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 31 – Hartzedike-Lider (Barn Sessions)</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<b>Sunday, September 19 at 1 pm ET</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=SefaradPart3&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> <b>Watch on Zoom - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/168614868611" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register Here</a></b> <strong>Part 3- In the Footsteps of the Crypto Jews: A story of Agony, Survival and Redemption</strong> <div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> Join Dr. Isaac Amon, JHA’s Director of Research &amp; Project Development on September 19th for Part 3, the “In the Footsteps of the Crypto Jews: A story of Agony, Survival and Redemption”. In this third and final webinar of the series, we will walk in the long shadows of Sefardic Crypto-Jews who lived their lives deprived of access to normative Judaism and under constant threat of severe, life-threatening punishment by the Iberian Inquisition. Despite incredible obstacles, many Crypto-Jews strove to remain faithful, over the centuries, to their ancestral faith and traditions. This remarkable story of resilience, survival, and redemption recreated Jewish communities across Europe and the New World, and continues in our time, contributing to the indelible legacy of Sefarad. </div> </div> </div> </div> <strong>About the three part Series:</strong> Jewish history and communal life on the Iberian Peninsula originated in the time of the Roman Empire. Under Muslim rule, prosperous, flourishing, and well-integrated Jewish communities achieved financial, social, and intellectual success and during the Golden Age, Spain became the center of the Jewish world in Europe. However, due to political and social developments in the Late Middle Ages, life markedly changed as persecution, discrimination, and forced conversions ensued, culminating with the royal decree to expel Spanish Jewry in 1492. This infamous edict, which followed a long trend in European history, led to the Sephardic Diaspora as Iberian Jewry sought new places of refuge, creating new worlds for themselves and their descendants. Yet, more than five centuries later, the ancestral call of Sefarad remains. <strong>Watch Sefarad: The Untold Story that Changed the World Parts 1 and 2</strong> Part 1 of this series was held on August 1 and can be rewatched anytime <strong><a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/jha-sefarad-part-1-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong>. Part 2 of this series was held on August 19 and can be rewatched anytime <strong><a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/sefarad-the-untold-story-that-changed-the-world-part-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong>. _________________________________________________________________________________________ <em>This program is being presented by the Jewish Heritage Alliance in partnership with The National Museum of American Jewish History, ANU Museum of the Jewish People, Museum of Jewish Heritage, The American Sephardi Federation's Institute of Jewish Experience, JewishGen, Fundación HispanoJudía, EJCC European Jewish Community Center, University of Miami (Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies and the George Feldenkreis Program in Judaic Studies), and the Dahan Center at Bar Ilan University. </em>

<div id="fb-root"></div> <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/596725887?h=437bfd7ff5" width="640" height="350" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <b>Wednesday, September 1 at 1 pm ET</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=MortmanRabbisCongress&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b> In this program we will be joined by <strong>Howard Mortman</strong>, author of the new book <em>When Rabbis Bless Congress: The Great American Story of Jewish Prayers on Capitol Hill</em>. After sharing an overview of this little studied 247-year history, Mortman will also commemorate the upcoming 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks by giving us an inside look at the prayers Rabbis offered in congress in the days, weeks, and months after 9/11. The program will include photos, videos, and audience Q&amp;A. <strong>About Howard Mortman</strong> Howard Mortman has been C-SPAN’s Communications Director since early 2009.  He directs media outreach, corporate communications, and public relations efforts for the nation’s only public affairs cable television network.  The <em>Washington Post</em> has recognized C-SPAN for its “importance as a means of mass civic education … without any taxpayer money.” The <em>Washington Post</em> has also called C-SPAN "the channel that has achieved cult status among policy geeks." Mortman is responsible for planning and executing the strategic vision for extending the C-SPAN brand and content among traditional and social media.  Critical to this effort is working with the next generation of journalists and new media outlets and platforms. Mortman's first book, <em>When Rabbis Bless Congress: The Great American Story of Jewish Prayers on Capitol Hill" </em>was published in October 2020. It is the first-ever academic and historical examination of a little-known tradition in Congress: opening each session of the House and Senate in prayer. Reporting on the research into rabbis who have prayed in Congress, the <em><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/amen-congress-moves-to-keep-god-in-daily-prayer-thwart-atheist-movement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Examiner calls his project</a></em> "a remarkable history researched by Howard Mortman." <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Facebook: </b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 1pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <b>Zoom:<span style="font-weight: 400;"> The museum can welcome 500 people to attend this program on Zoom. Guarantee your spot by registering today–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dxx4DB41Rq-4gyhsFNt9Dw" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>click here</strong></a>.</span></b>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n6pyxbxKM_4" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span></iframe> <b></b></p> <strong>Part 2 - Challenging Religious Authority: The Birth of Heresy and the Inquisition</strong> The history of the Jews in Spain evokes both great achievements and the depths of despair. The Inquisition is infamous in popular culture for the severity of its tortures and persecution of heretics. In Spain and Portugal, this powerful tribunal sanctioned by the Catholic Church became obsessed with the phenomenon of “Judaizing” (Jews who were forcibly converted to Christianity but who secretly tried to keep the Laws of Moses). In this webinar, <strong>Dr. Isaac Amon</strong> will examine the Iberian Inquisition and its relentless pursuit of Crypto-Judaism for three and a half centuries on five continents, reshaping the world of Sefarad. The program will also feature a musical presentation by the Israeli-Portuguese ensemble, <strong><a href="https://al-fado.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Al'Fado</a></strong>. In this webinar we will feature their musical video for the song <em>Rikordus di mi Nona,</em> which was written by the late Flory Jagoda, of blessed memory, a Ladino legend that survived the two world wars and settled in America where she became a world-renowned figure of the Sephardic culture. Al’Fado’s lead singer, Gal, had the opportunity to meet her and obtained her permission to recreate the song which describes her childhood memories in the former Yugoslavia. <strong>About the three part Series:</strong> Jewish history and communal life on the Iberian Peninsula originated in the time of the Roman Empire. Under Muslim rule, prosperous, flourishing, and well-integrated Jewish communities achieved financial, social, and intellectual success and during the Golden Age, Spain became the center of the Jewish world in Europe. However, due to political and social developments in the Late Middle Ages, life markedly changed as persecution, discrimination, and forced conversions ensued, culminating with the royal decree to expel Spanish Jewry in 1492. This infamous edict, which followed a long trend in European history, led to the Sephardic Diaspora as Iberian Jewry sought new places of refuge, creating new worlds for themselves and their descendants. Yet, more than five centuries later, the ancestral call of Sefarad remains. Part 1 of this series was held on August 1 and can be rewatched anytime <strong><a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/jha-sefarad-part-1-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></strong>. Part 3 of this series will take place at 1pm on September 19. More information <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/sefarad-the-untold-story-that-changed-the-world-part-3/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>here</strong></a>. _________________________________________________________________________________________ <em>This program is being presented by the Jewish Heritage Alliance in partnership with The National Museum of American Jewish History, ANU Museum of the Jewish People, Museum of Jewish Heritage, The American Sephardi Federation's Institute of Jewish Experience, JewishGen, Fundación HispanoJudía, EJCC European Jewish Community Center, University of Miami (Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies and the George Feldenkreis Program in Judaic Studies), and the Dahan Center at Bar Ilan University. </em>

<div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/41182871633/videos/137051607986184" data-width="1180" data-show-text="false"> <blockquote class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore" cite="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/137051607986184/">&nbsp;</blockquote> </div> <div style="padding: 75% 0 0 0; position: relative;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="Songs of Our People Songs of Our Neighbors with Susana Behar" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/589413660?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479&amp;h=04ebf9de39" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> <p style="text-align: center;">To support events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=SusanaBehar&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> <b>Wednesday, August 18 at 8 pm ET</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=SusanaBehar&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b> Celebrate and explore the music of the Havana-born singer of Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) and Latin American songs, <strong>Susana Behar</strong>, who recently finished an artist residency at the History Miami Museum. In the eighth episode of <em>Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors</em>, Behar will chat with NMAJH Public Programs Manager and musician, Dan Samuels, about how she came to Sephardic music, her family's history from Spain to Miami, and her love of teaching and sustaining Sephardic culture. Behar will be accompanied by guitarist Michel Gonzalez for the live performance portions of the program. <strong>About Susana Behar</strong> Inspired by her distinct heritage, vocalist Susana Behar shares her passion for Latin American popular song, coupled with the evocative music of her Sephardic ancestors. Born in Havana to a Cuban/Turkish Sephardic family, she grew up listening to the Ladino music brought with her grandparents when they came to Cuba as well as the myriad other musical styles which filled the streets, cafes and clubs in Havana. In 1965 Behar emigrated to Venezuela where she explored and performed the music of her newly adopted country, its neighbors, all while continuing to study and perform the music of Sephardic Jews as well as earning a master’s degree in Biology from the Universidad Central de Venezuela. In 1983, she emigrated once again, this time to the United States where she has lived ever since. Behar has performed across the United States as well as in Mexico, Canada, Japan and Israel. <strong>About the Songs of Our People Songs of Our Neighbors series: </strong> Launched online in June 2020, this series explores music from varied Jewish traditions and diverse cultures, from the historic and traditional, to the contemporary and reimagined. Through conversations, live and prerecorded performances, and audience Q&amp;A, this series uses music to better understand the complex, culturally diverse communities which make up the Jewish People, and our nation. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Facebook: </b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 8pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <b>Zoom: </b>The museum can welcome 500 people to attend this program on Zoom. Guarantee your spot by registering today–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z7G32AWTQXil1abfBtZfew" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>click here</strong></a>. <b></b>_______________________________________________________________________________________ <strong>You may also be interested in...</strong> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-pedrito-martinez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Pedrito Martinez</a> - September 2 <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-sarah-aroeste-monastir/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Sarah Aroeste </a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-susan-gaeta/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Susan Gaeta</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<h6 style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://nmajh.org/nei" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a> to visit the NEI website for details and to register.</strong></h6> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><strong>This year's Institute will be held online from August 16-18.</strong></h6> This online seminar and workshop, now in its fifth year, will 1) expand how you understand and teach<b> </b>the American Jewish experience: past, present, and future; 2) introduce new ways to stimulate your students’ curiosity and critical thinking through inquiry-based learning; and 3) provide a space to engage with top scholars and practitioners in the field and develop professional connections with fellow teachers...<a href="https://nmajh.org/nei" target="_blank" rel="noopener">READ MORE</a>. &nbsp;

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9qwbiPH7xj4" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <b>Sunday, August 1 at 1 pm ET</b> <b>Free on Zoom only, Registration Required - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sefarad-the-untold-story-that-changed-the-world-tickets-163389535499" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a></b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b> <em><strong>In the Beginning: From King Solomon to the Ends of the Earth</strong></em> The history of the Jews in Spain evokes both great achievements and the depths of despair. In this presentation, <strong>Dr. Isaac Amon</strong> will take us from the early arrival of the Jews to the Iberian Peninsula, through the “Golden Age”, a time of intellectual, social, and financial achievements to the dark periods of riots, massacres, and forced conversions, concluding with the creation of the Inquisition and the expulsion of Spanish Jewry which led to the Sephardic diaspora and forever changed the course of history. The program will also feature,<strong>Dr. Michelle G Willmer</strong>, a dramatic and evocative award-winning composer, conductor and educator who will share with us a part of her moving musical arrangement “A Letter Fell Out of the Sky”, a two-movement piece commemorating the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. <strong>About the three part Series:</strong> Jewish history and communal life on the Iberian Peninsula originated in the time of the Roman Empire. Under Moslem rule, prosperous, flourishing, and well-integrated Jewish communities achieved financial, social, and intellectual success and during the Golden Age, Spain became the center of the Jewish world in Europe. However, due to political and social developments in the Late Middle Ages, life markedly changed as persecution, discrimination, and forced conversions ensued, culminating with the royal decree to expel Spanish Jewry in 1492. This infamous edict, which followed a long trend in European history, led to the Sefardic Diaspora as Iberian Jewry sought new places of refuge, creating new worlds for themselves and their descendants. Yet, more than five centuries later, the ancestral call of Sefarad remains. Parts 2 of this series can be rewatched anytime <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/sefarad-the-untold-story-that-changed-the-world-part-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. Part 3 of this series will take place at 1pm September 19. Stay tuned for more information. _________________________________________________________________________________________ <em>This program is being presented by the Jewish Heritage Alliance in partnership with The National Museum of American Jewish History, ANU Museum of the Jewish People, Museum of Jewish Heritage, The American Sephardi Federation's Institute of Jewish Experience, JewishGen, Fundación HispanoJudía, EJCC European Jewish Community Center, University of Miami (Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies and the George Feldenkreis Program in Judaic Studies), and the Dahan Center at Bar Ilan University. </em>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/578575577" width="640" height="289" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: center;">To support events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=Gaeta&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> <div></div> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>"She feels it, and that's how you sing Ladino songs, the only way, you put the soul in it.”</strong> <b>Flory Jagoda on Susan Gaeta</b></p> Celebrate and explore the music of the international Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) singer, <strong>Susan Gaeta</strong>, who toured the world and apprenticed with the "Keeper of the Flame" Flory Jagoda (z"l).  In the seventh episode of  <em>Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors</em>, Gaeta will chat with NMAJH Public Programs Manager and musician, Dan Samuels about how she came to Sephardic music, and the myriad ways she has and continues to preserve the stories and music of the NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award-winning ladino music legend, Flory Jagoda. <strong>About Susan Gaeta</strong> Susan Gaeta is a Master Artist at Virginia Humanities and an important member of a new generation of musicians who are exploring the varied traditions of Sephardic music. Susan lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina for eight years where she performed classic jazz and traditional Argentine folk songs. Under the auspices of the 2002-2003 Folklife Apprenticeship Program to the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Susan completed studies with National Heritage Fellow, Flory Jagoda, composer, singer, and musician known as the “Keeper of the Flame” of Sephardic music. Susan continued to perform with Flory for several years as a duo and with the Flory Jagoda Trio. She has appeared at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, at the Greater Washington Folk Festival, the United States Holocaust Museum, before numerous Jewish and inter-faith communities and in historic concerts in Istanbul and Sarajevo. She performs nationally as a soloist, as a member of Trio Sefardi and with Minnush, a folk-jazz Sephardic band formed in 2018 with her apprentice, Gina Sobel. <strong>About the Songs of Our People Songs of Our Neighbors series: </strong> Launched online in June 2020, this series explores music from varied Jewish traditions and diverse cultures, from the historic and traditional, to the contemporary and reimagined. Through conversations, live and prerecorded performances, and audience Q&amp;A, this series uses music to better understand the complex, culturally diverse communities which make up the Jewish People, and our nation. _____________________________________________________________________________ <strong>You may also be interested in...</strong> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-sarah-aroeste-monastir/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Sarah Aroeste </a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-susana-behar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Susana Behar</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-pedrito-martinez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Pedrito Martinez</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<b>Sunday, July 11 at 10 am ET</b> <b></b><b>Program available on Zoom only</b> <b>Registration Required - $2.99 fee - <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2716250015825/WN_BYayfuE-RxWJNrIrkNnRrQ?mc_cid=51c1451ba3&amp;mc_eid=f79fa1cf4e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here to register</a></b> Join us this sunday as we learn to cook a meal with Author, Historian and Chef, <strong>Hélène Jawhara-Piñer. </strong>In this, the eleventh episode of the American Sephardi Federation's series, <em>Sephardic Culinary History with Hélène Jawhara-Piñer</em> attendees will learn to prepare two sephardic salads with foods from the new world. <strong><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2716250015825/WN_BYayfuE-RxWJNrIrkNnRrQ?mc_cid=51c1451ba3&amp;mc_eid=f79fa1cf4e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong> to find the ingredient list. <strong>About the Hélène Jawhara-Piñer</strong> Hélène Jawhara Piñer is a PhD in Medieval History and the History of Food. She was awarded the American Sephardi Federation's Broome and Allen Fellowship in 2018 in recognition of her impressive academic accomplishments and service of the Sephardic community. Her research interests are the medieval culinary history of Spain through inter and multiculturalism with a special focus on the Jewish culinary heritage written in Arabic. From Barcelona, Santa Barbara, Bar-Ilan University in Israel and beyond, Piñer has given lectures on subjects such as Reflections on the Jewish heritage according to the Kitab al-tabih, "Jewish cuisine in old cookbooks of the Iberian Peninsula", "Jews and Muslims at the Table" and much more. <strong>Interested in purchasing a copy of the book for yourself or as a gift? </strong>Visit our online Museum Store to <a href="https://judaicashop.net/p-11401-sephardi.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order your autographed copy today</a>. <em>This program is presented by the <a href="https://americansephardi.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The American Sephardi Federation</a> in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History</em>

<div style="padding: 75% 0 0 0; position: relative;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors E6 with Sarah Aroeste - &amp;quot;Monastir&amp;quot; album release event" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/572658588?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> <p style="text-align: center;">To support events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=Monastir&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> <b>Wednesday, July 7 at 8 pm ET</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=Monastir&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>"I had to use music, my best form of expression, to do my part in helping to preserve this important slice of history that is at the root of so much of my Sephardic identity.”</strong> <strong>Sarah Aroeste on creating <em>Monastir</em></strong></p> Join us for the album release event for Sarah Aroeste's brand-new album <em>Monastir</em> during the sixth episode of our livestream music and conversation series, <em>Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors</em>. Aroeste, an international Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) singer/songwriter, author, and activist will perform live from the piano in her home studio as well as share the world premiere of the official music video for <em>Espinelo</em>. Dedicated to studying, preserving, and evolving Ladino culture, Aroeste will offer insights into the research, family history, and international collaborations that made this just-released album possible. Jewish life in Monastir–known today as Bitola in North Macedonia–was wiped out during WWII. From <em>kantikas</em> (folk songs) to <em>romances</em> (narrative ballads often inspired by epic Medieval tales), and from centuries-old melodies to originals, each song in this album has a story that brings the rich history of Jewish Monastir back to life. <strong>About the Album "Monastir"</strong> When Sarah Aroeste’s ancestors were kicked out of Spain following the Alhambra Decree in 1492, they, like many other Spanish Jewish families (known as Sephardim), migrated east and  settled in Monastir, a Balkan city at the commercial crossroads between Turkey and Western Europe, in what is now North Macedonia. For centuries, the Jewish community of Monastir flourished alongside its neighbors and enjoyed a unique history, with its own customs, religious observances, linguistic patterns and more. But nothing could prevent WWII and the Nazi invasion from decimating Monastir and her neighboring Jewish communities. On March 11, 1943, 3,276 of Monastir’s Jewish men, women, and children were rounded up and transported to their deaths at Treblinka concentration camp. Monastir lost 98% of its Jewish population, and with that, an entire culture. Altogether, 7,215 Macedonian Jews perished. Today, there are approximately 200 people who make up a Jewish community in the capital of Skopje, and not a single Jew left in Monastir, since renamed as Bitola. But the legacy of Jewish Monastir lives on. “This project is the culmination of years of research and collaboration with participants across the globe,” says Aroeste. “After performing in Monastir for the first time in 2017, I was astounded by the reception I received from citizens who were so eager to engage with me and my family history. I was touched beyond measure, especially since no Jews have lived in Monastir since WWII. I knew then that I had to use music, my best form of expression, to do my part in helping to preserve this important slice of history that is at the root of so much of my Sephardic identity.” And so, The Monastir Project was born. <strong>About the Songs of Our People Songs of Our Neighbors series: </strong> Launched online in June 2020, this series explores music from varied Jewish traditions and diverse cultures, from the historic and traditional, to the contemporary and reimagined. Through conversations, live and prerecorded performances, and audience Q&amp;A, this series uses music to better understand the complex, culturally diverse communities which make up the Jewish People, and our nation. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Facebook: </b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 8pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <b>Zoom: </b>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tdrdz1ONTkOE5jHpu_iykw"><strong>click here</strong></a>. The Museum’s Zoom can accommodate 500 guests. Should we reach that number, please use one of the other methods listed above—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <hr /> <em>This program is being presented by the National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with UCLA's Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience</em> <img class="alignnone wp-image-2146 aligncenter" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NMAJH-color500x250-1-scaled-1-1366x684.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="213" /> <img class="alignnone wp-image-1652 aligncenter" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/UCLA_Uxd_Blk_SchM_LMCntMusicAmJwExp_B2.jpg" alt="" width="593" height="111" /> _____________________________________________________________________________ <strong>You may also be interested in...</strong> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-susan-gaeta/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Susan Gaeta</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-susana-behar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Susana Behar</a> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-pedrito-martinez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors: Pedrito Martinez</a> &nbsp;

<div style="padding: 75% 0 0 0; position: relative;"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" title="Sephardi: Cooking with H&amp;eacute;l&amp;egrave;ne Jawhara Pi&amp;ntilde;er" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/569595727?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> To download Hélène Jawhara Piñer's recipe that was demonstrated in this program, <strong><a href="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Fidāwīsh-Recipe-NMAJH.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here: Fidāwīsh Recipe</a></strong>. <p style="text-align: center;">To support events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=SEPHARDI&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> &nbsp; <b>Wednesday, June 30 at 1 pm ET</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=SEPHARDI&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 </a><a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=SEPHARDI&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton">donation</a></b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b> <strong><em>Sephardi: Cooking the History</em></strong> is a meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated book of recipes grounded in the history of the Jews of Spain's golden age. In this program, author, chef, and historian, <em><strong>Hélène Jawhara Piñer</strong></em> will cook up something delicious from her new book (release date: June 15, 2021) while she shares with us how she came to write the book, and how she became a chef with a PhD who specializes in the history of medieval Spanish Jews. <strong>About the Author</strong> Hélène Jawhara Piñer is a PhD in Medieval History and the History of Food. She was awarded the American Sephardi Federation's Broome and Allen Fellowship in 2018 in recognition of her impressive academic accomplishments and service of the Sephardic community. Her research interests are the medieval culinary history of Spain through inter and multiculturalism with a special focus on the Jewish culinary heritage written in Arabic. From Barcelona, Santa Barbara, Bar-Ilan University in Israel and beyond, Piñer has given lectures on subjects such as Reflections on the Jewish heritage according to the Kitab al-tabih, "Jewish cuisine in old cookbooks of the Iberian Peninsula", "Jews and Muslims at the Table" and much more. <strong>Interested in purchasing a copy of the book for yourself or as a gift? </strong>Visit our online Museum Store to <a href="https://judaicashop.net/p-11401-sephardi.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pre-order your copy today</a>. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Facebook: </b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 1pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <b>Zoom: </b>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bEUynBCQTyKAbShvyA9MqQ"><strong>click here</strong></a>. The Museum’s Zoom can accommodate 500 guests. Should we reach that number, please use one of the other methods listed above—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <em>This program is presented by the National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership <a href="https://americansephardi.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The American Sephardi Federation</a></em>

<iframe title="Jew-Ish: Cooking with Jake Cohen" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/567555377?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" width="640" height="288" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span></iframe> Celebrate PRIDE Month with NMAJH and New York Times best selling author, Jake Cohen. In this program, Jake will cook a selected recipe from Jew-ish, his newly released and highly acclaimed cookbook. <p style="text-align: center;">To support events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JakeCohen&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> <b><span style="color: #000000;"> Wednesday, June 23 at 1 pm ET Free with suggested<a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JakeCohen&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> $10 donation</a> See "Ways to Watch" below</span></b> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #008080;"><strong><em>"For Alex; this book is nothing short of our love story." </em></strong></span></p> Celebrate PRIDE Month with NMAJH and <em>New York Times</em> best selling author, <strong>Jake Cohen</strong>. In this program, Jake will cook a selected recipe (to be announced!) from <strong><em>Jew-ish</em></strong>, his newly released and highly acclaimed cookbook. He will offer personal insights into the recipes, and the relationships and stories behind them. <span style="color: #008080;"><strong>About <em>Jew-ish</em> and Jake Cohen</strong></span> In <em>Jew-ish</em><em>, </em>Cohen reinvents the food of his Ashkenazi heritage and draws inspiration from his husband Alex's Persian-Iraqi traditions to offer recipes that are modern, fresh, and enticing for a whole new generation of readers. Alongside the 100-plus recipes, Cohen shares a step by step guide to making shabbat and entertaining a crowd, creatively customized menus for holidays like Passover and Rosh Hashannah, as well as narrative interactions with his in-laws and parents which offer readers myriad moments to laugh and cry out loud. <span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span style="color: #008080;">Interested in purchasing a copy of <em>Jew-ish </em>for yourself or as a gift?</span> </strong></span>Visit our online Museum Store to <a href="https://judaicashop.net/p-11258-jew-ish-reinvented-recipes-from-a-modern-mensch-autographed.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">purchase an autographed copy today</a>. <span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Ways to Watch</strong></span> <b>Facebook</b><i>: </i>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 1pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website</b><i>: </i>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <b>Zoom</b><i>: </i>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_APqC9y-4S82X-adN7UetHQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>click here</strong></a>. The Museum's Zoom can accommodate 500 guests. Should we reach that number, please use one of the other methods listed above—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <em>In partnership with: </em> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/J.ProudEvents" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="wp-image-1728 alignleft" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/j.proud-logo-e1616769610609.jpg" alt="" width="239" height="119" /></a> &nbsp;

<strong>Friday, June 18 at <b>5:00pm ET<strong> <strong>Free<strong> <strong>See "Ways to Watch" below<strong> </strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></b></strong> <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l9dEboV45X8" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> We are honored to help present this Kabbalat Shabbat organized by our friends at Be'chol Lashon in celebration of the most recognized African-American holiday observance in the United States. The program will be feature appearances by <a href="https://www.rabbisandralawson.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Rabbi Sandra Lawson</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.sabrinasojourner.net/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Cantor Sabrina Sojourner</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.schusterman.org/users/isaiah-rothstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Isaiah Rothstein</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.rebeccasmangafrank.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Rebecca S'Manga Frank</strong></a>, and <strong><a href="https://forward.com/author/robin-washington/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robin Washington</a>. </strong> <div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql"> <strong>About Juneteenth</strong> June 19, 1865 is considered the date when the last slaves in America were freed. Although the rumors of freedom were widespread prior to this, actual emancipation did not come until General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas with the news that the Civil War had ended and that 250,000 enslaved people were now free. Although the Emancipation Proclamation had formally freed them almost two and a half years earlier (January 1, 1863), Texas was the most remote of the slave states with few Union troops, so enforcement of the proclamation had been slow. Juneteenth continues to expand as Black Americans seek to make sure that the events of 1865 are not lost to history. Juneteenth is increasing in popularity in the US and activists are pushing Congress to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday. On January 1, 1980,  “Emancipation Day in Texas” became an official state holiday and California, Wisconsin, Illinois, Georgia, and Washington, D.C followed. Today, only four states (Hawaii, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana) do not recognize Juneteenth. In 2018, Apple added Juneteenth to its calendars in iOS under official US holidays. Juneteenth celebrations often focuses on education and prayers with guest speakers and elders who recount the events of the past. Certain foods have became popular with Juneteenth celebrations such as strawberry soda, barbecue,  watermelon and red velvet cake are several red foods, symbolizing the blood and resilience of former slaves. For others, it means indulging in traditional black Southern cuisine like fried chicken, collard greens and cornbread. As Martin Luther King said in his “I have a dream” speech, “Until All are Free, None are Free,” an oft repeated maxim that highlights the significance of the end of the era of slavery in the United States. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <strong>Youtube: </strong>All who register will receive a reminder email containing the link to the event one week before the event and one hour before the event starts. <strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/juneteenth-kabbalat-shabbat-tickets-157878852899" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong> to register. <b>NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. </div> <div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql"> &nbsp; <em>This program is organized by Be'chol Lashon in partnership with The National Museum of American Jewish History, OneTable, 18Doors, JCC Manhattan, the Union for Reform Judaism and the PJ Library. </em> </div>

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/561511498" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <p style="text-align: center;">Celebrating the Life of Ron Rubin Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 7 pm ET This online tribute event was held via Zoom. <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong> </strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Please consider making a gift to the Ron Rubin Memorial Fund at NMAJH</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--small box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/341115/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=RonRubinTribute;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Make a Gift in Ron's Memory</span></a></p> &nbsp; <h6 style="text-align: center;"><strong>About the event</strong></h6> <p style="text-align: center;">On June 10, 2021, the public was invited to celebrate <strong>Ron Rubin</strong>, a remarkable lifelong Philadelphian who loved his city, the Jewish community, this Museum, and was beloved in return. Ron would have turned 90 this May.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Ron was a longtime Trustee of, and critical force behind the creation of the new National Museum of American Jewish History which opened in 2010 on Historic Independence Mall in Philadelphia, PA.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">In this tribute, distinguished Philadelphians, longtime friends, business partners, and family, speak to Ron's remarkable contributions to the city he helped to transform, and the importance of relationships.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">All are welcome to upload a short tribute video, photographs, and kind words for the family. Please drag and drop your file(s) into the box below, or click "select files from your computer" to upload them.</p> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Upload your tribute here:</strong></h6> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://driveuploader.com/upload/BfHa6dPHHq/embed/"></iframe></p> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Tribute Committee </strong></h6> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Chairs</strong><b> </b>Steve Cozen Lyn Ross Lindy Snider Joe Zuritsky David Adelman Dean Adler Leonard Klehr</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Members</strong> Lynne and Leonard Barrack John Binswanger Eddie Bruce Fran Cassidy David Cohen Suzanne and Norman Cohn Sandy Cozen Pat Croce Bill Cunningham Walter D'Alessio Andrea and Paul de Botton Roberta and Carl Dranoff Anne Ewers Gwen Goodman Rosemarie Greco Richard J Green William Hankowsky Michael Heller Dolores and Richard Hicks Alan Hoffman Drew Katz Caroline and Sidney Kimmel Susan Kline Klehr Susanna Lachs Adler Tom Leonard Carrie Rickey and Paul Levy Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joseph Neubauer Denis O'Brien Governor Edward G. Rendell Mimi and Allan Schneirov William Schwartz Fred Stein Judee von Seldeneck The Honorable Constance Williams Roy Zuckerberg And the family of Ron Rubin <em>(list in formation)</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Kelly &amp; Massa</p>

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/557181216" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <p style="text-align: center;">This community observance event was held on May 30, 2021.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">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></p> <p style="text-align: center;">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></p> &nbsp; <b>Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 7pm ET Please see “Ways to Watch” below </b> <span data-contrast="auto">From the Revolutionary War through today’s ongoing </span><span data-contrast="auto">war</span><span data-contrast="auto"> against terrorism, 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</span><span data-contrast="auto"> this year’s </span><span data-contrast="auto">JWB Jewish Chaplains Council</span><a href="https://jcca.org/what-we-do/jwb/"><span data-contrast="auto">®</span></a><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">the</span><span data-contrast="auto"> theme</span><span data-contrast="auto"> of which</span><span data-contrast="auto"> is </span><span data-contrast="auto">“</span><span data-contrast="auto">Together in Memory</span><span data-contrast="auto">,</span><span data-contrast="auto">”</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">w</span><span data-contrast="auto">e </span><span data-contrast="auto">will hear from post</span><span data-contrast="auto">-</span><span data-contrast="auto">9/11 Jewish Gold Star Families</span><span data-contrast="auto">. Members of these</span><span data-contrast="auto"> families—who</span><span data-contrast="auto"> have</span><span data-contrast="auto"> had </span><span data-contrast="auto">a close relative killed in action</span><span data-contrast="auto">—will </span><span data-contrast="auto">reflec</span><span data-contrast="auto">t and reminiscence </span><span data-contrast="auto">about the lives and legacies of their loved ones. Jewish military chaplains and leaders of the American Jewish community will offer words of prayer</span><span data-contrast="auto"> and</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">support</span><span data-contrast="auto">,</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">as well as</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">a commitment to </span><span data-contrast="auto">ever </span><span data-contrast="auto">honor </span><span data-contrast="auto">the</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">memories of </span><span data-contrast="auto">Gold Star Families’ </span><span data-contrast="auto">loved ones</span><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}"> </span> <span data-contrast="auto">Featuring greetings from Senate Majority Leader, Chuck S</span><span data-contrast="auto">c</span><span data-contrast="auto">humer, U.S. Senator for New York.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}"> </span> <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Facebook:</b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 7pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <b>Zoom:</b> Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dEPjv9xKTyuYy-KFZbx1SA" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>click here</strong></a>. The Museum’s Zoom can accommodate 500 guests. Should we reach that number, please use one of the other methods listed above—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <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> <i>This program is organized by </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> &nbsp; &nbsp; <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;">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> <p style="text-align: center;">You may also be interested in <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/jewish-american-heritage-month/#events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">these JAHM 2021 programs</a>.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMMemorialDay&amp;c_src2=JAHMButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Give to JAHM 2021</span></a></div>

<iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/F-3OSczxcaI" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <p style="text-align: center;">To support JAHM and events like this, please consider a donation in any amount.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMSovietJews&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><b>Thursday, May 27 at 12 pm ET/9 am PT Free, with <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMSovietJews&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested $10 donation</a>. </b><b>See "ways to watch" below</b><b></b></p> In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month, join a special symposium about the Free Soviet Jewry movement, which was a unifying moment for all of American society. The American Jewish community’s history of activism and the cross-communal partnerships that contributed to the success of the movement offer powerful lessons to mobilize a new generation in today's struggle against antisemitism. This program will feature: <ul> <li><b>Natan Sharansky</b>, the most famous of the soviet refuseniks, former Deputy Prime Minister of Israel, human rights activist, best-selling author</li> <li><b>Malcom Hoenlein</b>, Executive Vice Chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jews Organizations and Founding Executive Director of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry</li> <li><b>Anita Friedman</b>, Executive Director of Jewish Children and Family Services of San Francisco</li> <li><b>Susannah Heschel, </b>Dartmouth College Jewish Studies Chair, Daughter of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel</li> <li><b>Rabbi Stanley M Davids, </b>Former Head of Reform Zionism, Soviet Jewry Activist</li> <li><b>Mark Levin</b>, <span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Head of National Council Supporting Eurasian Jewry&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:13117,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:12}">Head of National Council Supporting Eurasian Jewry</span></li> <li>And other distinguished guests.</li> </ul> <a href="https://solidarity.combatantisemitism.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a> to visit the event's official website for more information. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <i>Facebook: </i>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 12pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <i>NMAJH website: </i>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <i>Zoom: </i>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sMm79wtpRFGoqYJniqhSpQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>click here to register</strong></a>. <em>Youtube: </em>The livestream will begin on youtube at about 11:55am ET-<a href="https://youtu.be/F-3OSczxcaI"><strong>click here to watch</strong></a>. This program is presented by: <a href="https://combatantisemitism.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="wp-image-3000 alignleft" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CAS_logo-Color-Adjusted-3.jpg" alt="" width="447" height="113" /></a> <a href="https://ncsej.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="wp-image-1991 alignleft" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NCSEJ-logo.jpg" alt="" width="241" height="80" /></a> <img class="wp-image-1991 alignleft" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Smith_PrimaryLogo_FullColor.jpg" alt="" width="241" height="142" /> <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;">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> <p style="text-align: center;">You may also be interested in <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/jewish-american-heritage-month/#events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">these JAHM 2021 programs</a>.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMSovetJews&amp;c_src2=JAHMButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Give to JAHM 2021</span></a></div>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/556192063" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: center;">This event was held on May 26, 2021 at 8 pm ET To support JAHM (Jewish American Heritage Month), NMAJH and events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMTorahBlues&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> <div></div> <b>Wednesday, May 26 at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMTorahBlues&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 </a><a href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMTorahBlues&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton">donation</a></b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b> "There is so much Torah in this music that we Jews can learn" -Rabbi Sandra Lawson The Blues is an essential form of expression and storytelling, a vehicle for learning, and passing down cultural history and heritage. The immediate predecessors of Blues were the work songs of enslaved people in America which had their origins in West Africa. During this program, <strong>Rabbi Sandra Lawson</strong> and Blues musician and historian <strong>Jerron Blindboy Paxton</strong>—two Americans at the intersection of Black and Jewish identities—will explore stories and lessons of Torah (the Hebrew Bible) that can be uncovered through examining this unique musical form that has influenced just about every genre of American music. Join us for good conversation and, of course, a little music in the form of short performances and demonstrations throughout the program from Jerron Paxton. <a href="https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/profile/rabbi-sandra-lawson" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Rabbi Sandra Lawson </strong></a>is a Rabbi, activist, and the Inaugural Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion with Reconstructing Judaism. <strong>Jerron Blindboy Paxton </strong>is a virtuosic multi-instrumentalist Blues musician and historian. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <i>Facebook: </i>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 8pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <i>NMAJH website: </i>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <i>Zoom: </i>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9Pee3ULKRvyte1iBRxe__g" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>click here</strong></a>. There are a limited number of Zoom slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Zoom will cut off registration when the limit has been reached. Should that occur, please use one of the other methods listed above instead—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <em> </em> <em>This program is presented by the National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with <a href="https://www.jewsinallhues.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jews in ALL Hues</a>, and <a href="https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reconstructing Judaism</a>.</em> <a href="http://www.nmajh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="alignnone wp-image-2050" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NMAJH-color500x250-1-scaled-1-1366x684.jpg" alt="" width="268" height="134" /></a> <a href="https://www.jewsinallhues.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="alignnone wp-image-2061" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/New-JIAH-Logo-copy.png" alt="" width="233" height="167" /></a> <a href="https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="alignnone wp-image-2043" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ReconJudaism_LogoTagline_RGB_MED.png" alt="" width="266" height="85" /></a> <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;">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> <p style="text-align: center;">You may also be interested in <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/jewish-american-heritage-month/#events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">these JAHM 2021 programs</a>.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMTorahBlues&amp;c_src2=JAHMButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Give to JAHM 2021</span></a></div>

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/553688295" width="640" height="465" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span><span style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" data-mce-type="bookmark" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span></iframe> <p style="text-align: center;">This event was held on Friday, May 21, 2021 at 12 pm ET.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">To support JAHM and events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMCapitolHill&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> <strong>Friday, May 21, 2021 at 12pm ET (9 am PT)</strong> <strong>Free, <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMCapitolHill&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with suggested $10 donation</a>. </strong> <strong>See "Ways to Watch" Below</strong> Each year, in the Russell Senate Office Building's Kennedy Caucus Room, U.S. legislators participate in a Jewish American Heritage Month Celebration. This year, while we can't gather in person, our bi-partisan representatives from across the country will offer reflections on the importance of celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month and the diversity of our country. In addition to honoring Jewish American Heritage Month, legislators and other distinguished guests will pay tribute to 2021 Capitol Hill JAHM Celebration honoree, Abe Foxman, former longtime director of the Anti-Defamation League. Please <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nZUhAjswRPmhA5wUTZcw_3xuWhXpU3ysDmbmRFCmO9Q/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a> for a full list of participating lawmakers. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <i>Facebook: </i>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 12pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <i>NMAJH website: </i>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <i>Zoom: </i>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bS6YVAPYRbKTbuyV9pdrgA" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>click here</strong></a>. There are a limited number of Zoom slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Zoom will cut off registration when the limit has been reached. Should that occur, please use one of the other methods listed above instead—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <em>This event was co-organized with <a href="http://www.thefriedlandergroup.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Friedlander Group</a></em> <em>Special thanks to</em> <a href="https://theirstory.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="wp-image-2068 alignleft" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/TheirStoryLogo-Blue-Background.jpg" alt="" width="213" height="111" /></a> Image: Architect of the Capitol <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;">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> <p style="text-align: center;">You may also be interested in <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/jewish-american-heritage-month/#events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">these JAHM 2021 programs</a>.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMCapitolHill&amp;c_src2=JAHMButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Give to JAHM 2021</span></a></div>

<b>Wednesday, May 20 at 2 pm ET/11 am PT</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMBuchdahlKim&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b> This program will provide background on historical ties between Asian-American &amp; Pacific Islander and Jewish-American communities in the US, leading up to the current discrimination and violence that both groups continue to face on a regular basis through antisemitic and anti-Asian hate crimes. We will hear from historians, Members of Congress, and Jewish leaders of Asian descent as we discuss the challenges AAPI and Jewish communities face, what is being done to address incidents of hate, and actions we can all take to respond and come together. <strong>Speakers include</strong>: <ul> <li><strong>Congresswoman Grace Meng</strong>, NY-6</li> <li><strong>Congresswoman Young Kim, </strong>CA-39</li> <li><strong>Joan Lubar</strong>, JEDI Chair, JFNA &amp; Incoming Board Chair, Milwaukee Jewish Federation</li> <li><strong>Alene Sussman</strong>, Director, Jewish Community Foundation of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation</li> <li><strong>Dr. Annie Polland</strong>, President, Tenement Museum</li> <li><strong>Margaret Chin</strong>, Professor of Sociology, Hunter College and The Graduate Center (CUNY) and Board Member, Tenement Museum &amp; Museum of Chinese in America</li> <li><strong>Rabbi Mira Rivera</strong>, Rabbi &amp; Director of Pastoral Care, Romemu</li> </ul> <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <i>Zoom: </i>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g3m1hFJ_SvSF2kfGBjDv7g" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>click here</strong></a>. There are a limited number of Zoom slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Zoom will cut off registration when the limit has been reached. Should that occur, please use one of the other methods listed above instead—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <em> This program is presented by the Jewish Federations of North America in partnership with the Minneapolis Jewish Federation and the National Museum of American Jewish History in celebration of Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month.</em> <img class="alignnone wp-image-2049" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/JFNA_Primary_2color-1366x307.jpg" alt="" width="330" height="74" />  <img class="alignnone wp-image-2050" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NMAJH-color500x250-1-scaled-1-1366x684.jpg" alt="" width="165" height="83" /> <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;">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> <p style="text-align: center;">You may also be interested in <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/jewish-american-heritage-month/#events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">these JAHM 2021 programs</a>.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMBuchdahlKim&amp;c_src2=JAHMButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Give to JAHM 2021</span></a></div>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/553485638" width="640" height="289" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/1433798193649457" data-width="1180" data-show-text="false"> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;">This event was held on May 19, 2021 at 1 pm ET To support JAHM and events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMBuchdahlKim&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> </div> &nbsp; <strong>Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 1 pm ET (10 am PT)</strong> <strong>Free, with <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMBuchdahlKim&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested $10 donation</a></strong> <strong>See "Ways to Watch" below</strong> <div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/1433798193649457" data-width="1180" data-show-text="false"> Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month share the month of May. In celebration of these months, and in recognition of the many Americans who share both Jewish and Asian heritage, we are thrilled to welcome two leading Asian American Jewish voices for a conversation: <strong>Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl </strong>and Professor <strong>Helen Kim </strong>(Whitman College). Among other topics, we'll hear from Rabbi Buchdahl on her many years of experience as an Asian American Jewish leader and from Helen Kim on her extensive research on being "JewAsian" as they both share their unique vantage on the intersection of Asian and Jewish identities. Join us in lifting up the voices of the Asian American Jewish community this May. #OurSharedHeritage <strong>About the speakers:</strong> <strong>Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl</strong> is the first Asian American to be ordained as cantor or rabbi in North America. She currently serves as the Senior Rabbi at New York City's Central Synagogue. <strong>Helen Kim</strong> is Associate Dean for Faculty Development &amp; Professor of Sociology at Whitman College in Washington State, and co-author of the book <em>JewAsian: Race, Religion and Identity for America's Newest Jews.</em> Image: Helen Kim (left), Rabbi Angela Buchdahl (right) <em> This program is presented by the National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with The Andrew and Ann Tisch Center for Jewish Dialogue at ANU, The Museum of the Jewish People.</em> &nbsp; <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;">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> <p style="text-align: center;">You may also be interested in <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/jewish-american-heritage-month/#events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">these JAHM 2021 programs</a>.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMBuchdahlKim&amp;c_src2=JAHMButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Give to JAHM 2021</span></a></div> </div>

<h5 style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://portl.com/dawn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a> to relive DAWN 2021</strong></h5> &nbsp; <b>Sunday, May 16 - Monday, May 17, 2021</b> <b>9pm EDT/6pm PDT - 9am EDT/6am PDT</b> Details at <a href="http://rebooters.net/dawn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dawnfestival.org</a> Seeking a biblical burning man? DAWN is Reboot’s all-night culture and arts festival celebrating the Jewish calendar’s best-kept secret—Shavuot. Reboot is producing this year’s “choose-your-own” experiential adventure in partnership with the Jewish Emergent Network and LABA’s “Into the Night” Tikkun Layle Shavuot. DAWN will provide something for everyone throughout 12 hours of music, film, comedy, dance, food and teaching across multiple channels. Dawn provides the opportunity to gather apart for a tradition that Reboot began years ago in San Francisco irl and that will live beyond this pandemic. Organized by: <a href="http://www.rebooters.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="wp-image-1991 alignleft" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Rebootlogohires12-1-11.jpg" alt="" width="268" height="41" /></a> &nbsp; <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;">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> <p style="text-align: center;">You may also be interested in <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/jewish-american-heritage-month/#events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">these JAHM 2021 programs</a>.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=DAWN&amp;c_src2=JAHMButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Give to JAHM 2021</span></a></div>

<p style="text-align: center;">The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Diversity Program invites you to attend a virtual Jewish American History Month celebration spotlighting<strong> </strong><span style="color: #003366;"><strong>Dr. Misha Galperin, CEO, National Museum of American Jewish History</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Wednesday, May 12, 2021 1:30-2:30 pm ET Free to attend </strong></p> Hear the keynote speaker discuss his heritage and how it has influenced his life and career, to include his work with the National Museum of American Jewish History. Moreover, he will share how the NMAJH preserves, explores and celebrates the history of Jews in America and the diversity of the Jewish community. <ul> <li>USPTO employees may view the event <a href="https://rev-vbrick.uspto.gov/#/events/ba709e68-e355-4537-85e4-93061d78da12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE</a>.</li> <li>Members of the public may access the livestream <a href="https://livestream.com/accounts/4828334/events/9615546" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE</a>.</li> <li>Captioning will be provided.</li> <li>Contact <a href="mailto:Diversity@USPTO.gov">Diversity@USPTO.gov</a> for more information.</li> <li><a href="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/JAHM-Flyer-FINAL-508-Compliant-4-21-21.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the event flyer here</a>.</li> </ul> This event is organized by: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="alignnone wp-image-2029" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/USTPO-Logo-compressed-1366x796.jpg" alt="" width="288" height="167" /></a> Image: Dr. Misha Galperin by Shira Yudkoff <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;">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> <p style="text-align: center;">You may also be interested in <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/jewish-american-heritage-month/#events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">these JAHM 2021 programs</a>.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMBuchdahlKim&amp;c_src2=JAHMButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Give to JAHM 2021</span></a></div>

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/548951245" width="640" height="347" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <p style="text-align: center;">This program was held live on Monday, May 10, 2021 at 1 pm ET. To support JAHM and events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMCaucus&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> &nbsp; <strong>Monday, May 10, 2021 at 1 pm ET/10 am PT</strong> <strong>Free with <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMCaucus&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested $10 donation</a></strong> <strong>See "Ways to Watch" Below</strong> <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">This Jewish American Heritage Month, members of the Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations, including <strong>U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL 23) and Brenda Lawrence (D-MI 14)</strong>, discuss the importance of America’s Black and Jewish communities coming together to combat stereotypes, prejudice, and hate in all forms. This program will be moderated by journalist <strong>Robin Washington</strong>, Editor-at-Large at <em>The Forward</em> and Co-Founder of the Alliance of Black Jews. </span> <strong>About the moderator:</strong> Recently named editor-at-large of the <a href="https://forward.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Forward,</a> Robin Washington grew up in a Chicago family of Black and Jewish civil rights activists. He participated in sit-ins and protests when he was three years old — events he recalls fondly as “family outings." A journalist and filmmaker, he has gone on to chronicle the movement in his acclaimed PBS documentary, “<a href="http://www.robinwashington.com/jimcrow/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">You Don’t Have to Ride Jim Crow!</a>” A co-founder of the Alliance of Black Jews, Robin was editor-in-chief of the Duluth News Tribune (there have been more Black members of Congress than there have been Black top editors of American daily newspapers), as well as an editorial board member of the Boston Globe and a Boston Herald columnist. He has interviewed countless political figures, including presidential candidates, and in 1990, put a young Harvard law student on television in Boston - likely Barack Obama's first TV appearance. Robin's commentaries have appeared in scores of other newspapers around the world, as well as in books edited by Ishmael Reed, Charles Ogletree and Melvin B. Miller. He is host of "<a href="http://www.wpr.org/programs/simply-superior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Simply Superior</a>" on Wisconsin Public Radio and has appeared on NPR, BET, MSNBC, CNN, Fox News and many other broadcast outlets. Image: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (left), Rep. Brenda Lawrence (right) <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <i>Facebook: </i>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 1pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <i>NMAJH website: </i>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <i>Zoom: </i>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j62-4WlmQq6pkSIIOYhCqQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>click here</strong></a>. There are a limited number of Zoom slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Zoom will cut off registration when the limit has been reached. Should that occur, please use one of the other methods listed above instead—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. &nbsp; <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;">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> <p style="text-align: center;">You may also be interested in <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/jewish-american-heritage-month/#events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">these JAHM 2021 programs</a>.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMCaucus&amp;c_src2=JAHMButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Give to JAHM 2021</span></a></div>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/463681025" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story</em> </strong>This film was screened as part of JAHM 2021 from May 8-10. View the trailer above<strong> </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Interested in learning more?</strong> <a href="https://journeyfilms.com/spiritualaudacity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit the Journey Films Website</a> for educational materials, information on bringing the film and filmmaker to your community, to purchase the digital download or DVD, and to learn more about the film.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=HeschelFilm&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Give to JAHM 2021</span></a></p> <b>On-demand May 8 at 12:00pm ET until May 10 at 11:59pm ET</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=HeschelFilm&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> <b>See additional details and "Ways to Watch" below</b> Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) will kick off with a multi-day, free "drop-in" screening of the film <em>Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Heschel Story</em>, a new documentary by the widely acclaimed filmmaker Martin Doblmeier released to coincide with the start of Jewish American Heritage Month. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the most remarkable and inspiring figures of the American 20th Century. He was a mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr and the entire Civil Rights Movement, a leading critic of the Vietnam War, a champion for Soviet Jews and a pioneer in the work of interfaith dialogue. The film combines archival photographs and rarely seen footage, as well as interviews with Civil Rights leaders Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Young, Pulitzer-prize winning historian Taylor Branch, public theologian Cornel West, Jewish Theological Seminary Chancellor Arnold Eisen, daughter Susannah Heschel and others. Also featured is artist Marc Chagall’s depiction of the Hebrew prophets, and Ilya’s Schor’s paintings and woodcuts of Hasidic life. <strong>Ways to Watch:</strong> Watch <em>Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Heschel Story</em> on-demand right here on this event page from Saturday, May 8 at 12:00pm ET through Monday, May 10 at 11:59pm ET. <strong>Interested in learning more?</strong> <a href="https://journeyfilms.com/spiritualaudacity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit the Journey Films Website</a> for educational materials, information on bringing the film and filmmaker to your community, to purchase the digital download or DVD, and more about the film. <strong>Related programs</strong>: join us on Monday, May 10 for a conversation with members of the Congressional Caucus on Black Jewish Relations who are dedicated to bringing communities together and fighting hate in all forms. <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/congressional-caucus-on-black-jewish-relations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here for details.</a> &nbsp; <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;">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> <p style="text-align: center;">You may also be interested in <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/jewish-american-heritage-month/#events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">these JAHM 2021 programs</a>.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/337012/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JAHMHeschelFilm&amp;c_src2=JAHMButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Give to JAHM 2021</span></a></div>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/543584517" width="640" height="289" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span></iframe></p> <div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/1511103805887401/" data-width="1180" data-show-text="false"> <blockquote class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore" cite="https://developers.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/1511103805887401/"> <p style="text-align: center;">This free event took place online on Thursday, April 29, 2021</p> </blockquote> </div> <p style="text-align: center;">To support NMAJH events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JudyBatalion&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>“A remarkable portrait of young Jewish women who fought in the Polish resistance during WWII. . . pays vivid tribute to ‘the breadth and scope of female courage.’ ” —<em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p> Join us for this online conversation with author <strong>Judy Batalion </strong>to discuss her newest book <em>The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos</em>, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture. It is a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters—a group of unknown heroes whose exploits have never been chronicled in full, until now. Check out Batalion's <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/opinion/sunday/Jewish-women-Nazi-fighters.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently published editorial in the <em>New York Times</em></a> for a deeper look into the book (which will be released on April 6, 2021) and what inspired her to write it. She previously <a href="https://vimeo.com/345551063#t=1764s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">performed at the Museum</a> in 2019 as part of a storytelling program called "My Mother's Closet" with Maira Kalman and others. <strong>About the author:</strong> Judy was born and raised in Montreal, where she grew up speaking English, French, Yiddish and Hebrew, and trying to stay warm. She studied the history of science at Harvard then moved to London to pursue a PhD in art history. All the while, she worked as a curator, researcher, editor, lecturer, comic, MC, script-reader, dramaturge, performer, actor, producer, translator, mmmuffins server, and a temp – at a temp agency. Eventually, Judy transformed these experiences into material, and wrote essays and articles for the <em>New York Times</em>, the <em>Washington Post</em>, <em>Vogue</em>, the <em>Forward</em>, <em>Salon</em>, the <em>Jerusalem Post</em> and many other publications. Her stories about family relationships, the generational transmission of trauma, pathological hoarding and militant minimalism came together in her book <a href="https://www.judybatalion.com/memoir-white-walls"><em>White Walls: A Memoir About Motherhood, Daughterhood, and the Mess in Between</em></a><em> </em>(NAL/Penguin, 2016). <em>White Walls</em> was optioned by Warner Brothers for whom Judy is currently developing the TV series “Cluttered.” <p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-858" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BZBI-Logo.jpg" alt="" width="102" height="122" /> <img class="alignnone wp-image-1653" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Smith_PrimaryLogo_FullColor.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="115" /></p>

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1641" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-04-26-Bugsy-Siegel-FB.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="628" /> <b>Monday, April 26 at 4pm ET</b> Watch live on zoom. <a href="https://programs.cjh.org/tickets/bugsy-siegel-2021-04-26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Registration Required</a>. Pay what you wish. <em>Presented by The Center for Jewish History in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History</em> In a brief life that led to a violent end, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947) rose from desperate poverty to ill-gotten riches, from an early-twentieth-century family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side to a kingdom of his own making in Las Vegas. In this captivating portrait, author <b>Michael Shnayerson</b> sets out not to absolve Bugsy Siegel but rather to understand him in all his complexity. Through the 1920s, 1930s, and most of the 1940s, Bugsy Siegel and his longtime partner in crime Meyer Lansky engaged in innumerable acts of violence. As World War II came to an end, Siegel saw the potential for a huge, elegant casino resort in the sands of Las Vegas. Jewish gangsters built nearly all of the Vegas casinos that followed. Then, one by one, they disappeared. Siegel’s story laces through a larger, generational story of eastern European Jewish immigrants in the early- to mid-twentieth century. <b>Program registrants will receive a code for 30% off and free shipping on the book from the publisher. Register here to receive code.</b>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/540241675" width="640" height="289" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: center;">This program was held on 4/21/21.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">To see the follow up materials mentioned by the speakers click the link below.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-Color-of-Law-4-21-21-Follow-Up-Materials-from-Richard-and-Lila.pdf">The Color of Law 4 21 21 Follow Up Materials from Richard and Lila</a></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;">If you do not currently receive our emails, <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">please sign up here</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">To support NMAJH events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=ColorOfLaw&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in as </span><b>Richard Rothstein and Lila Corwin Berman</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> discuss contemporary racial segregation across the United States. The panelists will dig into the history of public housing projects, suburbanization, and the actions of the federal housing administration and then interrogate the racial segregation and income gap in America today as a byproduct of explicit government policies at the local, state and federal levels. Touching on the negative effects of these policies on African Americans and the United States as a whole, Rothstein and Berman will address how Jewish Americans specifically benefited from and suffered as a result of these policies.</span> <h4><b>About the speakers:</b></h4> <b>Richard Rothstein</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a national best selling author, a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Fund. </span> <strong>Lila Corwin Berman</strong> is the Director of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History and the Murray Friedman Chair of American Jewish History at Temple University. Berman is also the author of the recently released <em>The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The Historical Formation of a Multi-Billion Dollar Institution.</em> <img class="wp-image-1343" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/rothstein-headshot.jpg" alt="" width="79" height="102" />.     <img class="wp-image-1344" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/berman-lila-corwin.jpg" alt="" width="103" height="103" /> &nbsp; <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><i>This Program was presented by The National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></i>with<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>The Feinstein Center for American Jewish History at Temple University, Jewish Museum Milwaukee, and Temple BZBI.</i></span> <a href="https://www.cla.temple.edu/feinstein-center-for-american-jewish-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1347" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/TU_feinstein_rebrand_CMYKwredtag-1-1366x263.jpg" alt="" width="410" height="79" /> </a><a href="https://jewishmuseummilwaukee.org/events/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1386" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JMMwMJF_2C_v1-1366x390.jpg" alt="" width="340" height="97" /></a><a href="http://www.bzbi.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">   <img class="alignnone wp-image-858" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BZBI-Logo.jpg" alt="" width="76" height="91" /></a>

<div id="fb-root"></div> <script async defer crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v10.0" nonce="rTC7ERGQ"></script> <div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/823242588536871" data-width="1180" data-show-text="false"> <blockquote class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore" cite="https://developers.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/823242588536871/"><a href="https://developers.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/823242588536871/">Statue of Religious Liberty</a> The country’s largest monument to religious liberty stands in front of the National Museum of American Jewish History. Learn more with guest curator, Samantha Baskind, and NMAJH chief curator, Josh Perelman. Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/">National Museum of American Jewish History</a> on Monday, April 12, 2021</blockquote> </div> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;">This program was held on April 12, 2021</p> <p style="text-align: center;">If you do not currently receive our emails, <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">please sign up here</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">To support NMAJH events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=StatueRelLibProgram&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> The country’s largest monument to religious liberty stands in front of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the National Museum of American Jewish History and is the focus of our newest <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/enduring-monument/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Virtual Exhibition</a>. Join us for this program as special guest curator, Samantha Baskind, and NMAJH's chief curator, Josh Perelman, converse about the <i>Religious Liberty</i> exhibition. Baskind and Perelman will discuss the statue’s history and meaning;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>its sculptor, Moses Ezekiel; and the monument’s journey from Rome to Philadelphia and from Fairmount Park to Independence National Historical Park. They’ll also talk about how the concept of religious liberty has inspired generations of Jewish Americans. The panelists will take time at the end of the program to answer questions from those in attendance. <strong>About the Guest Curator</strong> Dr. Samantha Baskind, Professor of Art History at Cleveland State University, is the author of five books, most recently<i> The Warsaw Ghetto in American Art and Culture</i>, and co-editor of <i>The Jewish Graphic Novel: Critical Approaches</i>, the foundational volume in the field. She has published over 100 articles and reviews in museum catalogues, academic journals, edited volumes, encyclopedias, and the popular press. She served as editor for U.S. art for the 22-volume revised edition of the <i>Encyclopedia Judaica </i>and is currently series editor of “Dimyonot: Jews and the Cultural Imagination,” published by Penn State University Press. Dr Baskind if presently writing the first book-length study of Moses Jacob Ezekiel. <b>Ways to Watch</b> <i>Facebook: </i>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum's Facebook page</a></strong> at 1 pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <i>NMAJH website: </i>A little before the program start time, <strong>the livestream will also be available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook and Zoom during the live program. <i>Zoom: </i>Registration is required to receive the link--<strong><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0cp7-Ok7Qcyibw4dRosxXg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a></strong>. There are a limited number of Zoom slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Zoom will cut off registration when the limit has been reached. Should that occur, please use one of the other methods listed above instead—they are all free and have unlimited capacity.

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/540730060" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: center;">"The Holocaust and North Africa ft. Aomar Boum and Sarah Abrevaya Stein" took place virtually on April 9, 2021</p> <p style="text-align: center;">If you do not currently receive our emails, <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">please sign up here</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">To support NMAJH events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=HolocaustNorthAfrica&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> <div></div> &nbsp; <p class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: left;">Join us as we commemorate <em>Yom HaShoah </em>(Holocaust Remembrance Day) by exploring the myriad ways in which the Holocaust unfolded across North Africa. In this program our special guest historians, <strong>Aomar Boum</strong> and <strong>Sarah Abrevaya Stein</strong>, co-editors of <em>The Holocaust and North Africa</em>, will explore this lesser-known history in conversation with NMAJH's chief curator, <strong>Josh Perelman</strong>. The conversation will end with audience Q&amp;A.</p> <strong>About the Speakers</strong> <strong>Aomar Boum </strong>is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at UCLA. His research focuses on the historical, social and cultural representation of and political discourse about religious and ethnic minorities in the Middle East and North Africa. Professor <strong>Sarah Abrevaya Stein</strong> is the Maurice Amado Endowed Chair in Sephardic Studies, &amp; Sady and Ludwig Kahn Director, Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies. As the author or editor of nine books she has won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, two National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, a Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Jewish Book Awards as well as the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award. <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Cost</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">This event is free with a suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=HolocaustNorthAfrica&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a>.</p> </div> <p style="text-align: left;"><em>This program is presented by The National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with <a href="https://mjhnyc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Museum of Jewish Heritage</a>, and <a href="https://bzbi.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Temple BZBI</a> in Philadelphia</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1653" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Smith_PrimaryLogo_FullColor.jpg" alt="" width="308" height="181" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1715" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MJH-post20th_Logo-k-4c-1366x527.png" alt="" width="322" height="124" /></p> <img class="alignnone wp-image-858 aligncenter" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BZBI-Logo.jpg" alt="" width="221" height="265" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<em><strong>This event was held on 4/8/21</strong></em> Thursday, April 8, 2021 2:00 pm ET Live on Zoom, Free with Suggested Donation, <a href="https://898a.blackbaudhosting.com/898a/tickets?tab=2&amp;txobjid=8b9b5dad-6afc-4dd1-87ee-0bdb1ef61e1e&amp;_ga=2.140857659.883524982.1615567640-1815015153.1610052315" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Registration Required</a> <strong>Mark Schonwetter</strong> was a young child in Brzostek, Poland when Germany invaded and his family was forced out of their home. After his father was taken by the Gestapo, Mark fled along with his mother and sister. They spent time in a nearby ghetto and then went into hiding in the Polish countryside, where they remained for three years. By the end of the war, Mark was one of only a few surviving Jews from Brzostek. Mark emigrated to the United States in 1961 and found work in a jewelry factory. He ultimately purchased another jewelry company and remained in the jewelry business until he retired in 2018. Join Mark and his daughter <strong>Ann Arnold</strong>, author of <em>Together: A Journey for Survival</em>, in commemoration of <em>Yom HaShoah</em> (Holocaust Remembrance Day), for this program exploring Mark’s story of courage and compassion. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> The event will stream live on Zoom. <a href="https://898a.blackbaudhosting.com/898a/tickets?tab=2&amp;txobjid=8b9b5dad-6afc-4dd1-87ee-0bdb1ef61e1e&amp;_ga=2.140857659.883524982.1615567640-1815015153.1610052315" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Registration is Required.</a> Free with $10 Suggested Donation. <em>This "Stories Survive" program is presented by the <a href="https://mjhnyc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Museum of Jewish Heritage</a> in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History</em> <img class="wp-image-1715 aligncenter" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MJH-post20th_Logo-k-4c-1366x527.png" alt="" width="304" height="117" /> <p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1653" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Smith_PrimaryLogo_FullColor.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="159" /></p>

<div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql"> <div style="text-align: center;"> This program was held on 4/4/21. If you do not currently receive our emails, <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">please sign up here</a>. To support NMAJH events like this in the future, please consider making a donation. <a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=FreedomSeder&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">----</div> <div></div> <div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql">The J.Proud Consortium, the JFCS LGBTQ Initiative, &amp; the Kol Tzedek LGBTQ Havurah presented this virtual LGBTQ Passover seder on Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 4pm ET.</div> <div>--</div> <div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql">We joined together as and with queer members of the Philadelphia Jewish community to enjoy a seder, the traditional Passover meal and service, while exploring themes like queerness, trans identities, activism, liberation, and freedom. Participants will had a chance to reflect on the history of Jewish and queer struggles for acceptance, as well as meditate on a future where our intersecting identities are celebrated.</div> <div></div> <div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql">This Passover Seder was held through an online video call platform, and the haggadah was sent out to all participants who register in advance.</div> <div></div> <div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql">Anyone within the greater Philadelphia area could sign up for delivery or pick-up seder kits, with matzah, charoset, horseradish, and more: <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" tabindex="0" role="link" href="https://tinyurl.com/JProudSederKit2021?fbclid=IwAR2zJq0lAZlJOsmRx6AeWHhK-QbyXTajxbp2vi9fXA0_mwuueRUEFEiIbXs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://tinyurl.com/JProudSederKit2021</a></div> <div></div> <div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql"></div> </div>

<div id="fb-root"></div> <script async defer crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v10.0" nonce="YVvpETPw"></script> <div class="fb-video" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/1071897426654911" data-width="1180" data-show-text="false"> <blockquote class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore" cite="https://developers.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/1071897426654911/"><a href="https://developers.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/1071897426654911/">9th Annual Freedom Seder Revisited: Stories Through the Years</a> Enjoy stories and performances from past Freedom Seder Revisited events at the Museum with live commentary for 2021 Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/">National Museum of American Jewish History</a> on Wednesday, March 31, 2021</blockquote> </div> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;">This program was held on 3/31/21.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">If you do not currently receive our emails, <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">please sign up here</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">To support NMAJH events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=FreedomSeder&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> <div></div> This annual event is inspired by the original 1969 Freedom Seder, where hundreds of people of all backgrounds gathered to explore and celebrate freedom in the context of the Civil Rights Movement on the third night of Passover and the one-year anniversary of Dr. King's assassination. Typically an in-person event at the Museum on Independence Mall for 300 participants of all faiths, races, and beliefs, the tradition continues virtually in 2021 with the re-airing of a beautiful selection of stories and performances presented at this signature NMAJH event since its inception in 2013, interspersed with live commentary. Each story offers a unique perspective on the meaning of freedom in America today, including: <ul> <li aria-level="1">A trans-Jewish voice on seder plate symbolism and the importance of offering new ways of interpreting old traditions to better engage younger generations and the present moment;</li> <li aria-level="1">An Indian American immigrant who shared the story of her deportation hearing publicly for the first time as part of this event;</li> <li aria-level="1">An African American reverend who recounts his experience being bullied and being defended at his Jewish summer camp;</li> <li aria-level="1">Rabbi Arthur Waskow, co-leader of the original Freedom Seder and author of the <em>Freedom Seder Haggadah</em>, a first edition of which is in the Museum’s collection, provides new commentary for 2021;</li> <li aria-level="1">and more.</li> </ul> <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <i>Facebook: </i>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 8pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <i>NMAJH website: </i>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be available at the top of this page. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <i>Zoom: </i><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>We have reached Zoom capacity--if you were unable to register or have trouble getting in this evening, please use one of the other methods. Thank you!</strong> </span>Registration is required to receive the link–<strong><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_W0jqmZQvTkeE8kW1cXbJBg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a></strong>. There are a limited number of Zoom slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Zoom will cut off registration when the limit has been reached. Should that occur, please use one of the other methods listed above instead—they are all free and have unlimited capacity.

<em><strong>This event was held on 3/30/21. </strong> </em> Thursday, March 30, 2021 7:30 pm ET Free on Zoom (<a href="https://hadar-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uf-qhrjkjHdQ3TCo6tZ3fdwdvMljXZCbS?fbclid=IwAR0gg1A0MnUbNv0fVGCSYivSB4v5Q1jKzHBv3sPeAzSP860pk6ONi5mdhYs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here to register</a>) and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/NMAJH" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> <div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql">During Hol Hamoed (the intermediate days of passover), join Dr. Galeet Dardashti and Rabbi Yosef Goldman, two musical experts, to sing and explore new and familiar Passover melodies and texts from Middle Eastern, North African, and Sephardic communities.</div> <div></div> <div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql"><strong>Dr. Galeet Dardashti</strong> is an Iranian-descended anthropologist and performer/composer with a well-earned reputation as a trail-blazing performer, educator and advocate of MENA Jewish culture. As a scholar, her publications examine Israeli music/media and Mizrahi cultural politics; she is currently writing a book on the Mizrahi piyyut (sacred song) phenomenon in Israel. Dardashti has held postdoctoral fellowships at NYU and Rutgers and most recently was Assistant Professor of Jewish Music/Musician in Residence at the Jewish Theological Seminary. As Affiliated Fellow at University of Pennsylvania’s Katz Center in 2020/21 she’s begun research on young Sephardi/Mizrahi North American Jews. As a performer/composer, Dardashti is the first woman to continue her family’s tradition of distinguished Persian and Jewish musicianship. She is widely known as leader/founder of the all-woman Middle Eastern Jewish ensemble Divahn, and through her multi-disciplinary commissions The Naming and Monajat; she will be the Artist-in-Virtual-Residence at Indiana University’s Jewish Studies program in spring 2021.</div> <div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql"><strong>Rabbi Yosef Goldman</strong> is a singer and composer, prayer leader, and educator whose original Jewish music is sung in synagogues, schools, and camps across the country. As a performer and composer, Yosef weaves together musical forms from both his Mizrahi and Ashkenazi heritage—including Chassidic niggunim (devotional melodies), Sephardic piyyutim (sacred song), and contemporary American Jewish sacred music. His first album, Open My Heart, released by Rising Song Records in winter 2019, is both deeply innovative and firmly rooted in traditional sacred Jewish music.</div> <div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql">A sought-after vocalist, Yosef performs and records with a wide range of Jewish artists. He is a longtime featured vocalist with Joey Weisenberg in the Hadar Ensemble and a founding member of the Middle Eastern Jewish music ensemble the Epichorus. Along with trombonist Dan Blacksberg, Yosef was selected by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts for its 2018–19 Jazz Residency.</div> <div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql">Yosef received rabbinic ordination and a Masters in Sacred Music from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and his rabbinate has included serving as a congregational rabbi and music director, and as a hospital chaplain. As a Jewish educator, Yosef's teaching facilitates people finding authentic and meaningful experience in Jewish prayer and practice, including singing as an embodied spiritual practice. As a consultant, Yosef advises synagogues and prayer communities seeking to deepen the communal spiritual experience through musical prayer. He has served as a ba’al tefillah (prayer leader) for some of the most spiritually vibrant and creative prayer communities in the United States and Israel, including Romemu and B’nai Jeshurun in Manhattan, the Kitchen in San Francisco, and Nava Tehila and Beit Tefila Yisraeli in Israel. As co-director of Hadar's Rising Song Institute, alongside Joey Weisenberg, Yosef initiated the year-long Jewish Music Residency program for emerging musical-spiritual artists and established its record label, Rising Song Records. Yosef continues to serve Rising Song Institute as an artist and Senior Advisor.</div> <div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql">This summer, Yosef and his wife, Rabbi Annie Lewis, will join Shaare Torah Congregation in Gaithersburg, MD to serve as co-Senior Rabbis</div>

<img class="wp-image-1676 aligncenter" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Julia-Adolphe-Head-Shot-Low-Res.jpg" alt="" width="476" height="464" /> Tuesday, March 16, 2021 8:00pm ET Live on Zoom, FREE - <a href="https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqde6orTsuGt332EsHn_ySbMtw32s_7I-M" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register Here</a> Meet<a href="https://juliaadolphe.com/"> Julia Adolphe</a>, whose music is described as “alive with invention” (The New Yorker), “colorful, mercurial, deftly orchestrated” (The New York Times) displaying a “remarkable gift for sustaining a compelling musical narrative” (Musical America). Her works are performed across the U.S. and abroad by renowned orchestras and ensembles such as the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, Belgian National Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Verona Quartet, soprano Hila Plitmann, and pianist <a href="https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/gloria-cheng/">Gloria Cheng</a>, among others. Learn about Adolphe's work as she engages with attendees and explores the inspirations behind her compositions. <strong><a href="https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqde6orTsuGt332EsHn_ySbMtw32s_7I-M" target="_blank" rel="noopener">REGISTER FOR ZOOM LINK HERE</a></strong> <em>This event is made possible by the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History.</em>

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/524431115" width="640" height="329" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Please enjoy this recording of the program in its entirety. The seven featured selections are listed below. If you do not currently receive our emails, <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">please sign up here</a>. This event was free with a suggested $18 donation. All donations will be split between the National Museum of American Jewish History and Opera Philadelphia. Special thanks to the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for their partnership in this event. <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="http://on.nmajh.org/3vsNXPS" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> &nbsp; <strong>MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021</strong> <strong>8 PM ET / 5PM PT <span style="color: #800080;">| </span>FREE WITH A SUGGESTED <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/327161/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=RbgOpera&amp;c_src2=Website" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$18 DONATION</a></strong> <strong>See “Ways to Watch” below for details on how to access the program.</strong> <strong>Registration required for Zoom only.</strong> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800080;"><b> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>“If I had any talent that God could give me, I would be a great diva. But, sadly, I have a monotone…[I sing] only in the shower and in my dreams.”</strong></span></b></span></p> <span style="font-weight: 400; color: #800080;">—U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">RBG was notoriously passionate about opera. It’s no surprise that the plots of her favorite operas often paralleled her professional pursuit of justice. To mark her 88th birthday, the first since her passing, we are celebrating with performances of some of her favorite opera arias. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The program will feature performances from NMAJH’s Dell Theater by </span><a href="http://www.joshuabluetenor.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joshua Blue</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (tenor), </span><a href="https://imgartists.com/roster/norman-garrett/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Norman Garrett</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (baritone), </span><a href="https://www.michelle-rice.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michelle Rice</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (soprano), </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0x_5YVYyV_OSoWca3qcfHg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ashley Marie Robillard</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (soprano); instrumental accompaniment by and Stephen Karr (piano) and Grant Loehnig (piano); remarks and reflections by </span><a href="http://www.francescazambello.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Francesca Zambello</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (stage director, artistic director for the Washington National Opera and the Glimmerglass Festival), </span><a href="https://www.lawrencebrownlee.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lawrence Brownlee</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (tenor, Artistic Advisor of Opera Philadelphia) and </span><a href="https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/peter-kazaras/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Peter Kazaras</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (stage director, tenor, Director of Opera UCLA); as well as an interview with Justice Ginsburg's daughter and son, Jane and Jim.</span> <b><span style="color: #800080;">Program</span></b> <ul> <li>“Una furtiva lagrima” from <em>L’eslisir d’amore</em> by Donizetti. Performed by Joshua Blue (tenor) and Grant Loehnig (piano)</li> <li>“O mio babbino caro” from <em>Gianni Schicchi</em> by Puccini. Performed by Ashley Marie Robilard (soprano) and Grant Loehnig (piano)</li> <li>“Hai gia vinta la causa” from <em>Le nozze di Figaro</em> by Mozart. Performed by Norman Garrett (baritone) and Grant Loehnig (piano)</li> <li>“In uomini, in Soldati” from <em>Cosi fan tutte</em> by Mozart. Performed by Ashley Marie Robilard (soprano) and Grant Loehnig (piano)</li> <li>“Pst, pst, Nannetta…” from <em>Fallstaff</em> by Verdi. Ashley Marie Robilard (soprano), Joshua Blue (tenor) and Grant Loehnig (piano)</li> <li>“To this we’ve come” from <em>The Consul</em> by Menotti. Michelle Rice (soprano) and Stephen Karr (piano)</li> <li>“Make them hear you” from <em>Ragtime</em> by Flaherty. Norman Garrett (baritone) and Grant Loehnig (piano)</li> </ul> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400; color: #800080;">This program is presented by</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.operaphila.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> <img class="alignnone wp-image-1651" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/OPERA_PHILA_LOGO_Gold_4C.jpg" alt="" width="149" height="150" /></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://nmajh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1653" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Smith_PrimaryLogo_FullColor.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="121" /></a></p> <a href="https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/resources/lowellmilkenmaje/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1652 aligncenter" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/UCLA_Uxd_Blk_SchM_LMCntMusicAmJwExp_B2.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="90" /></a> <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Facebook:</b> Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum's Facebook page</a></strong> beginning at 7:30 pm ET. The program will begin promptly at 8 pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website: </b>At 7:30 pm ET, the livestream countdown will also begin on the Museum's website at the top of this page. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. The program will begin promptly at 8 pm ET. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook and Zoom during the live program. <b>Zoom: </b>Registration is required to view on Zoom. <a href="https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cgB44zwgTNyQStEkLlXxwQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-link-type="web">Click here to register</a>. Zoom will cut off registration/stop letting people in when we run out of room. Should that occur, please use one of the other methods listed above instead–they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <strong>Cost</strong> This event is free with a suggested $18 donation. All donations will be split between the National Museum of American Jewish History and Opera Philadelphia. Special thanks to the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for their partnership in this event. <a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="http://on.nmajh.org/3vsNXPS" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a>

<p style="font-size: 110%;"><b>1 PM ET <span style="color: #33cccc;">| </span></b><b>$18 GENERAL ADMISSION </b><b>Free with Gratz College email address. Details below </b><b>Registration required. </b></p> The Museum is thrilled to partner with Gratz College for the 2021 Arnold and Esther Tuzman Memorial Holocaust Teach-In. This special online event features <b>Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Artist, Illustrator, and Author of <em>Maus</em></b>. Mr. Spiegelman will discuss his art, comics as a medium, and <em>Maus</em>, the masterful Holocaust narrative that tells the story of his parents' survival and his experience as the child of Survivors. The conversation will be facilitated by <b>Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D.</b>, Gratz College Board of Governors. <span style="color: #33cccc;"><b>Registration </b></span>General admission is $18.  Gratz students, faculty, and staff can register for free with a valid Gratz email address. <a href="https://www.gratz.edu/teach-in" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to register today</a> <em>Fee waivers for financial hardship are available by request to <a href="mailto:mcohen@gratz.edu">mcohen@gratz.edu</a>.</em>

Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:00pm ET Live on Zoom, FREE - <a href="https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqcOuoqD8sGNLsMOK6akhBj7jwlX46haOy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register Here</a> Theodore Bikel (1924-2015) wanted to be known as 'the singer of his people'. In this program of storytelling and music, his wife, <a href="https://aimeeginsburgbikel.com/legacy-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aimee Ginsburg Bikel</a>, along with <a href="https://www.peteryarrow.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peter Yarrow</a>, <a href="https://www.arloguthrie.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arlo Guthrie</a>, <a href="https://www.paintedbird.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daniel Kahn</a> and friends, pay tribute to the legendary Academy, Emmy, Tony and GRAMMY-nominated Actor and folksinger; a civil rights, peace, and Jewish activist; and a devoted labor union leader. He was known for creating iconic roles on stage, film, and TV, such as Captain Von Trapp in the Broadway production of The Sound Of Music, and he played Tevye in Fiddler On the Roof more than any actor in history. With <a href="https://www.peteseegermusic.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pete Seeger</a>, Theo founded the <a href="https://newportfolk.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newport Folk Festival</a>, and recorded dozens of best selling albums in many languages. He was beloved for his leading role in keeping Yiddish culture alive, and for being an outspoken voice for Justice. He is most cherished for his undying devotion to <em>Tikkun Olam</em>, the daily work of making our world a better place. May his memory be for a blessing. <strong>Additional program participants include:</strong> Perla Karney, Artistic Director, Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA Hillel Mark Kligman, Director, Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience David Myers, UCLA Professor &amp; Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History Cantor Mike Stein, performer, composer, producer, recording artist <em>This event is made possible by the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in partnership with the Dortort Center for the Arts - Hillel at UCLA, the National Museum of American Jewish History, the UCLA Mickey Katz Endowed Chair in Jewish Music, the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, and YIVO.</em>

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 8:00pm ET Live on Zoom, FREE - <a href="https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tcu-uqjojHt0FYcJo0ET4oRH9XF9Ef-RQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register Here</a> <a href="https://www.davidkrakauer.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Krakauer</a> is widely considered one of the greatest clarinetists on the planet. Join us for this exciting Jewish Music Masterclass as Krakauer engages with attendees and shares the inspirations behind his compositions. With his own unique sound and approach, Krakauer has been praised internationally as a key innovator in modern klezmer as well as a major voice in classical music. His work has been recognized by major jazz publications around the world. His wide array of projects, solo appearances, and multi-genre collaborations include groups, composers and individual artists such as Ancestral Groove, the WDR Big Band, Abraham Inc. (co-led with Fred Wesley and Socalled) and many more. <a href="https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tcu-uqjojHt0FYcJo0ET4oRH9XF9Ef-RQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">REGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM LINK</a> <em>This event is made possible by the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History.</em>

<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1665" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/jpgUpdated-Poster-Persian-Experience-SMizrahi-3-1366x1366.jpg" alt="" width="1366" height="1366" /> Sunday, February 28, 2021 12:00pm ET - 1:00pm ET Live on Zoom, $5 Fee - <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3816122623212/WN_ZkqamRSNRI66Va23LvAhXw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register Here</a> &nbsp; In this part of "The Persian Experience" series, Sharona Mizrahi shares her personal story. Sharona was born in Kerman, Iran. Her great-grandparents came from Hamadan and Yazd. Sharona's great-grandparents escaped the famine of 1917-1920 in Hamadan, the city mentioned in the Book of Esther as Hegmatana or Ekbatana, the capitol of the Persian Empire during Acheshverosh's regime. Sharona's oldest brother, Kurosh, has traced her family's lineage back six generations. Sharona attended public school in Iran until her first year of high school. Then in 1984, she, along with two sisters and one brother Z"L, escaped from Iran. One night in August, two weeks prior to Rosh Hashana, smugglers arrived in the middle of the night and the Mizrahi family dropped everything and left their house to escape. In this talk, Sharona will give a brief history of her family and their one-year journey to the United States. <em>This program is presented by The American Sephardi Federation in partnership with the National Museum of American Jewish History.</em>

<p style="font-size: 110%;"><b>2 PM ET <span style="color: #33cccc;">| </span></b><b>FREE</b></p> Our friends at the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv have rebranded their world class organization and are relaunching it this February. Join the global virtual inauguration! The online event will be short and sweet; 35 minutes total, and will allow you to see the new museum. <a href="https://www.beit-hatfutsot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a> for more information and the livestream page. There is no registration required.

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/528292549" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> This program was held on 2/17/21. If you do not currently receive our emails, <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">please sign up here</a>. <p style="text-align: left;">To support NMAJH events like this in the future, please consider making a donation.</p> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: left;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=MusicMaghreb&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"></div> &nbsp; <p class="p1">Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, Jewish vocalists and instrumentalists played an outsized role in the production of music in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia (a region known as <i>The Maghreb</i>). Drawing on rare shellac records from his personal archive, historian Christopher Silver will provide a musical tour of the North African Jewish past through sounds traditional and popular.</p> The presentation will be followed by an audience Q&amp;A. This program is free with a suggested $10 donation. <strong>About the Speaker</strong> <p class="p1">Christopher Silver is the Segal Family Assistant Professor in Jewish History and Culture at McGill University.</p> <b>Ways to Watch</b> <i>Facebook: </i>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum's Facebook page</a></strong> at 8pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <i>NMAJH website: </i>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be available on the Museum's website at the top of this page. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook and Zoom during the live program. <i>Zoom: </i><span style="color: #ff0000;">No more Zoom slots available. If you have already registered on Zoom and have trouble accessing the session today, please watch the program using one of the methods above.</span> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: left;"></p> </div>

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/517175302" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> This program was held on 2/10/21. If you do not currently receive our emails, <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">please sign up here</a>. If you're enjoying our programming, please consider a $10 donation to support our ongoing efforts. <p style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--small box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=FlorysFlame&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></p> &nbsp; Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at 1pm ET Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=FlorysFlame&amp;c_src2=Website" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">$10 donation</a>. See “Ways to Watch” below for details on how to access the program Join us as we screen the 2014 documentary, <em>Flory's Flame</em>. The one-hour documentary weaves the life story of NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award winner, Flory Jagoda, with her 2013 Celebration Concert at the US Library of Congress. The combined personal and musical overviews open a window on pre-Inquisition Spanish Jewish life. Flory’s roots go back to that pre-1492 era, then to the Balkans, Bosnia and Croatia. As the sole surviving Altarac family member, with most of her family killed during World War II, Flory’s life mission has been to continue her family’s cultural legacy through their music. Her strength of spirit shines through her challenging but ultimately triumphant story expressed in the context of the impactful music performed by Flory and 25 fellow musicians in the prestigious and inspiring Library of Congress Celebration Concert. The screening will be followed by a short conversation with Betty Murphy (Flory's daughter), Lori Jagoda-Lowell (Flory's daughter), Susan Gaeta (Flory's apprentice) and Jon Lohman (former Director Emeritus of the Virginia Folklife Program and friend of Flory).<em> </em> Flory Jagoda, also known as “The Keeper of the Flame” and “La Nona” (The Grandmother) passed away on Friday, January 29^th, 2021, erev shabbat shira (sabbath of singing). May her memory be a blessing. <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Information on the Documentary</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><i>Flory’s Flame </i>was produced by <a title="mailto:ellen@voicesandvisions.com" href="mailto:ellen@voicesandvisions.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ellen Friedland</a> and <a title="mailto:curt@voicesandvisions.com" href="mailto:curt@voicesandvisions.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Curt Fissel</a>. For more information, please contact them at <a title="http://www.voicesandvisions.com/" href="http://www.voicesandvisions.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Voices &amp; Visions Productions, Ltd.</a></p> <b>Ways to Watch</b> <i>Facebook: </i>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum's Facebook page</a></strong> at 1 pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <i>NMAJH website: </i>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be available at the top of this page. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook and Zoom during the live program. <i>Zoom: </i><span style="color: #ff0000;">Zoom registration is "sold out". Please use one of the methods above. Thank you! Additionally, if you have already registered and have trouble accessing the Zoom, please watch the program on this web page (or on Facebook using the link above). </span> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: left;"></p> </div> <p style="text-align: left;"><em>This program is presented by The National Museum of American Jewish History with co-sponsorship from The Center for Cultural Vibrancy, The Virginia Folklife Program, the Ashkenaz Festival, and <a title="http://www.voicesandvisions.com/" href="http://www.voicesandvisions.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Voices &amp; Visions Productions, Ltd.</a></em></p> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: left;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-1360" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/11CCV-logo5-1366x348.jpg" alt="" width="357" height="91" /> <img class="alignnone wp-image-1361" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/11Folklife-1366x241.jpg" alt="" width="469" height="83" /><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-1542" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/VV-COLOR-LOGO-2.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="59" /></p>

7:30pm Free - registration required. See "ways to watch" below for details on how to watch the program <strong>Past program.</strong> This event will explore lesser-known musical styles of Jewish America, including Yiddish opera, Persian Jewish music, and Orthodox bluegrass. Musicians and scholars will discuss Jewish cultural encounters and adaptation to the American context over the past century, looking beyond the Ashkenazi/Mizrahi divide. The panelists’ personal experiences and expertise illuminate and intersect with their musical studies, pointing to a fuller sense of American Jewish ethnic, musical, and religious diversity. <em>NMAJH is proud to present this event with its organizers, Penn's Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, as well as other co-sponsors including </em><em>Wolf Humanities Center, Hershey Humanities Against Racism Fund, Penn’s Middle East Center, and Penn’s Jewish Studies Program.</em> <strong>About the Panelists</strong> <div class="speaker"> <div class="speaker__right"> <div class="speaker__description"> <div class="field field--name-field-ese-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"> <strong>Josh Kun</strong> is an author, curator, and cultural historian. He is Professor of Communication and Journalism at the USC Annenberg School, where he holds the Chair in Cross-Cultural Communication and directs The Popular Music Project of the Norman Lear Center. He was the 2019–2020 scholar in residence with the UCLA Leve Center for Jewish Studies, and is the recipient of a Berlin Prize, an American Book Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship </div> </div> </div> </div> <strong>Galeet Dardashti</strong> is both anthropologist and renowned vocalist/composer. Her publications examine Israeli music/media, Mizrahi cultural politics, and the political economy of philanthropy; she is currently completing a book on the Mizrahi <em>piyyut</em> (sacred song) phenomenon in Israel. Dardashti has held postdoctoral fellowships at NYU and Rutgers and most recently was Assistant Professor of Jewish Music/Musician in Residence at JTS. For spring 2021, she is the Artist-in-Virtual-Residence at Indiana University’s Jewish Studies program. Her research at the Katz Center examines a nascent movement of young liberal “Mizrahi” North American Jews. As founder/leader of the all-woman ensemble Divahn, and through her multi-disciplinary commissions <em>The Naming </em>and <em>Monajat, </em>Dardashti has also earned a reputation as a trail-blazing performer of Middle Eastern Jewish music. <div class="speaker"> <div class="speaker__right"> <div class="speaker__description"> <strong>Shaul Magid</strong> is Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and Kogod Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. His two latest books are <em>The Bible, the Talmud, and The New Testament: Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik’s Commentary to the Gospel</em> and <em>Piety and Rebellion: Essay in Hasidism</em>, both published in 2019. His forthcoming book, <em>Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical,</em> will be published with Princeton University Press in Fall 2021. He is presently working on the political theology of Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. </div> </div> </div> <div class="speaker"> <div class="speaker__right"> <div class="speaker__description"> <div class="field field--name-field-ese-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"> Magid is also a clawhammer banjo player and a student of Ken Perlman, one of the great living banjo virtuosos and musicologists of old-time banjo as well as the musical partner of Al Jabour who was, until his death a few years ago, the curator of American folk music at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. </div> <strong>Anthony Russell</strong> is a vocalist, composer, and arranger specializing in Yiddish song. His work in traditional Ashkenazi Jewish musical forms led to a musical exploration of his own roots through the research, arrangement, and performance of a hundred years of African American roots music, resulting in the album "Convergence" (2018), a collaboration with klezmer consort Veretski Pass. </div> </div> </div> <div class="speaker"> <div class="speaker__right"> <div class="speaker__description"> <div class="field field--name-field-ese-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"> Russell's music has brought him to stages in Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Miami, New York, Tel Aviv, London, Berlin, Warsaw, Krakow, the Symphony Space in New York City, and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., as well as Limmud Fests across the United States and Europe. He lives in Massachusetts with his husband of three years, Rabbi Michael Rothbaum of Congregation Beth Elohim in Acton, MA. </div> <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> This event is free of charge and will stream live on zoom. <a href="https://upenn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n0TLNq8iSoWk4eq9Oiw6pA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Register here</a>. </div> </div> </div>

7:00pm - 8:30pm $18 registration fee, $10 for members of Philadelphia's Temple BZBI See “Ways to Watch” below for details on how to access the program <strong>Past program.</strong> No history of the birth control, suffrage, or peace movements in the United States is complete without analyzing the impact of Jewish women’s presence. In this talk, Dr Melissa R. Klapper will explore the social and political activism of American Jewish women from approximately 1890 to the present. Middle-class and working-class American Jewish women have been consistently and publicly engaged in all the major issues of their day and worked closely with their non-Jewish counterparts on behalf of activist causes. NMAJH is proud to partner with Temple BZBI in Philadelphia -the organizers of this event- to present this talk by Dr. Melissa R. Klapper. <strong>About the Speaker</strong> <a href="https://chss.rowan.edu/departments/history/facultystaff/klapper_melissa.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dr. Klapper</a> is a Katz Center fellow, a professor of History and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at Rowan University, and winner of the National Jewish Book Award in Women's Studies. She is the author of <em>Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920</em> (NYU, 2005), <em>Small Strangers:  The Experiences of Immigrant Children in the United States, 1880-1925</em> (Ivan R. Dee, 2007), <em>Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace:  American Jewish Women’s Activism, 1890-1940</em> (NYU, 2013), and <em>Ballet Class:  An American History</em> (Oxford University Press, 2020) <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> The event will stream live on zoom. The cost of registration is $10 for members of Temple BZBI and $18 for the community. <a href="https://templebethzionbethisrael.shulcloud.com/form/eventregistration.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Register here.</a> &nbsp;

8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT <a href="https://898a.blackbaudhosting.com/898a/36-Voices-Registrations" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here to register</a>. This event is free with a suggested donation Past program. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p_08hkOqGs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the recording here</a>. More than one million Jewish children were killed during the Holocaust and countless others survived. Some, like Anne Frank, kept diaries in which they confided their hopes, fears, and experiences. Join us for a special virtual reading of excerpts from these diaries, narrated by <strong>Liev Schreiber</strong>, and featuring readings from <strong>Skylar Astin, Andréa Burns, Mandy Gonzalez, Daniel Kahn, Adam Kantor, Telly Leung, Stephanie Lynn Mason, Zalmen Mlotek, Amit Rahav, Eleanor Reissa, Yelena Schmulenson, Alexandra Silber, Abby Stein, Danny Strong,</strong> and more. By giving voice to the written words of some of the Nazis’ youngest victims, we will commemorate their suffering and learn from their courageous and resilient spirits. The event will stream live on the <a href="https://mjhnyc.org/18-voices-a-liberation-day-reading-of-young-writers-diaries-from-the-holocaust/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Museum of Jewish Heritage's website here</a>. <em>January 27 marks International Holocaust Remembrance day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. NMAJH is honored join global partners to support "18 Voices," organized by the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. This year marks the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.</em>

Friday, January 15, 2021 at 7PM <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mlk-shabbat-experience-visions-of-freedom-and-justice-tickets-133229046665" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click Here to Register</a> This event is free to attend Past program. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=479807626352967" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the recording here</a>. An MLK Shabbat experience like no other in a year like no other. Commemorate the spirit and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel with Rabbi Shira Stutman of the Sixth and I synagogue in Washington D.C. and Reverend Doctor D.K. Kearney of Turner Memorial AME Church, which worshiped in Sixth &amp; I’s building for five decades. Virtually travel to Philadelphia and visit places of historical significance to the Jewish and Black communities as Rabbi Shira and Reverend Kearney discuss the work of seeking justice, past and future. As has become the tradition for this long-standing event, hear some soul-lifting music from Sixth &amp; I and Turner Memorial AME choirs and listen to an inspiring sermon by Rabbi Shira. Leading up to MLK Weekend, participate in a <a href="https://www.sixthandi.org/event/mlk-shabbat-justice-fair/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">virtual justice fair</a> to learn how you can have a direct impact on our Washington, DC community. Plus, be sure to tune in for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/turnermemorial">Turner Memorial’s</a> virtual Sunday service on January 17 at 10:00 am. <em>This event has been generously underwritten by The Revada Foundation of the Logan Family.</em> <img class="alignnone wp-image-1576" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/RevadaFoundation.png" alt="" width="426" height="139" /> <em>MLK Shabbat Experience is produced by the sixth&amp;i synagogue in Washington D.C. and Turner Memorial AME Church in Maryland. NMAJH is honored to be a contributing partner.</em> <img class="alignnone wp-image-1577" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SixthandILogo-1366x568.png" alt="" width="231" height="96" /> <img class="alignnone wp-image-1578" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TurnerMemorial.png" alt="" width="283" height="102" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The National Museum of American Jewish History is pleased to be a partner in Yiddish New York (YNY), the nation’s largest festival for Yiddish music, language and culture. This year's festival will be taking place online from <strong>December 26-30, 2020</strong>. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">More than 70 leading figures in Yiddish culture are on the faculty, and lectures/workshops are held daily in everything from klezmer music to Yiddish theater, history, literature, films, Yiddish lessons and a wonderful kids/teens program. Evening events feature a </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zingeray</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (sing-along), concerts, and activities such as line dancing, Yiddish Karaoke, poetry reading, and a cabaret! </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Full five-day passes and single day passes are available, as well as tickets to individual evening events. As a proud partner to YNY, we are happy to be able to offer you a 10% discount on adult/household 5-day registrations, enter the code “YNY10” when registering online (not for use with other discounts). </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Go to</span><a href="http://www.yiddishnewyork.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">www.yiddishnewyork.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for more information.</span>

*Past program. View a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/368131437632452" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">replay of the live concert here</a>! (Skip ahead to the 34 min 32 second mark when the concert begins). <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/december25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Visit the event page for recordings</a> of all of the family activities.* <span class="head1"><span class="head2"><span class="head3">Beginning at 10 am </span></span></span> <span class="head1"><strong><span class="head2"><span class="head3">Snowy. Jewish. Happy. Caring. Buddhist. Generous. Family. Creative. Friendly. Sparkly. Fill in your own blank and join us for our annual day of family fun.</span></span></strong></span> <span class="head1"><span class="head2"><span class="head3">The Museum is open virtually. The online galleries are warm. All we need is you to get the party started. Join us for live music online with returning favorite Alex Mitnick of the Emmy Award-wining <strong><span style="font-size: large;">Alex &amp; the Kaleidoscope </span></strong><span style="font-size: large;">from his home studio, </span>on-demand arts and crafts video lessons, and more!</span></span></span> <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/december25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Additional details can be found on the December 25 website.</a> Sponsored by the Robert Saligman Jewish Heritage Fund+

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/500880445" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> This program was held on December 21, 2020. If you do not currently receive our emails, <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">please sign up here</a>. To support NMAJH events like this in the future, please consider making a donation. <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=FloryJagoda97&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">Monday, December 21, 2020 at 1pm ET</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Free with suggested $10 donation.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">See “Ways to Watch” below for details on how to access the program</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Join us as we celebrate the 97</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">th</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> birthday of the National Heritage Fellowship Award-winning, legendary Ladino singer and songwriter,  Flory Jagoda. Together we’ll enjoy a 45 minute concert packed with lovely Ladino songs and stories from </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">La Nona</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Ladino for “The Grandmother” and one of Flory’s official titles) from her 2012 appearance at the Richmond Folk Festival, accompanied on stage by her apprentice Susan Gaeta and renowned instrumentalist Howard Bass. A Q&amp;A with Flory's daughter, Betty, will take place immediately following the concert.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">When the young Flory fled the Nazi invasion of her home country, Bosnia, she took with her only the clothes on her back, her </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">harmonica</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (ladino word for accordion) and her "suitcase full of songs” (which she says while pointing to her head). Known as “The Keeper of the Flame”, Flory is the only living member of the Altarac Family singers who learned the Jewish music of Spain’s once thriving Sephardic community from her </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nona</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (grandmother), who learned them from her </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nona…</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">all the way back over 500 years to the time before the Jewish People’s expulsion from Spain in 1492.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Flory spent many decades in the United States spreading the stories and songs that were passed onto her, performing concerts all over the country, taking on students and apprentices, and hosting large song-filled holiday gatherings at her house. Flory was awarded the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship in 2002, the highest honor our nation bestows upon traditional artists.</span> <b><i>Ways to Watch</i></b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook: Look for the LIVE post on the</span><a href="http://facebook.com/nmajh"><b> Museum's Facebook page</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at 1 pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">NMAJH website: A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be available on the Museum's website <strong><a href="https://www.nmajh.org/flory-jagoda-97th-birthday-show/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a></strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook and Zoom during the live program.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Zoom: Registration is required to receive the link—<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_H_Wv8OR3RLeexYdm2y2Zyw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>click here</b></a>. There are a limited number of Zoom slots—access is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Zoom will cut off registration when the limit has been reached. Should that occur, please use one of the other methods listed above instead—they are all free and have unlimited capacity.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">This program is presented by The National Museum of American Jewish History with Co-Sponsorship from The Virginia Folklife Program, The Center for Cultural Vibrancy, and The Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.</span></i> <img class="alignleft wp-image-1361 size-full" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/11Folklife-e1609955497951.jpg" alt="" width="343" height="61" /><img class="alignleft wp-image-1360 size-full" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/11CCV-logo5-e1609955529647.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="70" />

<strong>Past event.</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Bxx1nCIFg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here to view the recordin</a>g. <b>Saturday, December 12 at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT</b> Wave your magic wand....now <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/houdini-and-copperfield/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a> and more information will magically appear about this event.

<strong>Past program.</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/41182871633/videos/181166376985536" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here to view the recording.</a> Thursday, December 10, 2020, at 1pm ET Free with suggested $10 donation. See “Ways to Watch” below for details on how to access the program Join<strong> </strong>Brooklyn born singer/multi-instrumentalist Herman Berman for a musical celebration of Hanukkah like you’ve never heard before. In this short concert program Berman will perform his epic 2019 Hanukkah album, <em>The Menorah: It’s Lit</em>. In between some of the tunes Berman, along with NMAJH public programs manager and musician Dan Samuels, will take a few minutes to talk about Herman’s life story, as well as his early musical influences from his parents to the Church next door to where he grew up, as well as the masters (of Jewish Parody and All-around Schtick) such as Mickey Katz, Mel Brooks, the Marx Brothers and more. <b>Ways to Watch</b> <i>Facebook: </i>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum's Facebook page</a></strong> at 1 pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <i>NMAJH website: </i>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be available on the Museum's website <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/little-lunch-concert-ft-herman-berman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook and Zoom during the live program. <i>Zoom: </i>Registration is required to receive the link--<strong><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iR03BZCMRpaZYcmK-gv5sQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a></strong>. There are a limited number of Zoom slots--access will be available on a first-come, first-serve the evening of the event. Zoom will stop letting people in when we run out of room. Should that occur, please use one of the other methods listed above instead--they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <em>This program is presented by The National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership with Next Stage Arts Project</em> <em><img class="alignnone wp-image-1402" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/next-logo-1366x1128.jpg" alt="" width="123" height="102" /></em>

<p style="text-align: left;"><iframe title="Lunchtime Concert ft. Asher Shasho Levy" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/487612646?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" width="672" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" data-mce-type="bookmark" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span><span style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" data-mce-type="bookmark" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: left;">This program was held on November 24, 2020 at 1pm and was free, <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">with suggested $5 donation</a>.</p> Oudist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist <strong>Asher Shasho Levy</strong> is a Syrian Jewish musician and scholar of Sephardic heritage and culture, who seeks to spread the beauty of the Sephardic tradition through his writing, recording, research, and concerts. An honors graduate of the University of Southern California, he performs internationally and is the leader of the Aram Soba Ensemble, a group dedicated to the musical heritage of Syrian Jewry, as well as serving as artist in residence at Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue and as a Jewish educator throughout the Los Angeles area. <strong>Ways to watch: </strong>This concert will be available on the Museum's <a href="https://facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook page</a> and on the <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/livestream-concert-with-asher-shasho-levy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NMAJH website here.</a> Additionally, if you would prefer to use Zoom to watch the program, <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l5OudUECRiStZxK9zWISpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">you can register and receive the Zoom link here.</a> <div></div> <div>Presented  in partnership with:</div> <div><a href="http://www.bzbi.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-858" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BZBI-Logo.jpg" alt="" width="105" height="126" /></a></div>

<strong>Live online at 4 pm ET</strong> <strong>FREE.</strong><a href="https://programs.cjh.org/tickets/great-kosher-meat-war-2020-12-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong> Registration required here to receive the Zoom link.</strong></a> Presented by <a href="https://programs.cjh.org/index.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Center for Jewish History</a> In partnership with the <a href="https://nmajh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">National Museum of American Jewish History</a> Past program. <a href="https://www.cjh.org/culture/media-archive/great-kosher-meat-war-2020-12-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the recording here</a>. <p style="margin: 0in;">In response to a precipitous rise in the price of kosher meat, thousands of Jewish women took to the streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side on May 15, 1902. Their stated intention was to shut down every kosher butcher shop until prices came down. What was conceived as a nonviolent effort did not remain so for long. In <a href="https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/potomac-books/9781640123588/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">T<em>he Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City</em></a> (University of Nebraska Press, 2020), writer and historian <strong>Scott D. Seligman</strong> tells the twin stories of the Beef Trust, the midwestern cartel that conspired to keep meat prices high despite efforts by the U.S. government to curtail its nefarious practices, and the mostly uneducated female immigrants who discovered their collective consumer power. With few resources and little experience but a great deal of steely determination, this group of women organized themselves into a potent fighting force, and in their first foray into the political arena in their adopted country, successfully challenged powerful vested corporate interests and set a pattern for future generations to follow.</p>

<em><strong>Past program. Recordings from this series can be found on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8xN-0pNqPYaB0z_ekXO3CW5JkM6Jmhqb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katz Center's YouTube channel</a>. </strong></em> <strong>7:30 pm ET FREE. <a href="https://upenn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iBsveMmCSiah-4AytHa2vA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Register here to receive Zoom link</a>.</strong> This program is part of "Jews and the America to Come" series presented by Penn's Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Even as the country struggles with a pandemic and massive unemployment, many Americans have at the same time been newly awakened to racial injustice and economic inequality. Much of the change now underway has been tragic; some of it is hopeful; and the combination may yet produce a very different America. The aim of this online series is to draw on the insights of scholarship to explore the implications of all these changes for American Jews—their role in the changes underway, and/or the stake they have in them as a community. Through presentations by experts from the fields of Jewish Studies, Religious Studies and Political Theory, the series will address the implications for Jews of the #Metoo movement, the continuing struggle against racism, the prospects for freedom of speech, the fight against economic injustice, and the future of America's relationship with Israel. No one can be certain about what the future brings, but in certain ways, the future is already here. The aim of this series is to encourage reflection about the America to come, and what Jews can do to help shape it. Renowned scholar and activist<strong> Dr. Anthea Butler</strong> brings new perspectives to the much-discussed relationship between Black and Jewish Americans in civil rights movements, past and present. <div class="event__text-wrapper"> <strong>Sponsors</strong> Presented in partnership with the <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">National Museum of American Jewish History</a>. <em>We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Klatt Family and the Harry Stern Family Foundation.</em> </div> L. S. Lowry, "Coming from the Mill," 1930, held in The Lowry.

Past program. <a href="https://vimeo.com/487310939" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here to view the recording</a>. <strong>7:00 pm ET</strong> FREE with <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">$5 suggested donation</a> <u><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hmBP2nu_SWm0mbVVE65Arw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Registration required for those watching on zoom.</a></u> Registration not required if viewing on FB. <p style="font-size: 14px;">Presented by<a href="https://www.cla.temple.edu/feinstein-center-for-american-jewish-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Temple University’s Feinstein Center for American Jewish History</a>, the <a href="https://nmajh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">National Museum of American Jewish History</a>, and community sponsorship from the <a href="https://www.freelibrary.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Free Library of Philadelphia</a></p> What does Broadway, a seemingly “innocent” and “frivolous” all-American art form have to say about race and white supremacy? Join <strong>Warren Hoffman</strong>, author of <i>The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical</i>, in conversation with <strong>Elizabeth Wollman</strong>, Baruch College, as they discuss the ways in which Broadway musicals from <i>Oklahoma!</i> And <i>West Side Story</i> to <i>Hamilton</i> and <i>The Book of Mormon</i> shape and have been shaped by the racial ideologies that make the U.S. the nation it is today. To purchase <em>The Great White Way</em> at a 30% discount (with free shipping), enter promo code 02AAAA17 <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart2/Cart?PRESS=rutgers&amp;ISBN=9781978807112" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">on the publisher's website</a>.

<strong><em>Past program. Recordings from this series can be found on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8xN-0pNqPYaB0z_ekXO3CW5JkM6Jmhqb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katz Center's YouTube channel</a>. </em></strong> <strong>7:30 pm ET FREE. <a href="https://upenn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IJ-enCThQumbzCfQF1byow" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Register here to receive Zoom link</a>.</strong> This program is part of "Jews and the America to Come" series presented by <a href="https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Penn's Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies</a> Even as the country struggles with a pandemic and massive unemployment, many Americans have at the same time been newly awakened to racial injustice and economic inequality. Much of the change now underway has been tragic; some of it is hopeful; and the combination may yet produce a very different America. The aim of this online series is to draw on the insights of scholarship to explore the implications of all these changes for American Jews—their role in the changes underway, and/or the stake they have in them as a community. Through presentations by experts from the fields of Jewish Studies, Religious Studies and Political Theory, the series will address the implications for Jews of the #Metoo movement, the continuing struggle against racism, the prospects for freedom of speech, the fight against economic injustice, and the future of America's relationship with Israel. No one can be certain about what the future brings, but in certain ways, the future is already here. The aim of this series is to encourage reflection about the America to come, and what Jews can do to help shape it. The United States has long been Israel’s closest ally, partly due to the tireless advocacy of American Jews. But the American Jewish relationship with Israel is changing, and U.S. policy toward Israel is becoming more controversial domestically. <strong>Dr. Dov Waxman</strong> discusses what these trends mean for the future of American support for Israel. &nbsp; <div class="event__text-wrapper"> <strong>Sponsors</strong> Presented in partnership with the <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">National Museum of American Jewish History</a>. <em>We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Klatt Family and the Harry Stern Family Foundation.</em> </div>

4-5 pm ET <strong>Past program. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=274795060580265&amp;ref=watch_permalink" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here for the recording.</a> </strong> This event will be streamed <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/kennedy-center-arts-across-america/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">live online here</a>. <div>We are thrilled to present the diversity of American Jewish culture through two special musical performances in conjunction with the iconic John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. As part of its Arts Across America series, we will offer a concert featuring <strong>Chloe Pourmorady</strong>, who will share her own creation of Persian-Jewish music, and <strong>Joey Weisenberg</strong>, who will sing ancient Jewish texts with a modern soundscape.</div> <div></div> <div>Presented as part of Arts Across America, brought to you by Facebook—a live performance series presented Mondays through Fridays to uplift &amp; showcase artists from across the country. <a href="http://kennedy-center.org/artsacrossamerica/?fbclid=IwAR1wGv-usCbCVcRIdvFHfaT8tAnxjbOOYhjxsxiQCy_ZYH-cCG5JHPKlTlg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-link-type="web">Learn more here</a>.</div> This event is free with a suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">$5 donation to the Museum</a> to help us continue to bring you this kind of programming, and please consider dropping something in the virtual tip jar for our artists. <div><strong>Virtual Tip Jar</strong></div> <div></div> <div><strong>Chloe Pourmorady</strong></div> <div>Venmo: @chloepourmorady</div> <div>PayPal: chloepourmorady@gmail.com</div> <div></div> <div><strong>Rising Song Institute</strong></div> <div><a href="https://www.risingsong.org/donate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-link-type="web">https://www.risingsong.org/donate</a></div> &nbsp; &nbsp;

<strong><em>Past program. Recordings from this series can be found on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8xN-0pNqPYaB0z_ekXO3CW5JkM6Jmhqb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katz Center's YouTube channel</a>. </em></strong> <strong>7:30 pm ET FREE. <a href="https://upenn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UemrPdjhR8-qNWER8o9ehg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Register here to receive Zoom link</a>.</strong> This program is part of "Jews and the America to Come" series presented by <a href="https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Penn's Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies</a> <strong>The year 2020 has been a transformative one for American society, but what is it becoming?</strong> Even as the country struggles with a pandemic and massive unemployment, many Americans have at the same time been newly awakened to racial injustice and economic inequality. Much of the change now underway has been tragic; some of it is hopeful; and the combination may yet produce a very different America.The aim of this online series is to draw on the insights of scholarship to explore the implications of all these changes for American Jews—their role in the changes underway, and/or the stake they have in them as a community. Through presentations by experts from the fields of Jewish Studies, Religious Studies and Political Theory, the series will address the implications for Jews of the #Metoo movement, the continuing struggle against racism, the prospects for freedom of speech, the fight against economic injustice, and the future of America's relationship with Israel.No one can be certain about what the future brings, but in certain ways, the future is already here. The aim of this series is to encourage reflection about the America to come, and what Jews can do to help shape it. <strong>Rabbi Jill Jacobs’ </strong>career is distinguished by a combination of leadership, intellectual engagement, and an abiding passion for justice. In this talk, she will reflect on the Jewish community's role in America's ongoing and mounting struggle with economic inequality. <div class="event__text-wrapper"> <strong>Sponsors</strong> Presented in partnership with <a href="https://www.truah.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights</a> and the <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">National Museum of American Jewish History</a>. <em>We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Klatt Family and the Harry Stern Family Foundation.</em> Image: Marc Chagall, "La Vie," 1965, held in the Fondation Maeght </div>

<strong>The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex </strong><strong>8:00 pm ET</strong> Past program. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLy2_y605tocQaUCjK5vwuWmnfq7FjgKP" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Symposium recordings available here</a>. <em>Free. Register at here to receive the Zoom link: <a href="https://hartman.tfaforms.net/4717685?program=a0V2X00000LxRKpUAN" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://hartman.tfaforms.net/4717685?program=a0V2X00000LxRKpUAN</a></em> Author <strong>Lila Corwin Berman</strong> joins host <strong>Yehuda Kurtzer</strong> for a live taping of <em>Identity/Crisis</em> podcast, where they will delve into the complicated relationship between private philanthropy, tax policy, and Jewish nonprofits – the topic of her new book, <em>The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex</em>. <i>The Shalom Hartman Center proudly presents this program as a part of the “Judaism, Citizenship, and Democracy Symposium” in partnership with The National Museum of American Jewish History.</i> <hr /> Programs in this series: 10/26 <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/a-time-to-build-strengthening-american-democracy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Time to Build: Strengthening American Democracy</a> 10/27 <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/trust-and-truth-in-a-polarized-era/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trust and Truth in a Polarized Era</a> 10/28 <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-american-jewish-philanthropic-complex/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

<strong>Trust and Truth in a Polarized Era </strong><strong>8:00 pm ET</strong> Past program. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLy2_y605tocQaUCjK5vwuWmnfq7FjgKP" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Symposium recordings available here</a>. <em>Free. Register at here to receive the Zoom link: <a href="https://hartman.tfaforms.net/4717684?program=a0V7R00000MbXakUAF" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://hartman.tfaforms.net/4717685?program=a0V2X00000LxRKpUAN</a></em> Americans are experiencing a deep crisis of trust. We see our partisan opponents as dangerous, have lost faith in our politicians and increasingly struggle with figuring out what is true and what isn’t. The threats of rising populism, extremism, and polarization draw from the very foundations of our social lives, including our reliance on social media. Considering this, how are we to understand this crisis? And what are ways of responding morally - and Jewishly - to the seeming breakdown of truth and faith in this polarized moment? In this session, Hartman faculty <strong>Mijal Bitton</strong> will be in conversation with political scientist, journalist, and founder of Persuasion magazine, <strong>Yascha Mounk</strong>, one of the world's leading experts on the crisis of liberal democracy and the rise of populism. <i>The Shalom Hartman Center proudly presents this program as a part of the “Judaism, Citizenship, and Democracy Symposium” in partnership with The National Museum of American Jewish History.</i> <hr /> Programs in this series: 10/26 <a href="//hartman.tfaforms.net/4717683?program=a0V7R00000LxZ1aUAF" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Time to Build: Strengthening American Democracy</a> 10/27 <a href="https://hartman.tfaforms.net/4717684?program=a0V7R00000MbXakUAF" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trust and Truth in a Polarized Era</a> 10/28 <a href="https://hartman.tfaforms.net/4717685?program=a0V2X00000LxRKpUAN" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex</a>

<strong>A Time to Build: Strengthening American Democracy </strong><strong>8:00 pm ET</strong> Past program. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLy2_y605tocQaUCjK5vwuWmnfq7FjgKP" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Symposium recordings available here</a>. <em>Free. Register at here to receive the Zoom link:  <a href="https://hartman.tfaforms.net/4717683?program=a0V7R00000LxZ1aUAF">https://hartman.tfaforms.net/4717683?program=a0V7R00000LxZ1aUAF</a></em> Can we strengthen American democracy by investing in its institutions? Author <strong>Yuval Levin</strong> and <strong>Rivka Press Schwartz</strong> discuss the Jewish framework of his recent book, <em>A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream</em> <i>The Shalom Hartman Center proudly presents this program as a part of the “Judaism, Citizenship, and Democracy Symposium” in partnership with The National Museum of American Jewish History.</i> <hr /> Programs in this series: 10/26 <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/a-time-to-build-strengthening-american-democracy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Time to Build: Strengthening American Democracy</a> 10/27 <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/trust-and-truth-in-a-polarized-era/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trust and Truth in a Polarized Era</a> 10/28 <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/events/the-american-jewish-philanthropic-complex/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex</a>

<strong>@ 6 pm ET</strong> <strong>J.Proud is hosting an online community Shabbat in honor of National Coming Out Day!</strong> <strong><em>Past event</em></strong> We'll join in prayer and song in a service led by community members and leaders, friends and family. Celebrate your identity, celebrate the joy of being out and proud, and celebrate this incredible community! If you would like to participate in leading this service, through song or prayer, please feel invited to message <a href="https://www.facebook.com/J.ProudEvents" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">J.Proud's facebook page</a>. <a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvc-ioqTsqHNJ0cv8JJnxnCd7JqorqzvqS?fbclid=IwAR0INs9-dutVkAVNbnefpg9srSnVh6Qj32whEo66CgwbhD_xqJZhW6Ru7hA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here to register to receive the Zoom link</a>. Organized and supported by J.Proud members, <a href="https://rodephshalom.org/prism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rodeph Shalom</a>, and NMAJH <hr /> <strong>About J.Proud</strong> <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa fgxwclzu jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m">The mission of the J.Proud Jewish Philly LGBTQ Consortium is to work together as a collective agent of change to raise awareness, educate, and advocate for the diverse needs of the Jewish LGBTQ community while building relationships with allies in the Greater Philadelphia area. J.Proud’s Consortium of members including Jewish organizations, synagogues, schools, and other institutions, are committed to building and nurturing a safety net of LGBTQ-inclusive programs and resources for Jewish LGBTQ individuals and communities. J.Proud hosts events throughout the year in an effort to build community and provide spaces that support and celebrate being Jewish and LGBTQ.</span></span>

<strong>Charlottesville and the Case Against White Supremacy Short Film Screening and Panel Discussion </strong> <strong>Thursday, October 8 2020 at 8 pm ET (5pm PT / 7pm CT) </strong> <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XiEudHRqQei9uG1I26vTRg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here to register</a>. Registration is Required to Access the Zoom Session. This program is free and open to the public <em><strong>Past event</strong></em> <strong>About the program: </strong> Three years ago, neo-Nazis and white supremacists descended on Charlottesville, VA for a weekend of violence. This violence was no accident — rather, it was the result of months of planning. And it served as a harbinger of the cycle of extremist terror that has followed. Integrity First for America (IFA), in partnership with a world-class legal team, is uniquely taking on the neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and hate groups at the center of this violent movement, holding them accountable in federal court for the violence they brought to Charlottesville in 2017. IFA’s lawsuit details how these extremists conspired online to orchestrate a weekend of violence, which resulted in Heather Heyer’s death and extensive injuries. It provides a tangible way to take action against the white supremacy and extremism that’s poisoning this country and has the potential to bankrupt and dismantle the leaders and hate groups at the center of this movement — which is key, given their disturbing connections to the broader cycle of violence. Taking on, and taking down, these violent extremists is all the more critical as we see them try to exploit recent protests to spread disinformation, hate, fear, and violence. Join IFA Executive Director <strong>Amy Spitalnick</strong>, attorney <strong>Michael Bloch</strong>, and co-founder of Nurturing Diversity Partners, <strong>Reggie Jackson</strong>, for an overview of this landmark case and the broader fight against White Supremacy, antisemitism racism, and other forms of hate. The panel will be moderated by <strong>Hannah Rosenthal</strong>, former Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, U.S. State Department; former President and CEO, Milwaukee Jewish Federation. The program will begin with a screening of the short film, ‘Reawakening’, by Alexandra Horowitz in which rabbis and members of Charlottesville’s only synagogue voice responses to the 2017 Unite the Right rallies and discuss how the antisemitism they experienced transformed their community, including how it led them to become more involved in social justice, and the DC-based independent filmmaker’s comments about the project. <strong>Program Partners &amp; Suggested Donations</strong> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwji44LZtOvrAhVrhXIEHTvQCgYQFjAAegQIARAD&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fjewishmuseummilwaukee.org%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw10UqWNl8rlPa6Tg8LTsFy2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jewish Museum Milwaukee</a> is proud to partner with <a href="https://www.integrityfirstforamerica.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Integrity First for America</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiP_YX-tOvrAhXLmHIEHVRuAhUQFjAAegQIARAB&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.holocaustmuseumla.org%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw2D1UGo8veA5CuEUd1Z81vX" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Holocaust Museum LA</a>, <a href="https://nmajh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">National Museum of American Jewish History</a>, and <a href="http://nurturingdiversity.us/">Nurturing Diversity Partners</a> to provide this meaningful program. Please consider donating to support the work of these organizations. All donations will be shared. <p style="font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.mobilecause.com/f/16lb/n?vid=1ex4a" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DONATE HERE</a></p> Sponsored by the <a href="https://www.milwaukeejewish.org/departments/social-action/jcrc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jewish Community Relations Council of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation</a> &nbsp; <p style="font-size: 75%;">Image: Flowers and a photo of car-ramming victim Heather Heyer lie at a makeshift memorial on Aug. 13. Justin Ide—Reuters. https://time.com/charlottesville-white-nationalist-rally-clashes/</p> <hr /> <b>Jewish Museum Milwaukee's Critical Conversation Starters: Social Justice Series</b> Take an in-depth look at the plight and fight surrounding fundamental human and civil rights issues taking place around the country and in Milwaukee. In this engaging, edifying series, national, community and organizational leaders, will discuss vital social justice topics – historical, novel, amplified, systemic, evolving – amid a time of unrest and uncertainty. Prejudicial treatment, cultural bias, accessibility, and opportunity barriers are social ills that can and must be addressed. Hear about the impact on Milwaukee, how diverse organizations are involved, and what services and initiatives are in place and being developed to combat these ails and effect positive change.

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><b>Mayim Bialik returns to NMAJH virtually </b>Tuesday, October 6 @ 7 pm ET (4 pm PT) Free, with special Q&amp;A access for just $15</p> <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><strong>Past program. <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/livestream-conversation-with-mayim-bialik/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">View the recording here.</a> Program begins at the 39-minute mark</strong></p> &nbsp; <p class="x_x_MsoNormal">We are excited to welcome quadruple threat, <b>Mayim Bialik</b>, for an online conversation.</p> <p class="x_x_MsoNormal">This actress, neuroscientist, author, and producer last joined us in person in 2012. We can't wait to hear about everything she's been up to since then! From the spectacular success of the number one comedy in America <em>The Big Bang Theory</em>, to the new show <em>Call me Kat</em> slated to begin shooting this fall which she's producing and in which she'll also star, to authoring <em>New York Times</em> bestselling books, and everything in between and still to come.</p> <p class="x_x_MsoNormal">Can't get enough of this powerhouse? The program will stream for free on our website and Facebook Live <strong>OR</strong><b> you can upgrade your experience for just $15 to watch the entire program on Zoom with access to an exclusive audience Q&amp;A.</b></p> <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><b>Reserve your upgraded experience today!</b></p> You will be able to watch the entire program on Zoom and participate in an exclusive Q&amp;A with Mayim not available on the free livestream. The link will be emailed to you with your ticket confirmation. <ul> <li><a href="http://tickets.nmajh.org/WebStore/shop/ViewItems.aspx?Merchant=NMAJH&amp;CG=TKT&amp;C=MBRTKT" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NMAJH Members reserve your free ticket here</a>. Members: You MUST reserve a free ticket to receive the Zoom link.</li> <li><a href="https://tickets.nmajh.org/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=TKT&amp;c=PPE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Purchase your $15 General Public upgrade here</a></li> </ul> <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><b>How to access the free livestream</b></p> <em>If you'd like to watch the program for free, without access to the exclusive Q&amp;A, here's how you do it:</em> <ul> <li><strong>Facebook Live:</strong> Look for the LIVE post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-link-type="web" data-segment-action="add" data-segment-id="cad20b84-9d35-11ea-8f6a-d4ae5292c36f">Museum's Facebook page</a> just before the program start-time. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program.</li> <li><strong>NMAJH Website:</strong> A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be available on <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/livestream-conversation-with-mayim-bialik/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-link-type="web" data-segment-action="add" data-segment-id="cad20b84-9d35-11ea-8f6a-d4ae5292c36f">the Museum's website here.</a> Please note that you may need to refresh your screen—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts.</li> <li><strong>Registration:</strong> Registration is not required. For those viewing on Facebook, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/events/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-link-type="web" data-segment-action="add" data-segment-id="cad20b84-9d35-11ea-8f6a-d4ae5292c36f">RSVP via Facebook is encouraged</a>, though not required. Please consider making <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a $5 donation</a> when participating in free programming. Thank you!</li> </ul> <div class="home__event-all-cta-wrapper" style="text-align: center;"><a id="home__event-all-cta" class="box-cta box-cta--large box-cta--inline box-cta--red box-cta-filled" href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=DonationButton&amp;c_src2=Livestream" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="box-cta__label">Donate</span></a></div> &nbsp; <hr /> <p class="x_x_MsoNormal"><b>For more on Mayim... </b></p> <ul> <li class="x_x_MsoNormal"><a title="https://www.today.com/popculture/mayim-bialik-shares-how-her-faith-provides-her-comfort-during-t179455" href="https://www.today.com/popculture/mayim-bialik-shares-how-her-faith-provides-her-comfort-during-t179455" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Check out this article from TODAY</a> about how Mayim leans on her Jewish faith during the pandemic.</li> <li class="x_x_MsoNormal"><a title="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mayim-Bialik-Bio-Card-Pdf.pdf" href="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mayim-Bialik-Bio-Card-Pdf.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here for Mayim's bio</a>.</li> </ul> &nbsp; 📸: Storm Santos

<strong>Conversation and Concert with Nani Noam Vazana</strong> <strong>Past program. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/41182871633/videos/367497137770207" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here for the recording.</a>. The recording begins at 13 minutes.</strong> Wednesday, September 30 at 1 pm ET via Facebook Live and NMAJH website Free, with suggested $5 donation. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/3582093318470195/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook RSVP encouraged</a>. Registration not required. In partnership with <a href="http://jewsinallhues.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jews in ALL Hues</a> <p style="font-size: 120%;">Celebrate and explore the music of the Israeli-born, Netherlands-based Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) artist, <strong>Nani Noam Vazana</strong>. Nani will sit down virtually with NMAJH public programs manager and musician, Dan Samuels, to talk about her upbringing, her Moroccan roots, musical influences, and what drives her passion for preserving old and creating new Ladino music.</p> <p style="font-size: 120%;">Nani is an acclaimed international singer, composer, pianist, and trombonist. Her current work captures the spirit of an endangered language and culture, propels it into the 21st century with socially pertinent lyrics, and celebrates migration, gender, and identity from a strong, female perspective. Read more about Nani in <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-israeli-singer-in-amsterdam-creates-the-worlds-first-ladino-pop-album/#gs.fp9m40" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this article.</a></p> <p style="font-size: 120%;"><strong>Ways to watch</strong> Look for the LIVE post on the <a href="http://nmajh.org/facebook" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Museum's Facebook page</a> at 1pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program.</p> <p style="font-size: 120%;">Beginning at 1pm EST, this program will also be available on the <a href="https://nmajh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Museum's website NMAJH.org</a> via a pop-up message on the homepage. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook during the live program.</p> <hr /> <strong>About the series: </strong> This series launched in June 2020 explores music from varied Jewish traditions and diverse cultures, from the historic and traditional to the contemporary and reimagined. Through conversations, performances, videos, audio, and audience Q&amp;A, this series will use music to better understand the complex, culturally diverse communities which make up the Jewish People, and our nation. <strong>More about Nani Noam Vazana</strong> Nani Noam Vazana is an acclaimed international singer, composer, pianist and trombonist. She brings a breath of fresh air into the world music landscape with her hypnotizing vocals, often compared to Mercedes Sosa and Nina Simone, and her timeless compositions, which blend Middle Eastern music, North African beats, and the Sephardic traditional song. The cultural backgrounds of her fellow musicians – Pablo Dominguez (son of Chano Doinguez) on guitar and Ayoze de Alejandro on percussion - range, like the Ladino language itself, from all around the globe: the Iberian peninsula, Israel and The Canary Islands. For 2020 she is booked to play on major stages: the Richmond Folk Festival USA (main stage), the Montana Folk Festival USA (main stage), representing Israel at the HUE Festival Vietnam, the Manchester Jazz Festival UK and 34 more dates around the world. In 2019, she performed at the Kennedy Center USA, Jodhpur RIFF festival India, represented the Netherlands at the EU Music Festival in Vietnam, won the SENA Album Award and an Arts Council England Commission Award. The Dutch NPO network released a mini documentary about Nani’s musical work in 2018. Nani also composed music for BBC and NPO documentaries. Nani is the chairwoman of the Amsterdam Artist Collective, CEO at <em>Why DIY Music</em> and at <em>Nova Productions</em>, and is a frequent collaborator, including with the Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra and South-African cellist Abel Selaocoe.

<div><strong>2:30 pm ET (11:30 am PT)</strong></div> <div></div> <div><strong>Past program. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/41182871633/videos/669219870370853" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Please find a recording here.</a> The program begins at the 32-minute mark.</strong></div> <div></div> <div>As we approach the holiest day on the Jewish calendar—Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement—we are in a period called the Days of Awe. It is a time of deep reflection when we contemplate the meaning of life and loss. In a year like the one we have all been experiencing, it's hard to reconcile so much hardship and loss with renewed hope and optimism for the new year that lies ahead.</div> <div></div> <div>Rabbi Sally J. Priesand, the first ordained female rabbi in the U.S., will offer her thoughts, and words of reflection for study and prayer during this time leading up to Yom Kippur and the Yizkor—memorial—service. We will then view and recall together the moving remarks Justice Ginsburg made during her <em>Only in America</em> award acceptance speech at our Museum just this past December, before concluding with the Mourner's Kaddish—a solemn prayer traditionally spoken by those mourning the loss of a loved one, teacher, or person held in high respect.</div> <div></div> <div> <div><strong>Ways to Participate</strong></div> <div></div> <div>Facebook Live: Look for the LIVE post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-segment-action="add" data-segment-id="cad20b84-9d35-11ea-8f6a-d4ae5292c36f">Museum's Facebook page</a> just before the program start-time. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program.</div> <div></div> <div>NMAJH Website: The livestream will also be available <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/online-memorial-service-in-memory-of-justice-ginsburg/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">on the Museum's website.  </a><strong>You may need to refresh your screen</strong>—the static image will be replaced with the live feed about 20 minutes before the program starts.</div> <div></div> <div>Registration: Registration is not required. For those viewing on Facebook, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/373198237021148/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-segment-action="add" data-segment-id="cad20b84-9d35-11ea-8f6a-d4ae5292c36f">RSVP via Facebook is encouraged </a>though not required.</div> </div> <div></div> <div>Image: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court official portrait, 2016</div>

<div>Wednesday, September 16 @ 1pm EST</div> <div>Free via Facebook Live and NMAJH.org</div> <div></div> <div><strong>Past program. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/41182871633/videos/332457897829544" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recording available here.</a> The program begins at 19 min and 30 seconds.</strong></div> <div></div> <div>We're excited to bring you acclaimed musician, Sarah Aroeste, live from her home to yours! Sarah 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 five albums, from a feminist Ladino rock album (Gracia, 2012) to an all-original Ladino children’s album (Ora de Despertar, 2016). 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. <a title="http://www.saraharoeste.com" href="http://www.saraharoeste.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.saraharoeste.com</a></div> <div></div> <div><strong>Ways to Watch</strong></div> <div></div> <div>FACEBOOK OPTION: Look for the LIVE post on the Museum's Facebook page just before 1pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program.</div> <div></div> <div> WEBSITE OPTION: Beginning at 1pm EST, this program will also be available at NMAJH.org via a pop-up message on the homepage. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook during the live program. REGISTRATION RSVP via Facebook is encouraged, though not required. <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=DonationButton&amp;c_src2=Homepage" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">This event is free with a suggested donation of $5</a>. </div>

<strong>12 - 12:45 pm ET</strong> Past program. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=235608061142231&amp;ref=watch_permalink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the recording here</a>. We’re excited to partner on the Smithsonian Folklife Festival's upcoming digital program, <em>First Synagogue in the Americas</em>. Join historians <strong>Dr. Jacques Ribemboim</strong> and <strong>Dr. Daniela Levy</strong> as they share the fascinating tale of the Jewish community of Pernambuco and its first synagogue in the Americas, Kahal Zur Israel, erected over 380 years ago in Recife, Brazil. Fleeing persecution, 23 members of the community went on to establish Shearith Israel in New Amsterdam (New York City), the first Jewish congregation in North America. This story is also where our Museum’s core exhibition begins, when these first permanent Jewish settlers came to the New World. Filmmaker and DJ Grace Mozes moderates. <div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql">This event is part of the Festival’s “Brasil: Nações do Nordeste” programming.</div> <div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql"></div> <div>WAYS TO WATCH</div> <div>There are lots of ways to watch -- choose the method that works best for you!</div> <div> <em>This event will be streamed live on the <a href="https://festival.si.edu/event/story-circle-first-synagogue-in-the-americas">Folklife Festival website</a>, the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/599778587379541">Folklife Festival Facebook page</a>, and the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/SmithsonianFolklife">Folklife Festival YouTube page</a>.</em> ACCESSIBILITY Real-time captioning (CART) and American Sign Language interpretation will be provided for this program while it’s live. To access, please follow the links below. </div> <div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql">Simulcast with ASL and CART: <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" tabindex="0" role="link" href="https://s.si.edu/folklifeASL?fbclid=IwAR0M3bIuIixsbS0XfJntHFU90N64b1UQWXS7l71TAkFJ5TlQvOyovoG-0Io" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://s.si.edu/folklifeASL</a></div> <div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql">CART only via Streamtext: <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" tabindex="0" role="link" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fs.si.edu%2FfolklifeCART%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0M3bIuIixsbS0XfJntHFU90N64b1UQWXS7l71TAkFJ5TlQvOyovoG-0Io&amp;h=AT0t-FJHYCvgtR000jGzWkA5PwtN8eMpUwW1g1iby8JLSiWj6k_y8iAzGvBLw0kBC6wZyJNz_mpct1hX-fEhzMQsv-3tV_SsgfKGM2RnBGFowPrsNggEDUwP-LKFk3lia1MSvR8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://s.si.edu/folklifeCART</a></div>

<h4><strong>7-8 pm Eastern</strong> <strong>This program is free and open to the public | </strong><strong><a href="https://jewishmuseummilwaukee.org/donate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Suggested donation $5</a> </strong>All donations will be shared between JMM and the National Museum of American Jewish History.</h4> Past program. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2699211570350904&amp;ref=watch_permalink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the recording here</a>. <h4><a href="https://jewishmuseummilwaukee.org/events/virtual-book-club-lost-family/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here for more information and to register</a><strong>. Pre-registration is required to receive Zoom link.</strong></h4> You swab your cheek or spit into a vial, then send it away to a lab somewhere. Weeks later you get a report that might tell you where your ancestors came from or if you carry certain genetic risks. Or the report could reveal a long-buried family secret and upend your entire sense of identity.Soon a lark becomes an obsession, an incessant desire to find answers to questions at the core of your being, like “Who am I?” and “Where did I come from?” Welcome to the age of home genetic testing. Award-winning journalist <strong>Libby Copeland</strong> will discuss her new book, T<em>he Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are</em>. In this book, Copeland investigates what happens when we embark on a vast social experiment with little understanding of the ramifications. She explores the culture of genealogy buffs, the science of DNA, and the business of companies like Ancestry and 23andMe, all while tracing the story of one woman, her unusual results, and a relentless methodical drive for answers that becomes a thoroughly modern genetic detective story. Organized by: <img class="alignnone wp-image-1001" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Jewish-Museum-Milwaukee-logo.jpg" alt="" width="344" height="86" />

<strong>Wednesday, August 12 at 4 pm ET</strong> <strong>via Zoom </strong> <strong>Registration required</strong> Past program. <a href="https://www.cjh.org/culture/media-archive/wndering-dixie-2020-08-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the recording here</a>. <strong>Sue Eisenfeld</strong> is a Yankee by birth and a Virginian by choice, an urbanite who came to appreciate the rural South while understanding the need to interrogate its complexities. In <em><a href="https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814255810.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wandering Dixie: Dispatches from the Lost Jewish South</a></em>, she travels to nine states, uncovering how the history of Jewish southerners converges with the region’s complex, conflicted present. Learning how some southern Jews benefited from slavery and escaped some discrimination by not being on the lowest rung of society’s ladder, she finds herself on an African-American history journey as well, investigating the unexpected ways that race, religion, and hidden histories intertwine. <strong>Tickets:</strong> Pay what you wish; reservation required at <a href="https://eisenfeld.bpt.me/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">eisenfeld.bpt.me</a> or 800-838-3006 to receive a link to the Zoom program <strong>Presented by:</strong> Center for Jewish History and the National Museum of American Jewish History

<strong>Thursday, August 6 at 2pm ET</strong> Past program. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/41182871633/videos/763650727720558" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recording available HERE.</a> Program begins at 20 min 20 seconds. Meet the author of the runaway hit children's book, <em>Good Morning Zoom</em>! Learn firsthand how the book came about and enjoy hearing the book read aloud by author Lindsay Rechler herself. <strong>About the Author: </strong> Lindsay Rechler is a mother to two young children, Jack and Kenzie. She lives in Manhattan and is a Managing Director at a global investment bank. Like all parents, within the last few months, she and her husband Zack have also become chefs, bakers, coaches, teachers, musical directors, sanitizers, authors and artists. <em>Good Morning Zoom</em> was written for today’s children and for future generations to record the impact the pandemic had on our lives and how we weathered the storm together. <strong>About the book:</strong> <em>Good Morning Zoom</em> is a story based on the classic children’s poetry of <em>Goodnight Moon</em>. This modern twist expresses the emotions young children might be feeling during the global pandemic. Their reality has become isolating with their parents, many of whom are still working from home, and seeing friends and loved ones only through the barrier of a screen. This lyrical portrayal of life during the Coronavirus gives voice and hope to our youngest who are replacing school and hugs with technology. <strong> Ways to Watch: Facebook Live or NMAJH.org</strong> Look for the LIVE post on the Museum's Facebook page just before 2pm EST. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. Beginning at 2pm EST, this program will also be available at <a href="http://nmajh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NMAJH.org</a> via a pop-up message on the homepage. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook during the live program. <strong>Registration</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2754741204849964" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RSVP via Facebook is encouraged</a>. This event is free, registration not required. Donations welcome. <strong>Buy the Book</strong> Good Morning Zoom is available in the Museum Store <a href="https://www.judaicashop.net/p-11036-good-morning-zoom.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

<strong>Wednesday, August 5 at 4 pm ET</strong> <strong><em>Past program.</em> </strong> The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) and the National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH) share a legacy of collaboration since their founding. Learn about this unique and valued relationship and the implications it has on relationships between the Black and Jewish Communities in our region today. This discussion will feature <strong>Ivan Henderson</strong>, Vice President of Programming for AAMP, <strong>Josh Perelman</strong> PhD, Chief Curator &amp; Director of Exhibitions and Interpretation for NMAJH, and will be moderated by <strong>Shira Goodman</strong>, Regional Director, ADL. <strong>TO REGISTER:</strong> <a href="https://adl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYldO2hrzooG9G3F_kPo2abYJSEWwE2ehUV" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Please click here to register.</a> This event is will be held over Zoom. You must register to receive the link.

<p align="center"><b>Presented by the Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival (GPJFF)</b></p> <p align="center"><b>A 4-Part Virtual Film Series!</b></p> <p align="center"><b>Every Monday Night, July 13 - August 3, 2020 </b></p> <p align="center"><b>7 PM EST</b></p> <p align="center"><b>Post-film discussions with guest speakers to be announced!</b></p> <p align="center">$10 General Admission</p> <p align="center">$36 "Double Chai" Pass (gets you ALL four films)</p> <i>Today, we live in a rare moment </i><i>– a moment where transformation is possible and we, as a people, are capable of changing history! As we continue to navigate our differences, share our experiences, ask questions, and educate ourselves, we must remember it is up to us – as citizens of these united states – to be the change we want to see.</i> <i>The staff at GPJFF hopes that <b>SHARED STORIES </b>will inspire dialogue and meaningful conversations, increase empathy and understanding, encourage further learning, and spur one to take action in whatever way feels right to them.</i> <i>Upon registering, the night of the screening at 6 PM EST, you will receive an email with a private link for the film.</i> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18605" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18605" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/they-aint-ready-for-me/">They Ain’t Ready for Me</a></b> Monday, July 13</dd> </dl> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18607" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18607" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/shared-legacies/">Shared Legacies</a></b> Monday, July 20</dd> </dl> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18606" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18606" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/joachim-prinz/">Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent</a></b> Monday, July 27</dd> </dl> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18608" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18608" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/sammy-davis/">Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me</a></b> Monday, August 3</dd> </dl> &nbsp;

<p align="center"><b>Presented by the Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival (GPJFF)</b></p> <p align="center"><b>A 4-Part Virtual Film Series!</b></p> <p align="center"><b>Every Monday Night, July 13 - August 3, 2020 </b></p> <p align="center"><b>7 PM EST</b></p> <p align="center"><b>Post-film discussions with guest speakers to be announced!</b></p> <p align="center">$10 General Admission</p> <p align="center">$36 "Double Chai" Pass (gets you ALL four films)</p> <i>Today, we live in a rare moment </i><i>– a moment where transformation is possible and we, as a people, are capable of changing history! As we continue to navigate our differences, share our experiences, ask questions, and educate ourselves, we must remember it is up to us – as citizens of these united states – to be the change we want to see.</i> <i>The staff at GPJFF hopes that <b>SHARED STORIES </b>will inspire dialogue and meaningful conversations, increase empathy and understanding, encourage further learning, and spur one to take action in whatever way feels right to them.</i> <i>Upon registering, the night of the screening at 6 PM EST, you will receive an email with a private link for the film.</i> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18605" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18605" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/they-aint-ready-for-me/">They Ain’t Ready for Me</a></b> Monday, July 13</dd> </dl> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18607" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18607" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/shared-legacies/">Shared Legacies</a></b> Monday, July 20</dd> </dl> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18606" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18606" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/joachim-prinz/">Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent</a></b> Monday, July 27</dd> </dl> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18608" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18608" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/sammy-davis/">Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me</a></b> Monday, August 3</dd> </dl> &nbsp;

<p align="center"><b>Presented by the Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival (GPJFF)</b></p> <p align="center"><b>A 4-Part Virtual Film Series!</b></p> <p align="center"><b>Every Monday Night, July 13 - August 3, 2020 </b></p> <p align="center"><b>7 PM EST</b></p> <p align="center"><b>Post-film discussions with guest speakers to be announced!</b></p> <p align="center">$10 General Admission</p> <p align="center">$36 "Double Chai" Pass (gets you ALL four films)</p> <i>Today, we live in a rare moment </i><i>– a moment where transformation is possible and we, as a people, are capable of changing history! As we continue to navigate our differences, share our experiences, ask questions, and educate ourselves, we must remember it is up to us – as citizens of these united states – to be the change we want to see.</i> <i>The staff at GPJFF hopes that <b>SHARED STORIES </b>will inspire dialogue and meaningful conversations, increase empathy and understanding, encourage further learning, and spur one to take action in whatever way feels right to them.</i> <i>Upon registering, the night of the screening at 6 PM EST, you will receive an email with a private link for the film.</i> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18605" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18605" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/they-aint-ready-for-me/">They Ain’t Ready for Me</a></b> Monday, July 13</dd> </dl> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18607" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18607" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/shared-legacies/">Shared Legacies</a></b> Monday, July 20</dd> </dl> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18606" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18606" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/joachim-prinz/">Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent</a></b> Monday, July 27</dd> </dl> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18608" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18608" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/sammy-davis/">Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me</a></b> Monday, August 3</dd> </dl> &nbsp;

<p align="center"><b>Presented by the Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival (GPJFF)</b></p> <p align="center"><b>A 4-Part Virtual Film Series!</b></p> <p align="center"><b>Every Monday Night, July 13 - August 3, 2020 </b></p> <p align="center"><b>7 PM EST</b></p> <p align="center"><b>Post-film discussions with guest speakers to be announced!</b></p> <p align="center">$10 General Admission</p> <p align="center">$36 "Double Chai" Pass (gets you ALL four films)</p> <i>Today, we live in a rare moment </i><i>– a moment where transformation is possible and we, as a people, are capable of changing history! As we continue to navigate our differences, share our experiences, ask questions, and educate ourselves, we must remember it is up to us – as citizens of these united states – to be the change we want to see.</i> <i>The staff at GPJFF hopes that <b>SHARED STORIES </b>will inspire dialogue and meaningful conversations, increase empathy and understanding, encourage further learning, and spur one to take action in whatever way feels right to them.</i> <i>Upon registering, the night of the screening at 6 PM EST, you will receive an email with a private link for the film.</i> &nbsp; <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Tamar-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18605" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18605" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/they-aint-ready-for-me/">They Ain’t Ready for Me</a></b> Monday, July 13</dd> </dl> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Shared-Legacies-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18607" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18607" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/shared-legacies/">Shared Legacies</a></b> Monday, July 20</dd> </dl> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Joachim-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18606" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18606" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/joachim-prinz/">Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent</a></b> Monday, July 27</dd> </dl> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><img class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" src="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-150x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail.jpg 150w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-96x96.jpg 96w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-24x24.jpg 24w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-36x36.jpg 36w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-48x48.jpg 48w, https://pjff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sammy-Thumbnail-64x64.jpg 64w" alt="" width="150" aria-describedby="gallery-1-18608" /></dt> <dd id="gallery-1-18608" class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption"><b><a href="https://pjff.org/sammy-davis/">Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me</a></b> Monday, August 3</dd> </dl>

<span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j irj2b8pg enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Friday, July 10, 2020 at 12 PM Pacific/3 PM Eastern </span> <strong><em>Past program.</em> </strong> We're excited to co-present this edition of RadioCJM -- a daytime music program brought to you by our friends at <a href="https://thecjm.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> The Contemporary Jewish Museum</a> in San Francisco. This installment features performances by <strong>Elie Massias</strong> (pictured) that evokes the vistas and musical influences of Massias's birthplace of Gibraltar, his Sephardic ancestry, jazz, flamenco guitar, and more. As Stuart Boomer of Cadence Magazine writes, “Massias has a command of the guitar that extends from the fingerboard to the amplifier, from the lightest acoustic play to R&amp;B.” Join us for a unique form of musical expression drawn from a lifetime of varied experience and musical genres. Click here to register on zoom: <a href="https://thecjm.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P6V1O-CLTXuthUTOE5tkvg?fbclid=IwAR1mj-LdX2BCOng0trJFY8w2fg9LBeStu0OcJWeFW1xl_aFAFXffDHld5Gk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> https://thecjm.me/2XRVxoc</a>

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/469743633" width="640" height="373" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong>Conversation and Concert with Clinton Fearon</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Originally aired and recorded on Wednesday, July 8 at 6 pm Eastern</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Celebrate and explore the music of the Jamaican-born singer and songwriter, <b>Clinton Fearon</b>. Clinton will sit down virtually with NMAJH public programs manager and musician, Dan Samuels, to talk about his upbringing, musical influences, favorite collaborators, what drives his efforts to heal the world with music,  and the similarities and differences between Judaism and Rastafarianism. We will premiere captivating video recordings of Clinton and be treated to a live performance as well.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Ways to watch:</strong> Look for the LIVE post on the Museum's Facebook page at 6pm EST. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program.</p> Beginning at 6pm EST, this program will also be available at NMAJH.org via a pop-up message on the homepage. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook during the live program. Free. Donations welcome. <strong>About the series: </strong> This new series explores music from varied Jewish traditions and diverse cultures, from the historic and traditional to the contemporary and reimagined. Through conversations, performances, videos, audio, and audience Q&amp;A, this series will use music to better understand the complex, culturally diverse communities which make up the Jewish People, and our nation. <strong>Episode presented in partnership with:</strong> <img class="alignnone wp-image-858" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BZBI-Logo.jpg" alt="" width="105" height="126" /> <strong>More About Clinton Fearon:</strong> “My music is good for the soul, always with a message of hope and betterment for tomorrow.” A member of the legendary Gladiators, one of the most popular vocal groups to emerge from Jamaica in the formative years of reggae, singer and songwriter Clinton Fearon has been bringing roots reggae music to audiences across the globe for more than four decades. Emerging from the island of Jamaica in the 1960s, reggae captivated the world with its musical calls for justice, freedom, and equality, and messages of hope and redemption. Clinton’s vibrant voice, the deep groove of his bass playing, and his visionary lyrics remind listeners that reggae is much more than just a musical style. The reggae beat, slow and steady like the human heartbeat, has roots in Jamaica’s indigenous folk percussion and the religious drumming known as nyahbingi. Reggae also drew from mento, a Jamaican folk music closely related to Trinidadian calypso, and from two popular homegrown dance styles, ska and rock steady, both influenced by American R&amp;B and jump blues. Reggae’s development is intertwined with the history of Rastafarianism, a spiritual, social, and political movement that developed among the island’s poor beginning in the 1930s. In the volatile political climate of the 1960s, these musical antecedents fused with the social activism and spiritual consciousness of Rastafarianism to produce reggae. Inspired by these musical currents, Clinton Fearon formed his first band as a teenager in Kingston. Then, in 1969, he was playing guitar in his yard when a member of the Gladiators overheard his voice; the band, with a big hit under their belts but suddenly short a singer, quickly recruited the talented 19-year-old. For the next 18 years, Fearon was a key member of the internationally legendary Gladiators, playing bass guitar and contributing to the band’s distinctive vocal mix. Fearon’s talent for songwriting also had a huge impact on the band’s legacy. At the same time, his commanding bass playing earned him steady work as a session musician with some of the biggest producers on the island, Lee “Scratch” Perry of Black Ark Studio and Coxsonne Dodd of Studio One. In 1987, at the end of an international Gladiators’ tour, Fearon formed a new group, the Defenders, with other reggae musicians sojourning in the U.S. The Defenders’ stateside success led Fearon to settle permanently in Seattle. In 1994, Fearon started his own roots reggae ensemble, the Boogie Brown Band. Fearon remains a prodigious composer—his 11th self-produced album, <em>This Morning</em>, was released in 2016—and a powerful voice for the redemptive vision of reggae. As he says, “My music is good for the soul, always with a message of hope and betterment for tomorrow."

<strong>Conversation and Concert with Rabbi Yosef Goldman </strong>Past Program. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/41182871633/videos/730803684417155" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recording available HERE</a>. (Begins at the 29 minute mark) Wednesday, July 1 at 6 pm Eastern via Facebook Live and NMAJH website Free, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/190767385624809/">Facebook RSVP encouraged</a>. Celebrate and explore the music of <strong>Rabbi Yosef Goldman’s</strong> new album, <em>Open My Heart</em> (2019, Rising Song Records). Rabbi Goldman will sit down virtually with NMAJH public programs manager and musician, <strong>Dan Samuels</strong>, to talk about his upbringing, musical influences, favorite collaborators, and what drives his efforts to heal the world with music. We will premiere never-before-seen captivating recordings of Yosef and other musicians created during the making of the album, and see if – just maybe – we can get Yosef to sing something for us live. <strong>To watch:</strong> Look for the LIVE post on the Museum's Facebook page at 6pm EST. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. Beginning at 6pm EST, this program will also be available at NMAJH.org via a pop-up message on the homepage. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available on Facebook during the live program. Free. Donations welcome. <strong>About the series: </strong> This new series explores music from varied Jewish traditions and diverse cultures, from the historic and traditional to the contemporary and reimagined. Through conversations, performances, videos, audio, and audience Q&amp;A, this series will use music to better understand the complex, culturally diverse communities which make up the Jewish People, and our nation. The first three installments of this series will celebrate and explore contemporary Jewish music with noticeable influences from near and far through the leaders of the Philadelphia-based Rising Song Institute. <strong>Series presented in partnership with:</strong> <img class="alignnone wp-image-863" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Combined-Logos-1.jpg" alt="" width="314" height="188" /> <strong>About Rabbi Yosef Goldman:</strong> Rabbi Yosef Goldman is the Co-Director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute. Raised in a mixed Orthodox Ashkenazi and Mizrachi home, Yosef has taught and led prayer in communities of every Jewish movement. He has served as <em>ba’al tefillah</em> for some of the most spiritually vibrant and creative prayer communities in the United States and Israel, including Romemu and B’nai Jeshurun in Manhattan, the Kitchen in San Francisco, and Beit Tefila Yisraeli in Israel. For over a decade, as a consultant, Yosef has advised synagogues and prayer communities seeking to deepen the communal and spiritual experience through musical prayer. Yosef’s original Jewish music is sung at synagogues, schools, and camps across the country. His first album of original music, <em>Open My Heart</em>, was released by the Rising Song Institute in the winter of 2019. As a sought-after vocalist, Yosef performs and records with a wide range of Jewish artists. He is a longtime featured vocalist in the Hadar Ensemble and a founding member of the Middle Eastern Jewish music ensemble, <em>The Epichorus</em>. Along with trombonist Dan Blacksberg, Yosef was selected by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts for its 2018-2019 Jazz Residency. Yosef received rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2013, with a concentration in pastoral care and counseling, and was also awarded a Master of Sacred Music. He most recently served as Rabbi and Director of Sacred Music at Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel in Philadelphia. &nbsp;

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/437954320" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong>Conversation and Concert with Deborah Sacks Mintz</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Recorded and aired on Wednesday, June 24 at 6 pm Eastern</strong> </p> Celebrate and explore the music of <strong>Deborah Sacks Mintz’s</strong> new album, <em>The Narrow and The Expanse</em> (2020, Rising Song Records). Deborah will sit down virtually with NMAJH public programs manager and musician, <strong>Dan Samuels</strong>, to talk about her upbringing, musical influences, favorite collaborators and what drives her efforts to heal the world with music. We will premiere captivating, never-before-seen recordings of Deborah and other musicians created during the making of the album, and see if – just maybe – we can get Deborah to sing something for us live. <strong>About the series: </strong> This new series explores music from varied Jewish traditions and diverse cultures, from the historic and traditional to the contemporary and reimagined. Through conversations, performances, videos, audio, and audience Q&amp;A, this series will use music to better understand the complex, culturally diverse communities which make up the Jewish People, and our nation. The first three installments of this series will celebrate and explore contemporary Jewish music with noticeable influences from near and far through the leaders of the Philadelphia-based Rising Song Institute. <strong>Episode presented in partnership with:</strong> <img class="alignnone wp-image-863" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Combined-Logos-1.jpg" alt="" width="353" height="211" /> <strong>More About Deborah Sacks Mintz:</strong> A musician, educator, and prayer facilitator, Deborah Sacks Mintz serves as a resource to communities across North America and beyond who seek to deepen their practice of empowered song and connective prayer. She has served innovative institutions across the country as a teacher of Torah and Jewish communal music, including Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, the Brandeis Collegiate Institute in Los Angeles, and currently as a rabbinic fellow at B’nai Jeshurun in NYC as well as on faculty at Hadar’s Rising Song Institute. In addition to composing new Jewish melodies and facilitating leadership workshops nationwide, Deborah can be found regularly collaborating with a myriad of musicians, including Joey Weisenberg, Chava Mirel, Josh Warshawsky, and Elana Arian. A leading voice in the Jewish music soundscape, her distinctive harmonies can be heard on over a dozen records by artists from coast to coast. A Wexner Graduate Fellow, Deborah is pursuing rabbinical ordination at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and holds degrees in music and religious anthropology from the University of Michigan

<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/434347218" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span></iframe></p> <strong>Conversation and Concert with Joey Weisenberg, founder of the Rising Song Institute</strong> Wednesday, June 17 at 6 pm Eastern via Facebook Live and NMAJH website Free, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/259974381928500/">Facebook RSVP encouraged</a> <strong>Joey Weisenberg</strong> has seven albums of <em>nigunim</em> (traditional Jewish tunes) and two books to his name. Joey will sit down virtually with NMAJH public programs manager and musician, <strong>Dan Samuels</strong>, to talk about his upbringing, musical influences, favorite collaborators, and what drives his efforts to heal the world with music. We will premiere never-before-seen captivating recordings of Joey and the Hadar Ensemble and see if – just maybe – we can get Joey to sing something for us live. <strong>About the series: </strong> This new series explores music from varied Jewish traditions and diverse cultures, from the historic and traditional to the contemporary and reimagined. Through conversations, performances, videos, audio, and audience Q&amp;A, this series will use music to better understand the complex, culturally diverse communities which make up the Jewish People, and our nation. The first three installments of this series will celebrate and explore contemporary Jewish music with noticeable influences from near and far through the leaders of the Philadelphia-based Rising Song Institute. Episode presented in partnership with: <img class="alignnone wp-image-863" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Combined-Logos-1.jpg" alt="" width="392" height="235" /> <strong>More About Joey Weisenberg:</strong> A virtuosic multi-instrumental musician, singer, and composer, Joey Weisenberg has devoted himself to opening up the sounds of people singing together in community.  The founder and co-director of <a href="https://www.risingsong.org/">Hadar’s Rising Song Institute</a>, which aims to cultivate the grassroots musical-spiritual creativity of the Jewish people, Joey works to educate and train communities around the world to unlock their musical-spiritual potential and make music a vibrant, joy-filled force in Jewish life. Joey is the author of <em>Building Singing Communities</em>, a practical guide to bringing people together in song, as well as <em>The Torah of Music</em>, a treasury of Jewish teachings and insights about the spiritual nature of music, which received the National Jewish Book Award in 2017. A devoted student and <a href="https://joey-weisenberg.mykajabi.com/joey-weisenberg-instructional-library">teacher of ancient and traditional Jewish melodies</a>, Joey also composes new nigunim that have moved and inspired Jews around the world. He has released seven albums with the Hadar Ensemble, most recently <a href="https://joeyweisenberg.bandcamp.com/album/nigunim-vol-vii-songs-of-ascent"><em>Nigunim Vol. VII: Songs of Ascent</em></a> (2019).

Past program. <a href="https://vimeo.com/423872616" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recording available HERE.</a> At 4 PM EST, tune in at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/">Facebook.com/NMAJH</a>*. You do not need a Facebook account to watch. Program is free. <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout">Donations welcome</a>. Featuring <b>Lila Corwin Berman</b> Professor of Jewish Studies and Director, Feinstein Center for American Jewish History, Temple University and <strong>Michael Berenbaum,</strong> Independent Consultant for museums and historical films; professor of Jewish Studies and director of the Sigi Ziering Institute, American Jewish University in Los Angeles. Each week during Jewish American Heritage month, we'll sit down virtually with some of our favorite historians and Museum advisors (who happen to be leading scholars of American Jewish history) to find out how they're doing and to learn how the Jewish community has faced and overcome crises throughout American history. *Other ways to watch: just before 4pm EST, visit <a href="http://nmajh.org">NMAJH.org</a>. There will be a pop-up directing you to the livestream on our website. Please note that audience Q&amp;A is only available through Facebook. Image: Maureen and Tommy Haddican, Wantagh, New York Courtesy of Maureen Pingel

<div> This event was held on May 21.<a href="https://vimeo.com/423844054" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Recording available HERE</a>. You do not need a Facebook account to watch. Program is free. <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout">Donations welcome</a>. In the counterfactual novel <i>The Plot Against America</i>, the basis for the recent HBO series, Phillip Roth imagined an America where antisemitism ran amok. But the many historic events depicted on the page and screen reveal the deep currents of antisemitism coursing through American life in the 1930s and 1940s.  They serve as sobering reminders of a past when America’s Jews responded to antisemitism, just as they must again today. With <ul> <li><b>Michael Berenbaum</b>, Independent Consultant; professor of Jewish Studies and director of the Sigi Ziering Institute, American Jewish University in Los Angeles</li> <li><b>Pamela S. Nadell</b>, Professor and Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s &amp; Gender History, American University</li> </ul> Each week during Jewish American Heritage month, we'll sit down virtually with some of our favorite historians and Museum advisors (who happen to be leading scholars of American Jewish history) to find out how they're doing and to learn how the Jewish community has faced and overcome crises throughout American history. Image copyright HBO 2020. </div>

<div>This program was held on May 14. <a href="https://vimeo.com/421079029">Check out the recording here!</a> Program is free. <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout">Donations welcome</a>.</div> <div></div> <div>The Civil War divided the American Jewish community much as it did the nation as a whole.  Learn about Jews on both sides of the struggle, Jews and slavery, Lincoln and the Jews, and the lasting impact of the Civil War on American Jewish life in this informative conversation with the museum's Chief Historian, Jonathan D. Sarna. A preeminent scholar of American Jewish History <b>Sarna</b> is the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University.</div> <div></div> <div>Each week during Jewish American Heritage month, we'll sit down virtually with some of our favorite historians and Museum advisors (who happen to be leading scholars of American Jewish history) to find out how they're doing and to learn how the Jewish community has faced and overcome crises throughout American history.</div>

This program was held on May 7.  <a href="https://vimeo.com/420037938">Check out the recording here!</a> Program is free. <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout">Donations welcome</a>. The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918 has been considered the most severe pandemic in recent history.  Then, as today, American medical personnel were on the front lines.  Among them was nurse Lillian Wald.  Recruiting other brave women to help her, she circulated a flyer titled “A Stern Task for Stern Women.”  The Great Depression, a defining moment for American Jews, challenged all that they had achieved since coming to America.  It rocked their financial stability, made them question their futures, and threatened to destroy the institutions they had built. With <ul> <li><b>Pamela S. Nadell</b>, Professor and Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s &amp; Gender History, American University</li> <li><b>Beth S. Wenger,</b> Moritz and Josephine Berg Professor of History and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania</li> </ul> <div></div> <div>Each week during Jewish American Heritage month, we'll sit down virtually with some of our favorite historians and Museum advisors (who happen to be leading scholars of American Jewish history) to find out how they're doing and to learn how the Jewish community has faced and overcome crises throughout American history.</div>

May is Jewish American Heritage Month. Every year, organizations around the U.S. join together in discovering, exploring, and celebrating the vibrant, varied history of American Jewish experience from the dawn of our nation to the present day. To join NMAJH in discovering, exploring, and celebrating more than three centuries of American Jewish experience, <a href="https://www.nmajh.org/jewish-american-heritage-month/">click here</a>.

Past program. <a href="https://vimeo.com/413178103" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here to view the recording.</a> "Project Runway" Season 18 final four contestant and Philadelphia-based fashion designer Nancy Volpe Beringer, interviewed by Brooke Schostak.

Past program. <a href="https://vimeo.com/411187561" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recording available HERE</a>. Tune into Facebook Live at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">Facebook.com/NMAJH</a> on 4/20 at 6:00 PM ET to watch. In honor of Yom HaShoah, NMAJH’s own Public Programs Manager, <strong>Dan Samuels</strong>, will be joined by award-winning Philadelphia singer/songwriter <strong>Avi Wisnia</strong> to discuss the stories and songs of his grandfather, Cantor and Auschwitz survivor <strong>David S. Wisnia</strong>. Cantor Wisnia's remarkable singing voice helped save him in the concentration camp, and he continues singing to this day as he and his grandson travel around the world performing concerts and conducting programs on the Holocaust. Dan and Avi will premiere some never-before-seen video footage from an intimate concert performed by Avi and his grandfather. Conversations between songs will explore the duo’s multi-generational musical connection, the importance of preserving David’s story and legacy, the Wisnia’s family’s recent return to Poland to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and more. The program will highlight the urgency of keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive, and the importance of passing on this legacy from generation to generation. This program is free with a suggested donation. Help us create virtual programs like this one by supporting the Museum. <a title="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/" href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">Donate Today</a>

Past program. <a href="https://vimeo.com/408044817" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recording available HERE.</a> &nbsp; <strong>Note: Freedom Seder Revisited has been rescheduled for Monday, April 6. The event will be virtual in response to COVID-19 Safety Regulations.</strong> Inspired by the original 1969 Freedom Seder, where hundreds of people of all backgrounds gathered to explore and celebrate freedom in the context of the Civil Rights Movement, this communal event invites you to the Passover table for an evening of commemoration, stories, performances, and a community exploration of freedom in America today.

Past program. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/41182871633/videos/2371196343191708" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recording available HERE.</a> <strong>This event is now sold out.</strong> For those who were unable to get tickets or are outside the Philadelphia area, we invite you to join us for the <strong>free livestream</strong> of the event on Facebook. More details about the livestream will be provided soon. Image: Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States

Past program. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/41182871633/videos/791341058037781" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recording available HERE.</a> Program begins at 5 min 50 seconds. Hear firsthand from the creative forces that took Notorious RBG from a Tumblr site, to a New York Times bestselling book, to a powerhouse museum exhibition making its east coast-debut in Philadelphia. Take a deeper dive into our current special exhibition, Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with an onstage conversation between authors and co-creators Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik, followed by a book signing.

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1533" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dell-Theater-with-people.jpg" alt="" width="606" height="405" /> &nbsp; You can find videos of programs in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/videos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video section of our Facebook page</a>, many of them organized into playlists by category. Enjoy concerts, conversations, storytelling, lectures, and discussions. You can also find listing of programs from 2011-2018 (some with video or audio recordings) on <a href="https://info.nmajh.org/pastprograms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">our archive page</a>. Enjoy!