Join Next Gen CNY and Temple Adath Yeshurun for a Young Family Shabbat dinner under the summer sky! Fun (and short!) campfire style Shabbat service followed by a delicious taco bar dinner! Come by yourself, bring a friend or bring your family/little ones. All ages are welcome. Registration required. When: Friday, August 29, 2025 | 5:30pm - 7:30pm Where: Temple Adath Yeshurun450 Kimber Rd, Syracuse, NY 13224 Cost: $5pp or $20 for a family
Join Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas for a "Back to Shul" BBQ featuring great (and Kosher!) grilling, desserts, games, and more. This is a chance for everyone to see familiar faces, meet some new ones, and gear up for the end of summer and a new year at shul. A suggested donation of $12 per member/ $15 per non-member (family cap $36 member/ $40 non-member) is appreciated. RSVP is required!
Love a mystery? Then be sure to join us for the Mystery Book Club which explores classic who-dun-its, new thrillers and everything in between. This book club meets the first Wednesday of the month, 12:45 - 1:45 pm. September: A Death of No Importance, Mariah Fredericks October: Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin November: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Author Conan Doyle December: Select Short Stories from Eight Very Bad Nights: A Collection of Hanukkah Noir
Seen through her lens as a woman and forensic pathologist. Mary's new book, Speak Her Name, shares the stories of women lost to the world by violent crimes-uncovered with forensics.
Join us at the JCC for a live broadcast straight from NYC of Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point and Blink, in conversation with Angus Fletcher about the hidden roots and untapped potential of human intelligence — and Fletcher’s new book, Primal Intelligence: You Are Smarter Than You Think You Know. How are some people so much smarter than the rest of us? Where do visionaries like Abraham Lincoln, Maya Angelou, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Warren Buffett, and William Shakespeare get their extraordinary intelligence? In 2021, Angus Fletcher and a research team set out to find out the answer — and what they learned has enormous implications for human intelligence in the age of AI. Primal Intelligence, as Fletcher calls it, expands our definitions of intelligence to value intuition, imagination, and emotion as much as reason and logic. Tested and adopted by the US Army, Primal Intelligence training has allowed people to cope better with change and uncertainty, experience less anger and anxiety, and make better decisions. Fletcher’s new book is a guide to an expanded sense of what the human mind can do. In special conversation, hear Gladwell and Fletcher discuss Fletcher’s groundbreaking research — and […]
Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays