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Lively, virtual conversations with authors of newly-published Jewish-themed books of fiction, history, memoir, and contemporary issues. (You need not have read the book to attend!) September 18, 2025 Gitel's Freedom: A Novel by Iris Mitlin Lav 7:30 – 8:30 pm Offering an illuminating look at Jewish immigrant life in early-1900s America, Gitel’s Freedom is a compelling tale of women’s resourcefulness and resilience in the face of limiting and often oppressive expectations. (Amazon)

The Jewish New Year

The Jewish New Year

The Jewish New Year

Fast of the Seventh Month

Join us at the JCC as we show a pre-recorded talk by Ruth Franklin, author and book critic, on Anne Frank. With antisemitism once again in the news, The Many Lives of Anne Frank takes a fresh and timely look at the debates around Anne’s life and work, including the controversial adaptations of the diary, Anne’s evolution as a fictional character, and the ways her story and image have been politically exploited. Franklin will reveal how Anne has been understood and misunderstood, both as a person and as an idea, and opens new avenues for interpreting her life and writing in today’s hyperpolarized world. Don't miss out as Franklin sheds a new light on the young woman whose diary of her years in hiding, now translated into more than seventy languages, is the most widely read work of literature to arise from the Holocaust.

Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning)

  Laser tag

Board Meeting of the Rabbi Jacob H. Epstein School of Jewish Studies

Day of Atonement