Jewish Cemeteries Walking Tour

Jewish Cemeteries Walking Tour
Holy Order of the Living Cemetery 580 Pine Ridge Heritage Blvd, Cheektowaga

Explore the Jewish Cemeteries on a 1.5 hour walking tour - A partnership of the Jewish Cemetery Corporation and Explore Buffalo Witness History, Architecture, Art & Preservation Initiatives including the first Jewish cemetery in the Greater Buffalo Niagara region to appear on the NYS Register of Historic Places and Restoring the century-old Adler Chapel into a Visitor & History Center. Upcoming Tour Dates: Tuesday, July 21 - 10 am Sunday, August 9 - 11 am Friday, August 21 - 10 am Sunday, September 6 - noon Tuesday, September 29 - 11 am Meet at Holy Order of the Living Cemetery 15 minutes prior to start time - 580 Pine Ridge Heritage Boulevard, Cheektowaga 14225 The one-mile route is primarily on paved surfaces, with some walking on grass.  No seating or restrooms are available on the tour route. Register: explorebuffalo.org/specialty/jewish-cemetery-tour Cost: $20/person | Explore Pass Members - Free | Children under 18 - Free

Jewish Enrichment Kids Club

Jewish Enrichment Kids Club
Jewish Discovery Center 831 Maple Road, Amherst

Where it's fun to be Jewish at Jewish Discovery Center - 831 Maple Rd. Dinner will be served at 5:00 PM For more information call Brocha Leah Greenberg at 716.908.0133

Author Judith Viorst – Making the Best of Whats Left

Jewish Community Center - Lippman Lounge 2640 N Forest Rd., Getzville

Click here to register! Judith Viorst is the author of the Beloved Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, which has sold four million copies; the Lulu books, including Lulu and the Brontosaurus; The New York Times best seller Necessary Losses; four musicals; and poetry for children and adults. Her most recent books include What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About? and Nearing Ninety. Making the Best of What's Left In a career that has spanned more than fifty years, Judith Viorst has captivated readers with her bestselling children’s books and collections of poetry reflecting on each decade of life. Now in her nineties, Viorst writes about life’s “Final Fifth,” those who are eighty to one hundred years old. Her signature blend of humor and vulnerability infuses personal anecdotes and observations, drawing you into her world of memories and candid conversations. She confesses, “I never ever send a text while driving, and not just because I don’t know how to text.” She discusses the afterlife (She doesn’t believe in it, but if it exists, she hopes her sister-in-law isn’t there). She complains to her dead husband (“I need you fixing our damn circuit breakers. I need you! Could you please stop being dead?”). And […]