The Blum Jewish Education Project – Cynthia Levinson

Temple Beth Zion Delaware 805 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

The Blum Jewish Education Project welcomes Cynthia Levinson, Award-winning Children's Author. ENJOY THIS SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE COFELD MUSEUM AT TEMPLE BETH ZION! Cynthia Levinson, award-winning author of "The People's Painter..." will lead workshops for kids young and old! See the Ben Shahn windows in the Sanctuary at TBZ and Make-Your-Own Stained Glass to take home! This event is open to Community Religious School students and their parents -- and anyone else who would like to participate! FREE for EVERYONE! KOSHER SNACKS WILL BE AVAILABLE. CLICK HERE TO RSVP CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER THE BOOK

A Musical Hug From Israel

Congregation Shir Shalom 4660 Sheridan Drive, Williamsville, NY, United States

Join us on Sunday, April 7 for A Musical Hug From Israel Learn about the music of Israel released since Oct. 7, at Congregation Shir Shalom. Cost: $10 per person - in advance or pay at the door. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS

David Blitzer Lecture: Reading for Liberation: The Bible in Black and Jewish Political Thought

250 Baird Hall - UB North Campus 250 Baird Hall, Amherst

Join leading scholars, Susannah Heschel (Dartmouth) and Terrence L. Johnson (Harvard) to discuss the theme of "Reading for Liberation: The Bible in Black and Jewish Political Thought" in this David Blitzer Lecture: Professor Susannah Heschel, Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College, will open with "Living in Sadistic Times: The Bible, Modernity, and the Quest for Hope." The rise of mass death, destruction, and cruelty marks the modern period less as Kant’s vaunted era of rationalism and the universal human and far more as an era of the Marquis de Sade’s depiction of sadism. Sadism, as distinct from aggression, has been manifested in modernity in collusion with the rise of racism, resulting in terrible destruction, including for religion. What hope can we find in the Bible’s promise of redemption and its challenge for religious faith? Professor Terrence L. Johnson , Charles G. Adams Professor of African American Religious Studies at Harvard University, will offer "We are Not Saved: Social Death, Scripture, and 'Scripturalizing' the Race." His lecture will consider both the limits and opportunities of engaging Scripture as a talking book concept, a dialogical exchange between the reader and text, and community and text. Afropessimism raises […]

iEngage 2.0: The Tribes of Israel

TBZ Broder Center 700 Sweet Home Road, Amherst, NY, United States

This 10-class series confronts the challenge of creating a Jewish and democratic public space in the modern State of Israel through Jewish text and leading intellectual voices from the renowned Shalom Hartman Institute. Thought-provoking discussion led by Rabbi Brent Gutmann. Members and non-members are welcome. Wednesdays, 10-11:30 AM, at the Broder Center 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 3/6, 3/20, 4/3, 4/10, and 4/17 A ZOOM link will be provided for remote students. Tuition (includes all materials): $100/members, $180/non-members Register at: bit.ly/TBZIENGAGE2

People of the Book Series: Author Dan Rosenberg

Jewish Community Center – Maxine and Robert Seller Theater 2640 North Forest Road, Getzville, NY, United States

Elusive Links: A story of connection, compassion and competition by Dan Rosenberg A blend of real and imagined characters into a medieval saga and connects them to a modern story in 2002- 2003. When the Spanish inquisition, golf, romance and Maimonides converge, our fractured world can learn valuable lessons about compassion, charity, and competition. Follow Ben Solomon's incredible journey...expelled from Spain in 1493, he lands in Scotland where he develops the sport of golf under the protection of King James IV. A book, genealogy, and the teachings of Moses Maimonides connect Solomon to a 21st century interfaith couple and their golfing entourage in the United States. Cost: $8/person CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Event Series Women Gathering: Well Circle

Women Gathering: Well Circle

Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY, United States

This monthly peer-led Rosh Chodesh gathering connects women to body, soul, and community through wellness learning and Jewish spirituality.  This group is designed for women in their 40s and younger. For more information, contact Robin Kurss: robin@buffalojewishfederation.org

Event Series Talmud Weekly Study Group

Talmud Weekly Study Group

Center for Jewish Life 757 Hopkins Rd, Williamsville, NY, United States

Every Thursday morning 9:00 – 10:00am Dive into the vast sea of the Talmud, the compilation of centuries of Halachic discussion between the greatest of sages. With its stimulating and mind-sharpening twists of logic, the Talmud represents the ultimate in Jewish scholarship. Feel free to join the class at the Center for Jewish Life: 757 Hopkins Rd, Williamsville NY 14221 716 639-7600

TBZ Freedom Seder 2024

Temple Beth Zion Delaware 805 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

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Freedom Sedar

Temple Beth Zion Delaware 805 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

Please join us for a Freedom Sedar hosted by First Shiloh Baptist Church & Temple Beth Zion No Charge - Suggested Donation $18/person. Register no later than April 4. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER