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Exploring Our Roots

Poland & Austria

You are invited to spend 9 amazing days discovering Poland and Austria as part of the Jewish Buffalo Exploring our Roots trip. The search for family roots can stem from so many places. Together we will uncover our connection through education, remembrance and hope as we travel from Warsaw to Krakow to Vienna. We will immerse ourselves in regions history and culture and explore new ways of creating community and reimagining Jewish identity. Enjoy a meaningful travel experience with fellow Buffalonians who will become dear friends. Visit buffalojewishfederation.org/jewish-roots/ for more information and to view the itinerary. Tour Operator: J2 Adventures Federation Staff Team: Stacey Block & Lauren Bloomberg

Tzafon USY – Eclipse Weekend Shul-in with Gilgool Chapter

Temple Beth Tzedek 1641 North Forest Road, Williamsville, NY, United States

DON'T MISS OUT on the GILGOOL SOLAR ECLIPSE SHUL-IN! Havdalah - Late Night Movies - Solar Eclipse Escape Room Saturday, April 6th @ 6:30pm to Sunday, April 7th @1:30pm All USYers & Pre-USYers are welcome Early Bird Price $18 per person thru March 29th (scholarships available) CLICK HERE TO REGISTER  

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

Eclipse Viewing Party at JDC

Jewish Discovery Center 831 Maple Road, Amherst, NY, United States

Experience the solar eclipse with family and friends at the Jewish Discovery Center! Free admission! Free Eclipse glasses for those who RSVP. * Lawn games! * Bounce house! * Face painting! * Jewish Live music! * Balloon art! * Kosher Food, Hot Off the Grill, Available for Purchase CLICK HERE TO RSVP 

Young Adult Engagement Eclipse Watch Party

Hillel of Buffalo 520 Lee Entrance, UB Commons Suite 101B, Amherst, NY, United States

Looking for a solar eclipse watch party!!?? We’ve got you covered!! We will be joining up with Hillel of Buffalo to go to the giant events field next to the office for the viewing! The event is on Monday 4/8 from 2-4 but feel free to head to Hillel early to avoid the traffic!  Best way to find Hillel? Hillel is on UB Norths campus in The Commons. To get there, put University Bookstore in your GPS (otherwise it takes you down a one way where you can’t access the parking lot). There will be snacks and drinks to enjoy as we experience the eclipse. Email Mike Steklof at mike@buffalojewishfederation.org with questions or if you need accomodations to make this event meaningful.

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 […]

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