PJ Pals Shabbat
To Be Given Closer to the EventJoin your PJ Library for a family-friendly Shabbat service and dinner featuring your favorite Buffalo synagogues and community partners! Click here to register!
Join your PJ Library for a family-friendly Shabbat service and dinner featuring your favorite Buffalo synagogues and community partners! Click here to register!
Imagine a Hebrew School where kids don’t want to miss a day! They come in with a smile and leave humming the tune to a Hebrew song. Sign up now for a fun, enriching and meaningful learning experience for your child. January 11, 18, 25 February 1, 8 March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 April 19, 26 May 3, 10, 17, 31 June 7 Please click here for more information!
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Introducing a brand new course: For All Humankind. Your Judaism holds a message the world needs to hear—now more than ever. We’re living in a time where values feel unclear… Where truth is debated, and concepts like justice, dignity, and responsibility are constantly shifting. So the question is: Do we truly understand the values that shaped our world? And can we clearly explain why they matter? This powerful 4-week course explores Judaism’s timeless vision—not just for the Jewish people, but for all of humanity. 📖 In this course, you’ll discover: • Judaism’s universal mission • Why morality must have a higher foundation • The true purpose of education • How Judaism shaped the world’s sense of purpose and hope Four Mondays starting April 27 Hot dinner served | No Charge This is more than a class—it’s clarity in a confused world. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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
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
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 […]
Enjoy a complimentary, delicious lunch while listening to an engaging discussion of Jewish ethics from practical as well as spiritual perspectives.
This intermediate level Hebrew course is to further develop skills for those who already know the Hebrew alphabet and can read several words and phrases. The focus of this course is on Hebrew prayer. Dates: Wednesdays - February 4th - May 13th Time: 6:00-7:00pm over Zoom February 4, 11 & 25; March 4, 11, 18 & 25; April 15, 22 & 29; May 6 & 13 Cost: $236 Instructor: Rabbi Shlomo Schachter Click here to register!
This advanced level Hebrew course is for those who can read and understand simple Biblical and Modern Hebrew phrases. The primary focus of this class is conversational Hebrew. Dates: Wednesdays - February 4th - May 13th Time: 7:30 - 8:30pm February 4, 11 & 25; March 4, 11, 18 & 25; April 15, 22 & 29; May 6 & 13 Cost: $236 Instructor: Rabbi Shlomo Schachter Click here to register!