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Secure Jewish Buffalo Fund 2020
LET'S MAKE 2020 A SAFER YEAR FOR EVERYONE.
Together we'll ensure a more secure Jewish Buffalo.
In Fall 2018, you stood with Pittsburgh.
And then Poway.
And Jersey City.
And more recently, Monsey.
And many others in between.
It is incomprehensible to think that we are not safe in a home, a supermarket, or a sanctuary for prayer.
IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
Together we'll ensure a more secure Jewish Buffalo.
In Fall 2018, you stood with Pittsburgh.
And then Poway.
And Jersey City.
And more recently, Monsey.
And many others in between.
It is incomprehensible to think that we are not safe in a home, a supermarket, or a sanctuary for prayer.
IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
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Last year, your Federation raised more than $200,000 for the Secure Jewish Buffalo Fund, helping to further our efforts with important initiatives such as:
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That is why – THE TIME IS NOW – It's a new year, and a renewed need to further enhance and ensure a more secure Jewish Buffalo. Our goal is to raise $50,000 by January 17, 2020.
Can you help us reach it? |
Living a Jewish Year Mussar Session at the JCC
Shabbat/Holiness
JANUARY 12 @ 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM at the JCC Benderson Building
Mussar is a Jewish path of contemplative practices and exercises that have evolved over the past thousand years. Through Mussar, each individual works on their own personal self-directed curriculum in an effort to practice the way they want to be in the world.
This session is part of a year-long program-Living a Jewish Year that will guide participants through a substantive Jewish learning experience emphasizing how a celebration of Jewish time can help individuals integrate Judaism into the natural rhythms of their lives. Participants will experience living the Jewish calendar through the celebration of a variety of holidays and festivals. Additionally, the curriculum is designed to explore and discuss a different Jewish middah (character trait) each month, using ancient and modern Jewish texts, stories and simple activities, as a start point of the conversation.
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JANUARY 12 @ 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM at the JCC Benderson Building
Mussar is a Jewish path of contemplative practices and exercises that have evolved over the past thousand years. Through Mussar, each individual works on their own personal self-directed curriculum in an effort to practice the way they want to be in the world.
This session is part of a year-long program-Living a Jewish Year that will guide participants through a substantive Jewish learning experience emphasizing how a celebration of Jewish time can help individuals integrate Judaism into the natural rhythms of their lives. Participants will experience living the Jewish calendar through the celebration of a variety of holidays and festivals. Additionally, the curriculum is designed to explore and discuss a different Jewish middah (character trait) each month, using ancient and modern Jewish texts, stories and simple activities, as a start point of the conversation.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW
JRT Staged Reading Two Nights Only
American Jewish Culture in Superheros and Graphic Novels
Soul Conversations at the JDC
Holocaust Remembrance Day Book Presentation at Canisius
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Canisius College Campus Regis Rooms, 81 Hughes Avenue in Buffalo
In commemoration of UN Holocaust Remembrance Day, honoring the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, The Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo and the Permanent Chair of Polish Culture at Canisius College, is presenting a book talk by former Washington Post war correspondent, Jack Fairweather, on his 2019 book, The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz, about resistance fighter, Witold Pilecki, who infiltrated Auschwitz, smuggling out reports to the Allies on the death within its gates.
The presentation will be preceded by a brief memorial featuring Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s Cellist Robert Hausmann playing Ravel’s Kaddish, which he offered as a memorial in the German Concentration Camp, Auschwitz, during the BPO’s tour of Poland. The Yad Vashem Exhibit, The Auschwitz Album, will also be on display. A book signing and light reception will follow.
Additional co-sponsors are The Jewish Federation, Polish Arts Club of Buffalo, the Center for Polish Studies at Daemen College, Polish American Congress - WNY Division, Polish Legacy Project and the Kosciuszko Foundation - WNY Chapter.
Canisius College Campus Regis Rooms, 81 Hughes Avenue in Buffalo
In commemoration of UN Holocaust Remembrance Day, honoring the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, The Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo and the Permanent Chair of Polish Culture at Canisius College, is presenting a book talk by former Washington Post war correspondent, Jack Fairweather, on his 2019 book, The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz, about resistance fighter, Witold Pilecki, who infiltrated Auschwitz, smuggling out reports to the Allies on the death within its gates.
The presentation will be preceded by a brief memorial featuring Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s Cellist Robert Hausmann playing Ravel’s Kaddish, which he offered as a memorial in the German Concentration Camp, Auschwitz, during the BPO’s tour of Poland. The Yad Vashem Exhibit, The Auschwitz Album, will also be on display. A book signing and light reception will follow.
Additional co-sponsors are The Jewish Federation, Polish Arts Club of Buffalo, the Center for Polish Studies at Daemen College, Polish American Congress - WNY Division, Polish Legacy Project and the Kosciuszko Foundation - WNY Chapter.
Second Generation Holocaust Survivor Presentation at Daemen
Jewish Repertory Theatre February Production
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW by Alice Eve Cohen
February 6 - March 1, 2020
Thursdays @ 7:30pm Feb 06, Feb 13, Feb 20, Feb 27
Saturdays @ 3:30pm & 7:30pm Feb 08, Feb 15, Feb 22, Feb 29
Sundays @ 2pm Feb 09, Feb 16, Feb 23, Mar 1
Directed by: Saul Elkin
Starring: Josie DiVincenzo
Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare system is told with the intimacy of a diary and the suspense of a thriller.
February 6 - March 1, 2020
Thursdays @ 7:30pm Feb 06, Feb 13, Feb 20, Feb 27
Saturdays @ 3:30pm & 7:30pm Feb 08, Feb 15, Feb 22, Feb 29
Sundays @ 2pm Feb 09, Feb 16, Feb 23, Mar 1
Directed by: Saul Elkin
Starring: Josie DiVincenzo
Alice, an infertile Jewish woman in her forties, discovers a hard lump in her abdomen. After months of visiting expensive specialists, all of whom have different medical theories, a CT scan finally reveals that she is pregnant. Based upon true events and the book hailed by Oprah as “darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy,” this heartfelt journey through a high-risk pregnancy and the American healthcare system is told with the intimacy of a diary and the suspense of a thriller.
Guest Speaker Series at TBZ: Jewish Context of the Parables
FEBRUARY 5 @ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
UNPACKING THE PARABLES OF JESUS
WITHIN THEIR LITERARY, CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
February 5, 2020: The parable of the Good Samaritan
February 12, 2020: The story of the Rich man and Lazarus
February 19, 2020: The parable of the Tenants
These 3 sessions will include an in depth study of parables in Classical Rabbinic Literature, placing Jesus’ teachings within the gamut, continuum, of rabbinic parables of the last 2 millennia. The series will also attempt to understand how Jesus’ parables were perceived by his many listeners when he first taught them.
Guest Presenter: Rabbi Moshe Silberschein
Interim Rabbi at Temple Beth Tzedek
Faculty at Jerusalem University College – Institute of Holy Land Studies
Faculty at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
All sessions are free of charge
UNPACKING THE PARABLES OF JESUS
WITHIN THEIR LITERARY, CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
February 5, 2020: The parable of the Good Samaritan
February 12, 2020: The story of the Rich man and Lazarus
February 19, 2020: The parable of the Tenants
These 3 sessions will include an in depth study of parables in Classical Rabbinic Literature, placing Jesus’ teachings within the gamut, continuum, of rabbinic parables of the last 2 millennia. The series will also attempt to understand how Jesus’ parables were perceived by his many listeners when he first taught them.
Guest Presenter: Rabbi Moshe Silberschein
Interim Rabbi at Temple Beth Tzedek
Faculty at Jerusalem University College – Institute of Holy Land Studies
Faculty at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
All sessions are free of charge
Mahler and Bernstein at the BPO
Mahler and Bernstein at the BPO!
Saturday, February 8, 2020, 8 p.m.
Special half-price tickets for JCC Members – only $36!
*includes free ticket to meet and hear Noah Bendix-Balgley* at one-time only event, Friday, February 7, 2 p.m. at the JCC, 2640 North Forest Road, Amherst.
Celebrate two of the greatest masters of composition: Mahler, with his “Adagio”—the only movement completed from his final Symphony No. 10, and Leonard Bernstein with his inspiring Chichester Psalms. A spirited Klezmer Concerto, written and performed by American concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, Noah Bendix-Balgley, rounds out the program with an expressive nod to the Jewish tradition. JoAnn Falletta conducts.
*A world-renowned violinist, and concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, Noah Bendix-Balgley is excited to share his musical journey and relationship to klezmer music in an exclusive presentation, Friday, February 7, 2 p.m. at the JCC, 2640 North Forest Road, Amherst. Come learn about the unique aspects of klezmer music, as Noah explains how he composes his work and plays musical examples.
Tickets for this event only are $10 but FREE with ticket purchase for February 8 concert.
Tickets will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis at $36 each and can be reserved by calling the JCC at 688-4114, ext. 335.
Saturday, February 8, 2020, 8 p.m.
Special half-price tickets for JCC Members – only $36!
*includes free ticket to meet and hear Noah Bendix-Balgley* at one-time only event, Friday, February 7, 2 p.m. at the JCC, 2640 North Forest Road, Amherst.
Celebrate two of the greatest masters of composition: Mahler, with his “Adagio”—the only movement completed from his final Symphony No. 10, and Leonard Bernstein with his inspiring Chichester Psalms. A spirited Klezmer Concerto, written and performed by American concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, Noah Bendix-Balgley, rounds out the program with an expressive nod to the Jewish tradition. JoAnn Falletta conducts.
*A world-renowned violinist, and concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, Noah Bendix-Balgley is excited to share his musical journey and relationship to klezmer music in an exclusive presentation, Friday, February 7, 2 p.m. at the JCC, 2640 North Forest Road, Amherst. Come learn about the unique aspects of klezmer music, as Noah explains how he composes his work and plays musical examples.
Tickets for this event only are $10 but FREE with ticket purchase for February 8 concert.
Tickets will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis at $36 each and can be reserved by calling the JCC at 688-4114, ext. 335.
