There are so many wonderful cultural and learning opportunities within our thriving Greater Buffalo Jewish Community. We couldn't possibly publish every request that we receive, so we've decided to start posting links here to the happenings in our community that we hear about. If you have an announcement that you would like to see included, please email it to us!
Artist in Residence Program Sponsored by the JCC
The JCC is sponsoring Israeli artist in Residence, Asaf Elkalai.
Asaf Elkalai is an artist from Israel, who works mainly with photography, sculpture and video to capture the physical body and spacial relationships. To learn more about the artist and his craft, click here.
A series of events is planned around his visit starting April 12th and continuing until April 27th. Please click on the flyer to view the events schedule.
Congregation Beth Abraham will host the artist as he guides a "photography caravan" to select Jewish locations in Buffalo. Please click here for details on the tour.
Please click here to visit the artist's website.
Asaf Elkalai is an artist from Israel, who works mainly with photography, sculpture and video to capture the physical body and spacial relationships. To learn more about the artist and his craft, click here.
A series of events is planned around his visit starting April 12th and continuing until April 27th. Please click on the flyer to view the events schedule.
Congregation Beth Abraham will host the artist as he guides a "photography caravan" to select Jewish locations in Buffalo. Please click here for details on the tour.
Please click here to visit the artist's website.
Itzhak Coming Soon to Amherst Dipson Theatre
From Schubert to Strauss, Bach to Brahms, Mozart to…Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman’s violin playing transcends mere performance to evoke the celebrations and struggles of real life; “praying with the violin,” says renowned Tel Aviv violinmaker Amnon Weinstein. Alison Chernick’s enchanting documentary looks beyond the sublime musician, to see the polio survivor whose parents emigrated from Poland to Israel, the young man who struggled to be taken seriously as a music student when schools saw only his disability. As charming and entrancing as the famous violinist himself, ITZHAK is a portrait of musical virtuosity seamlessly enclosed in warmth, humor, and above all, love.
For showtimes and more information please click here.
For showtimes and more information please click here.
Spring Courses at the Institute for Jewish Studies New Location
COURSE A: 6 Sundays,
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Dates: April 29 • May 6, 13, 27 (no classes on May 20) • June 3, 10 JEWISH HISTORY IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT/KNOWING YOUR PAST IS THE KEY TO YOUR FUTURE! Countless books and documentaries have been put forward about the history of the Jewish people. For the most part, though, the stories they tell are simplified, surface level treatments. Our story is so much more: it's deeper, more complex, and subversive to the prevailing ideas of ancient and modern civilization. In this course we'll focus on Jewish history of the 17th and 18th centuries also known as the “Age of Enlightenment." |
COURSE B: 6 Sundays, 11:00 AM - NOON
Dates: April 29 • May 6, 13, 27 (no classes on May 20) • June 3, 10 WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT SINAI? Sinai. The Torah. There would be no Judaism or a Jewish People if G-d hadn't given us the Torah at Sinai. Sinai forged our identity, history, and destiny. This course will explore what really happened at Sinai. Join us and learn how Sinai's revelation started a revolution we still live, and lead, today. |
All classes will be held at the NEW Jewish Discovery Center - Learning Center facility at
831 Maple Rd. #110 in Williamsville (Next door to the Maple West Elementary School)
For more information or to register click here.
By phone call: 716.400.1550
E-mail: info@jewishdiscovery.org
831 Maple Rd. #110 in Williamsville (Next door to the Maple West Elementary School)
For more information or to register click here.
By phone call: 716.400.1550
E-mail: info@jewishdiscovery.org
Cultural Arts at the JCC
Jewish Repertory Theatre presents Sight Unseen by Donald Margulies
April 19th through May 13th
Artistic Director: Saul Elkin
Starring: Constance Caldwell, Josie DiVencenzio, David Lundy and Peter Palmisano
SIGHT UNSEEN, JRT’s third play of the season, is Donald Margulies' play about Jonathan Waxman, a superstar artist so popular that collectors will buy his work "sight unseen." In London for a major retrospective, Jonathan decides to call his former girlfriend, Patricia, whose influence became a turning point in his early career. Patricia is now married to Nick; they live in the English countryside, where they excavate ancient Roman ruins. When Patricia invites Jonathan to spend the night, tensions arise among the threesome. The scenes in the countryside are intermingled with scenes of an interview with a German journalist, Grete, who questions Jonathan's motivations for his art and his self-promotion. Throughout Sight Unseen, questions about art, money, love and inspiration, their codependency and the ways in which they are inextricably entangled, are brought to the surface.
April 19th through May 13th
Artistic Director: Saul Elkin
Starring: Constance Caldwell, Josie DiVencenzio, David Lundy and Peter Palmisano
SIGHT UNSEEN, JRT’s third play of the season, is Donald Margulies' play about Jonathan Waxman, a superstar artist so popular that collectors will buy his work "sight unseen." In London for a major retrospective, Jonathan decides to call his former girlfriend, Patricia, whose influence became a turning point in his early career. Patricia is now married to Nick; they live in the English countryside, where they excavate ancient Roman ruins. When Patricia invites Jonathan to spend the night, tensions arise among the threesome. The scenes in the countryside are intermingled with scenes of an interview with a German journalist, Grete, who questions Jonathan's motivations for his art and his self-promotion. Throughout Sight Unseen, questions about art, money, love and inspiration, their codependency and the ways in which they are inextricably entangled, are brought to the surface.
Jazz at TBZ Jewish American Songbook Series
Jazz at Temple Beth Zion: Jewish American Songbook Series presents Richard Rodgers
For more information on The Buffalo Jazz Collective, please click here.
- Thursday, May 17, 2018
- 7:00 PM 9:00 PM
- Temple Beth Zion
- The Buffalo Jazz Collective Repertory Ensemble Presents the Music of Richard Rodgers at Temple Beth Zion.
For more information on The Buffalo Jazz Collective, please click here.
Yad B' Yad Presents Mixed Media Art Exhibit at the JCC
ART FROM THE HEART- Exhibit of Mixed Media Art by Members of Yad B'Yad
MAY 15 – JUNE 29, 2018 at the JCC Bunis Family Art Gallery, 2640 North Forest Road in Amherst
This spring, the artists of Yad B’Yad are partnering with the JCC Cultural Arts to present “Art From the Heart”, the first Yad B’Yad art exhibit. Yad B’Yad is a program of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Buffalo. Hebrew, for Hand in Hand, Yad B'Yad provides outreach, advocacy and program support that assists people with disabilities to achieve full participation in the Jewish and Buffalo communities.
Art from the Heart will feature the artistic talents and accomplishments of Daniel Rodgers, Jeremy Pratt, Liz Skerker, Sarah Doueck and Rick Grear. The exhibition will include framed drawings, paintings, and more.
There will be a free gallery reception, open to the community, May 24, 6-8 p.m., in the Lippman Lounge and Bunis Family Art Gallery at the JCC Benderson Family Building.
Gallery admission is free and the gallery is open during JCC business hours, 7 days a week. For more information, visit jccbuffalo.org or contact Katie Wzontek at 716-204-2084 or Kwzontek@jccbuffalo.org.
MAY 15 – JUNE 29, 2018 at the JCC Bunis Family Art Gallery, 2640 North Forest Road in Amherst
This spring, the artists of Yad B’Yad are partnering with the JCC Cultural Arts to present “Art From the Heart”, the first Yad B’Yad art exhibit. Yad B’Yad is a program of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Buffalo. Hebrew, for Hand in Hand, Yad B'Yad provides outreach, advocacy and program support that assists people with disabilities to achieve full participation in the Jewish and Buffalo communities.
Art from the Heart will feature the artistic talents and accomplishments of Daniel Rodgers, Jeremy Pratt, Liz Skerker, Sarah Doueck and Rick Grear. The exhibition will include framed drawings, paintings, and more.
There will be a free gallery reception, open to the community, May 24, 6-8 p.m., in the Lippman Lounge and Bunis Family Art Gallery at the JCC Benderson Family Building.
Gallery admission is free and the gallery is open during JCC business hours, 7 days a week. For more information, visit jccbuffalo.org or contact Katie Wzontek at 716-204-2084 or Kwzontek@jccbuffalo.org.
Kadimah Annual Dinner
