There are so many wonderful cultural learning opportunities within our thriving Greater Buffalo Jewish Community. We've posted links here to the happenings in our community to keep you informed. If you have an announcement that you would like to see included, please email it to us!
Buffalo's 2nd Annual Reverse Tashlich
JCC People of the Book Speaker Series Featuring
Local Author Spotlight with Mark Goldman
Wednesday, October 12 | 6:30 pm (Benderson)
Author Mark Goldman “City of my Heart” – Reception and book signing to follow.
City of my Heart traces the origins of the local preservation movement. For more the 50 years, Mark Goldman’s life has been intertwined with the life of the City of Buffalo. His work as a historian, author, teacher, and creator of the Calumet Arts Cafe and the Allen Street Hardware Cafe, in addition to his extensive engagement in some of the most critical public policy debates, has provided him with unique insights into the recent history of our city.
Author Mark Goldman “City of my Heart” – Reception and book signing to follow.
City of my Heart traces the origins of the local preservation movement. For more the 50 years, Mark Goldman’s life has been intertwined with the life of the City of Buffalo. His work as a historian, author, teacher, and creator of the Calumet Arts Cafe and the Allen Street Hardware Cafe, in addition to his extensive engagement in some of the most critical public policy debates, has provided him with unique insights into the recent history of our city.
Available Now on Amazon: The Daughter of Auschwitz
JCC Fall 2022 Aging Well Adult Programs
Fall 2022 Aging Well Adult Programs
Learn, grow, and enrich your life along with others who share your values. We provide classes in literature, current events, discussion groups, art classes, yiddish, take day trips, and host a weekly lecture series.
Registration is required. You may register online or register by speaking with a Member Services Representative.
For Benderson Family Building classes, please call 716-688-4033. Registrants will receive an email containing the link for the zoom class. Space is limited. Questions: Katie Wzontek at (716) 204-2084 or kwzontek@jccbuffalo.org.
For Holland Family Building classes, please call 886-3145. Questions: Kathy Goodwin at kathygoodwin97@gmail.com.
To view all courses and register, click the button below.
Learn, grow, and enrich your life along with others who share your values. We provide classes in literature, current events, discussion groups, art classes, yiddish, take day trips, and host a weekly lecture series.
Registration is required. You may register online or register by speaking with a Member Services Representative.
For Benderson Family Building classes, please call 716-688-4033. Registrants will receive an email containing the link for the zoom class. Space is limited. Questions: Katie Wzontek at (716) 204-2084 or kwzontek@jccbuffalo.org.
For Holland Family Building classes, please call 886-3145. Questions: Kathy Goodwin at kathygoodwin97@gmail.com.
To view all courses and register, click the button below.
Join Community Religious School
Buffalo to Israel Experience Tour 2022
Pirkei Avot Course with Professor Joseph Rosenstein
Explore an online course in Reflections on Pirkei Avot: Not Just What My Rebbe Told Me, with author, Professor Joseph Rosenstein
Starting October 24, 2022 8:00pm-10:00pm EST
This is the offering of this six-week course, which will take place on consecutive Monday evenings (8-10 EDT or EST) beginning October 24, 2022. The fee is $75 per participant. The course will be limited to 15 participants, each of whom will be encouraged to read one sixth of the book in preparation for each class.
Registration is now open. to register, click the button below and scroll down to the bottom of the page.
Starting October 24, 2022 8:00pm-10:00pm EST
This is the offering of this six-week course, which will take place on consecutive Monday evenings (8-10 EDT or EST) beginning October 24, 2022. The fee is $75 per participant. The course will be limited to 15 participants, each of whom will be encouraged to read one sixth of the book in preparation for each class.
Registration is now open. to register, click the button below and scroll down to the bottom of the page.
Jewish Repertory Theatre Presents The Chosen By Chaim Potok
The Chosen
Adapted by Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok from the novel by Chaim Potok. Directed by JRT Artistic Director Saul Elkin.
Running: October 27-November 20
Thursdays- 7:30 pm, Saturdays- 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm, Sundays- 2:00 pm
For the first production of our 20th anniversary season, we return to one of JRT’s first hit shows. This stage adaptation of the revered novel is the story of two boys, two fathers, and two very different Jewish communities— “five blocks and a world apart” —in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in the 1940s. Set against the backdrop of WWII, the revelation of the Holocaust, and the desperate struggle of Zionism, The Chosen remains not essentially political or religious but deeply human. Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders are both passionate and intelligent young men. When Danny injures Reuven during a heated baseball game between their rival yeshivas, a unique friendship is born. As the boys grow to manhood, they are forced to learn important lessons about each other, their fathers, and themselves. This is a story of friendship, family, and difficult choices that we must all make on the path to understanding, respect, and reconciliation.
Special Events:
Community Book Read Panel: The Chosen- In association with JCC Cultural Arts- Wednesday, November 2 at 6:30pm
Join us as we discuss Chaim Potok’s classic novel and play, The Chosen. A distinguished panel, including cast and crew members of JRT’s production of The Chosen and local Clergy, will discuss the themes, history, and relevance of this timeless story. Registration required.
Stage to Screen: The Chosen- In association with JCC Cultural Arts- Monday, November 14th at 7:00pm
Join us for a free screening of the award-winning 1981 film adaptation of The Chosen, starring Maximillian Schell and Rod Steiger. Popcorn will be provided! Reservation required.
Single tickets are available now!
Adapted by Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok from the novel by Chaim Potok. Directed by JRT Artistic Director Saul Elkin.
Running: October 27-November 20
Thursdays- 7:30 pm, Saturdays- 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm, Sundays- 2:00 pm
For the first production of our 20th anniversary season, we return to one of JRT’s first hit shows. This stage adaptation of the revered novel is the story of two boys, two fathers, and two very different Jewish communities— “five blocks and a world apart” —in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in the 1940s. Set against the backdrop of WWII, the revelation of the Holocaust, and the desperate struggle of Zionism, The Chosen remains not essentially political or religious but deeply human. Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders are both passionate and intelligent young men. When Danny injures Reuven during a heated baseball game between their rival yeshivas, a unique friendship is born. As the boys grow to manhood, they are forced to learn important lessons about each other, their fathers, and themselves. This is a story of friendship, family, and difficult choices that we must all make on the path to understanding, respect, and reconciliation.
Special Events:
Community Book Read Panel: The Chosen- In association with JCC Cultural Arts- Wednesday, November 2 at 6:30pm
Join us as we discuss Chaim Potok’s classic novel and play, The Chosen. A distinguished panel, including cast and crew members of JRT’s production of The Chosen and local Clergy, will discuss the themes, history, and relevance of this timeless story. Registration required.
Stage to Screen: The Chosen- In association with JCC Cultural Arts- Monday, November 14th at 7:00pm
Join us for a free screening of the award-winning 1981 film adaptation of The Chosen, starring Maximillian Schell and Rod Steiger. Popcorn will be provided! Reservation required.
Single tickets are available now!
Liberation 75 Virtual Holocaust Library and Programs
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The Kol-Yehudim Show: New Buffalo Jewish Music Radio
On January 9, 2022 at 6am EST, radio history will be made as the first Buffalo based, strictly Jewish music radio program will begin broadcasting on 91.3 WBNY Buffalo.
To listen go to: https://wbny.buffalostate.edu/ and click Listen Live or download the Radio FX app and search for wbny.
The innovative "Cool Jewish Radio - The Kol Yehudim Show" has been a fixture every Sunday morning since 2016 from 6-10am on 1640 WJPR based out of Highland Park, New Jersey and broadcasting throughout the world on several streaming sites including 1640wjpr.com and the TuneInRadio App.
Mike Greenberg (Buffalo State '94) will take you on a 4 hour journey throughout the world of Jewish Music - weaving together different styles, genres and musicians of different backgrounds. This program is NOT Kol Isha as we feature both male and female artists.
You will get to hear both the classics of yesteryear and the new stars of Jewish music. Plus features such as "English songs recorded in Hebrew," "The Tantz Around the Breakfast Table," "Manginot Yisrael," and "A Bisl Chazzones."
For more information, please Contact: Mike Greenberg "The Kol Yehudim Show" Producer/Host, send an email to kolyehudimradio@gmail.com
To listen go to: https://wbny.buffalostate.edu/ and click Listen Live or download the Radio FX app and search for wbny.
The innovative "Cool Jewish Radio - The Kol Yehudim Show" has been a fixture every Sunday morning since 2016 from 6-10am on 1640 WJPR based out of Highland Park, New Jersey and broadcasting throughout the world on several streaming sites including 1640wjpr.com and the TuneInRadio App.
Mike Greenberg (Buffalo State '94) will take you on a 4 hour journey throughout the world of Jewish Music - weaving together different styles, genres and musicians of different backgrounds. This program is NOT Kol Isha as we feature both male and female artists.
You will get to hear both the classics of yesteryear and the new stars of Jewish music. Plus features such as "English songs recorded in Hebrew," "The Tantz Around the Breakfast Table," "Manginot Yisrael," and "A Bisl Chazzones."
For more information, please Contact: Mike Greenberg "The Kol Yehudim Show" Producer/Host, send an email to kolyehudimradio@gmail.com
New Jewish Deli Coming to Downtown Buffalo
Bloom and Rose will bring Jewish deli to downtown Buffalo thanks to free rent contest
"The knish itself has kind of been our little beacon of, would Buffalo accept the idea of a really high-quality Jewish deli?" Zach Rosenblum added.
The five-person team bakes the little balls of dough at their commissary kitchen in Chandlerville and sells them at local farmer's markets, grocery stores, and online.
"Ideally we were going to just stick with knish and go more retail," Pagels said. "Try and see if we could produce them en masse."
That was before they entered the Make It on Main Contest this summer, to win a year of free rent at a little building sandwiched in between two others on Main Street in downtown Buffalo.
"The knish itself has kind of been our little beacon of, would Buffalo accept the idea of a really high-quality Jewish deli?" Zach Rosenblum added.
The five-person team bakes the little balls of dough at their commissary kitchen in Chandlerville and sells them at local farmer's markets, grocery stores, and online.
"Ideally we were going to just stick with knish and go more retail," Pagels said. "Try and see if we could produce them en masse."
That was before they entered the Make It on Main Contest this summer, to win a year of free rent at a little building sandwiched in between two others on Main Street in downtown Buffalo.
