3GNY Stories Live: WEDU Wednesdays Featuring Alison Berg
2021-01-20 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
3GNY Stories Live: WEDU Wednesdays
From a Hungarian Matzo Factory to a Nazi Airplane Factory
Featuring Guest Speaker Alison Berg
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 | 8:00 pm ET | Virtual Event on Zoom

Alison will share the story of her maternal grandmother, Anna Kohn, who grew up in Hungary and worked in the small matzo factory her family owned, which was right next to their home. Anna learned the mechanics of the factory and worked there while attending higher-level schooling in the nearby city as she studied to become a surgeon.
Late into the war, Anna was separated from her mother and taken from her home. She was held in a ghetto and transported to Auschwitz before being sent to Sachsenhausen to work at a Nazi airplane factory. With instincts, faith, and a strong will, she was able to not only survive, but rebel in small but lifesaving ways.
Alison Berg
Alison Berg is the granddaughter of two Holocaust survivors, and grew up in New Jersey minutes away from the chicken farm her grandparents owned upon arriving in America. She graduated from the University of Michigan with degrees in Communications and Political Science, and now works as a director at a communications firm specializing in nonprofit clients — using storytelling to advocate for meaningful causes and enhance their impact.
After hearing stories in pieces over the years, Alison joined WEDU in January 2019 and put the full narrative of her grandmother’s life together to share with students. Her participation in the program was inspired by a conversation with her little sister in the BIg Brothers BIg Sisters program, who was shocked to learn she was just one degree of separation from a real survivor, and that someone from that historical period could still be alive.
Alison hopes her participation in 3GNY helps students more easily connect to the not-so-ancient history, realizing what hate and intolerance is capable of destroying, and what faith and love is capable of surviving.
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Russian Film Week
2021-01-23 12:00 - 2021-01-27 20:00
Russian Film Week in New York (RFWNY) was co-founded and successfully re-launched by the 501(c) (3) non-profit arts organization, Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation (USA) and Rock Studio Films (Russia) in 2018. This partnership aims to develop a multi-state, annual week-long showcase, in an effort to present independent, commercial, documentary and arthouse Russian films with subtitles to mainstream US audiences.
Over 18 events were presented during the first Russian Film Week in December of 2018, including free and paid screenings, movie premieres, screenings and events for kids, free community events, panels, Q&A discussions with artists and directors, press events, and opening/closing night private/semi-private receptions. In June of 2019, Russian Film Week in New York started a new initiative to promote Russian movies: we presented free screenings of two Russian films (with subtitles) at New York’s Wolfe’s Pond Park in Staten Island, as part of the NY City Council’s Cultural Initiative, supported by New York City Councilman Joseph C. Borelli (district 51).
Visit russianfilmweekusa.com to learn more, view festival program, and buy tickets.
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Вебинар - В тихом омуте черти водятся
2021-01-24 09:00 - 10:00
Коммуникативные навыки крайне необходимы. Мы видим, насколько их отсутствие в каждом человеке ведет нас к непониманию друг друга, к уединению. Коммуникация – это практически всё.
Дело в том, что все мы, изначально созданные эгоистами, считаем, что можем спокойно прожить с нашим эго, и нам вообще никто не нужен. А если кто-то и нужен, то только тот, кого я в какой-то мере могу переносить и использовать. Но это неверно. Объединяясь с близкими по духу людьми, у которых есть одна общая цель в жизни, человек может развиваться до абсолютно бесконечных состояний.

“Украденный поцелуй” – Жан Оноре Фрагонар
2021-01-24 19:00 - 20:30
Artworks with Liliya Varon представляет
“Украденный поцелуй” – Жан Оноре Фрагонар
Невинный поцелуй, пылающая страсть, азарт любовной интриги и всё пронизывающая фривольность века рококо… Слова не опишут, а вот картины… 4 картины Фрагонара проведут Вас по тропинкам интриг 18 века, где любовь – это игра по правилам и без, победитель не прочь поменяться местами с побеждённым, а на кону – репутация и сама жизнь.
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1. Оплатить 15 $ через Venmo (@Liliya_Varon) / Zelle (varonliliya@gmail.com or 774-331-7067).
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Preserving the Memory of Auschwitz Survivors
2021-01-27 20:00 - 21:00
Join 3Gs Across the United States and Israel
on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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MIGRATION and MEMORY: Songs and Romances at Faneuil Hall
2021-01-31 18:00 - 20:00
Virtual Concert by Tanya Bertier, Mezzo-soprano & Sima Kustanovich, Piano
Sunday January 31, 2021, 6 pm (premiere), 7 pm (Zoom conversation)
Available on demand January 31 – February 7
Join us for our first concert of 2021, in a series being recorded at Faneuil Hall! The program explores emigres from the Russian empire who settled in the US, UK, France and Israel, and the music they wrote about their original as well adopted homelands. Register to watch >>
Migration and Memory: Songs and Romances features music by IRVING BERLIN, SASHA ARGOV, MORDECHAI ZE’IRA, ARNOLD PERLMUTTER, as well as RACHMANINOFF, GLAZUNOV and PROKOFIEV, among a total of 12 composers, who lived in 6 different countries (complete program on Eventbrite >>). This series is the product of BRAI’s new collaboration with the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (established in 1638). The performance, recorded live earlier this month, lasts an hour. The premiere on the 31st will be immediately followed by a real-time Zoom conversation with the musicians and other viewers. Learn more at migrationmemory.eventbrite.com >>
Links to the unlisted Youtube page for the concert video as well as the Zoom Q&A will be emailed to registered attendees both 24 hours and 2 hours before the premiere starts. The video will remain available for a week and registration for on-demand viewing after the 31st will stay open. Sign up to watch >>
Ticket purchases and donations are shared by BRAI and the artists, with BRAI’s portion supporting the maintenance and restoration of the piano. Free registration is available.
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TANYA BERTIER started her musical training in Krivoi Rog, Ukraine before earning a Bachelor’s in Vocal Performance at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance followed by a Master’s at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv. Initially a lyrical mezzo soprano, she performed as a soloist of Women Vocalise Ensemble, and took on operatic roles such as Carmen (Carmen) and Polina (Dame de Pique). With time and experience, her voice has evolved to full dramatic mezzo. Ms. Bertier commenced her US career with two productions of Hansel und Gretel at the New York Opera Forum and the New York Lyric Opera (interpreting the roles of the Witch and Gertrude, respectively). Other roles followed, including Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana), La Zia Principessa (Suor Angelica), Amneris (Aida), Azucena (Il Trovatore), Madame de la Haltiere (Cendrillon), and of course Waltraute (Götterdämmerung) Erda (Das Rheingold) and Fricka (Die Walküre) from the Wagnerian repertoire. Ms. Bertier recently made her Carnegie Hall debut in the Opera Showcase program and was chosen as a finalist of the Wagner, Strauss and Mahler International Vocal Competition.

SIMA KUSTANOVICH is one of the Northeast’s most sought after pianists. Hailed by the Worcester Telegram & Gazette for the “extraordinary intensity and brilliance of her playing,” she has performed in acclaimed international venues, including France’s Courchevel Chamber Music Festival, New York City’s BargeMusic, Toronto’s Royal Conservatory Chamber Music Series, Niagara on the Lake Music Festival, Summit Festival, Sweden’s St. Jacob’s Cathedral, Hungary’s Matthias Cathedral, Prague’s Hlahol and major cities of Russia, Austria, Italy and Estonia. Currently on the faculties of Clark University, where she is a Distinguished Artist, and Walnut Hill School for Performing Arts, she previously had appointments at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and the famed Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater.

HISTORIC VENUE + HISTORIC GIFT
THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY is a service organization preserving historic and civic traditions of Boston, Massachusetts, and the United States. The oldest chartered military organization in the western hemisphere, the Ancients have had their headquarters and Museum on the fourth floor of historic Faneuil Hall since 1742. Historically, members of this Company have served in every Massachusetts colonial war and national conflict since the company’s founding in 1638. Today they participate in national holiday celebrations, add a measure of pomp and pageantry to the great events of our city and the Commonwealth and turn out for special commemorations. Learn more about the Ancients >>
This collaboration is possible thanks to the generous gift of a 1926 Steinway Model M baby grand from Bliss I. Rand, MD. BRAI’s instrument has been placed in the AHAC Museum at Faneuil Hall to enable live concerts to be held by both organizations. The virtual format is currently a necessity, but we look forward to holding in-person concerts when the building reopens to the public. If you would like to support the restoration and ongoing maintenance of the piano, you can do so through our Piano Fund campaign >>.
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Леонид Спивак. Бостон в русской культуре
2021-02-03 19:00 - 20:00
Уникальная бесплатная online лекция
Леонид Спивак
Бостон в русской культуре
Старейшее русское игровое пособие в коллекции Гарварда. Русский ленд-лиз XVIII века. Создавал ли Пушкин вестерн? Как бостонский «Кофейный дом» повлиял на Гоголя?

Лекция организована факультетом иностранных языков и кафедрой русского языка Бостонского университета. На русском языке.
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Maxim D. Shrayer and Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer
2021-02-11 19:00 - 20:00
Join us to hear the daughter-and-father team of Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer and Maxim D. Shrayer as they read from and discuss their new books!
Click here to register for this Zoom webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8416053015193/WN_yF3D8u22Ske4gc7Nmr3xFg

Free Quilling Online Class
2021-02-14 16:00 - 17:00
Free
Quilling Online Class
from almaoriginalart.com
An introductory class for beginners.
All you need to know to start quilling
in just one hour!
Want to try quilling during class and get immediate feedback?
Want to be able to ask any questions in real-time?
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A list of recommended tools and materials will be sent with sign-in confirmation.
Sunday – Feb 14,2021 – 4pm
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Carved Sticks and Honey Stones: Zionism in Yiddish Children’s Literature After the Holocaust
2021-02-18 12:00 - 13:00
Carved Sticks and Honey Stones: Zionism in Yiddish Children’s Literature After the Holocaust
February 18, 2021
12:00 – 1:00 PM EST

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Miriam Udel is Associate Professor of German Studies and Jewish Studies at Emory University, where her teaching focuses on Yiddish language, literature, and culture. She holds an AB in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University, as well as a PhD in Comparative Literature from the same institution. She was ordained in 2019 as part of the first cohort of the Executive Ordination Track at Yeshivat Maharat, a program designed to bring qualified mid-career women into the Orthodox rabbinate.
Udel’s academic research interests include 20th century Yiddish literature and culture, Jewish children’s literature, and American-Jewish literature. She is the author of “Never Better!: The Modern Jewish Picaresque” (University of Michigan Press), winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience. She’s the editor and translator of “Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature” appeared in October with New York University Press. It is the first comprehensive anthology of Yiddish children’s literature in English.
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Mini TRIVIA игра для всех!
2021-02-24 19:30
Центр Макор, Silver Studio, Limmud Mini-me и Нетривиальная представляют
Mini TRIVIA игра для всех!
К самому весёлому еврейскому празднику Пурим
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Смотрите в прямом эфире!
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The Cherry Orchard: A New Media Workshop
2021-02-26 20:00 - 21:00
Baryshnikov Arts Center and Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation Co-Present
Arlekin Players Theatre’s
The Cherry Orchard: A New Media Workshop
An Interactive Online Theater Experience Starring Jessica Hecht with Anna Baryshnikov, Darya Denisova, Jeffrey Hayenga, Melanie Moore, Nael Nacer, Mark Nelson, and special guest Mikhail Baryshnikov
February 26, 2021 at 8PM – Special Event
FEBRUARY 16, 2021 – New York, NY – Baryshnikov Arts Center and Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation co-present an interactive new media experiment, adapted from Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, created by Boston’s award-winning Arlekin Players Theatre and their newly-established Zero Gravity (zero-G) Virtual Performance Lab. The Cherry Orchard: A New Media Workshop will debut online Friday, February 26, 2021 at 8PM ET as part of Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC)’s Digital Spring 2021 Season. Registration for this free event is required at BACNYC.ORG. This presentation is not open for review.

The Cherry Orchard: A New Media Workshop is an experiment in development by Arlekin Players Theatre’s founder and director Igor Golyak, who has been a leading innovator of virtual theater since the start of the pandemic. His recent State vs. Natasha Banina was a Critic’s Pick in The New York Times by Maya Phillips who declared “The verdict is in: Zoom can, in fact, be an effective new stage for theater.” Golyak’s latest work fuses film, theater, and video game technology to create a new medium where viewers are able to interact with the performers. Drawing from the original text of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, scenes from the play, and recordings of Chekhov’s letters and dreams, the online event accesses Chekhov’s desktop computer, where viewers discover six of his classic characters living in a virtual space, searching for happiness.

The cast comprises a cadre of well-known stage, television, and film actors including Tony-Nominee Jessica Hecht, who performs the iconic role of Ranevskaya. Hecht says, “I have been longing to explore The Cherry Orchard with Igor and our company in a way that gives us the most intimate and relatable portrait of a family in crisis. I believe we can create something raw and modern, without losing an authenticity to Chekhov’s vision.”
The presentation also features other celebrated performers, including Anna Baryshnikov (Apple TV+’s Dickinson) as Varya; Arlekin’s Darya Denisova as Tramp/Guide; Jeffrey Hayenga (The Elephant Man) as Fiers; Melanie Moore (Finding Neverland, So You Think You Can Dance) as Anya; Mark Nelson (Angels in America, The Invention of Love) as Gaev; and acclaimed Boston-based actor Nael Nacer as Lopakhin. BAC’s Founder and Artistic Director Mikhail Baryshnikov makes a special appearance in the role of Anton Chekhov. The work was developed and filmed, in part, at BAC in January with strict adherence to COVID health and safety protocols.
This project is the first phase of a larger New Media Cherry Orchard Project that Arlekin plans to develop into a hybrid production featuring new media, online, and live elements, with aspirations for a New York run in the 2021-22 season. “The Post-pandemic theater has to reexamine and reimagine itself. Through this experiment we are finding out how humankind can find each other in the virtual while continuing to treasure the in-person encounter, which makes for a new kind of site-specific theater,” says Golyak. “And I find myself in constant dialogue with The Cherry Orchard—during a time of loss and recovery, it helps us explore connection, transition, loss, and the human yearning for happiness.”
An international team of designers, new software usage, and technical engineers has collaborated with Golyak both virtually and onsite in Arlekin’s new Zero Gravity (zero-G) Virtual Performance Lab in Needham, MA for several months to create the functionality and online environment for this project, which includes software support from Aximmetry Technologies Ltd., the official software provider for Arlekin’s Zero Gravity Lab; a new platform called “The Soft Layer” from Will Brierly of Snowrunner Productions; and back-end/design work from Vladimir Gusev, Anna Fedorova, and Anton Nikolaev.

The Cherry Orchard: A New Media Workshop marks the second collaboration for Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation and Baryshnikov Arts Center, who co-presented Arlekin’s State vs. Natasha Banina during BAC’s Digital Fall 2020 Season. The evening offers an immersive experience as Arlekin shares their new proof of concept, followed by a live talkback with members of the cast and creative team.

The Cherry Orchard: A New Media Workshop, co-presented by Baryshnikov Arts Center and Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation, is made possible with generous additional support from ArtsEmerson, Fooksman Family Foundation, ZiphyCare, BroadBand Collaborative, Meghan Coleman, Robin Hanley, and Aximmetry Technologies Ltd., the official software provider for Arlekin’s Zero Gravity Lab.

FULL PROGRAM CREDITS
The Baryshnikov Arts Center & Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation Co-present
Arlekin Players Theatre
The Cherry Orchard: A New Media Workshop
Adapted from The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
Conceived and Directed by Igor Golyak
Produced by Igor Golyak, Arlekin Players and Sara Stackhouse, BroadBand Collaborative
Virtual Performance Technical Director: Vladimir Gusev
Game Engine & Interaction Design: Will Brierly, Snowrunner Productions
Live Production Technicians: Anton Nikolaev and Igor Golyak
Virtual Set & Environment Designer: Anna Fedorova
Web Developer: Anatoly Krivonos
Composer: Jakov Jakoulov
Assistant Director: Blair Cadden
Properties Assistant: Irina Vilenchik
Platform: The Soft Layer by Snowrunner Productions
Director of Photography: Guillermo Cameo
Associate Producer: Joshua A. Friedman
2nd Camera and Editor: Anton Nikolaev
Sound: Sebastian Holst
Gaffer: Sashank Sana
Assistant Editor: Anna Gruman
Production Assistant: Violet de Besche

Cast
Ranevskaya Jessica Hecht
Gaev Mark Nelson
Varya Anna Baryshnikov
Anya Melanie Moore
Lopakhin Nael Nacer
Fiers Jeffrey Hayenga
Tramp/Guide Darya Denisova
And Mikhail Baryshnikov as Anton Chekhov

Arlekin Players Theatre, founded by Artistic Director Igor Golyak, was created in Boston in 2009 and has since toured to New York, Chicago, and Hartford, as well as to international festivals in Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, and Monaco. It’s production of State vs Natasha Banina has received world-wide acclaim, including the New York Times Critics’ Pick. Arlekin has received multiple awards for its work including four 2020 Elliot Norton Awards from the Boston Theater Critics Association for its recent productions of The Stone and The Seagull. Arlekin takes strong pride in their emphasis on self-identity; they are a company of immigrants performing works that play on the ideas of cross-culture, home, and traditions, challenging the idea of nationality, and finding common themes that unite us all. In 2020, Arlekin launched it’s Zero Gravity (zero-G) Virtual Theater Lab to explore new theater possibilities for a new time. The company makes its home in Needham, MA. For more information, visit www.arlekinplayers.com.
Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) is the realization of a long-held vision by artistic director Mikhail Baryshnikov who sought to build an arts center in Manhattan that would serve as a gathering place for artists from all disciplines. BAC’s opening in 2005 heralded the launch of this mission, establishing a thriving creative laboratory and performance space for artists from around the world. BAC’s activities encompass a robust residency program augmented by a range of professional services, including commissions of new work, as well as the presentation of performances by artists at varying stages of their careers. In tandem with its commitment to supporting artists, BAC is dedicated to building audiences for the arts by presenting contemporary, innovative work at affordable ticket prices. For more information visit bacnyc.org.
Cherry Orchard Festival (CherryOrchardFestival.org), a registered 501c) (3) arts organization, is a leading independent international arts organization with a solid reputation for presenting musical performances, theatrical productions, multidisciplinary performing and visual arts attractions by a stunning array of global artists to audiences in the US. Founded by executive producer Maria Shclover and artistic director Irina Shabshis in 2012, the festival has presented over 60 unique world class events, concerts, and theatrical performances to over 150,000 audience members across the US. The presentation of “Cherry Orchard” at the Baryshnikov Arts Center will be the second collaboration between the Festival and Arlekin Theatre, after the successful online run of The State Vs. Natasha Banina in 2020. The ongoing mission of the Cherry Orchard Festival is to introduce and promote global cultural activity and exchange of ideas, aiming to enlighten and engage audiences through educational entertainment programs and events. For more information about the festival, please visit cherryorchardfestival.org.
Baryshnikov Arts Center Press Contact: Kristen Miles, kmiles@bacnyc.org, 646-285-7694

FORBIDDEN FRUIT: Cello and Piano Concert from Faneuil Hall
2021-02-28 18:00 - 2021-03-10 23:55
BRAI and the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company present a virtual concert by cellist Mickey Katz and pianist Jane Hua. Streaming Now!

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About this Event
Forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest is an adage that refers in part to love and in part to the attractions of things that are proscribed. This program explores both aspects. It features one composition inspired by a vibrant and doomed love affair, and another that was a wedding present, while also including numerous works explicitly banned or more subtly buried by Soviet authorities for many decades.
BSO cellist Mickey Katz and pianist Jane Hua perform music by FRANCK, RACHMANINOFF, LIGETI, WEINBERG and SHOSTAKOVICH. Their performance, recorded live earlier this month, will premiere on February 28 at 6pm, followed at 7 by a virtual Q&A with the musicians on Zoom, where you can ask questions and converse with them as well as other listeners. After the premiere, you can still register to watch the concert on-demand through March 10th.
Recorded in the fourth floor Armory of Faneuil Hall, FORBIDDEN FRUIT is part of the In Honorable Company series of virtual concerts presented by Ballets Russes Arts Initiative in collaboration with the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (est. 1638).
César FRANCK (1822 – 1890) 1st movement of Sonata for Violin and Piano (1886)
György Sándor LIGETI (1923-2006) Sonata for Solo Cello (1948-1953)
Mieczyslaw WEINBERG (1919-1996) Selections from 24 Preludes for Solo Cello, op. 100 (1968)
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (1934)
Sergey RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943) Vocalise (1915), from 14 Romances, op. 34 no.14, Transcribed for cello and piano
The cello sonata by Shostakovich encapsulates both the romantic and prohibited aspects of the program. It was written in August 1934, while the composer was having an affair that led to a short-lived divorce (he remarried his first wife Nina in 1935 after it turned out she was pregnant with their daughter), and conveys the emotional turmoil he was experiencing. Just over a year later, in early 1936, Pravda published two article denouncing Shostakovich’s recent operas and ballets after Stalin was displeased with them, which effectively buried the composers early works from performance and forced him to shift his musical style in order to avoid arrest. György Ligeti’s solo cello sonata, by contrast, was banned without being premiered or published. It was completed in 1953, when Hungary had entered the Eastern Bloc, and all music had to be scrutinized by the Communist-controlled Composers’ Union. It would not be performed publicly until 1979, gradually gaining recognition throughout the 80s and 90s. Meanwhile, Weinberg’s 24 Preludes, though not actively prohibited, lay dormant for almost 30 years between their composition in 1967 (for Mstislav Rostropovich) and premiere in 1995 (by Yosif Feigelson).
Your ticket purchases and donations are shared by BRAI and the artists. Free registration ends on the 28th, but a donation of any amount can allow you to watch the concert after that.
MICKEY KATZ has been a cellist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 2004. A native of Israel, he has distinguished himself as a solo performer, chamber musician, and contemporary music specialist. He received the Presser Music Award in Boston, the Karl Zeise Prize as a Tanglewood Music Center Fellow, and won first prizes at the Hudson Valley Philharmonic Competition and the Rubin Academy Competition in Tel Aviv. A graduate of the New England Conservatory in Boston, Mickey is now a faculty member there, as well at the Tanglewood Music Center and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
As soloist, he has performed with several Israeli orchestras and locally with the Civic Symphony of Boston, Symphony Pro Musica, and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. As a chamber musician, Mickey has appeared in such venues as Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, Jordan Hall in Boston, the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, Italy, and Salle Gaveau in Paris, as well as all the major venues of Israel. He participated in the Marlboro Festival and was invited to take part in the Musicians from Marlboro tour. He has collaborated with distinguished players such as violinists Pinkhas Zukerman and Gil Shaham, violists Tabea Zimmermann and Kim Kashkashian, members of the Juilliard and Guarneri string quartets, and pianist Gilbert Kalish. Mickey is a passionate interpreter of new music, making several American and Boston premieres of Elliott Carter’s music, and also working with composers György Kurtág, John Corigliano, Leon Kirchner, and John Harbison in performing their music.
HUA YE (JANE) is a pianist born and raised in Urumqi, China. After earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism at Hong Kong Baptist University, she moved to the U. S. to pursue her dream of classical music. Studying on full scholarship, Jane earned two M.M. degrees in Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano at Kansas State University and the UMass Amherst, respectively. She now performs as a solo and chamber musician in the Boston area while working as a piano teacher at several schools. Recent appearances in the Greater Boston audience include the Boston Public Library, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Longwood Cricket Club, 2Life Communities Brighton Campus, Belmont-Watertown United Methodist Church, Carriage House Violins Masterclass Series, and Groupmuse salon concerts. She teaches at the Brookline Chinese School, Note-Worthy Experience Music Studio, and the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and is Marketing and Fundraising Associate at the Cambridge Chamber Ensemble.
BALLETS RUSSES ARTS INITIATIVE is a Boston-based non-profit cultural organization that fosters international creative exchange in the visual and performing arts and film, and connects communities in the US and Eurasia. BRAI carries out public programs throughout Massachusetts, the East Coast and internationally, and BR360 Member programs in the Boston area. www.ballets-russes.com
THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY is a service organization preserving historic and civic traditions of Boston, Massachusetts, and the United States. The oldest chartered military organization in the western hemisphere, the Ancients have had their headquarters and Museum on the fourth floor of historic Faneuil Hall since 1742. Historically, members of this Company have served in every Massachusetts colonial war and national conflict since the company’s founding in 1638. Today they participate in national holiday celebrations, add a measure of pomp and pageantry to the great events of our city and the Commonwealth and turn out for special commemorations. www.ahac.us.com
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18th Annual Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture and Chai Anniversary Celebration
2021-03-02 12:30 - 13:30
18th Annual Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture and Chai Anniversary Celebration
Sunday, May 2, 2021
12:30 pm EDT
from the comfort of your own home
The Synagogue Council of Massachusetts is honored to join lecture founder, Dr. Herbert Birnbaum and the Birnbaum family, in presenting the Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture. This year’s program features noted journalist and author, Yossi Klein HaLevi in conversation with Benjamin Birnbaum addressing the important and provocative topic, “Holding the Jewish Center”. An award-winning journalist, Ben is also Connie and Herb’s son.
Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Together with Imam Abdullah Antepli of Duke University, he co-directs the Institute’s Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI), which teaches emerging young Muslim American leaders about Judaism, Jewish identity and Israel.
Halevi’s 2013 book, Like Dreamers, won the Jewish Book Council’s Everett Book of the Year Award. His latest book, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, is a New York Times bestseller. He writes for leading op-ed pages in the US, including the Times and the Wall Street Journal, and is a former contributing editor to the New Republic.
His 2001 book, At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew’s Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land, will be reissued in 2019 by HarperCollins.
His first book, Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist, tells the story of his teenage years as a follower of the militant rightwing rabbi Meir Kahane, and his subsequent disillusionment with Jewish radicalism. The New York Times called it “a book of burning importance.”
Born in Brooklyn, he moved to Israel in 1982, and lives in Jerusalem with wife, Sarah, who helps run a center for Jewish meditation. They have three children.
www.yossikleinhalevi.com/bio

Connie Spear Birnbaum& Dr. Herbert Birnbaum
Connie Spear Birnbaum z”l
In the late 1980’s, when the growing divide between the denominations of Judaism threatened the integrity of a single and unified Klal Yisrael (Jewish people), The Synagogue Council instituted the Unity Mission to bridge the gaps by bringing together young leaders from across the denominational spectrum to help shape the community’s future. To head this initiative, Synagogue Council’s Executive Director, Alan Teperow, targeted an extraordinary Jewish communal professional, Connie Spear Birnbaum. Connie had the magnetism and passion for people in general, and her people in particular, to galvanize these forces and bring creativity to the process. The importance of community and the need to operate out of the box, values driven home by the pandemic, are precisely the elements which defined Connie as an inspiring and impactful leader. Upon her untimely passing in January 2003, the Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture emerged to continue her legacy as a partnership of the Birnbaum family and The
Synagogue Council.
May the memory of Connie Spear Birnbaum be for a blessing.

The lecture is free and open to the public and made possible through the generosity of the Birnbaum family and friends, and all those who choose to honor Connie’s legacy by donating.
We hope you will consider a targeted donation to the Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture.
To donate online, please click here.
To donate by check, please make your check payable to The Synagogue Council of Massachusetts, write “Connie Lecture” on the memo line, and mail your check to:
The Synagogue Council of Massachusetts
1320 Centre St., Suite. 306
Newton Centre, MA 02459
www.synagoguecouncil.org

Recovering the Land: Jewish-Israeli Settlers’ Agricultural and Environmental Pursuits in the Israeli South
2021-03-04 12:00 - 13:00
Photo Credit: Liron Shani
Recovering the Land: Jewish-Israeli Settlers’ Agricultural and Environmental Pursuits in the Israeli South
March 4, 2021
12:00 – 1:00 PM EST

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Shai M. Dromi is a Lecturer on Sociology at Harvard University. His research looks at how moral beliefs affect political and organizational dynamics. His recent book, “Above the Fray: The Red Cross and the Making of the Humanitarian NGO Sector,” (University of Chicago Press, 2020), examined the role of religion in international aid organizations. He has also published and researched on the Jewish-Israeli settler movement during and after the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. His articles appeared in Sociological Theory, Theory and Society, Rural Sociology, and other journals. Dromi holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Yale University.
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Donning Costumes Through the Ages: Deciphering “Jewish” Clothing
2021-03-04 19:00 - 20:00
Dear fellow RSJ educators and engagers,
I am reaching out on the recommendation of our dear Olga Markus to share the information about JPA Platinum – a series of free online events for the Russian-speaking 60+ audience. Last spring, JPA resolved to make a positive difference in the lives of our parents’ and grandparents’ generations; those who found themselves most vulnerable and isolated during the COVID pandemic.
Following the mission and strengths of our organization, we’ve created a series of virtual classes/lectures/events with gripping Jewish themes and presented in Russian language.
This year we were able to revive this initiative with the generous support of the Genesis Philanthropy Group. Past JPA Platinum included a lecture about Yiddish literature presented by Professor Anna Shternshis and a virtual tour of Paris which followed the footsteps of Russian-Jews who lived in that city in the first half of the 20th century. This lecture was presented by one of the most popular Parisian guides – Polina Fomina. The Zoom lectures are open to all registered at no cost and are always engaging and high quality. The very appreciative audience of the last lecture consisted of about 150 participants from 13 states.
We invite you to utilize this program as a resource for your community and will be happy to see the representatives of your communities in our next meetings. Please feel free to share directly with the target audience or with their children and grandchildren who can assist in installing Zoom and passing on the information.
The next meeting will take place on March 4th. Please see the details below and share as you find appropriate.
Please note that while we are working on making the last lecture’s video available through our website, other lectures are only accessible in real time with registration.
Yelena Pogorelsky
JPA Program Director
www.jpacademy.org

347-885-5571
We are excited to announce that the next lecture will be Thursday, March 4th on the topic of: Donning Costumes Through the Ages: Deciphering “Jewish” Clothing. Please find more information below and register for free to receive the event details. The event is targeted for Russian-speaking people age 60+.
Free Registration here
TOPIC: Donning Costumes Through the Ages: Deciphering “Jewish” Clothing
Переодеваясь через эпохи: как читать еврейский костюм?
Многовековая история еврейского гардероба превратила одежду в особый язык, помогающий не только «читать», но и «толковать» высказывания её носителя. А мода меняющегося мира продолжает «дописывать» эти смыслы и сегодня.
DATE: Thursday, March 4th
TIME: 7:00pm EST (New York)
6:00pm Chicago
4:00pm California
LANGUAGE: Russian
LOCATION: Online via ZOOM
JPA Platinum has been made possible with the generous support of Genesis Philanthropy Group.

Passover Instant Pot Cooking with Paula Shoyer
2021-03-14 10:00 - 11:30
Passover Instant Pot Cooking with Paula Shoyer
Get out your Instant Pot and prepare for Passover with famed cook and author, Paula Shoyer
About this Event
Please join us for a wonderful morning of cooking with famed cook and author, Paula Shoyer, as she helps us find ways to use our Instant Pots for Passover and cook delicious dishes from her new cookbook, “The Instant Pot Kosher Cookbook.” Paula has a French pastry degree from Paris and has taught more than hundred virtual cooking events all around the world. Paula will take the fear out of this amazing appliance and help us all make Passover a little less stressful this year.
Whether cooking for one or a few more, the Instant Pot can make everything from chicken soup to dessert and all dishes in between and cuts down cooking time by hours. You can purchase an Instant Pot and Paula’s new cookbook at various local and online vendors.
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With Us More Than Ever: Making the Absent Rebbe Present in Messianic Chabad
2021-03-18 12:00 - 13:00
Photo Credit: Menahem Rosenberg
With Us More Than Ever: Making the Absent Rebbe Present in Messianic Chabad
March 18, 2021
12:00 – 1:00 PM EST

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Yoram Bilu is Professor (emeritus) of Anthropology and Psychology at Hebrew University. Focusing on Israeli society and Jewish traditional culture, his research interests include the anthropology of religion, culture and mental health, the sanctification of space in Israel, and Maghrebi Jewish culture. In 2013 he received the Israel Prize in sociology and anthropology. In 2015 he was elected to the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities. His main publications are: “Without Bounds: The Life and Death of Rabbi Ya’aqov Wazana,” (Wayne State University Press, 2000); “The Saints’ Impresarios” (Academic Studies Press, 2010); “With Us More than Ever Before: Making the Absent Rebbe Present in Messianic Chabad” (Stanford University Press, 2020).
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The Jewish Family During Social Isolation
2021-03-18 19:00 - 20:00
The Jewish Family During Social Isolation
JPA Platinum Series in Russian: Since being with family is valued so highly in the Jewish culture, the workshop will discuss the possible impact of being separated from loved ones, and how to mitigate this effect now that families are starting to come back together. The workshop will help participants think through ways that families can stay connected and how rethinking what “family time” means can lead to improved well-being. The importance of mourning “the old normal” will also be discussed.
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DATE: Thursday, March 18
TIME: 7:00pm EST (New York)
6:00pm Chicago
4:00pm California
LANGUAGE: Russian
LOCATION: Online via ZOOM
Presented By
Julie Davelman PhD
Psychologist specializing in maternal mental health, geriatrics, and forensic work
TOPIC: Eврейская семья во время социальной изоляции
Семья – важнейшая ценность в еврейской культуре. Поэтому на нашем семинаре мы обсудим как последствия изоляции от близких, так и смягчение этих неприятных последствий сейчас, когда мы снова начинаем больше общаться. Семинар поможет участникам переосмыслить формы общения в семье. Сама переоценка понятия “быть с семьей” может помочь нам почувствовать облегчение.
Мы обсудим значение ностальгии по “старой норме”. Кроме того, семинар затронет вопросы образования. Ценность образования в еврейской культуре традиционно высока, но в течение последнего года уровень обучения детей совсем не такой как его хотели бы видеть родители. К сожалению, работа родителей не оставляет им достаточно времени чтобы заполнить этот пробел. И здесь могут включиться бабушки и дедушки. Мы обсудим как именно они могут помочь. Помимо непосредственной помощи в обучении, бабушки и дедушки могут включиться в культурное образование внуков, укрепить связь между поколениями.
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Voices Far and Near: Translating Contemporary Israeli Poetry
2021-03-25 12:00
Art by Keren Katz
Voices Far and Near: Translating Contemporary Israeli Poetry
March 25, 2021
12:00 – 1:00 PM EST

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Adriana X. Jacobs is Associate Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature at the University of Oxford and author of “Strange Cocktail: Translation and the Making of Modern Hebrew Poetry” (2018). Her work on contemporary Hebrew and Israeli poetry and translation has appeared in various publications, including Shofar, PMLA, Studies in American Jewish Literature, and Prooftexts. She is the recipient of a 2015 PEN/Heim Translation Fund grant for her translation of Vaan Nguyen’s “The Truffle Eye,” forthcoming from Zephyr Press. She is currently Co-head Fellow of the 2021-21 Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies (“Translating Jewish Cultures”).
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Saviors on the Screen
2021-04-04 10:00 - 2021-04-08 12:00
Saviors on the Screen
Virtual Series
A series of films presented in commemoration of Yom Hashoah
SUN, APR 04 – THU, APR 08
10:00 AM – 11:59 PM
$12.00
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Русский “гений места” в Бостоне
2021-04-07 19:00 - 20:00
Двадцатый век в Бостоне отмечен созвездием русских имен. Американская “колыбель революции” стала пристанищем наследников петербургского Серебряного века. Загадочные и драматические истории столицы Новой Англии составят основу второй лекции Леонида Спивака о роли Бостона в русской культуре.
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Annual Gathering of Remembrance
2021-04-11 14:00 - 15:00
Annual Gathering of Remembrance
Sunday, April 11 | 2 PM ET online
Every year, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage’s Annual Gathering of Remembrance, we bring together thousands as a community to say: we will never forget. The Jewish people persist, and we will not allow the memory of millions to pass into stony silence. We owe it to our people, ourselves, and our children to insist that when we mourn those who were murdered and comfort those who suffered, we tell their stories with the utmost respect for their human dignity. It is a powerful answer to the Nazis’ thwarted ambition.
Please join us Sunday for this year’s virtual gathering in observance of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). Featured speakers include Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff; U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer; Elisha Wiesel, son of the late Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel; Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Museum Trustee and Holocaust survivor; and more.
We hope that you will consider supporting this year’s Annual Gathering by registering and making a donation of any level. Your support is critical to our exhibitions, student field trips, and other educational programs. Help us ensure that future generations never forget the history and lessons of the Holocaust.
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Thank you for being a part of our community as we honor the memory of those we have lost, cherish the survivors still with us, and invite people from New York City and around the world to learn our history.

Preserving our Collective Memory: Bridging Generations Virtual Community Holocaust Commemoration of Yom HaShoah
2021-04-11 14:00 - 15:00
Preserving our Collective Memory: Bridging Generations
Virtual Community Holocaust Commemoration of Yom HaShoah
BJoin JCRC for our annual Holocaust Commemoration recognizing the 25th anniversary of the New England Holocaust Memorial. This virtual event will feature the moving reflections of our survivors. Through their stories, music, art and poetry – we remember. Through their lessons – we vow to carry their legacy forward.
For more information about the event, please contact ekaye@jcrcboston.org
For survivors needing computer assistance, contact Lillian Fox at 508-875-8101.
Closed captioning will be available.
View the Yom HaShoah commemoration April 11 at 2:00pm on Brookline TV, DedhamTV, Canton Community TV and Sharon TV.
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Judaeophobia and Palestinophilia: Symptoms of Emancipation Anxiety in Late Imperial Russia
2021-04-15 12:00 - 13:00
Moses (1904), E. M. Lilien
Judaeophobia and Palestinophilia: Symptoms of Emancipation Anxiety in Late Imperial Russia
April 15, 2021
12:00 – 1:00 PM EST

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Olga Litvak is the Laurie B. and Eric M. Roth Professor of Modern European Jewish History at Cornell University. A specialist in the intellectual and cultural history of Jews in Eastern Europe, she is currently writing a book on the Jewish origins of Zionism.
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A Conversation with Jehuda Reinharz
2021-04-15 19:00 - 20:00
Chaim Weizmann, the Forgotten Founder: A Conversation with Jehuda Reinharz
Apr 15, 2021 07:00 PM
When the great biochemist Chaim Weizmann was elected president of Israel in 1949, he had been a key figure in Zionist politics for five decades. In fact, as historian Jehuda Reinharz has shown in his magisterial three-volume biography, it is virtually impossible to imagine the founding of the State of Israel without his ceaseless diplomacy. The third volume of that biography was published last year in Israel to great acclaim and some controversy (Weizmann, it turns out, wasn’t perfect), and it will be out in English next year. Sign up for our JRB Conversation with Professor Reinharz on Thursday evening, April 15, for a deep dive into the life of the indispensable (but sometimes overlooked) founder of Israel, Chaim Weizmann.
Professor Reinharz, who, as you know, was president of Brandeis University for 17 years and now heads up the Mandel Foundation, knows something about leadership himself. That knowledge, along with his deep archival research, gives him unique insights into Weizmann’s remarkable career. I think you’ll enjoy our conversation, and I know Jehuda is looking forward to your questions.
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BALLADE: Violin and Piano Concert in memory of GORDON LANKTON
2021-04-25 18:00 - 2021-05-05 23:55
BALLADE: Violin and Piano Concert in memory of GORDON LANKTON
Virtual concert by Liubomyr Senyshyn (violin) and Paulius Pancekauskas (piano) recorded at Faneuil Hall, honoring Gordon Lankton (1931-2021)
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About this Event
A ballade is an instrumental composition based on a heroic narrative. This concert is dedicated to the memory of a human, and in many ways heroic, journey–that of collector, philanthropist and business leader Gordon Lankton. Gordon passed away March 7th, 2021, just shy of his 90th birthday, which he would have celebrated on April 24th.
In this concert, violinist Liubomyr Senyshyn, a native of Ukraine, and pianist Paulius Pancekauskas, a native of Lithuania, perform music by Maurice RAVEL, Balys DVARIONAS, Yevhen STANKOVYCH and Myroslav SKORYK (see below for full details). The streaming premiere of the concert video, on April 25, will be immediately followed by Q&A with the musicians on Zoom. The video will be available to watch on-demand through May 7, with registration remaining open through May 5.
Free registration is available. Your ticket purchases and donations are shared by BRAI and the artists. You can also make a donation after watching the concert.
BALLADE is part of the In Honorable Company series of virtual concerts presented by Ballets Russes Arts Initiative in collaboration with the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (est. 1638). This concert was recorded live in the fourth floor of Faneuil Hall on April 12th.
Viewing and Q&A links will go out to all registered attendees 24 hours and 2 hours before the streaming premiere. Registrations between 4 and 6 pm on the 25th will get the links shortly before the 6 pm start. Registrations received during/after the premiere, will receive the links instantaneously. The Q&A is only available to those who register before the streaming premiere ends.
PROGRAM:
Welcome by Raoul Alcala, Chairman of BRAI and Joe Regan, Executive Secretary of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
A tribute to Gordon Lankton by Peter Rand and Anna Winestein, co-founders of Ballets Russes Arts Initiative.
Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 “Posthume” , M.12
Balys DVARIONAS (1904-1972, Lithuanian) Sonata-Ballade for Violin and Piano
Yevhen STANKOVYCH (b. 1942, Ukrainian) ” Ukrainian Poem” for Violin and Piano
Myroslav SKORYK ( 1938-2020) “Carpathian Rhapsody” for Violin and Piano
PERFORMERS:
LIUBOMYR SENYSHYN is a wide-ranging solo, chamber and orchestral violinist, originally from Ukraine, with an active private teaching studio in the Boston area. After earning an MM from the L’viv National Music Academy, he joined the Austrian orchestra K&K Philharmoniker, with whom he played 120 concerts per year in the great halls of Europe: Berliner Philharmonic, Wiener Musikverein and Oslo Opera House. In the Boston area he performs regularly with the Cape Ann Symphony, Boston Chamber Symphony Orchestra, and Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as Boston Opera Collaborative. He was a member of KLMB String Quartet (Lviv, Ukraine) and he is a co-founder of the Glenside Quartet (Boston, MA). He recently earned his Artist Diploma from the Longy School of Music of Bard College (Cambridge, MA), where he won the 2017 Honors Competition. In 2018, Liubomyr placed 2nd in the International Music Competition for Strings (Cremona, Italy), and now holds an associate faculty position at the Cremona International Music Academy for the 2021 festival. In addition to teaching privately, he is on the faculty of Note-Worthy Experiences (Sudbury, MA) and Sharon Music Academy. Learn more about Liubomyr here.
PAULIUS PANCEKAUSKAS is a pianist and teacher hailing from Lithuania who has made Boston his home for the last five years. In 2020 he earned his Artist Diploma in piano performance from Longy School of Music of Bard College, where he received the Neil and Jane Pappalardo Scholarship as well as the Presidential Scholarship, and studied under Spencer Myer. He also holds an M.M. from Longy and a B.M. from Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy. Paulius has achieved critical acclaim and won or placed in over a dozen piano and music competitions in Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia, and USA. He is a laureate of the international New Names foundation. He made his orchestral debut with the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra in 2009 performing Edward Grieg’s Piano Concerto in G minor. In 2014 he performed at the International Piano Stars Festival in Liepoja, Latvia. He has also played with the Klaipėda chamber orchestra. In 2020 he was a finalist of the prestigious Frederic Chopin Competition in Hartford, CT. Currently, Paulius is an active performer in Massachusetts pursuing his solo and teaching career. He is on the faculty at the Community Music Center of Boston. Watch Paulius play.
GORDON LANKTON (1931-2021) was a collector, philanthropist and business leader who founded the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, MA and built Nypro Inc into a powerhouse in medical plastics. He will, above all, be remembered as a leader who treated everyone with dignity. Gordon led with humility and genuinely cared for his employees and the community. He was also an important early benefactor of BRAI, and supporter of ongoing collaboration between BRAI and the Museum of Russian Icons that has lasted over a decade. Read more about Gordon here.
BALLETS RUSSES ARTS INITIATIVE is a Boston-based non-profit cultural organization that fosters international creative exchange in the visual and performing arts and film, and connects communities in the US and Eurasia. BRAI carries out public programs throughout Massachusetts, the East Coast and internationally, and BR360 Member programs in the Boston area. www.ballets-russes.com
THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY is a service organization preserving historic and civic traditions of Boston, Massachusetts, and the United States. The oldest chartered military organization in the western hemisphere, the Ancients have had their headquarters and Museum on the fourth floor of historic Faneuil Hall since 1742. Historically, members of this Company have served in every Massachusetts colonial war and national conflict since the company’s founding in 1638. Today they participate in national holiday celebrations, add a measure of pomp and pageantry to the great events of our city and the Commonwealth and turn out for special commemorations. www.ahac.us.com
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The Zionist Phantom 1
2021-04-26 11:30 - 12:30
Please join us for two exciting events to launch our first ever virtual art exhibition in conjunction with Brandeis University’s Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts, April 25-May 1, 2021.
The Zionist Phantom – Exhibition Launch and Artist Talk with Prof. Dana Arieli and Dr. Rotem Rozental
Monday, April 26, 2021
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

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Meet the artist and curator behind our very first virtual art exhibition, The Zionist Phantom – coming soon!
Professor Dana Arieli, Design Faculty, Holon Institute of Technology and Mandel Center for Leadership in the Negev
Dr. Rotem Rozental, Chief Curator and Senior Director of Arts and Culture at American Jewish University
Cosponsored by the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and the Consulate General of Israel to New England.
The Zionist Phantom, A Photographic Tale: Artist Workshop with Prof. Dana Arieli

The Zionist Phantom 2
2021-04-27 12:00 - 14:00
Please join us for two exciting events to launch our first ever virtual art exhibition in conjunction with Brandeis University’s Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts, April 25-May 1, 2021.
The Zionist Phantom, A Photographic Tale: Artist Workshop with Prof. Dana Arieli
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
12:00 – 2:00 PM ET

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Pictured: Artist Dana Arieli
Guided by Prof. Dana Arieli, participants will be invited to select images from the project and respond to them with their own texts, reflecting their impressions, emotions or memories. The written responses will be added to the exhibition webpage – coming soon!
Professor Dana Arieli, Design Faculty, Holon Institute of Technology and Mandel Center for Leadership in the Negev
The Zionist Phantom – Exhibition Launch and Artist Talk with Prof. Dana Arieli and Dr. Rotem Rozental

Voice and Audience in the Israeli Lullaby
2021-04-29 12:00 - 13:00
Photo Credit: Artist: Zvika Lachman
Voice and Audience in the Israeli Lullaby
April 29, 2021
12:00 – 1:00 PM EST

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Lilach Lachman teaches at the Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at Haifa University. Since the 1990s she has been a contributor to Haaretz Book Review. She edited an anthology of lullabies that brings together a range of Hebrew poetry from East to West (“Yavo Gdi Zahav,” 2015); essays on Avot Yeshurun’s work (“How is it read: Avot Yeshurun,” 2011), and co-edited a selection of Yeshurun’s poems (2009). She translated Emily Dickinson’s poems (Perhaps the Heart, 2004); recently edited a selection of Nurit Zarchi’s poems “VE-At?” (Afik, 2020); and co-edited Selected Essays on her work (Gama, 2021). My book, “Ktav Adam: Avot Yeshurun,” is forthcoming (2021). My current projects focuses on the Hebrew lullaby and on poetic historiography in Israeli poetry.
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