Center Makor

Вебинар - Что такое мое духовное развитие
2020-06-21 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York)
Вся история человечества была развитием в материальной плоскости, где мы были замкнуты внутри себя, стремясь лишь увеличить наше внутреннее желание получать, стараясь наполнить его насколько возможно.
Но сегодня мы приходим к состоянию разочарования в своих попытках обрести какое-то наслаждение, ради которого и развивалось наше желание. Именно тогда в человеке раскрывается точка в сердце – желание найти ответ на вопрос, как же в любом случае можно достичь ощущения совершенной и вечной жизни. И он становится на путь своего духовного развития.
Что значит духовное развитие? В чем оно проявляется?

State vs Natasha Banina
2020-06-14 20:00 - 22:00, 2020-06-07 20:00 - 22:00, 2020-05-24 20:00 - 22:00, 2020-05-17 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
ARLEKIN PLAYERS THEATRE CONTINUES 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
ONLINE with the WORLD PREMIERE LIVE THEATRE ART EXPERIMENT of
STATE VS NATASHA BANINA
May 17 – June 28, 2020
Needham, MA – Arlekin Players Theatre presents State vs Natasha Banina, a newly-conceived, World premiere, live, theatre art experiment directed by Igor Golyak based on Yaroslava Pulinovich’s Natasha’s Dream and featuring Arlekin company member Darya Denisova. Golyak and Denisova each received 2020 Elliot Norton awards from the Boston Theatre Critics Association for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Actress, respectively. Press opening begins May 17, 2020. Performances will take place on Sunday evenings from May 27 – June 28, 2020 (no performance on May 31) online using the Zoom platform. Tickets are FREE, with a suggested donation. For more information or to reserve a Zoom spot, visit arlekinplayers.com or call (617) 942-0022. Each performance will also offer a post-show discussion.
In State vs Natasha Banina, a girl tells the story of her life in a small-town orphanage, and her desire to be free; break out of her world. From the inside of a “ZOOM” courtroom, she will make twists and turns through her unique appeal to audiences as the jurors, letting them into her world where she dreams about love, family, acceptance, adjusting and her future. Ultimately the two worlds collide and the audience gets to decide her fate.
“It seems unreal, but yes we are opening a new production,” says Golyak. The couple have been rehearsing this piece during quarantine in their living room. “We are creating a new art form to overcome social distancing, the pandemic, and ultimately unite people in one virtual space by merging theater, cinematography, and video games.”
Arlekin Players Theatre 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. 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. The company makes its home in Needham, MA. For more information, visit www.arlekinplayers.com.
Artistic Bios
Igor Golyak (Director, Arlekin Founding Artistic Director) received the 2020 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director for Arlekin’s The Stone and was also nominated in the same year for his direction of Arlekin’s The Seagull. He is an Associate Professor at the Boston Conservatory, and has spent over a decade teaching the art of theatre. He is the founder of the Igor Golyak Acting Studio and Artistic Director of Arlekin Players Theatre which has won numerous awards in the United States and internationally. Arlekin Players Theatre is a multicultural, multi-national collaborative that is growing year to year in the number of audience members, company actors, and volunteers. His theatre has been invited to perform on famous stages and at world-renowned festivals all over the world, including Moscow Art Theatre, and festivals in Yerevan, Armenia, New York City, Chicago, Lviv, Ukraine, Monaco, and many others.
Darya Denisova (Natasha Banina) received the 2020 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress for her portrayal of Witha in Arlekin’s The Stone, which received three Elliot Norton Awards, including Outstanding Production. She has performed as the lead actress in various Arlekin Players’ productions, including Memorial Prayer in 2014, Natasha’s Dream in 2015, Tales of the Last Wednesday in 2016, Dead Man’s Diary in 2017, МЫ-US in 2018, The Stone in 2019 and The Seagull in 2019. She has also traveled to several international theatre festivals to perform with Arlekin Players Theatre, including the United SOLO festival, off Broadway, New York; SOLO Festival in Moscow, Russia; HighFest theatre festival, Yerevan, Armenia with her award-winning solo performance Natasha’s Dream. Darya has been recognized by Boston critics and leading reviewers for her roles at Arlekin Players. She studied acting at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in Moscow, graduating in 2016. After she received her degree, she moved back to Boston to continue performing in Boston with Arlekin Players Theatre, which she joined in 2013. She has taught documentary theatre at the Startalk School at Harvard University and the Stanislavsky method at the Igor Golyak acting studio.
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STATE VS NATASHA BANINA at a glance
Artistic Director: Igor Golyak
Theatre Manager: Mark W. Soucy
Producer: Arlekin Players
Play: State vs Natasha Banina
Venue: ONLINE via ZOOM
Author: Yaroslava Pulinovich
Translator: John Freedman
Director: Igor Golyak
Cast: Darya Denisova as Natasha Banina
Performance Schedule:
Sunday, May 17, 8:00pm
Sunday, May 24, 8:00pm
(No performance on Sunday, May 31)
Sunday, June 7, 8:00pm
Sunday, June 14, 8:00pm
Sunday, June 21, 8:00pm
Sunday June 28, 8:00pm
Ticket Prices: Free with Suggested Donation
Telephone: 617-942-0022
Online: arlekinplayers.com

Global Jewish Citizenship in a 21st Century Pandemic
2020-06-10 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Global Jewish Citizenship in a 21st Century Pandemic
Wednesday, June 10 │ 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time U.S.
Dear Friend,
In recent days, our communities and our country have felt so broken and so divided. As we grapple with solutions to our many challenges here at home, we are also thinking about our relationships as global Jewish citizens. What does it mean to be connected to and responsible for Jews and Jewish communities around the world, especially during a crisis? What is our collective responsibility to the broader world and the communities with whom we live and interact?
I hope you’ll join me to explore these issues along with Aviva Klompas, Associate Vice President of Israel and Global Jewish Citizenship at Combined Jewish Philanthropies, and Asher Ostrin, CEO of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), also known as the “Jewish 911.”
Rabbi Marc Baker
President and CEO
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For more information email Dan.
Aviva Klompas is the Associate Vice President, Israel and Global Jewish Citizenship at CJP in Boston. Prior to joining CJP, Aviva worked as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Ontario Government supporting efforts to resettle Syrian refugees across the province of Ontario.
Asher Ostrin has more than three decades of senior leadership experience at JDC, the leading global Jewish humanitarian organization. A key advisor to JDC operations in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, he helped design and led JDC’s transformative work reviving Jewish life and aiding needy Jews in the former Soviet Union (FSU) for more than 20 years. He previously served as the organization’s Senior Executive for International Affairs.
Rabbi Marc Baker, CJP’s President and CEO, has spent most of his life in Greater Boston’s Jewish community. An organizational leader and educator, Marc served as Head of School at Gann Academy, Greater Boston’s pluralistic Jewish high school, for 11 years prior to joining CJP.

CJP is focused on the health and well-being of our entire community. Visit JewishBoston.com’s Coronavirus Community Resources page for up-to-the minute information to stay connected, prepared, and informed. If you or someone you know in our community needs financial assistance during these difficult days, please visit the CJP Warmline or call the Warmline at 1-800-CJP-9500.

Summer Online Series
2020-06-09 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for our Summer Online Series
Tuesdays 12:00 – 1:00 PM EDT
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6/09 — Israel After the Elections: What’s Next?
6/23 — Plagues and the Land of Israel: From Ottoman Times to Our Times
7/07 — ‘Hotel Corona’: Exploring Unexpected Directions in Contemporary Israeli Music
7/21 — Israel and the Pandemic: Economic Impact, Political Response, Social Conclusions
Israel After the Elections: What’s Next?
Tuesday, June 9
12:00 – 1:00 PM
A panel discussion with:
Eva Bellin,
Myra and Robert Kraft Professor of Arab Politics, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
David Makovsky, Ziegler distinguished fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Project on Arab-Israel Relations
Bar Sananes, MA/MBA’20, Recent graduate of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, and the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program,
Brandeis University
Discussant and Moderator:
Yehudah Mirsky, Professor, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University

Slava Gaufberg in Online Fundraising Concert ‘My Friends – My Treasure’
2020-06-06 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Slava Gaufberg in Online Fundraising Concert
“My Friends – My Treasure”
June 6, 2020 at 8:00pm
Performed in Russian
A FREE ONLINE EVENT (SUGGESTED DONATION $25-$100)

ZOOM RESERVATION REQUIRED
Reserve your ZOOM spot
Легендарный Слава Гауфберг, автор и исполнитель песен, в благотворительном концерте с новой программой: «Мои друзья – моё богатство». Рассказы о великих бардах, их песни, а также песни самого Славы. Все сборы от концерта пойдут на постановку будущих спектаклей Arlekin Players Theatre.
Legendary Slava Gaufberg, singer and songwriter, in charity concert with a new program “My Friends – My Treasure”. Evening of stories about Slava’s time with Great Bards of Russian Culture, as well as singing their and his own songs.
All proceeds from the concert will go to support future production of Arlekin Players Theatre.

The Marriage of Véra Slonim and Vladimir Nabokov as Jewish, Russian, and American History
2020-06-02 12:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) and Véra Nabokov (née Slonim, 1902-1991) met in early 1920s Berlin; their relationship encompassed two continents and five languages. In this lecture, author and scholar Maxim D. Shrayer brings to life rare and archival materials to explore the dynamics of mixed marriages and the boundaries of modern Jewish culture.
Maxim D. Shrayer is Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies at Boston College and Director of the Project on Russian and Eurasian Jewry at the Davis Center. He is the author and editor of over 15 books books, including Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story, Yom Kippur in Amsterdam and Voices of Jewish-Russian Literature. Shrayer is a Guggenheim Fellow and the winner of a National Jewish Book Award. Visit Shrayer’s website at www.shrayer.com.
Speaker(s):
Maxim D. Shrayer, Director, Project on Russian and Eurasian Jewry, Davis Center; Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies, Boston College
Moderator: Rawi Abdelal, Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management, Harvard Business School; Director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
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Тикун Шавуот
2020-05-28 14:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
3:30 – Раввин Оля Вайнштейн (Проект Кешер). Древние церемонии из книги Рут и их значение в наши дни.
https://zoom.us/j/94449891391
4:30 – Журналист Роман Янушевский беседует с раввином Григорием Котляром (община Шират а-Ган) о присоединении к еврейскому народу во времена Рут и сегодня.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9245090496?pwd=[REDACTED]
5:30 – Раввин Биньямин Минич (Община Шират ха-Ям). Дарование Торы и Синайское откровение – основа еврейской веры
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87947464474?pwd=[REDACTED]
Тикун Шавуот

A Russian Immigrant: Translingual Pleasures and Literary Responses to COVID-19
2020-05-21 12:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
Maxim D. Shrayer—author, scholar, and translator—will discuss the lives and careers of translingual authors from the former USSR. He will read from his new book, A Russian Immigrant: Three Novellas (Cherry Orchard Books), a literary manifesto of Russian Jews in America. The novellas feature Simon Reznikov, a restless Boston-based immigrant who experiences Providence, New Haven, and Boston, and embarks on pilgrimages to Estonia and Bohemia. Shayer will also comment on writing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Forget all the slapstick, Moscow-on-the-Hudson, burlesque treatments of Jewish Russian émigré life you’ve ever read. If you want the honest, beautifully rendered, and deeply compelling truth about what it’s like to be a Russian immigrant in America, these three braided novellas by the very talented Maxim D. Shrayer are all you need.”
―Eileen Pollack, author of The Bible of Dirty Jokes
Maxim D. Shrayer is Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies at Boston College and Director of the Project on Russian and Eurasian Jewry at the Davis Center. He is the author and editor of over 15 books books, including Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story, Yom Kippur in Amsterdam and Voices of Jewish-Russian Literature. Shrayer is a Guggenheim Fellow and the winner of a National Jewish Book Award. Visit Shrayer’s website at www.shrayer.com.
Speaker(s):
Maxim D. Shrayer, Director, Project on Russian and Eurasian Jewry, Davis Center; Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies, Boston College
Moderator: Alexandra Vacroux, Executive Director, Davis Center; Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
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Celebrating Yom HaAtzmaut
2020-05-17 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Celebrating Yom HaAtzmaut – Israel Independence Day
Mega Event on Zoom and Facebook Live
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84421334388

Inspiring and uplifting our communities in the United States, Israel, and Russia
Strengthening our Jewish and Zionist connections and solidarity
Musical presentations and great speakers

Brought to you by:
World Likud
Russian Division of Zionist Organisation of America (ZOA) – Ben Kogan, Anna Pekkerman, Ros Den
Assembly of the World Diasporas – Leonid Bard and Mikhail Nemorovsky
ISRAEL – 2030 – Mikhail Lobovikov

Ольга Лисовская в программе «Всё о яичнице»
2020-05-14 - 2020-05-15
Центр Макор представляет
Виртуальная программа
«Всё о яичнице»
Встречайте
Ольга Лисовская
Певица, продюсер, режиссёр, директор «Commonwealth Lyric Theater» и фонда «Таланты Мира»
Встречу ведут Элеонора Гриненко, Юрий Лоззо

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Democracy in Israel: An Analysis of the Current Political Situation
2020-05-13 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Webinar
Democracy in Israel: An Analysis of the Current Political Situation
At the start of the pandemic, Israel was in the midst of elections. How Israel is handing the post-pandemic period? With a new unity government in place, what can we expect in the coming in year? Join us for a snapshot briefing on the current political situation in Israel with Tal Shalev and Dr. Michael Koplow.
Featuring:

Michael Koplow, Policy Director, Israel Policy Forum
Tal Shalev, Chief Political and Diplomatic Correspondent, Walla! News

Michael Koplow is the Policy Director of the Israel Policy Forum. Before coming to Israel Policy Forum, he was the founding Program Director of the Israel Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University, where he specialized in political development and ideology, and the politics of Middle Eastern states. He writes Israel Policy Forum’s weekly Koplow Column and edits the Israel Policy Exchange, which is a leading source for commentary and analysis on Israel and American Jewry, and his work regularly appears in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Atlantic, and the Forward, among other publications. In addition to his Ph.D., he holds a B.A. from Brandeis University, a J.D. from New York University, and an A.M. in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University.
Tal Shalev is the chief political and diplomatic Correspondent for Walla! News – one of Israel’s largest websites that provides independent breaking news and analysis 24 hours a day. She covers Israel’s Prime minister, government, parliament and parliament as well as the country’s foreign and diplomatic affairs. Tal has over a decade of an extremely varied and rich career in journalism, including as a news editor for Israel’s Ha’Aretz daily newspaper and i24 News, and regularly appears on TV and Radio providing commentary and analysis.
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A Scottish Rainbow Klezmer Kabaret for Lag B'Omer
2020-05-12 19:30 - 22:30 (America/New_York)
A Scottish Rainbow Klezmer Kabaret for Lag B’Omer
with…
Michael Alpert, Adrianne Greenbaum, Gica Loening, Lev Atlas, and Phil Alexander.
On Tuesday 12th May, 7.00 for 7.30 p.m. (UK time) on ZOOM
SCoJeC, the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities, presents:

Michael Alpert (US/Scotland): Award winning Klezmer musician and international Yiddish song “resource person” – on voice, guitar, fiddle, accordion
Adrianne Greenbaum (US): Professor of Flute at MHC and pioneer of the klezmer flute tradition, Adrianne is a nationally acclaimed flutist and clinician, performing on historical instruments of the 18th and 19th centuries. As well as a classical career, she leads a flute-based klezmer ensemble, ‘Fleytmusik’
Gica Loening (Scotland), Klezmer and Scottish fiddle player, and founder of dance and klezmer bands in Edinburgh. She is director of Fun Fiddle for adults and children, a freelance community music practitioner, and lead officer for the Youth Music Initiaitive for East Lothian
Lev Atlas (Russia/Scotland): Lev is principal viola player at the Scottish Opera Orchestra as well as being a virtuoso Klezmer and Eastern European music performer
Phil Alexander (Scotland): as well as leading the acclaimed band Moishe’s Bagel and performing regularly with many other fine folk & jazz ensembles, accordionist Phil is British Academy Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, where he looks at historical Jewish-Scottish musical encounters.

This event is not ticketed and is open to all whatever your ability to pay. The net proceeds will be divided between the musicians – who have lost revenue from their live gigs – and NHS charities in Scotland working to support patients and staff during the COVID19 crisis. Please donate generously (suggested amount £5/£15 per household).
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Meet Rabbi Mendel Gurkow
2020-05-12 - 2020-05-13
Meet the Rabbi!
Center Makor Presents
Online series
«Everything About an Omelet»
Rabbi Mendel Gurkow

Rabbi Mendel Gurkow was born on August 29, 1963 in the mattapen section of Boston. He received his elementary and high school education at the renowned Oholei Torah Yeshiva in Brooklyn, NY. In the spring of 1982 he was sent as one of six emissaries to teach at the Yeshiva College of Melbourne, Australia and helped invigorate and enrich the Jewish community.
In the summer of 1987, Rabbi Gurkow started and led a community Shabbat Service at the Shaloh House in Stoughton, MA. He effectively recruited a fellowship for a weekly Minyan for Shabbat and Jewish Holidays.
Host – Vladimir Foygelman, President of Center Makor.
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Кинорежиссёр Сергей Линков в программе «Всё о яичнице»
2020-05-12 - 2020-05-13
Центр Макор представляет
Виртуальная программа на YouTube
«Всё о яичнице»
Встречайте
Кинорежиссёр Сергей Линков
Встречу ведёт народный артист Украины Георгий Мельский

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Что? Где? Когда?
2020-05-10 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York)
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Впервые в США Турнир “Йом Ацмаут. Израиль 72”
Команды участницы будут объявлены на centermakor.org, Facebook, Instagram и пр.
Ведущий – Юлий Клебан, Президент чикагского клуба интеллектуальных игр “Лаэрт”.
В игре будут принимать участие команды

Черная Дыра, Чикаго
ДОМ, Бостон
Limmud FSU LAB, Vienna-Nirenberg

Мы будем признательны за вашу финансовую поддержку игры.
Пожертвования принимаются на paypal.me/centermakor

Сороковые – роковые
2020-05-10 | Театр на крыше, 50 Kearney Road, Needham, 02494, United States
Дорогие друзья!
В честь 75-летия окончания войны Театр на крыше приглашает вас посмотреть online-версию нашего спектакля “Сороковые-роковые”.
В течение многих лет мы традиционно показываем этот спектакль ко Дню Победы. К сожалению, на этот раз соблюсти традицию “очно” невозможно, поэтому мы предлагаем запись, сделанную 4 года назад (9 мая 2016 г.) Просим извинить за неважное качество записи (она делалась не для публичного показа, и при компрессии качество существенно ухудшается), но давайте считать, что оно соответствует условиям военного времени. Однако мы не можем сегодня не вспомнить о тех, кто жертвовал своими жизнями для нашей жизни и жизни наших детей.
Театр на крыше желает вам всех благ и с нетерпением ждет наших “очных” встреч на будущих спектаклях. В настоящее время мы готовим три новых премьеры.
Смотрите спектакль “Сороковые-роковые” на нашем канале на YouTube.

CANCELED Сороковые – роковые
2020-05-09 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Halifax) | Театр на крыше, 50 Kearney Road, Needham, 02494, United States
Театр на крыше
приглашает вас на спектакль
«Сороковые – роковые»
Суббота, 9 мая, 7:30
Воскресенье, 10 мая, 6:00
Давайте вместе отпразднуем День Победы! Давайте не дадим себе забыть! Вспомним погибших и уцелевших и поклонимся тем, благодаря кому мы можем жить и любить, петь и творить! Расскажем об этом нашим детям, которые уже мало знают об этой войне. Отдадим дань нашим родителям, знающим о ней не понаслышке.
В спектакле прозвучат отрывки из произведений Константина Симонова, Александра Твардовского и лауреата Нобелевской премии Светланы Алексиевич.
РЕЖИССЕР – Людмила Старобинец
О спектакле

Цена билета $45, пенсионерам и студентам $30
Коллективный билет (5 и более человек) – скидка $5 с цены каждого билета
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День Победы – это День Памяти
2020-05-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Мемориальный фонд имени Михаила Рудяка совместно с Центром Макор
Приглашают на виртуальную встречу-беседу
День Победы – это День Памяти

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Я всегда улыбаюсь!...
2020-05-08 - 2020-05-15
Дорогие друзья!
Театр “Круг” приглашает вас на online премьеру спектакля
“Я всегда улыбаюсь!…”
по пьесе Я.Сегеля
Премьера этого спектакля состоялась 18 лет назад и собирала полные залы в Бостоне.
В чем секрет успеха? Война, любовь, дороги – всё это много раз было. Отчего же так светло и пронзительно,так хочется жить и любить, и слушать песни – их много в спектакле, и всматриваться в молодые лица актеров? И еще раз в финальной сцене разглядывать фото родных и близких…
Есть какая-то магия в этом спектакле – начав смотреть, вы не остановитесь.

A Conversation with Ambassador Meron Reuben
2020-05-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
A Conversation with Ambassador Meron Reuben
Wednesday, May 5 | 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET | Virtual event
Zoom link will be provided upon registration

What might the future hold after Israel’s world-leading pandemic response and vaccination program? What opportunities and pitfalls await the Middle East after the Abraham Accords? What role might Israel play in confronting antisemitism here in New England?
Join CJP for a compelling conversation with Israel’s recently appointed Consul General to New England, Ambassador Meron Reuben, and CJP’s Board Chair, Shira Goodman, as they discuss vital topics facing Israel, American Jewry, and Greater Boston’s Jewish community.
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We hope you’ll join this exclusive opportunity to get to know Ambassador Reuben and his unique experiences representing Israel in Central and South America, the United Nations, and beyond. Rabbi Marc Baker, CJP’s President and CEO, will give opening remarks.
This virtual event is free. Contact Juan if you have questions.

Ambassador Meron Reuben has a diplomatic career spanning over three decades, during which he has served in various positions, including roles at the Israeli embassies in Chile and Mexico, and as Ambassador to Paraguay, Bolivia, and Colombia. Ambassador Reuben served as Israel’s Ambassador to the UN from 2010 to 2011, and as Israel’s Chief of State Protocol from 2015 to 2020. MORE

Shira Goodman is Chair of CJP’s Board of Directors and a long-time leader at CJP. Shira was President of the Board of Trustees for Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston, served as Vice President of the Gann Academy Board of Trustees, and was an active member of the Board of the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale. She currently sits on the Harvard University Finance Committee. MORE

Rabbi Marc Baker, CJP’s President and CEO, has spent most of his life in Greater Boston’s Jewish community. An organizational leader and educator, Marc served as Head of School at Gann Academy, Greater Boston’s pluralistic Jewish high school, for 11 years prior to joining CJP. A native of Lynnfield, Marc was active in the JCC and at Camp Bauercrest throughout his childhood. MORE

POSTPONED The RJCF 15th Anniversary Charity Gala
2020-05-03 17:00 (America/New_York)
The RJCF is proud to invite you to the
15th Anniversary Charity Gala
Sunday, May 3 2020
Lombardo’s, Randolph, MA
Cocktails reception 5PM,
followed by dinner, awards & entertainment
Visit rjcf.com/Gala/2020 to reserve your tickets or become an event sponsor.
Contact Lina Klebaner, Chair of Gala Committee for more information: 617-723-9030.
Tickets
Keynote speaker 2020
Caroline Glick
Award-Winning Journalist and Author
Caroline is an American-born Israeli, who writes for Israel Hayom, Breitbart News, The Jerusalem Post, and Maariv. She is adjunct senior fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Security Policy, and directs the Israeli Security Project at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. In 2019, Caroline was a candidate on Israeli political party New Right’s list for Knesset.
Art Competition
The Russian Jewish Community Foundation is sponsoring an Art Competition for children and young adults, grades K-12.
2020 Theme
Jewish Traditions
Deadline for submission: April 1st, 2020.
Visit rjcf.com/artcompetition to learn more about the competition and to submit artwork.
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LimmudBoston eFestival
2020-05-03 10:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
LimmudBoston eFestival
BE A PART, NOT APART
Join us on Sunday, May 3rd for LimmudBoston’s eFestival to explore some of Judaism’s most interesting and profound ideas.
Featuring three rabbis and rabbinical students who are members of the LimmudBoston Board of Directors, our eFestival will address “Jewish responses to life in unsettling times.”
Whether you are able to attend one, two, or all three sessions, you are invited to sign up now. Only those who register will receive a Zoom link to attend the eFest.
We hope you are keeping well and safe during these uncertain times.
While practicing social distancing, you can still be an important part of your LimmudBoston community!
Join us for our eFestival bringing you some of the most interesting and significant Jewish ideas today. Connect with Jewish community, cultivate your curiosity and expand your horizons, all from the comfort of your home.
Sunday, May 3 from 10:00 am – 1:30 pm
Featuring rabbis and rabbinical students who are members
of the LimmudBoston Board of Directors.
Finding your path…
Jewish Responses to Life in Unsettling Times
10:00 am – Blessing Hard Times: What Mishnah Berachot teaches about patience, endurance and gratitude
In this interactive session, we will look into the Talmud to study selections from Mishnah Berachot, which may be familiar to those who have been doing – or hearing about – Daf Yomi (daily Talmud study). We will look at a handful of mishnayot (in English) through the lens of personal and communal hardship and discuss how the wisdom they contain might also apply to our present situation — both personal and communal.
Naomi Gurt Lind has been an opera singer, a synagogue executive, and a stay-at-home mother. In September she started school at Hebrew College in pursuit of her long-held dream of becoming a rabbi. In her free time, she hangs out with her husband and their two genius boys, solves crossword puzzles (in pencil), and bakes a legendary challah.
11:10 am – Finding Order in a Pick-Up-Sticks World with Mussar
The virus has played the old children’s game of Pick Up Sticks with our daily routines. All our schedules have been suddenly turned upside down. In this session, we will explore how the Mussar middah (trait) of seder/order can help us manage our time, spaces, and mental health during this time. We will study texts and spiritual practices. No prior knowledge is needed. Open to beginners and advanced Mussarniks.
Marcia Plumb is the Senior Rabbi of Congregation Mishkan Tefila, Brookline. She has studied and taught Mussar for over 25 years, and is working to embed Mussar into all aspects of her synagogue. She teaches several classes at Mishkan Tefila and throughout Boston, as well as online internationally. Marcia lives in Needham with her husband and two children.
12:20 pm – Jewish End-of-Life Decision Making
How can Jewish texts and traditions guide us as we face dilemmas of end-of-life decision making in our modern world? In addition to exploring this question, we’ll talk about documents everyone should have, along with ways to have conversations about our wishes for medical treatment at the end of life or in the face of a terminal condition.
Julie Wolkoff is a hospice chaplain with BI Lahey Health @ Home – Watertown and has been a hospice chaplain for over 12 years. She received her rabbinic ordination from HUC-JIR in 1982 and her Doctor of Ministry degree in 1996 and Certification in Thanatology (the study of death, dying, and Bereavement) from the Association for Death Education and Counseling in 2010. She previously served as the Director of Chaplaincy Services for the United Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York.
There is no cost for registering but everyone needs to sign up, whether you’re interested in one, two, or all three sessions. Those who register will receive a Zoom link for the entire eFestival. For security reasons, no one will be able to receive a link without pre-registering.
Wherever you find yourself, Limmud will take you one step further on your Jewish journey
Sign Up

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Application Deadline for Brown Family House
2020-05-01 17:00 (America/New_York)
370 Harvard St., Brookline MA
Летом 2020 года открывается новый жилой дом для людей старше 62 лет с различными уровнями доходов. Мы приветствуем всех, независимо от религии и происхождения. Заявки принимаются до 5 p.m. EST 1 мая 2020.
Узнать подробнее и подать заявку можно на сайте Brown Family House.
Информацию также можно получить по телефону 617-912-8491 или по электронной почте leasing@2lifecommunities.org.
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Pickling at Home with CJP and The Gefilteria
2020-04-30 19:30 (America/New_York)
On Thursday, April 30th at 7:30 p.m., CJP is hosting a virtual pickling event with Brooklyn-based The Gefilteria. Jeff Yoskowitz, Co-owner of The Gefilteria, will lead us through a fun and interactive demonstration on Zoom webinar. Together, we’ll learn how to make sauerkraut and pickle a variety of vegetables using basic ingredients and supplies. Jeff will also discuss the art of pickling and its importance in Jewish cuisine, history, and culture. (Who knew?) We hope you’ll join us so we can learn and create together.
This event is free, but registration is required – you can read more and sign up here. Shopping is not required; you can use whatever’s in your kitchen, or simply follow along and pickle on your own later. But if you’d like to gather supplies and prep your kitchen in advance, here’s everything you’ll need (you can also see this list below).
Would you join us? We hope this brings some fun and joy into your home during these uncertain times.
Sign Up Now!

CANCELED The Female Zionist Series
2020-04-30 19:30 (America/New_York)
Please join Hadassah Boston for the Female Zionist Series featuring Professor Tamar Frankel in conversation with Professor Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute. Please follow the link to register. A donation of $18 or more to support Hadassah Medical Organization is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Register

Boston Celebrates Israel with Koolulam
2020-04-29 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Boston Celebrates Israel, featuring Koolulam
Wednesday, April 29 | 12:00-1:00 p.m. EST
Link will be emailed to you on Tuesday morning, April 28
Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), the Israeli American Council (IAC), and the Consulate General of Israel to New England invite you to join our Boston community for a virtual, star-studded commemoration of Israel’s Independence Day!
We’ll toast to Israel’s 72nd birthday and be joined by a slate of special guests, including musical sensation Koolulam. Last year, the Israeli phenomenon helped us rock the House of Blues, and now they’re back to headline our special broadcast. At our celebration, Koolulam will share never-before-seen clips from the Boston show. While we can’t be together in person, Koolulam’s music will unite us in celebration of Israel.
Be sure to check out their latest video, recorded online by thousands of people across the world.
This event is free to attend. A link will be provided on Tuesday morning, April 28, to everyone who registers.
Register
If you want to keep the festivities going after our community celebration, join celebrity guests and international leaders for a global Facebook Live event hosted by the Jewish Federations of North America. The live stream is scheduled to run from 2:00-3:00 p.m.
For more information on both programs, email Matty.
Aviva Klompas
Associate VP, Israel and Global Jewish Citizenship

CANCELED Семь раз отмерь
2020-04-26 19:40 - 21:40 (America/New_York) | John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkely Street, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
Театр «ШАЛОМ», премьера комедии «Семь раз отмерь».
Спектакли в Нью-Йорке, Денвере, Филадельфии, Бостоне, Кливленде и Атланте.
Сенсация Театрального Сезона 2020 года!
Долгожданные Гастроли в США и Канаде Театра «ШАЛОМ»!
После 12-летнего перерыва, единственный в России Государственный Еврейский Театр «ШАЛОМ», под руководством Народного Артиста РФ, легендарного Александра Левенбука, в гастрольном туре по США.
Театр «Шалом» привозит премьеру!
Новую комедийную постановку «Семь раз отмерь» по пьесе знаменитого сатирика – Анатолия Трушкина, постоянного участника программ «Вокруг Смеха», «Юморина», автора популярнейших рассказов и реприз Владимира Винокура, Клары Новиковой, Ефима Шифрина, Михаила Евдокимова и многих других.
Полтора часа юмора и парадоксальных ситуаций!
В центре сюжета – человек, который искренне верит, что во всех несчастьях повинны евреи. А известие о том, что он стал наследником огромного состояния, доставшегося ему от еврейского родственника, становится для героя настоящим потрясением.
На протяжении спектакля зрители будут наблюдать за дележкой наследства и за тем, как центральный персонаж вместе с женой, школьным другом и соседкой гадалкой попадают в нелепые и очень смешные переделки.
Главные роли исполняют звезды театра, телевидения и эстрады.
Александр Морозов, ведущий актер театра «Шалом», участник телевизионных шоу «Кривое зеркало», «Юморина» и «Петросян-шоу».
Мария Берсенева, звезда сериала «Маргоша» CTC, участница российских и украинских кинофильмов и теле-программ.
Николай Бандурин, Заслуженный артист России, известный по многочисленным юмористическим телевизионным программам, как участник популярного дуэта Бандурин-Вашуков.
Ольга Аничкова, актриса театра Булгакова, автор проекта «Малоизвестная актриса» и половинка театрального дуэта «ДаМы».
Михаил Белов, актер эстрады, театра и кино («Кривое зеркало», «Петросян-шоу»).
Михаил Гудошников, актер театра и кино (спектакль «Мастер и Маргарита» Московского Независимого театра), «Ловушка для королевы».
Это не антрепризный спектакль, а настоящее театральное представление одного из любимейших театров мира, от которого получат настоящее удовольствие зрители любого возраста!
Спектакль идет на русском языке. The performance is conducted in Russian, no subtitles.
Билеты в книжном магазине Петрополь по телефону 617-232-8820 или на сайте www.petropol.com.
