Archive: January 2021

Congregation Emanu-El – Chag-in-a-Box! Chag-in-a-Box!

Posted on January 10, 2021

January 10, 2021 @ All Day – Sign up now for Chag-in-a-Box! Each month, families will receive a holiday-themed care package filled with crafts, recipes, and games for you to make Jewish memories with your little ones. This special program is free and open to all families with children in 2nd grade and younger.   Sign-up today at https://tinyurl.com/chaginabox. Questions? Contact Director […]

Sprout Camps Prospective Camper Day!

Posted on January 10, 2021

January 10, 2021 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – YJ Sprout Camps Prospective Camper Day Come and learn about the magic of Young Judaea Sprout Camps! Prospective Camper Day Sunday, January 10th at 10 AM Join us to hear about our day camps in Westchester and Brooklyn, and/or our overnight camp in upstate New York! YJ Sprout Camps offer summer programs for campers entering […]

Greenburgh Hebrew Center – An Illuminated Megillah

Posted on January 10, 2021

January 10, 2021 @ 10:15 am – 11:30 am – An Illuminated Megillah  On Sunday, January 10, at 10:15 am, Greenburgh Hebrew Center of Dobbs Ferry presents NYC architect and artist Benjamin Marcus who will speak about a unique megillah that he illuminated. Benjamin was commissioned to decorate an original Megillah Esther scroll purchased from a scribe in Jerusalem. He then spent a year extensively […]

Mishkan Ha’am Adult Ed – Different Voices in the Torah

Posted on January 10, 2021

January 10, 2021 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Richard Elliot Friedman is one of the modern Biblical scholars who addressed the question of the Torah’s authorship in his 1987 book, “Who Wrote the Bible?” His work demonstrates how the Torah weaves together the perspectives of four distinct traditions, referred to as the “documentary hypothesis.” We will explore how these traditions reveal fascinating discrepancies and […]