Adult Education Zoom Course with Dr. Regina SteinJoin us for a new class with Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Regina Stein!Home, exile, and return comprise an overarching theme throughout the Hebrew Bible (and much of Jewish history). From the story of Adam at the beginning of Bereishit (Genesis) ... Read more
Take the kids on a trip to the literary Lower East Side!Join us on this walking tour and follow in the footsteps of Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie, the beloved sisters depicted in Sydney Taylor’s children’s classic All-of-a-Kind Family. Stroll through the story and ... Read more
Adult Education Zoom Course with Dr. Regina SteinJoin us for a new class with Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Regina Stein!Home, exile, and return comprise an overarching theme throughout the Hebrew Bible (and much of Jewish history). From the story of Adam at the beginning of Bereishit (Genesis) ... Read more
Learn about the history of Lower Manhattan and Congregation Shearith Israel on a historic walk to the oldest Jewish Cemetery in the USA.In 1654, 23 Sephardic Jews escaping the Inquisition in Recife, Brazil, landed in Dutch New Amsterdam and asked Peter Stuyvesant to let them ... Read more
Adult Education Zoom Course with Dr. Regina SteinJoin us for a new class with Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Regina Stein!Home, exile, and return comprise an overarching theme throughout the Hebrew Bible (and much of Jewish history). From the story of Adam at the beginning of Bereishit (Genesis) ... Read more
What is the common thread that connects Jewish art through the ages?Join us in discovering 3,300 years of Jewish art, from the interior of the Tabernacle in the desert to the Agam room in the Pompidou Museum in Paris. As the Second Commandment was interpreted ... Read more
Walking Tour Visiting Two Sites Tour the TWO remaining grand shuls left in this iconic neighborhood, the cradle of American Jewish civilization. One is the first great house of worship built by Eastern European Jews, and the other a former church, believed to be a site on the ... Read more
See Chanukah through the eyes of fine artists such as Titian, Rubens, Caravaggio, Klimt, and Botticelli on this special virtual program!Explore fascinating facts about Chanukah, the Festival of Lights! Its history includes a Jewish civil war, assassinations, bribery, conspiracies, sex, heroes, heroines, kings, and queens. ... Read more