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B’nai Sholom Offers Beginning Hebrew Course

Posted on September 17, 2013

B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation in Albany is offering a beginning Hebrew class for those who want to learn the language of their faith. The “Beginning Hebrew” course will be offered Sunday mornings starting September 22 from 9:30 until 10:30 at B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation, 420 Whitehall Road, Albany. Taught by congregant Carol Smith, this course … Continue Reading »

B’nai Sholom to Screen “Mahler on the Couch,” Fictional Imagining of a True Dark Love Story

Posted on September 12, 2013

B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation in Albany will host a screening of “Mahler on the Couch,” a fictional imagining of the real-life marriage of Gustav Mahler and his tempestuous wife Alma Schindler Mahler in turn-of-the-century Vienna, and a discussion led by music professor and B’nai Sholom congregant Dr. Nancy Newman. The program will take place Saturday, … Continue Reading »

Diversity of Ancient Israel

Posted on April 3, 2013

DIVERSITY OF ANCIENT ISRAEL EXAMINED IN NEW COURSE AT B’NAI SHOLOM   A new course at B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation will examine the diversity of Israel’s archaeology, history and religion from ancient times to the Diaspora. “The Diversity of Ancient Israel: A Retrospective of Archaeology, History and Religion” will be taught Tuesday evenings beginning April … Continue Reading »

Doreen Rappaport, Award-Winning Author

Posted on March 29, 2013

  DOREEN RAPPAPORT, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR, IN TALK AT B’NAI SHOLOM Beyond Courage Chronicles Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust   Before she started her research for Beyond Courage, all that author Doreen Rappaport knew about Jewish resistance to the Nazis came from popular books and movies and was limited to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and Sobibor … Continue Reading »

Talk on the Nation’s “Sick Care” System

Posted on March 27, 2013

  “SYNAGOGUE SCHOLARS” SERIES AT B’NAI SHOLOM CONCLUDES WITH TALK ON THE NATION’S “SICK CARE” SYSTEM   B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation in Albany concludes its current “Synagogue Scholars” lecture series with a discussion by Dr. David Ray, chief of adult medicine at Albany’s Whitney M. Young Health Center, on what is meant by “good health.” … Continue Reading »

Community Yom HaShoah Observance

Posted on March 20, 2013

  COMMUNITY YOM HASHOAH OBSERVANCE TO MARK 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING   The 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising will be the focal point for the Albany Jewish community’s observance of Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day at B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation in Albany. The annual observance and memorial to the 6 million … Continue Reading »

B’nai Sholom Offers Yiddish Classes for Young and Old

Posted on March 8, 2013

B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation in Albany is offering two courses for those who want to learn about and speak Yiddish. Classes for beginners and advanced beginners will be held Wednesday evenings starting March 20. All classes are held at B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation, 420 Whitehall Road, Albany. The courses introduce students to the Yiddish language … Continue Reading »

“Gruber’s Journey,” An Exploration of Romanian Jews and the Holocaust

Posted on February 13, 2013

B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation in Albany will host a screening of “Gruber’s Journey,” Romanian director Radu Gabrea’s fictional story of an Italian journalist’s discovery of the murder of the Romanian Jews during the Holocaust, and a discussion led by psychologist and B’nai Sholom congregant Dr. Steven Nozik. The film will be shown Saturday, March 16, … Continue Reading »

B’nai Sholom Chilipalooza

Posted on February 4, 2013

Click here for Times Union Blog about our Chilipalooza.

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