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Holiday Celebration
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All Regions
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Rosh Hashanah Retreat
Sep 8-12
Rosh Hashanah Retreat with Rabbi Shawn Zevit, Rabbi Phyllis Berman, Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Simcha Zevit.
The Biblical name for Rosh Hashanah is Yom Hazikaron—the Day of Remembrance. Our teacher Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi says that remembering
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Family Program
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Beit Ahavah Family Rosh Hashanah Service
Sep 9
Rosh Hashanah Family Service with joyous singing and celebrating geared towards families with ages 6-10, but all are welcome! Hear the shofar blown by our master youth shofar blowers, and enjoy delicious apples and honey for a sweet new year. Grow
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Family Program
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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B'nai Israel Rosh Hashanah Family Programs
Sep 9-10
Congregation B'nai Israel welcomes you to celebrate both days of Rosh Hashanah with a variety of options for families and children of all ages. At 10 am, hear and try the Shofar and celebrate the Birthday of the World with families and children up to
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Holiday Celebration
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Pioneer Valley
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JCA Rosh Hashanah Family Service
Sep 9
The Jewish Community of Amherst will be holding an interactive family service on the first day of Rosh Hashanah for families with children up to age nine. Michelle Greenfield will lead in celebrating the new year with Hebrew and English prayers, song
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Family Program
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Lower Pioneer Valley
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Rosh Hashanah Service for Families with Young Children
Sep 9
A special Rosh Hashanah service for families with young children at Laurel Pond in Laurel Park, Longmeadow, MA. Service will be led by Rabbi Mark Shapiro and Cantor Martin Levson of Sinai Temple. Bring a blanket for your family to sit on.
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Holiday Celebration
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Pioneer Valley
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JCA Rosh Hashanah Family Service (Day 2)
Sep 10
The Jewish Community of Amherst will be holding a second-day of Rosh Hashana mountain service. This service, which will be led by Michelle Greenfield and Ruhi Sophia Rubenstein, will follow a moderate trail starting from the Notch Visitors Center, 15
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Family Program
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Lower Pioneer Valley
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Info Session: Core Values Class for PJ Parents
Sep 12
Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz gets asked the following questions fairly frequently: Rabbi, what are you doing for young families? She now feels she has an answer. Quality parallel learning experience for parents and children of all ages. Sunday mornings a
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Community Program
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Beit Ahavah Open House - Grow with Us
Sep 12
Please join our Open House for all new and prospective members, our community and friends who wish to learn more about Beit Ahavah, meet and shmooze with Rabbi Riqi Kosovske and our congregation's members in a lovely home-cooked brunch.
Please R
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Author Appearance
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Jacob's Cane: Author's Talk with Elisa New
Sep 12
Scholar Elisa New discusses her new novel, which traces the journeys of two family patriarchs from Eastern Europe and unravels the mysterious etchings on her great-grandfather’s elegant cane.
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Community Program
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Open Rehearsal for Mak'hela
Sep 14
If you think you might like to join us for our new season, come try it out at our open rehearsal. You would be welcome! We seek choral singers on all voice parts. Mak'hela is dedicated to performing works from all facets of the Jewish world. The chor
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Lecture & Discussion
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Pioneer Valley
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Opening Doors Information Session
Sep 15
Come and meet the leader of the Opening Doors Interfaith Outreach Program that is part of the JFS Bold Visions Initiative. Share your suggestions, concerns and experiences being part of an interfaith family.
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Holiday Celebration
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All Regions
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Yom Kippur Retreat
Sep 17-19
Yom Kippur retreat with Rabbi Shawn Zevit, Rabbi Phyllis Berman, Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Simcha Zevit.
Children welcome. Yoga classes daily. Commuters welcome; camping available.
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Family Program
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Beit Ahavah Family Yom Kippur Service
Sep 18
Cantorial singer and edutainer Felicia Sloin once again leads a riveting Yom Kippur Family Service geared towards families with children ages 6-10 (all ages welcome) at the start of the holiest day. Using new and familiar melodies, song, guitar, dru
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Family Program
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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B'nai Israel: Yom Kippur Family Programs
Sep 18
Join Congregation B'nai Israel as we share Yom Kippur with families and children with a number of experiences for children of many ages. At 10am, Marisha Marks will lead an engaging program for children up to the age of 16 and their parents includin
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Holiday Celebration
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Pioneer Valley
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Yom Kippur Family Service
Sep 18
The Jewish Community of Amherst will be holding an interactive family service on Yom Kippur for families with children up to age nine. Michelle Greenfield will lead in celebrating with Hebrew and English prayers, songs, and stories. Children and pare
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Book Discussion
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Book Group: When Skateboards Will Be Free
Sep 21
The Yiddish Book Center will host a community reading-and-discussion series to explore the fascinating works of contemporary Jewish writers. Discussions are free and led by local scholars. Pre-registration is suggested.
-When Skateboards Will Be F
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Film Program
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Pioneer Valley
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100 Voices
Sep 21
This is a one night showing of a documentary made in the summer of 2010. A camera crew followed the Cantors Assembly Mission to Poland in the summer of 2009. The trip coincided with a Jewish Cultural Festival at which cantors performed for the larg
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Class
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Jewish Family Jam
Sep 22 - Dec 22
Jewish Family Service presents this popular program for infants, toddlers and their caregivers. Appropriate for ages 0-3. Together we will sing, drum and dance our way through the Jewish cycles and explore musical play and rituals that your family
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Holiday Celebration
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All Regions
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Sukkahfest
Sep 22-26
With Rabbi Rivka Arad, Rabbi Jill Hammer, Rabbi DovBer Pinson, Rabbi David Seidenberg, Rabbi Jonah Steinberg and Rabbi Ezra Weinberg
All streams of Judaism come together in our sukkah as we honor the joy of this festival, the abundant harvest and
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Holiday Celebration
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Sukkot Shmooz & School Open House
Sep 22
An afternoon to prepare our sukkah & a harvest food meal to share. As an introduction to JCA School share in the fun, mingle with our teachers and meet our new rabbi.
JCA School offers community, Jewish experiential educational opportunities, an i
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Community Program
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Pioneer Valley
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Ride to Provide
Sep 26
The Ride to Provide is a community Sukkot bike ride, to celebrate the season and help raise money to support UMass Hillel’s community service programs and environmentally-friendly projects. The 4th Annual Ride to Provide has planned 9, 18 and 36 mi
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Family Program
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Berkshires
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Avodah: A Family Education Program
Sep 26
Avodah is a family education program for families with children in 1st through 4th grade. The program's goal is to make participants feel confident and comfortable to attend Jewish worship services and to make Jewish communal life a more fulfilling a
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Family Program
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Sukkah Hop
Sep 26
Join us as we hop from one neighborhood sukkah to another. We will share in good food, friendship, fun and learning. We will engage in art activities such as making ushpizin (guests) to bring to our own sukkahs or to the synagogue sukkah. Walk, ri
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Author Appearance
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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A Conversation with Said Sayrafiezadeh & Madeleine Blais
Sep 26
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s critically acclaimed memoir was selected as one of the ten best books of 2009 by The New York Times. Madeleine Blais is a Pulitzer Prize-winner and professor at the University of Massachusetts.
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Workshop
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Lower Pioneer Valley
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Rosh Hodesh: It's A Girl Thing
Sep 26
Rosh Hodesh: It’s A Girl Thing! is a nationally acclaimed Jewish
program for adolescent girls which meets monthly to strengthen self-esteem and Jewish identity through discussion, arts and crafts, drama and more. The girls integrate core Jewish va
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Community Program
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Lower Pioneer Valley
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Pizza in the Hut
Sep 27
Come and celebrate Sukkot with LYA! This will include a pizza, soup and salad dinner in the sukkah and interactive, family Sukkot activities.
Sponsored by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation.
There is a charge for dinner but no charge for activi
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Family Program
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Simchat Torah Celebration
Sep 30 - Oct 1
For Simchat Torah, Congregation B'nai Israel will celebrate beginning with dancing, singing, story-telling and the welcoming of all those new to religious education. The evening brings a service that introduces all those students who are beginning t
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Family Program
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Berkshires
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Hand in Hand
Oct 3
Hand in Hand is a Jewish education program for families with pre-school and kindergarten-aged children. Through a joyous and fun program of storytelling, singing, crafts, games, and cooking families explore Jewish concepts and practices and develop a
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Family Program
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Berkshires
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Family Farm Days with ADAMAH at Isabella Freedman
Oct 3
Colors of Autumn Farm Visit Day! Enjoy a day on the farm with the young Jewish farmers of the ADAMAH community. Harvest vegetables, pet the goats, collect fresh eggs, make pickles, and go swimming and hiking.
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Author Appearance
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Author Appearance: Steve Stern
Oct 3
Come join in on the conversatoin with Steve Stern, author of -The Frozen Rabbi- and other novels and story collections and winner of the 2000 National Jewish Book Award accompanied by Rachel Rubinstein, an associate professor of American Literature a
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Community Program
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Pioneer Valley
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Caring for Our Loved Ones: It's Not So Easy
Oct 6
Nearly one-third of adults are caregivers. Explore the personal experiences described by author and caregiver, Gail Sheehy in her book, Passages in Caregiving. Join our panelists as we discuss strategies and resources for caregivers and their famil
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Author Appearance
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Pioneer Valley
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Jewish Community of Amherst Presents Joan Leegant
Oct 6
The Jewish Community of Amherst is thrilled to be hosting award-winning author Joan Leegant, who will be speaking about her gripping new novel set in Israel, Wherever You Go, published this July by W.W. Norton.
How far are we willing to go in the na
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Book Discussion
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Book Group: The Frozen Rabbi
Oct 7
The Yiddish Book Center will host a community reading-and-discussion series to explore the fascinating works of contemporary Jewish writers. Discussions are free and led by local scholars. Pre-registration is suggested.
-The Frozen Rabbi- by Stev
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Spiritual Practice
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Embodied Shabbat Prayer Services
Oct 9 - Dec 11
Join us in the beautiful hills of Conway as we joyfully enhance our connection with Infinite Divine Energy through enthusiastic chanting of traditional prayers, a twenty minute Shema/Amidah comprised of the gentle meditative movements and prayerful v
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Spirt Qigong
Oct 10 - Dec 12
Spirit Qigong
Join us for an energizing experience as we deepen our connection with the Infinite Divine Healing Energy of YHVH through the gentle meditative movements and prayerful visualizations based on the amazing self-healing practice from the M
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Community Program
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Pioneer Valley
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Jewish Family Service 95th Annual Meeting
Oct 13
JFS' 95th Annual meeting highlights include the installation of a new slate of officers and board members, keynote speaker Lou Cove, Executive Director of Reboot; a brief business meeting, award recognitions and a dessert reception.
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Exhibit
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Monsters and Miracles: A Journey Through Jewish Picture Books
Oct 15 - Jan 23
This ambitious exhibition explores the evolution of Jewish picture books from illuminated manuscripts, alef-bets [books of Hebrew letters], and Passover Haggadot to stories that consider monsters [golems, dybbuks, and wild things], life in the shtetl
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Family Program
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All Regions
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Colors of Autumn Farm Day
Oct 17
Led by ADAMAH Staff and Fellows
Enjoy peak New England foliage while you learn about ecological farm design and harvest vegetables on the largest Jewish educational farm in North America. With activities for all ages, you'll get to meet our goats,
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Family Program
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Recreating the Golem: A History of Golem Imagery
Oct 17
Join artist and author Mark Podwal as he discusses one of the most fascinating Jewish legends - that of the golem, a man-like creature created by the use of mystical powers. Numerous ways the golem has been depicted will be shown in a series of slide
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Lecture & Discussion
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Lower Pioneer Valley
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Daniel Gordis: What Israel Learned from the World Responses
Oct 18
As part of the Arthur and Rebecca Marshall Human Relations and Human Issues Lectures at Western New England College, Daniel Gordis, Vice President of the Shalem Center in Israel and noted author, will be speaking on "Operation 'Lead Cast' in Gaza and
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Opening Doors
Oct 20 - Jun 1
Opening Doors is a 17 session course for parents raised in other faith traditions who are raising Jewish children. The focus will be on the basics of Judaism, Jewish parenting, holiday celebrations, and learning about the local Jewish community. No p
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Family Program
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Lower Pioneer Valley
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Tot Shabbat
Oct 22 - Jan 21
Join us for a musical and interactive service designed especially for young children aged 0-5 years old (infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and young school-aged children) and their siblings! Kid's Kiddush to follow with juice, challah, and candleligh
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Nineteenth Annual Jewish Men's Retreat
Oct 29-31
At our nineteenth annual retreat we will explore the legacies each of us inherits and the legacies we bestow upon the world as we make our way through life. Legacy plays a central role in the stories of Isaac and Ishmael as they wrestle with the acti
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Community Program
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Lower Pioneer Valley
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Global Day of Jewish Learning
Nov 6
Jews from around the world will share a day of Jewish learning, dialogue and exploration, joining together in celebration of all that unites us.
Community Havdallah, Study opportunities with community Rabbis; Rabbi Max Davis - B'nai Torah, Rabbi A
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Lecture & Discussion
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Pioneer Valley
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Israel: Jewish and Democratic State
Nov 7
Fred A. Lazin, Prof.of Sociology of Politics and Government, Ben-Gurion University and Visiting Prof. of Israel Studies, American University, Washington, DC, will discuss whether Israel can be both a Jewish state and a democracy. What is the effect o
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Artist Talk
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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The Whole Megilah - Presentation by Rich Michelson
Nov 7
Meet award-winning writer and storyteller, Rich Michelson as he shares personal life stories and their connections to his work. Both lyrical and literary, his presentation will weave together the connections between story and history.
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Reading & Discussion
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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Latke Breakfast with Lisa Brown
Nov 14
Join us for some good food and fun as illustrator Lisa Brown reads from her book The Latke Who Wouldn't Stop Screaming, and revels in the true meaning of this holiday season.
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Book Discussion
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Upper Pioneer Valley
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A History of Jewish Children Book Illustration
Nov 14
In a wide-ranging discussion of the history of illustration for Jewish children's books, the two guest curators, Neal Sokol and Ilan Stavans, of Monsters and Miracles: A Journey Through Jewish Picture Books, will engage in conversation with two vener
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Israel on Campus: Get the Facts!
Nov 21
How do you learn about Israel? How do you separate anti-Semitism from anti-Israel talk? What is the truth about Israel? Hard questions for college students. Here's a chance for High School students to begin to learn what happens on campus and how
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Awakening to What Is: Silent Meditation Retreat
Dec 19-26
With Rabbi David Cooper, Shoshana Cooper and Eliezer Sobel
Whether you are a beginning or advanced student of meditation, deepen your moment-to-moment awareness in the “friendly” silence at this longtime popular retreat. Enjoy peace of mind an
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Family Program
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Pioneer Valley
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Rekindle Shabbat
Jan 1 - Jun 30
Rekindle Shabbat seeks to share the joy and vibrancy of being Jewish with families through the Pioneer Valley. Through intimate at-home Shabbat dinner celebrations and festive community events, Rekindle offers opportunities to connect with others in
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