Ruth Gruber, Photojournalist
Seats offered on a first-come first-served basis.
DEADLINE for Sala Kryszek Art & Writing Competition. The annual competition for middle and high school students encourages youth to evaluate history, foster an awareness of the Holocaust, and broaden their minds in the areas of art, history, civics, sociology and literature. For the competition, students are presented with a prompt that becomes their cue to create a piece of writing or a work of art. ojmche.org/educate/education/sala-kryszek-art-writing
Please join Congregation Shaarie Torah for a special Shabbat morning service. At this service, we will include new melodies, explore the service with some reflections on the prayers themselves, and chant according to the Triennial cycle of Torah readings. It will be a mix of the beautiful and familiar traditional Shabbat morning service and new ideas and energy. This service meets in the Chapel downstairs on the third Saturday of the month.
Davita’s Harp, a new play based on the novel by Chaim Potok; original adaptation for stage by Sacha Reich and Jamie M. Rea.
March 19-April 9 (7:30 pm, Thursday-Saturday; 2 pm, Sunday; with one Wednesday
performance 7:30 pm, March 30)
Ilana Davita’s mother was Jewish, but chose atheism and communism. Her father was Episcopalian, but chose atheism and communism. While coming of age in New York in the 1930s with a missionary nurse aunt, a mystical story writing “uncle” and Orthodox cousins, Davita discovers who she is and who she will choose to be.
Join PJ Library for a free weekly story hour for young families with music, crafts and PJ Library Stories!
Free at New Seasons Market-Williams.
A weekly story hour for young families with music and PJ Library books!
Join us at Congregation Shaarie Torah for a fun and magical Purim celebration. Magician Hart Keene (from America’s Got Talent) will dazzle and amaze with his special brand of magic performance. Traditional chanting of the Megillah (the Book of Esther), fun activities for kids, and food and drink will round out the evening (can someone say HAMENTASCHEN!). Please join us for this special event – and, of course, come in costume!
5:00pm: Food, Drink and Kids Fun!
6:15pm: Traditional Megillah Reading (Book of Esther)
7:15pm: The Magic of Hart Keene
8:00pm: The Purim Party Continues!
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL!
A donation to help us cover the cost is greatly appreciated
Fiesta De Ester, March 23
6pm Dinner | 7pm Megillah reading
Purim at Neveh Shalom
Dinner begins at 6 pm by RSVP only – Dairy taco fiesta with all the fixins, margaritas, cervezas, and more! $15/adult, $10/child, $50/family max. RSVP at www.tinyurl.com/fiestadeesther
7:00 pm: Megillah reading and ‘Omentashen’ (Spanish for Hamantaschen), Come in costume and join in the Celebration!
Family Fun, 6:30-7:30 pm
“G.rand O.ld P.urim” Spiel & Drinks, 7:30-8:30 pm
Join us for our Purim Party on March 23! The first 45 minutes include face painting, fortune telling, games of chance (with prizes!), crafts, and eating and drinking. We’ll have both a table for family drinks and a monitored adult beverage table. Please bring Hamantaschen or fruit to share, and drinks if you wish.
At 7:20 pm we’ll have a costume parade and a sing-a-long led by Ilene Safyan.
Our adult spiel, “G.rand O.ld P.urim,” begins at 7:30 pm. This year’s spiel features Haman, the Dangerous Man with the Comb-Over; Esther, whose name was Hillary before she converted; Mordechai, who feels the Bern – and is the Bern (pictured here in photo by Barbara Gundle); and Havurah’s own Rachel Maddowitz. Find more photos of this year’s spielers here.