On the Calendar (all new!) 1/29/10

Posted Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:43 pm

Issue of January 29, 2010/ 14 Shvat 5770

Jan. 30

Shlock rocking

ROC House, located at 550 W. 110th St. in Manhattan, presents Shlock Rock, performing songs from their latest release, “No Limits,” as well as hits from their twenty-five year performing career.

Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 for adults and $14 for students. For more info call 212-222-2470, email therochouse@gmail.com, or visit the Roc House online at www.therochhouse.com.

Cinema Bombay

Utopia Jewish Center, located at 64-41 Utopia Parkway, Flushing, will present the film “Rafting to Bombay.” In the film by Erez Laufer, past and present collide as Laufer’s own family history of salvation in Bombay during World War 2 is juxtaposed next to the terrorist takeover of the Chabad House in Mumbai. Film begins at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $10. For more information: (718) 461-8347.

Jan. 31

Hilchos Niddah

Shaaray Tefilah, at 25 Central Avenue in Lawrence, will begin a three part lecture series for men on Hilchos Niddah, given by Rabbi Dovid Weinberger. The classes will review basic halachos in a comprehensive and pragmatic manner. Classes begin at 9:45 a.m. and repeat the two following Sundays. Breakfast will be served. For more information contact the shul office at (516)-239-2444.

Feb. 1

Inspired living series

Chabad of Great Neck, located at 400 East Shore Rd. in Great Neck, presents “Portraits of Leadership: timeless tales for inspired living,” a six week course from the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, taught by Rabbi Yoseph Geisinsky. The course is a biographical description of six pivotal sages of the Mishnaic era. Each lesson will examine the life story of a particular sage in light of the personal characteristics that uniquely positioned him to respond to the challenges of his time.

The lecture will begin at 8 p.m. and will continue at the same time for the next five Mondays. The cost for the lectures is $99 and includes textbook. For more info, please call: (516) 487-4554 or email: info@chabadGN.com

Feb. 3

Law lecture

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law will present the Annual Ivan Meyer Lecture in Jewish Law at 6 p.m. in the Jacob Burns Moot Court Room, 55 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street in Manhattan. Dr. Isaiah M. Gafni, the Ivan Meyer Visiting Scholar in Comparative Jewish Law at Cardozo, will speak on “From Temple to Text: Rabbinic Judaism as Default or Destiny.”

Dr. Gafni is the Sol Rosenbloom Professor of Jewish History at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he has taught for 40 years, while also serving as visiting professor at numerous universities, including Harvard, Yale and Brown. He was also honored as the Louis Jacobs Fellow in Rabbinic Thought at Oxford University, where he delivered a series of lectures on the Jewish Diaspora in the Greco-Roman period.

Admission is free and open to the public. To register online visit http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/cjl/registration or call 212-790-0258.

Israeli TV in NY

The JCC of Manhattan, located at 334 Amsterdam Ave. in Manhattan will be showing the entire first season of the hit Israeli television series Srugim. The show is about 20’s-30’s singles in the Modern Orthodox Jerusalem community trying to find their way in the vibrant contemporary Israeli society. Two 30 minute episodes will be screened every Wednesday for seven weeks. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. For more information call the JCC at (646)-505-4444.

Feb. 5-6

Singles shabbaton

End the Madness will be holding their sixth annual Stamford Shabbaton this weekend. Observant Jewish singles between the ages of 25-35 can meet and mingle with other like-minded singles in a fun and relaxing atmosphere.

Comedian Matt Goldich will be performing on motza’ie shabbos.

Cost is $35. The Shabbaton will be strictly limited to an exclusive group of 48 observant singles. To place a reservation contact Oksana at stamfordetm@gmail.com. End the Madness is an organization dedicated to easing the hardship associated with the Jewish dating world. More information is available on the End the Madness website www.endthemadness.org.

Feb. 6

Book discussion

The Sephardic Congregation of Long Beach located at Lafayette Blvd. and Penn St, will be hosting a book discussion of Gerald Brooks’ People of the Book led by Sandra Sutain at 7 p.m. Sutain will be talking about the novel and the real story behind the Sarajevo Haggadah.

This is the perfect book for anyone interested in Sephardic history and culture. Whether you read the book or not, join us to learn about this little known treasure of the Jewish people. A DVD will be shown and handouts will be given to enhance your Passover Seder. Coffee and cake will be served. For more information call (516)-889-5923.

Feb 7

Building celebration

Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi will be holding a special Chanukat Habayit to celebrate the completion of their new building on 395 Oakland Avenue in Cedarhurst. The event will begin at 1:30PM, with dancing in the street from the older building into the new building. The dancing will be followed by a special program led by Rabbi Yaakov Feitman, Rav of Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi, in the new building.

A special children’s program is being planned as well. The festivities will conclude at 3:30PM. For more information visit www.kbyt.org.

A cappella concert

Magevet, which bills itself as the premier Jewish Hebrew and Israeli a cappella group of Yale University will be giving a benefit concert at Temple Hillel of North Woodmere, located at 1000 Rosedale Road, Woodmere, at 1 p.m. The concert will be for SULAM-LI, a religious school for Jewish children with special needs

Magevet will be joined on stage by the children of the Brandeis School Choir of Lawrence, under the direction of Janet Goldman. Students from SULAM-LI will also join in with Magevet. SULAM-LI is a cooperative program of seven local synagogues, Congregation Sons of Israel, Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre, Reconstructionist Congregation Beth Emet, Temple Am Echad, Temple Beth-El of Cedarhurst, Temple Hillel, Temple Israel of Lawrence. The children of SULAM-LI receive Jewish education on Sunday mornings specially geared to meet their learning needs.

Call Dena Stein for tickets at 516-449-6678. Tickets for adults are $25, children (Ages 3-17) are $15 & Family Pkg (2 Adults/ 2 Children)-$72. For more information about SULAM and its programs please call Libby Adler — Educational Director at: 516-474-1500

Vos Iz humor?

The Jewish Heritage Museum, located at 36 Battery Place in New York City, is presenting a night with Ari Kelman, author of “Is Diss a System? A Milt Gross Comic Reader” (NYU Press, 2009). He will be interviewed by Harry Katz, editor of Cartoon America: Comic Art at the Library of Congress.

Working during the decline of vaudeville and the rise of the newspaper cartoon strip, Gross captured American humor in transition. He adapted the sounds of ethnic humor from the stage to the page and developed both a sound and a sensibility that grew out of an intimate knowledge of immigrant life. His parodies of beloved poetry sounded like reading primers set loose on the Lower East Side, while his accounts of Jewish tenement residents echoed with the mistakes and malapropisms born of the immigrant experience.

The event is co-sponsored by the National Yiddish Book Center. The program will begin at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $5, free for members of the Museum or the NYBC and are available online at www.mjhnyc.org or by calling the Museum box office at 646.437.4202.

Music for your Soul(farm)

Soulfarm will be performing at Temple Beth-El of Bellmore located at 1373 Bellmore Road in North Bellmore. Led by C Lanzbom, the band was formerly known as Inasense, and is heavily influenced by jam, blues, rock and roll, and the Middle Eastern heritage of the performers. They have performed around the world.

“Who would ever think that a band that covers ‘Dovid Melech’ could sell out one on New York City’s most popular and renowned nightclubs? Yes, it’s happening, and repeatedly at that,” the Jewish Star wrote about the band.

This concert is presented in memory of Rabbi Harvey Goldscheider. Tickets are $18 per person. Donations are gratefully accepted. Call 781-2650 for tickets and information.

Feb. 8

Thrift store opening

The Israel Children’s Cancer Foundation is happy to announce the opening of its Treasure Chest Thrift Shop located at 141 Washington Avenue - Suite 205 in Lawrence. The store will be open Monday through Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The store will sell a treasure trove of giftware and bric-a-brac bargains with all proceeds going to help wage the war against cancer. Donations are greatly appreciated. To arrange a pickup, please call 516-375-6080 or 516-295-3518.

Feb. 9

Jewish heritage at MSG

The 2nd Annual Jewish Heritage Night with the New York Knicks will take place at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks will be playing the Sacramento Kings and the game begins at 7:30 p.m.

The event is organized by the Jewish Community Relations Counsel, an affiliate of the UJA Federation of New York. Tickets are $36 for seating in the 300 Level and include a Hebrew Knicks item. Visit tinyurl.com/jcrcJHN2010 and enter promo code: JCRC. For more information contact Seth Bettan at 212.465.6516 or email seth.bettan@thegarden.com

Motivational speaker

Kulanu Center for Special Services, located at 620 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst, will be hosting “Don’t Judge a Book By Its Noises” an evening with Marc Elliot at 7:30 p.m. Marc was born with a rare disease that left him with virtually no intestines and he developed a neurological disorder called Tourette’s syndrome; he now inspires audiences by sharing his life story to convey the value of tolerance and the basic attitudes and behaviors that allow it to flourish.

The program is free and refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by The Friendship Circle, a project of the Jean Fischman Chabad Center, the JCC of the Greater Five Towns, and the Kulanu Center for Special Services. Please reserve your spot before February 5 by calling Jonathan Cooper at (516)-569-3083 ext. 136 or via email at jonathanc@kulanukids.org .

Feb. 10

Meet the author

the Museum of Jewish Heritage located at 36 Battery Place in New York City — author Anne Nelson will be joined by filmmaker Stefan Roloff and Museum curator Bonnie Gurewitsch for a discussion of Nelson’s book Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler (Random House, 2009).

Red Orchestra tells the compelling story of an intrepid band of German artists, intellectuals, and bureaucrats and their dangerous battle to unveil the brutal secrets of their fascist employers. The book documents this riveting story through the eyes of Greta Kuckhoff, a German working mother.

The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $5, free for members and are available online at www.mjhnyc.org or by calling the Museum box office at 646.437.4202.

Special needs workshop

The Keren Eliana Parent Advocacy and Resource Center will be holding a workshop on how to access public programs for children with special needs. The workshop will take place at Kulanu Center for Special Services at 620 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.

Topics will include how to get early intervention, information about Medicaid, Child Health Plus, and the Physically Handicapped Children’s Program, as well as information about the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Delays (OMRDD) and their Home and Community Based Medicaid Waver Program.

Speakers will be Shannon Jauck, a Nassau County Department of Health medical social worker and early intervention supervisor, and Maria Corso, a Medicaid Service Coordinator at Human First. The program is free of charge for those with Kulanu Family membership and $10 for non-members. Pre-registration is requested. Contact Mark Hoffacker at 516-569-3083 x 136 or mark@kulanukids.org. The resource center is part of Kulanu.

Feb. 13

Oneg post-Shabbos

The ROC HOUSE, located at 550 W. 110 th St in Manhattan, presents Oneg Shemesh. Shemesh, an original member of the Moshav Band, fuses folk, blues, and Carlebach to create his own unique type of Jewish music.

Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 for adults and $12 for students. For more info call 212-222-2470, email therochouse@gmail.com, or visit the Roc House online at www.therochhouse.com.

Wine and cheese tasting

Congregation Shomrei Torah, located at 19-10 Morlot Avenue in Fairlawn, will be holding a wine and cheese tasting event beginning at 7:30 p.m. The event will be led by premier wine expert Keven Rouche of Queen Anne Wine and Spirits and will feature a selection of high end kosher wines and cheeses. Desert will be served after the presentation and participants will have the opportunity to purchase from an immense selection of wines at discounted prices.

Cost is $25 per person or $36 per couple. For more information contact the shul office at (201) 791-7910.

Feb. 14

Ping pong

Anshei Shalom, located at 472 Hempstead Ave, West Hempstead, presents the 3rd Annual Anshei Shalom Ping Pong Tournament. There will be events for beginners, advanced, men aged 50+, teens and children.

The event goes from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost will be $10 or $15 with trophies going to the winners. For more information download the registration form at www.anshei.org or call (516) 292-0323.

Feb. 16

3rd annual dinner

Puah Institute, an Israel-based international organization that works with Jewish couples with fertility issues, will be holding their third annual dinner at the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center, located at 60 West End Avenue, Brooklyn, NY at 6:00 p.m. The Gift of Life honoree will be Dr. Michael J. Glassner. The cost is $250 per couple.

To make a reservation call (718)-336-0603 or via email at puahfamily@gmail.com

Feb. 24

Benefit dinner

Just One Life, an Israeli organization that helps pregnant mothers, will be holding a benefit dinner at Abigael’s, located at 1407 Broadway, between 38th and 39th Street in Manhattan. The dinner will honor Cliff Broder, Yehudith Gellis, Edie and Louis Goldberg, and Zelda and Danny Wildman. Buffet dinner begins at six. More information can be found on www.justonelife.org or by calling (212) 683 6040.

March 21

Jewish Harlem

The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy, located at 15-17 Willet St., between Grand and Delancey St. in Manhattan will be presenting a slide lecture on Harlem’s Jewish past with Yeshiva University professor Jeffrey S. Gurock, author of “When Harlem was Jewish: 1870-1930”. In 1917, Harlem was home to more than 175,000 Jews, making it the third largest Jewish community in the world. Gurock will discuss the historical forces that shaped Jewish Harlem.

Cost is $18. For more information call (212) 374-4100 ext. 1.

April 18

Yiddish theater

The hazak chapter of the bellmore jewish center, 2550, located at South Centre Ave. in Bellmore, is presenting The Folksbiene Theatre’s Traveling Troupe for a performance of “Mama’s Loshn Kugel,” a Yiddish musical revue with English supertitles at 3 PM. A limited number of seats are available. Tickets are on sale now — $18 adults, $12 children 10-16 years old.

Call Ruthe at (516) 221-8570 or Bill at (516) 221-2056.