EVENTS

Kalaniyot Before the Rain at Temple Sinai

Temple Sinai 1 Community Rd., Marblehead, MA, United States

The event is FREE and open to everyone but please RSVP to Susan Weiner at susan.templesinai@gmail.com  

Exploring Opera: “The Tales of Hoffmann”

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Offenbach's operatic masterpiece is often disregarded as a "one-hit wonder" with a silly story. True, the "hit" (the famous "Barcarolle") is pretty fabulous, but so is the entire opera. Join James Sokol for a journey with video performance clips to dive into the gorgeous music and into the rich and layered story of a struggling […]

Magical Morocco: Marrakech & More

Event Series Magical Morocco: Marrakech & More
Zoom

Many visitors go to Morocco to visit its most famous city, Marrakech. But, the country holds countless interesting treasures throughout the land from its coasts to the deserts! Let James Sokol zoom you away on our virtual “trips” to this magical North African country, so different from most Arab-dominant countries. Morocco has its own unique, […]

Songs of Protest – Visions of America through the 20th Century

JCCNS 4 Community Rd., Marblehead, MA, United States

Monthly Mid-Day Speaker Series In partnership with Explorers Lifelong Learners Institute Join Michael Goldman, political consultant and Salem Explorers lecturer, who will discuss 25 songs from the 1960s that were written to convey a specific message and influence change. FREE and everyone is welcome, but please RSVP below. Coffee and bagels will be served  

A Community One Read with Allison Gilbert on Zoom

Zoom

JBC is excited to be hosting A Community One Read with Allison Gilbert moderated by Lori Gottlieb in honor of the late Dr. Ruth in partnership with our JBC Network Member Sites . Click here to register

Holocaust Archaeologies: Approaches and New Future Direction

The investigation of Holocaust sites using archaeological methods has emerged in recent years as a new sub-discipline. In this lecture, Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls will discuss her work at two sites of persecution–Treblinka and Alderney–highlighting how innovative, interdisciplinary approaches have led to new spatial, historical and material understandings of these landscapes of mass violence. Professor […]

Learning Unlimited: Comedy x 3

Event Series Learning Unlimited: Comedy x 3
Zoom

Back by popular demand, David Misch returns with three interesting, insightful and funny lectures about different aspects of comedy: 1) The History of Ha!, 2) The Shame of Satire, 3) Buster Keaton: Existential Slapstick. Save! Register by September 29th for "Early Bird" pricing! Get your tickets here

Music & Morsels: Piyyutim

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The piyyutim are Jewish liturgical poems written throughout the ages, many of which made their way into spiritual gatherings and even into prayer books. What exactly makes it a piyyut? Who wrote these poems? Whether or not you celebrate the Jewish High Holidays, get the answers to these and more questions by joining multi-instrumentalist Asaf Ophir for […]

Commemorating October 7 Together: We Remember and Unite

Temple Sinai 1 Community Rd., Marblehead, MA, United States

at Temple Sinai Join us as we gather our community for an evening of prayer, poetry, and song, acknowledging our collective grief and drawing comfort and strength from being together. Event is FREE but please RSVP below. Community partners: Epstein Hillel School, Congregation Shirat Hayam, Temple Emanu-El, Temple Sinai, Chabad of the North Shore, ADL, […]

Learning Unlimited: Comedy x 3

Event Series Learning Unlimited: Comedy x 3
Zoom

Back by popular demand, David Misch returns with three interesting, insightful and funny lectures about different aspects of comedy: 1) The History of Ha!, 2) The Shame of Satire, 3) Buster Keaton: Existential Slapstick. Save! Register by September 29th for "Early Bird" pricing! Get your tickets here

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