Schmooze and News
Schmooze and News
Join us for an invigorating discussion about the biggest news stories of the month. We look forward to seeing you! Bagels will be served. FREE and open to everyone!
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Join us for an invigorating discussion about the biggest news stories of the month. We look forward to seeing you! Bagels will be served. FREE and open to everyone!
Monthly Mid-Day Speaker Series In partnership with Explorers Lifelong Learning Institute with Gay Porter Memoir is a gift that you give to those you love and is written to share your life story and the history and culture of the times during which you have lived. It allows others to appreciate our differences, foster empathy, […]
Pianist Nada returns with a new program featuring an array of Theme & Variations, including works by Beethoven, Hakim, Schubert & Rachmaninov. Save! Get “Early Bird” pricing; purchase before April 1st. Click here for tickets
This event has been postponed. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about how to prepare your child for Kindergarten, please contact Rebecca Karen at rkaren@epsteinhillel.org. Thank you. This event is free and open to all families. Please RSVP to Rebecca Karen at rkaren@epsteinhillel.org
Satire is one of the oldest forms of humor and adding music only seems to make it more powerful; in early Germanic and Celtic societies, people mocked in song would break out in boils and even commit suicide. Join screenwriter, author, instructor & former stand-up comedian David Misch as he shares his picks for the […]
Join us for open play, snacks and fun! Event is FREE and open to all. Families with children ages 5 and under are welcome! Space is limited. Please RSVP below. Open play will be held at Marblehead Parenting & Tot Club, 40 Tioga Way, #350 in Marblehead Click here to RSVP
We will be discussing Horse by Geraldine Brooks Book club will be meeting IN PERSON at the JCCNS but will also be available virtually. Please email Sara Ewing at sewing@jccns.com for Zoom link.
As most know, the Holiday of Passover is based on the story of the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt. The name Passover" comes from the "Passing over" of the homes of the Jews during the 10th plague, the death of the first born. Join in this look at the Passover celebration via art objects […]
Hear from Gilad Sevitt, founder and director of Madrasa, an organization dedicated to teaching tens of thousands of Israelis the Arabic language with the aim to improve communication between Jews and Arabs in the region. Coffee and bagels will be served. FREE and everyone is welcome, but please RSVP below.
Presented by Salem State University, Explorers Lifelong Learning Institute, and the JCCNS Featuring duets by Bach, Ravel, Mozart and more! Sundays, February 4, March 3, and April 14 at 3:00PM at 71 Loring Avenue, Salem Recital Hall at the Harrington Campus Classroom Building, Ground Floor FREE (limited tickets available) but you must register in advance […]
Join us at Congregation Shirat Hayam for a Women’s Seder to feed your soul, raise your voice and celebrate your freedom! Prepare for Passover spiritually through live storytelling, music, and the power of community. This multi-generational event is open to any self-identified woman connected with the Jewish community. You do not need to be a […]
Join us for a survey of the history of the Holy Land through art objects, which begins with the building of King Solomon’s Temple, and continues with the Jewish catacombs, the synagogue mosaics and the establishment of the modern State of Israel. This program follows the sweep of Israeli history while focusing on the visual […]
Explore the history and development of the Yiddish language that, at one time, was the "mame-loshn" (mother tongue) of almost 13 million people, or about 75% of the global Jewish population. Coffee and bagels will be served. FREE and everyone is welcome, but please RSVP below.
Are you leading a Seder of your own? Attending a Seder? Doing your own thing for Passover? Join Rabbi Michael Schwartz, the JCCNS’ Co-Director of Jewish Engagement, for an online discussion on ways to make this Passover extraordinary. We'll discuss ideas relating the holiday to current events, from the practical and the basics. Event is […]
Join us for an invigorating discussion about the biggest news stories of the month. We look forward to seeing you! Bagels will be served. FREE and open to everyone!
Pianist Ian Scarfe invites us to his living room for a live-streamed piano concert where he will explore the evolution of classical piano styles. Scarfe starts our journey with Bach's elegant and orderly Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, progressing through the drama and form of classical-era Mozart and Beethoven, and finally to the heart-rending passion of Brahms and the other late-Romantics. Save! Get “Early Bird” […]
This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in The Producers to the enigmatic title role in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in […]
What do Gefilte Fish and Teenage Girls Have in Common? Join us for a viewing of two short documentaries and a discussion facilitated by award-winning filmmaker Lisa Kors (Shayna Maidels) on the theme of teenage rebellion and how Judaism changes through the generations. Bagels and coffee will be served. The event is FREE but please […]
After funding is cut for the school musical, a high school teacher in the Bronx resolves to earn it back by recruiting a fellow statistics teacher (who is secretly a card counter and recovering gambling addict) to cheat at an underground card game run by the Hasidic Jewish community. The plan goes awry with mounting […]
