Dirty Jewess – Book Event

Consulate General of Slovakia in New York

and

Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews

cordially invite you to a book presentation

 

DIRTY JEWESS BY SILVIA FISHBAUM

with Andrea Coddington

Author Silvia Fishbaum translated and adapted her memoir to English language from its original version Židovka, a platinum bestseller in Slovakia. Both authors, Silvia and Andrea, will be happy to answer all your questions and sign your copies.

When: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 5:30 pm

Where: 6 E 67 st, New York

RSVP by Friday, August 24 at rsvp.cgnewyork@mzv.sk

Special gratitude to the Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the UN

H.E. Ambassador Michal Mlynár for providing his Residence

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From Forbidden Fruit – Book Event

 

Author Diana Lipton will be speaking on Wednesday 13 June in Beer Sheva, in English, about her book, From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey.

 

 

 

Details about the Kehilat Be’erot event can be found at this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkmbN2wNJgQnRKKAUIhNOlbI4KUl6tqARgpGJmbkMW7Yvh5g/viewform

Registration is required.

Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo & Rabbi Yitz Greenberg: Revolution or Evolution – On the Status of Halakha and Orthodoxy

Watch Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo and Rabbi Yitz Greenberg discussing pressing issues facing Modern Orthodoxy today  at an evening hosted by Matan HaSharon

 

Available from Urim Publications:

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rabbi Dr. Yitz Greenberg with a copy of ‘A Torah Giant’

Rabbi Dr. Irving (Yitz) Greenberg holding a copy of

A Torah Giant edited by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz

 

Discover the breadth of wisdom provided by this generation’s giant of Torah: Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg. Rabbi Yitz is one of the most renowned leaders in contemporary Jewish communal life. His dedication to foster a more interconnected and vibrant Judaism has been felt across the academic and broader world. In this new work, the legacy of Rabbi Yitz is discussed at length by those who have been affected by his inclusive model of contemporary Judaism, approachable erudition, commitment to fostering meaningful interfaith dialogue, and constant striving to make the world a more just place. These intellectual progenies divulge the lasting impact Rabbi Yitz has had on their lives and the lives of people around the globe.

 

Edited by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
Foreword by Rabbi Avi Weiss
Introduction by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Hardcover, 344 pages
KTAV Publishing House and Urim Publications 2018
ISBN 978-965-524-271-3

Meet the Author: American Interests in the Holy Land

 

Come meet author Lenny Ben-David!

 

 

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

6:00 PM in the Library of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

13 Tel Chai Street (corner of Rachel Emeinu), Jerusalem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 “From the beginning to the end – U.S. Senators visiting the Western Wall in the 1930’s on the cover, to young Bobby Kennedy reporting on the 1948 Israeli Independence war in the last chapter – Lenny Ben-David’s essays and collection of 100 photographs portray the special relationship between the United States and the Jewish population of the Holy Land from a unique and memorable perspective.” – Senator Joseph I. Lieberman

 

Other works by Lenny Ben-David:

American Interests in the Holy Land (2017)

World War I in the Holy Land (2018)

Biblical Sites and the Jews of the Holy Land (2019)

Revealed in Early Photographs

 

Book Launch: Memoirs of a Hopeful Pessimist

Thursday evening, December 22, at 8 p.m. at Kehilat Yedidya, 12 Lifschitz Street in Bak’a.

MC for the evening: Linda Gradstein.

Panelists: Noomi Stahl and Dr. Yoni Moss, with response by Debbie.

Short musical program and light refreshments.

Book available for purchase and signing.

For more information, visit the event page here.

Kosher Movies featured on L’Chayim with Mark S. Golub

Film critic and author Rabbi Herbert Cohen, who co-hosts a “Siskel and Ebert” type of film review show from Israel called “Kosher Movies,” discusses his favorite films and their connections to values of the Jewish Tradition.

Watch interview here.
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