Upcoming Events
18
January
Yoga for Torah Fund
Men and women are invited to bring a mat or towel, wear comfy clothes and come to unwind and stretch! Start the new year with a two-for-one wellness and tzedakah activity!
01
February
The Persistence of Religious Violence Against Christians in Africa with Mariam Wahba
We are proud to present Mariam Wahba, a research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, who will lead the discussion of the plight of persecuted Christians in Africa. She will examine the Janjaweed guerrillas in the genocide against Christians in 2003 in Darfur, Sudan and the influence of the Janjaweed in the Boko Haram, the Islamic State and the anti-Christian violence in Nigeria. This talk will confront the scale and persistence of religious violence across the continent, challender prevailing narratices that obscure its causes, and ask what moral and policy obligations follow from continued global inaction.
18
February
Bus Trip to Kehila Kedosha Janina
Kehila Kedosha Janina is the only Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. Romaniote Jews are a unique community of Jewish people whose history in Greece dates back over two thousand three hundred years to the time of Alexander the Great. The Romaniotes are historically distinct from the Sephardim, who settled in Greece after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.
18
January
JOURNEY OF JEWISH DISCOVERY
Jewish Journeys — Collective Memories through Place and Time
14
March
Rabbi Josh Warshawsky Artist in Residence Weekend
17
January
Study of Sefer Ha Chinuch
Join us for weekly learning every Shabbat Between Mincha and Maariv
24
January
Tefillah Tot Shabbat at B'nai Shalom
Join Rabbi Tobin & Morah Amy for Tefillah Tot Shabbat! We will play, single and celebrate Shabbat together!
19
January
Talmud Class with Rabbi Tobin
Join Rabbi Tobin and a special group of friends at B’nai Shalom for our weekly Talmud Mondays class. This year’s class will begin on Monday, October 20th.
Bus Trip to Kehila Kedosha Janina
Kehila Kedosha Janina is the only Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. Romaniote Jews are a unique community of Jewish people whose history in Greece dates back over two thousand three hundred years to the time of Alexander the Great. The Romaniotes are historically distinct from the Sephardim, who settled in Greece after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.
The congregation was first organized in New York in 1906 by Greek-speaking Romaniote Jews from the city of Ioannina in Northwestern Greece who needed a place of their own where they could preserve their unique traditions, customs, liturgy, and language. The congregation opened its doors to worship at its current location in 1927 and has served the Romaniote community on the Lower East Side since then. In 1997, a Museum was created in the women’s gallery to tell the story of this distinct community to a world that knew so little about them. Today, KKJ is proud to be one of only a handful of active synagogues that remain on the Lower East Side.
The synagogue is a designated New York City landmark and continues to hold services every Shabbat as well as all Jewish holidays. In addition, it houses a museum about Greek Jewry that serves as a repository for Romaniote and Sephardic Greek Jewish history, both in Greece and on the Lower East Side, and hosts many educational events including lectures, book signings, film screenings, and concerts.