Our Events Log

“Separate Yourself Not from the Community”

[All times EST]

American Museum of Natural History [200 Central Park West]

Anne Frank the Exhibition—Opening in Chicago on May 1, 2026, at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. 

100+ original collection items from the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, including several never-before-exhibited artifacts.

BZD Baltimore Zionist District

Each Tuesday, current BZD members will receive private access to a special program featuring Israel, Jewish history, heritage, culture, travel, and Jewish communities around the world.

  • September 1 (11 AM) A Live Tour of ANU – Museum of the Jewish People
  • September 8 (11 AM) Jewish Life in Provence: Centuries of History in Southern France
  • September 15 (11 AM) Jewish Lódz: Stories of Life, Loss, and Renewal
  • September 29 (11 AM) Beyond the Headlines with Jonathan Schanzer

Children’s Museum of Manhattan Tuesday – Sunday (10 AM – 5 PM) [212 West 83 St.]

Designed for children ages 0 – 6, our hands-on programs encourage creativity, learning, and play through art, music, science, and storytelling, all rooted in research-backed methods that support early brain development.

Schedule of daily programs for ages 0 – 4

    • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Circle Time
    • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM: Mural Wall or Messy with Art
    • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM: Special Daily Program or Mural Wall
    • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM: Messy with Art
    • 4:00 PM: Alphie’s Goodbye Storytime

August Programming

  • August 24 – 31 – Sun Chasers and Shade Seekers
  • August 24 – 30 (10:30 – 12:30 & 2 – 4:15 PM) Visors & Shades, All Day! Ages 5+
  • August 24 – 30 (2:45 – 3:45 PM) & August 29 & 30 (11:15 – 12:15 PM) Tape and Take Suncatchers – Under 4
Fritz Ascher Society – The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized, and Banned Art (FAS) tells untold stories of artists marginalized and persecuted by the German Nazi regime between 1933 and 1945. 

Fritz Asher Themes – This digital exhibition includes important examples from the oeuvre of the German Jewish Expressionist artist Fritz Ascher (1893-1970) – September 2026

The Grey Art Museum in New York, NY – located at 18 Cooper Square (Free)

  • Self-Guided Walking Tour – New York City’s Village was an important place for radical politics, most notably Communism. In the decade that followed the Stock Market Crash in 1929, artists, writers, intellectuals, and radicals flooded the then-impoverished, unglamorous part of Manhattan mainly inhabited by immigrants, only to make it one of the nation’s most vibrant, energetic places. This tour highlights where these Village radicals lived and some places they met from 1929 to 1940.

Hadassah Southern New Jersey

JBI Library

  • September 3 (12:30–1:15 PM) The Magic of Tashlich (Casting Away)
    • Participants will explore the 600-year-old tradition of Tashlich, in which Jews symbolically cast away the previous year’s mistakes by tossing breadcrumbs into flowing water. The discussion will examine the origins of the custom, its evolution across Jewish communities, and the universal theme of beginning the new year with reflection and renewal.
  • September 24 (12:30–1:15 PM)  The Art of Ushpizim (Welcoming Holy Guests)
    • Held just before Sukkot, this session explores the mystical tradition of Ushpizim, the symbolic welcoming of honored spiritual guests into the sukkah. The conversation will use this centuries-old custom as a starting point for discussing hospitality, memory, and the people who continue to shape our lives.
  • October 1 (5 PM) virtual book club exploring author Dara Horn’s acclaimed novel Eternal Life, a thought-provoking exploration of faith, family, mortality, and what it means to live a meaningful life. 

JCC Mid-Westchester – 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale

  • September 28 (7 – 8:30 PM) Stories That Stay With Us – In Conversation: Breathing Under Water with Jacqueline Friedland
    • In this moving story of resilience, family, and unexpected connection, two women facing challenges find their lives intertwined through a teenage boy with autism. As each navigates impossible choices and personal struggles, they discover the strength that can emerge through compassion, community, and the willingness to accept help.

JCC Bridgewater Shimon and Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community Center – 775 Talamini Road

  • September 23 (6:30 PM) Irma Horowitz Film Series presents Tovah, a feature-length documentary celebrating the extraordinary career and lasting impact of acclaimed actress Tovah Feldshuh. From her unforgettable portrayal of Golda Meir in Broadway’s Golda’s Balcony to memorable television roles in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Nobody Wants This, Feldshuh has built a remarkable career across stage and screen. The evening begins with dinner at 6:30 PM, followed by the film at 7:00 PM. Director and producer David Serero will be joining us in person to introduce the film and lead a special Q&A following the screening.

Jewish Artist Gathering – 2537 Broadway at 95th St, NYC

  • September 14 (7 PM) – Shana Tova: Stories & Songs of Hope & Renewal, an evening of community and Jewish joy 

Jewish Heritage Alliance – dedicated to restoring the legacy of Sefarad, strengthening Jewish identity, and ensuring its enduring contribution to Jewish education and future generations.

Live event featuring Genie Milgrom, whose remarkable genealogical journey reached back 22 generations; Ron Duncan Hart, Ph.D., scholar and author of Crypto-Jews: The Long Journey; and Daniela T. Levy, leading scholar of Converso and Sephardic history in Brazil. 

Jenkinsons Aquarium – 300 Ocean Avenue, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ

Daily (10 AM – 5 PM) – open daily except Christmas & Thanksgiving. Feeding schedule:

  • SEAL: Off-Season 10:30 AM, 1 & 4 PM – Summer 10:30 AM, 3 & 7 PM
  • PENGUIN: Off-Season 11 AM & 3:30 PM – Summer 11 AM & 6 PM – watch live on Penguin Cam
  • SHARK: Off-Season 1:30 PM Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays – Summer 4 PM Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays

Holocaust Education and Resource Center & Human Rights Institute of Kean University

  • December 1 – 2026 Murray Pantirer Annual Scholars Lecture

Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival and Museum of Tolerance, in cooperation with USC Dornsife, Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life, Jewish Journal, and Jewish American Heritage Month-Los Angeles

Museum of the City of New York [1220 Fifth Ave at 103rd St]

Metropolitan Museum of Art [1000 Fifth Avenue]

  • 81st Street Studio – A free, hands-on art and science discovery space geared for ages 6 months–11 near the 81st Street entrance.
    • Hours 10 AM – 5 PM (closed Wednesday)
  • Gallery 503, The Mishneh Torah, written by Moses Maimonides and illustrated ca. 1457

Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust  ** Past programs – Available On-Demand

Museum at Hebrew Union College – ** Recorded Programs – Available On Demand

National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene                              *** Programs On Demand 

  • September 17 (7 – 9 PM) New York Sings Yiddish @ Rumsey Playfield, Central Park (enter at East 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue) Doors open at 6:00 PM – Free Event

The New York Historical – [170 Central Park West]

  • Art of the Street: Selections from the Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection
    Opening August 28 – Works by Karel Appel, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Red Grooms, among others, tell the story of a movement that began as an act of defiance and grew into a powerful, global artistic force—one that continues to reshape how we experience art and public spaces.
  • September 9 (7 – 8 PM) The Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy and the Origins of Modern Charity – Free Outdoors in The Reading Room on the 42nd Street side of the park between 5th and 6th.
    • The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911 is often cited as the cause for an overhaul of labor protections in the US and for creating the concept of the modern American charity. Historian David Conrad-Peréz explores the story of the fire’s aftermath, when publisher Adolph Ochs and labor organizer Rose Schneiderman entered into an epic struggle over who should be responsible for responding to the crisis: the unions and activists or the financial and civic elites that made up the growing charity sector.
  • Carousel Horse

Passaic Torah Institute, a Baalei Tshuva Yeshiva, Young Professional Program

  • Thursday (8 PM) Contact Ben Rand at 201-280-8145 for more information

RVCC Institute of Holocaust and Genocide 

  • September 18 (10 AM)  (En)Countering Antisemitism Online Presentation.

    • Katy S. Matello, Education Coordinator at the Museum of History and Holocaust Education at Kennesaw State University, will offer highlights of our new exhibition, Enduring Tension: (En)Countering Antisemitism in Every Age. The exhibit explores the long history of anti-Jewish bias in the United States, putting it into an international context. The exhibition challenges visitors to ask critical questions, including: Must we live with hate? And if we believe that hatred must be combated, what are the best ways to do so? Using historical panels and images from the founding of our nation to the present day, Enduring Tension demonstrates how antisemitism has influenced people’s thinking over time and what everyday citizens can do to counter this hatred.

    • Video – Conversation with Survivors
    • Video – In 2015, the Holocaust Institute produced a documentary, Can Healing Occur: Building Bridges – Conversations with The Other? The film includes interviews and discussions with a Holocaust survivor, her adult daughter, her German nanny, and a man whose father was an SS officer. 
    • Video – The Second Generation…. Ripples From the Holocaust is a documentary that focuses on the experiences of children of Holocaust survivors, with commentary from a psychologist about how the effects of their parents’ trauma impact the second generation. 

Rutgers Bidner Center                                  * * Recording of past programs – Available on Demand

  • September 30 (7 PM) Ghosts of a Holy War: The Forgotten Massacre That Shaped the Arab-Israeli Conflict
    • Award-winning journalist Yardena Schwartz discusses her bestselling book, a nuanced exploration of the 1929 Hebron massacre and its enduring impact on the region’s history and present-day realities.

  • November 5–15     The 27th Annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival

  • Free, non-credit online courses let you learn at your own pace
  • Jewish Agriculture in the Garden State – Free, Virtual Digital

Rutgers Zimmerli Museum – free admission

    • Wednesday – Friday 11 AM –6 PM
    • Saturday – Sunday noon–5  PM
    • Thursday 11 AM – 8 PM

San Diego Chinese Historical Museum

  • Through Jan 5 Shanghai, Homeland Once Upon a Time: Jewish Refugees and Shanghai

Schusterman Center for Israel Studies – Brandeis University

Yoni Rechter has written and performed dozens of songs that are the backdrop to the Israeli experience, including “Hayalda Hachi Yafa Bagan.” He will be accompanied by Israeli jazz musicians from Berklee as he walks us through his career in song.

Sousa Mendes Foundation  – Founded in 2010, the Sousa Mendes Foundation is dedicated to honoring the memory of the Holocaust rescuer, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, and educating the world about his good work

  • August 30 (4 PM) Rose Valland, The Art Spy Who Saved the Treasures of France
    • Rose Valland was a female spy working on behalf of the French Resistance. Michelle Young’s new book, The Art Spy, places Valland at the center of the action and illuminates aspects of her personal life and details about her spying methods that have received scant attention in the past.
  • September 27 (2 PM) Lisbon and World War II — Spies, Gold and Diplomacy
    • Spies, Gold, and Diplomacy explores how the Portuguese dictator took advantage of his country’s neutrality and how the rescue action of Aristides de Sousa Mendes presented a threat to Salazar’s plans. Portugal managed to get through all of World War II without firing a single shot. Caught in a vise between the Axis and the Allies, António Salazar, the country’s strongman, used every trick in the book to get his country through unscathed. 
  • October 4 (2 PM) Nicholas Winton — The Courage to Care
    • Children Saved from the Nazis — The Story of Sir Nicholas Winton is a documentary film about Nicholas Winton, the man who organized the Kindertransport evacuation of 669 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to the United Kingdom on the eve of the Second World War. His son Nick Winton will be joining us live from the UK.

State Theater New Jersey

Stand With Us – 2026 – 2027 Missions (programs are shomer Kasher and Shabbat)

  • November 8–15 – VIP Solidarity Mission to Israel
    • Experience an eight-day trip to Israel with high-level military and government briefings, sponsoring and enjoying a dinner/concert for IDF soldiers, visiting soldiers in rehab and released hostages, volunteering, and so much more. Five-star dining and accommodations are included. 
  • March 5 – 13, 2027 – Mission To Morocco
    • Explore centuries of Jewish life in Morocco on a nine-day journey through Casablanca, Fez, Marrakesh, and beyond. Visit historic synagogues, vibrant Mellahs, and the only Jewish museum in the Arab world while experiencing the enduring spirit of Jewish-Moroccan coexistence.
  • April 11 – 18, 2027 – Mission to Poland
    • Spend eight days exploring 1,000 years of Jews in Poland, including their arrival in the 10th century and thriving before the Holocaust.  Visit Warsaw, Krakow, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Sobibor, Treblinka, and the Polin Museum. This experience includes accommodations, meals, and all admissions. Appropriate for ages 16 and up.

The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy. Visit their site for more information and to register (under Join a Tour)

The Tenement Museum

Chalk – an annual public art project honoring the immigrant workers who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Each year since 2004, on the anniversary of the infamous blaze, volunteers fan out across the city to inscribe in chalk the names and ages of the Triangle dead in front of their former homes. 

The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History – Established in 1976 and situated on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall (free admission)

  • New Exhibit -“The First Salute: An Untold Story of the American Revolution”

The Museum of Hunger virtual

TOLI – The Olga Lengyel Institute is a recognized leader in Holocaust and human rights professional development education for teachers. Inspired by the legacy of Olga Lengyel, author of Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor’s True Story of Auschwitz

Whitney Museum of American Art at whitney.org

The Vilna Shul – 18 Phillips St. Boston, MA 02114

  • September 6 & 15, October 11 and 20, November 8 & 24 (11 AM – 1 PM) Walking Tour Beacon Hill 

    • Journey to Beacon Hill’s North Slope at the turn of the 20th century. Explore the lives of its Jewish residents during a period of cultural and architectural change. Uncover how Boston’s Jewish immigrants created an active community that blended customs from Eastern Europe and changes to the new world around them. Discover sites where Boston’s Jewish West End residents worked, lived, and worshiped, including the sites of three synagogues within a few blocks of each other.

  • September 30 (2:00 PM – 5:00 PM) American Kosher Pop Art by Steve Marcus

    • American Chutzpah is a journey into the cartoon world of American Kosher pop art by NYC artist Steve Marcus, with his new series of artworks inspired by Jewish contributions, moments, and folk tales in American history. Jewish Americans have profoundly influenced the United States since 1654 through critical advancements in medicine, science, civil rights activism, art, entertainment, law, and national service. Marcus’s hand-drawn works of art on paper are celebrations that comically illustrate some of these great Jewish American moments that shaped American culture, its democratic principles, and spirit.

      Marcus artistically salutes Jewish Americans in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America with a series that weaves a national tapestry of Jewish American contributions that are more colorful than fireworks, juicier than a good burger, cooler than a domestic beer, and have more snap than a grilled kosher hot dog at any respectable 4th of July BBQ.

  • October 8 (7 – 9 PM) Live Performance: Nightingale of Iran
    • Younes Dardashti—a religious Jew who became an Iranian national celebrity in the 1950s. When, at the height of his fame, he and his family suddenly left the country.
      Younes’ grandchildren, Danielle and Galeet, reveal the painful secrets unspoken for generations and uncover the mystery behind their sudden departure from Iran.
  • November 12 (5 – 9 PM) at the Gardner Museum
    • Celebrate Persian Jewish culture and Queen Esther with past CJP x Vilna Community Creative Fellows Tutti Druyan, Miriam Anzovin, and Sara Gardner as they share their unique culinary, musical, and contemporary cultural takes on Esther and the rich centuries-old Persian Jewish tradition.

YIVO                                                                  * * Online Museum 

  • September 10 (1 PM) RUTH RUBIN AND THE STUDY OF YIDDISH FOLKSONG TODAY
    • Ruth Rubin was a renowned folklorist and singer who spent decades preserving the rich musical tradition of Ashkenazi Jews. Gathering over 2,000 folksongs between 1946 and 1970, she captured the voice and memory of generations who had grown up in a flourishing Yiddish-speaking environment that they had seen annihilated by Nazi destruction and Stalinist repression.
  • September 24 (1 PM) YIDDISH SCHOLARSHIP COMES TO AMERICA: THE YIVO INSTITUTE AT 100

Online self-paced free courses

    • Is Anything Okay? The History of Jews and Comedy in America
    • A Seat at the Table: A Journey into Jewish Food
    • Oh, Mama, I’m in Love! The Story of the Yiddish Stage
    • Folksong, Demons, and the Evil Eye: Folklore of Ashkenaz
    • Discovering Ashkenaz: Jewish Life in Eastern Europe

Jewish Heritage Events Across Pro Baseball

  • September 8 (6:40 CT) – Kansas City Royals @ Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

Additional Information – Resources

  • Adult Clothing Gemach Chabad of Maplewood. For information, email umbrellapickup@aol.com
  • Bergen Volunteers Center’s Make-It-Home donations of gently used furniture.  info@bergenvolunteers.org or www.bergenvolunteers.org/making-it-home
  • Beth Aaron Centerpiece Gemach  – Contact Michele  www.bethaaron.org/gemach
  • Bikur Cholim Bergen County (BCBC) is a volunteer-run 501(c)3 organization that provides support, facilities, and services to ease the burden of families – Englewood Hospital and Medical Center,  Hackensack University Medical Center, Holy Name Medical Center, The Valley Hospital, and Kessler Rehabilitation of Saddlebrook. Contact info@bikurcholimbergencounty.org 
  • Center for Food Action  (CFA) provides emergency services to northern New Jersey’s poorest and most vulnerable residents. CFA provides food, housing, utility, and heating assistance and offers counseling and advocacy services to low-income individuals and families. CFA is headquartered in Englewood and has sites in Hackensack
  • Community Food Bank of New Jersey (CFB–NJ) volunteers, donors, and our many partners to fill the emptiness caused by hunger with Food, Help, and Hope.
  • Fair Lawn – 
  • JBI Library – Jewish texts and programs are entirely free of charge to people worldwide who are blind, have low vision, or have other print disabilities, including physical disabilities such as MS and Parkinson’s, and reading disabilities such as dyslexia.
    • JBI is offering free, accessible Haggadot for Passover 2026 in large print, braille, and audio – available worldwide
    • Expanded braille offerings include the family-friendly Gateways Haggadah
    • New customization options include larger font sizes and reverse contrast
    • All are designed to reduce isolation and ensure full participation at the Seder table
  • Jewish Family Services and Alzheimer’s Association – Virtual caregiver support group – 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month, 10:30 – 11:30 AM. Contact Rebecca Schochet at r.schochet@jfsclifton.org
  • Project Ezrah helps by finding employment opportunities for candidates seeking entry-level to senior leadership positions. Info@ezrah.org
  • Re-Pleat: Gemach of outfits for dressy occasions in Edison/Highland Park. Have something to donate? Have a special occasion and need something to wear?  Open by appointment only: text 732-267-3216
  • Teaneck  – 
    • SHPBC  Shearit Haplate of Bergen County collects, repackages, and distributes surplus food in a respectful way that helps to ensure the recipients’ privacy and self-esteem. For more information, Email: shpbcinc@gmail.com
    • Preemie Clothing Gemach Yad Yocheved, Teaneck, for information 201-836-2071
    • Baby Gemach assists Jewish families in Bergen County with baby equipment and clothing for babies & toddlers. 
    • Bike Gemach – For information, email Rebecca at rebeccadklar@gmail.com
    • Gown Gemach – Something Borrowed – somethingborrowedTCG@gmail.com
    • Simcha Gemach Chairs, tables, coat racks, vases, and bris table decor are available for loan. For information, email TeaneckSimcha@yahoo.com
  • United Hatzalah (a partnership group of mental health trauma professionals practicing in Israel) provides free & anonymous online 24/7 mental health counseling to US frontline healthcare providers.
  • Vintage Thrift Shop – Benefiting the United Jewish Council of the East Side – 286 3rd Avenue