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.

  • TBA

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

October Programs – Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month – September 15–October 15

  • October 20 – 25 (10:30 – 12:30 & 2 – 4:15 PM) Cozy Strechy Web Installation
    • Learn weaving techniques through a collaborative, giant web installation using bright colored yarn, stretchy materials, and ribbon! Make a little critter to live in their new soft home!
  • October 20 – 25 (2:45 – 3:45 PM) Dress Up Drawings – Experiment with different drawing tools to draw yourself in a special costume. Each tool shows a different texture on the paper.
  • October 24 – 25 (10:30 – 11:15 AM & 11:30 – 12:15 PM) Perfect Pairs Cooking Class with atelier vivi – Join atelier vivi, where families can experience real ingredients, thoughtfully designed recipes, and beautiful spaces. In this class, children will make a seasonal food item with a tasty drink!
  • October 27  – 31 (10:30-12:30 PM & 2 – 4:15 PM) Silly Hands & Fuzzy Fingers Dress Up – Get your hands styling and dressed up by crafting tiny costumes for finger puppets. Finish with googly eyes and fuzzy claws and paws that’ll give someone a good giggle!
  • October 27  – 31 (2:45-3:45 PM) Trick-or-Treat Tote Bags
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. 
  • November 4 (10:30 – 1 PM) Understanding Past Realities of the Holocaust Photography versus Art  With Dr. Christoph Kreutzmüller (Berlin) and Dr. Rachel Perry (Boston)

    • The discussion will also address the interpretive challenges inherent in visual sources. What are the strengths and limitations of photography compared to artistic representation? How do intention, perspective, and medium influence what is shown—or left out? By examining both photographic and artistic documents, the event invites participants to reflect on how visual culture contributes to our understanding of historical truth and memory and how it continues to shape today’s engagement with the past.

      The event will enhance public and expert awareness of how visual media reveal lived experiences, social dynamics, and historical truth, countering misinformation and supporting “Never Again” education in an era of AI-generated images and rising antisemitism.

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

  • January 20, 2027 (3–5 PM) – More Than a Game: Jewish Women, Mah Jongg, and Winning Strategies – North Palm Beach, FL
    • Learn from Donna Miller Kassman, co-owner of Modern Mah Jongg. Hear about the history, learn new strategies, and ask questions about the current card while supporting Hadassah.

JBI Library

  • October 22 (5:30 PM) Virtual film screening of Babka
    • In Hasidic Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a newly blind Jewish Orthodox baker forms an unlikely friendship with a Queer Catholic Latino guide dog trainer, embarking on an eye-opening journey to overcome personal and cultural barriers in his quest to reopen his beloved bakery.
  • December 3 (5 PM) Lori’s Book Club: The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker

JCC Mid-Westchester – 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale

  • November 9 (1–2:30 PM) Survivors Among Us: A Commemoration for Kristallnacht
    • The Survivors Among Us exhibit brings the stories of Holocaust survivors served by Westchester Jewish Community Services into focus through striking portraits and deeply personal narratives. Each photograph offers more than a glimpse into the life of a survivor; together, the portraits preserve memories and legacies that deserve to be seen, heard, and remembered. The program will also feature a speaker from the WJCS survivor community, providing an opportunity to connect with this history through the voice of someone who lived it.

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

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

  • March 7 – March 14, 2027 –  Portugal Jewish Heritage Kosher Journey
    • Jewish Heritage Alliance brings you a specially designed Jewish Heritage & Kosher Journey through Portugal, introducing you to the heartland of Sefarad—the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula—and taking you on a fascinating journey through the history, heritage, and enduring legacy of Portuguese Jewry.

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: 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, Kean University

  • December 1 – 2026 Murray Pantirer Annual Scholars Lecture

LA Film Festival – in partnership with Laemmle Theatres

  • TBA

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 

  • October 25 (2 & 7 PM) – Yiddish “Pirates of Penzance” Peter Jay Sharp Theater, NYC
  • February 13 – March 14, 2027 – Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish – Los Angeles Premiere

Northwestern University – Cahn Auditorium

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The Braid – To empower artists and audiences to feel pride in Jewish culture while building community and connection between people of all backgrounds.

  • October 24 & 25 (7:30 PM) COMEDY NIGHT: MONICA PIPER & FRIENDS! – stand-up comedy with four of LA’s funniest Jewish women!
  • November 1 (3 & 7 PM), 7 (7:30 PM) & 8 (2 PM): The Dysmorphic Diva: A Confessional Cabaret
    • Fresh from a sold-out run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, Karen Agam Macarah’s beautiful voice will dazzle you with beloved Broadway musical show tunes as she shares hilarious and touching true stories about family relationships, body struggles, and finding your best self.

https://www.youtube.com/thebraidstories (online on-demand stories)

The New York Historical – [170 Central Park West]

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 

  • November 5 (Noon) – Community-Wide Kristallnacht Commemoration with Naomi Miller, accompanied by Dave Schlossberg [Free – Zoom event]
    • Naomi Miller brings history to life through a moving musical and dramatic presentation, “You Are The Future.” Combining songs of the ghettos and partisans, original compositions, and powerful first-person portrayals of Holocaust survivors, Naomi gives voice to those whose stories must never be forgotten. 

  • Until December 3, 2026 – Enduring Tension: (En)Countering Antisemitism in Every Age – This exhibition explores the long history of anti-Jewish bias in the United States within an international context. The exhibit asks a critical question: 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 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

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

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

  • November 1 (2 PM) – PROUD JEWISH BOY — THE STORY OF HERSCHEL GRYNSZPAN
    • The shooting of Nazi diplomat Ernst vom Rath in Paris by 17-year-old Herschel Grynszpan provided the pretext for Kristallnacht. In Proud Jewish Boy, acclaimed director Isri Halpern examines the story of a boy avenger, a Nazi diplomat, and the multiple reasons behind the famous murder in Paris.

State Theater New Jersey

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

  • November 5 (8:30 PM) “Antisemitism in Publishing” explores the challenges faced when publishing research on antisemitism. This webinar will give practical strategies for greater academic impact, access to our growing network of scholars, and future events.
  • 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)

  • “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

  • 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.

  • The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt In partnership with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

  • 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 

  • October 22 (7 PM) AN EVENING WITH ALEX WEISER AND ANDRZEJ CIEPLIŃSKI: A CELEBRATION OF “TFILES” AND ITS CARNEGIE HALL PREMIERE
  • October 25 (11 AM) YIDDISH THEATER WALKING TOUR
  • October 28 (1 PM) THE YIVO ORIGINS OF THE OYNEG SHABES ARCHIVE: UNDERSTANDING THE DOCUMENTS OF THE HERSH WASSER COLLECTION
  • November 2 (6:30 PM) MY NAME IS STRAMER
  • November 3 (7 PM) MORE THAN A SYMBOL: THE JEWISH LABOR BUND IN HISTORY
  • November 11 (7 PM) A STAGED READING OF ‘THE DYBBUK’
  • November 12 (7 PM) DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT
  • November 16 (7 PM) WORLD OF OUR FATHERS AT 50

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

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