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Thank you to The Jewish Federation of NENY for supporting the events through a generous grant.
SJCA SCHEDULE: Register Here
2025 SJCA Programs of TS
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PANEL DISCUSSION: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - Jan. 23, 2025 at 7pm (on zoom)
Gregory Peck plays Atticus Finch, a lawyer in Depression-era Alabama who defends a black man charged with rape while he educates his children against prejudice.
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SCREENING AND Q&A: FOUR WINTERS - Jan 27 at 6pm (on zoom)
The award-winning film Four Winters will be screened at Skidmore College and followed by a Q&A discussion with director Julia Mintz. The powerful and inspiring documentary tells the story of courageous Jewish fighters who battled unimaginable odds to fight back against Hitler’s war machine as it raged across Eastern Europe. The program marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day is sponsored by various offices of Skidmore College, including the Office of Religious Spiritual Life, and is co-sponsored by Saratoga Jewish Community Arts and Temple Sinai with generous support from the Jewish Federation of NENY.
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THE BRAID: TRAVELER'S PRAYER - Feb. 2 at 2pm, and Feb. 6 at 7pm (Live on zoom)
True stories of people and transformation as they travel from home but still bring their Jewishness with them. The Braid is a national "salon theater" company, formerly known as National Jewish Women’s Theater. SJCA's programs with The Braid are underwritten by Barry and Shelley Bader.
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11TH ANNUAL JEWISH STORYTELLING NIGHT: MATTHEW NEUGROSCHEL - Feb. 19 at 7pm (Live and on zoom)
Local and regional gifted performers tell both traditional and contemporary Jewish themed tales. These bards share their love and passion for storytelling and annually capture the hearts and souls of their listeners.
Presented in the Case Building on the Skidmore College campus, and on Zoom. A $10 donation is requested at the door. Zoom participants may mail a check to Temple Sinai.
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PANEL DISCUSSION: THREE MINUTES, A LENGTHENING - Mar. 9 at 7pm (on zoom)
Three minutes of footage, shot by David Kurtz in 1938, are the only known moving images remaining of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk, Poland before the Holocaust. A recipient of the Yad Vashem Award, the narrated film explores the human stories hidden within the celluloid.​
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2025 SJCA Programs of TS
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THE BRAID: TWO FAITHS, ONE LOVE - Apr. 6 at 2pm, and Apr. 10 at 7pm (Live on zoom)
The Braid presents, live on Zoom, Two Faiths, One Love in which we discover what breaks, bends, or blends in these heartbreaking stories from interfaith families. The Braid is a national "salon theater" company, formerly known as National Jewish Women’s Theater. SJCA's programs with The Braid are underwritten by Barry and Shelley Bader.
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PANEL DISCUSSION: THE SYRIAN BRIDE - Apr. 22 at 7pm (on zoom)
A Druze bride cannot return home once she marries and crosses to Syria with her family, trapped in a no-man’s land between two nations. This powerful film provides a look at the human side of political conflict: the physical, mental and emotional constraints and the courage it takes to navigate them.
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PANEL DISCUSSION: DIVIDED WE FALL - May 13 at 7pm (on zoom)
A panel discussion on Zoom of the award-winning foreign film, a bittersweet story of a Czechoslovakian couple whose village has been taken over by Nazis during World War II. The film is infused with dark humor that serves not to sugarcoat the monstrosity of Naziism, but to explain it. The filmmakers explore not only the banality of evil, but also the banality of goodness, and the irrationality, as well as the tragedy, of their collision.
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THE BRAID: FOR LOVE OF ANIMALS - Jun. 8 at 2pm, and Jun. 12 at 7pm (Live on zoom)
The Braid presents live on Zoom, For the Love of Animals, a collection of funny and thrilling Jewish tales about brief encounters or long-term relationships with animals, domestic or wild, and how they change us. The Braid is a national "salon theater" company, formerly known as National Jewish Women’s Theater. SJCA's programs with The Braid are underwritten by Barry and Shelley Bader.
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Summer 2025 SJCF Programs of TS
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