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  • Chabad of Binghamton will host a six-week course titled “Nurturing Relationships: Jewish Wisdom for Building Deeper, Richer Connection in all of your Relationships” beginning on Monday, November 11, at 7 pm. It will be offered in person at the Chabad Center and via Zoom to remote students or locals who prefer this option. The course will offer practical wisdom for improving all of one’s interpersonal relationships. It is open to community members of all backgrounds who wish to explore J...

  • By Bill Simons 

    The growth and threat of far-right terrorism is tangible and threatening, particularly so for Jews since American antisemitism resides at its core. Despite antisemitism from the left metastasizing since October 7, it presently poses less of a clear and present danger to democracy than far-right terrorism. I recently reviewed “God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America” (New York: Columbia University Press, 2024), an important and highly recommended new book ...

  • Iris Haim, the woman who has been called “Israel’s New Voice of Hope,” will be the guest speaker at the annual Pauline and Philip Piaker Memorial Lecture, which will be held on Tuesday, October 29, at 7 pm, at the Chabad Center. Haim will speak on “In Light, Not Darkness.” A question-and-answer period and dessert buffet will follow her presentation. There is no charge for this event, but reservations are necessary and can be made online here or by calling Chabad at 607-797-0015. Ad...

  • By Reporter staff

    The Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton will hold a memorial service at the Holocaust Memorial Monument in the Temple Israel Cemetery, on Conklin Avenue in Conklin, on Sunday, October 6, at 10 am. The service will be led by area rabbis. Stephen Herz will speak at the event. The monument was one of the first memorial stones in the United States to acknowledge the Holocaust. 

    “We are pleased to be able to hold this important event again this year,” said Shelley Huba...

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