The community is invited to the annual Pauline and Philip M. Piaker Memorial Lecture to be held on Thursday, October 29, at 7 pm, at the Chabad Center in Vestal. The guest speaker will be Henry Abramson, Ph.D., the dean of Lander College for Men, Touro University and a specialist in Jewish history and thought. He will present on “American Jews, Meet History; The National Experiment at 250.” A Q-and-A session and book signing will follow his presentation. Refreshments will be served. There is ...

All information was provided by the synagogues listed below. Other area synagogues are still in the process of planning their services to ensure the safety of their congregants. Those interested in attending services are asked to contact synagogues for their most up-to-date service schedule. See the Congregational Notes on page 18 for contact information for all of the area synagogues.

New Addition: Temple Brith Sholom

Rabbi Tziona Szjaman and Rabbi Suzanne Brody will lead services, with th...

On Saturday, October 24, Beth David Synagogue’s Shabbat Luncheon Speaker Series will feature the first guest presenter of the season: Professor Marla Segol, of Buffalo University, whose talk is titled “God as a Loving Mother in Ancient Jewish Prayer.” This monthly series will begin with Shabbat services at 9:30 am, with the luncheon and program following. All community members are invited to attend.
Segol’s talk, part of her current book project, will draw on Jewish liturgical and exegetical ...

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 Sunday, September 20, at 10:30 am. The service will be led by area rabbis. 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 Hubal, executive director of the Federation. “We not only remember those ...