Hootenanny will bring Jewish camp song and spirit to Manhattan temple at Nov. 13 event
Click here to read.
Check out the latest local news
-
By Reporter staff
The Reporter announced that it has received a $5,000 matching grant courtesy of the David and Virginia Eisenberg Fund. Donations will be accepted now through December 2. Donations may be made several ways:
- Give online through The Reporter Group's Donate page.
- Through Giving Tuesday e-mails that will be sent by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton. Anyone who does not receive Federation e-mails, but would like to be on the list, should e-mail director@jfgb.org wit...
-
“Urban Yiddish and Cockney Jews” will be the second program in the College of Jewish Studies fall 2025 lecture series. Historian and musician Vivian Lachs will tell stories and perform Yiddish songs from London’s Jewish East End on Thursday, October 30, at 7:30 pm. The presentation will take place at the Jewish Community Center and is open to the general public. Voluntary donations to CJS will be accepted at the door.
Lachs will draw from her 2025 book, “East End Jews: Sketches fr...
-
By Reporter staff
The Reporter will go monthly beginning in 2026. The January 2026 issue will be published in place of the second December issue. Then the paper will be published the third week of each month. Starting in January, the paper will appear in mailboxes the third Friday of the month. Articles that arrive after the deadline for the print issue will be posted on our website, and be listed in e-mails noting the updates. Deadlines for print issues will continue to be published on page...
-
By Reporter staff
The Binghamton Jewish Film Fest will hold a virtual showing of the film “Running on Sand.” Dora E. Polachek, visiting associate professor of Romance languages and literatures at Binghamton University, will moderate a Zoom discussion of the film on Sunday, November 23, at 7 pm. People will be able to register for links to the film and discussion here. Registration is due by Wednesday, November 19. The link will be sent out on Thursday, November 20. The film will be avail...
EXPLORE UPCOMING EVENTS
-
-
Binghamton Jewish Film Fest
The Binghamton Jewish Film Fest presents "Running on Sand". Dora Polachek, visiting associate professor of Romance Languages & Literatures at Binghamton University, will moderate a Zoom discussion of the film on Sunday, November 23, at 7 pm. Kindly register for links to the film and discussion by November 19.
-
-
Matching Grant
The Reporter announced that it has received a $5,000 matching grant courtesy of the David and Virginia Eisenberg Fund. Donations will be accepted now through December 2.
-
-
Global Day of Jewish Learning
A Global Day of Jewish Learning event will be held on Sunday, November 9, at 10 am, at Temple Israel. The theme of this year’s discussion will be “70 Faces of Torah.”
-
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
A column about beards? That might strike people as an odd topic. No, I’m not going to write about my personal preferences for different types of beards (although I do ha...
-
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
This is the season of teshuvah, when we repent and pray that God will forgive us our sins. Just as we hope to be forgiven, so, too, are we asked to forgive those who have ...
-
By Shelley Hubal
Is it possible to do something simple and have the impact be profound? The answer is, yes. Recently, the students at Hillel Academy did exactly that.
These young students create...
-
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Ancient Rome has gone down in Jewish history as the ultimate enemy of the Jewish people. Even the Babylonians, who destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem, were not consid...
-
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
People emigrate to a country for a variety of reasons. Some leave their native shores after experiencing persecution. Others come for economic reasons; a few even plan to ...
-
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
When I took American history classes in high school, several aspects of our past were ignored. We never learned about the restraints placed on Jewish immigration to the U....
FEATURES
CAMPAIGN FOR 2025
ANNUAL REPORT
COMMUNITY GUIDE
WORLD JEWISH NEWS
MY JEWISH LEARNING
JEWISH FOOD HERO
Thank you to our corporate sponsors.
