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JCC community Purim Carnival on March 1

The community is invited to attend the Jewish Community Center Purim Carnival on Sunday, March 1, from 12-2 pm. The cost to attend is $6 per child and $2 per adult. There will be games, crafts, holiday treats and more. Organizers are looking for volunteers. "If you want to help make the carn…

Federation to hold “Rise in Antisemitism” Zoom talk on Feb. 26

By Reporter staff

The Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton will hold a Zoom talk, "An Update on the Rise in Antisemitism," with Scott Richman, the director of the Anti-Defamation League's regional office covering New York and New Jersey, on Thursday, February 26, at 7:30 pm. There is no …

TC Sisterhood’s annual book talk moved to Feb. 8

By Babs Putzel

Due to the weather forecast for the weekend of January 25, the annual Temple Concord Sisterhood sponsored book talk, featuring Rabbi Rachel Esserman, will now be held on Sunday, February 8, in the social hall at Temple Concord, 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton. An 11 am brunch wil…

Kalaniot Books to release new children’s books for spring

Kalaniot Books announced that it will release three new children’s picture books for the spring 2026 season:

  • “Maya’s Journey: A Story of Two Great-Grandmothers” by Marcella White Campbell with illustrations by Olivia Smith (Release date: February 24)

When her teacher asks the cl…

TC/TI Adult Ed. program on “Law and Reason”

The Adult Education Committee of Temple Concord and Temple Israel will hold a program and light brunch on Sunday, March 22, from 10 am-noon, at Temple Israel, 4737 Deerfield Pl., Vestal. Rabbi Talia Laster will speak on “Law and Reason,” focusing on the role of rationality in mitzvah obs…