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TC to host Hanukkah Film Festival

Temple Concord will partner with Menemsha Films and Chai Flicks to offer its congregation, along with the general Jewish community and friends, a different way to celebrate Hanukkah this year: a film festival. New films will be released for viewing each night of Hanukkah, which begins the ni…

Save the date: Federation to host virtual tour of Auschwitz on January 23

By Reporter staff

The Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton will host a live virtual tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp on Sunday, January 23, at 9:30 am. The program is offered in partnership with the Center for Holocaust Education of the East Valley Jewish Community Cente…

Hillel Academy to hold “Hanukkah-Shabbat in a Bag” fund-raiser

Hillel Academy will hold its first ever “Hanukkah-Shabbat in a Bag” fund-raiser. The bag will include four sufganiyot (doughnuts), five latkes, one challah and apple sauce for dipping. All items will be kosher and prepared in the Temple Israel kitchen under the supervision of Rabbi Moshe…

Rosenberg writes about Louisa May Alcott

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman 

Liz Rosenberg feels as if she’s been friends with two of her favorite authors for more than 50 years. To further that relationship, she’s published middle-grade biographies of both, first “House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery” (best known for the …

Chabad to hold Mega Challah Bake on Nov. 11

Chabad Center will hold a Mega Challah Bake, during which hundreds of students and community members will join in mixing, kneading and shaping challahs. The Mega Challah Baking event will be held on Thursday, November 11, at 7 pm, in the Mandela Room at Binghamton University. The fee is $3. …