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Chabad to offer JLI class on personal ethics beginning May 16

Rivkah Slonim will offer the class “Beyond Right: The Values that Shape Judaism’s Civil Code,” a new six-session course by the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, which will focus on personal ethics in the light of Jewish civil law. The class will be held on six Mondays beginning May 16, a…

Ithaca College to hold Judeo-Islamic concert and lecture on April 10

The Ithaca College Jewish Studies Program and the School of Music will present “Mediterranean Encounters: Judeo-Islamic Soundscapes,” a concert and pre-concert talk by Dr. Samuel Tjorman Thomas. The event will take place on Sunday, April 10, in the Hockett Family Recital Hall in the Whal…

Federation opens Ukraine Emergency Fund

By Reporter staff

The Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton has opened a Ukraine Emergency Fund with monies going to the Jewish Federations of North America to help meet immediate needs in Ukraine and surrounding countries. The fund will be open through Friday, April 15. There are two way…

TC to offer yellow candles for Yom Hashoah

With financial support from the Goldenberg Fund, Temple Concord will once again have yellow candles to light in commemoration of Yom Hashoah available in the building for pick-up. For the 13th year, the synagogue will join Jews throughout North America by participating in the Yom Hashoah Yel…

TC/TI adult ed. on April 3 to focus on “Jerusalem’s Second Temple”

The Temple Concord/Temple Israel Adult Education Committee will hold an in-person brunch and lecture on Sunday, April 3, at Temple Concord. Binghamton University Professor Nathanael Andrade will speak about “Jerusalem’s Second Temple from a Historical Perspective.” The brunch will begi…