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Dr. Cantor Ramόn Tasat

Sarah LaDuke — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:12:00 +0000

The Ne’imah Jewish Community Chorus’ 21st annual concert will take place on June 2nd at The Linda in Albany, New York at 7:30pm.

The evening will feature guest artist Cantor Ramόn Tasat - a renowned performing artist and scholar who has devoted himself to sharing with the world the beauty of the Ladino language and Sephardic music and culture.

"Bubby's Kitchen" in at Proctors presented by Union College Hillel

Joe Donahue — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:35:00 +0000

As part of a Holocaust Remembrance Grant awarded to Union College Hillel to examine the Jewish resistance during the war, they are sponsoring Shira Ginsburg’s one-woman show, Bubby’s Kitchen, on Sunday April 28 at 1 p.m. in the GE Theatre at Proctors.

Jewish World Ventures Into Digital Waters

Dave Lucas — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:10:26 +0000

Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas sat down recently with Robert Titov, the Digital Development Director at the Jewish World. They discussed how the paper is adapting to cultural shifts away from traditional print media.

Listen to the interview by clicking on the link provided. You can experience Robert Titov's work by visiting jewishworldnews.org ... you can follow them on twitter at @jw_news and join them on Facebook at jewishworldnews.

"Hank Greenberg" by John Rosengren

Joe Donahue — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:35:00 +0000

Baseball in the 1930s was more than a national pastime; it was a cultural touchstone that galvanized communities and gave a struggling country its heroes despite the woes of the Depression. Hank Greenberg, one of the most exciting sluggers in baseball history, gave the people of Detroit a reason to be proud.

But America was facing more than economic hardship. With the Nazis gaining power across Europe, political and social tensions were approaching a boiling point. As one of the few Jewish athletes competing nationally, Greenberg became not only an iconic ball player, but also an important and sometimes controversial symbol of Jewish identity and the American immigrant experience.

The Interfaith Alternative

Joe Donahue — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:35:15 +0000

We speak with Steven Greenebaum about The Interfaith Alternative: Embracing Spiritual Diversity.