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Conversations@Senesh Presents: Select Cast and Creators of Fauda Please join the Conversations@Senesh speaker series featuring select cast and creators from Fauda, the popular Israeli television series on Netflix. Fauda (Arabic for ‘chaos’) follows an elite undercover Israeli army unit operating in Palestinian society. The program, in Arabic and Hebrew, is considered groundbreaking in its efforts to venture into the lives and minds of characters […]

Russian American Cultural Center – RACC Presents: Alexander Veytsman reading Alexander Veytsman writes poetry and prose in both English and Russian. His original poems, translations, as well as short stories and essays, have appeared in more than 50 publications worldwide. A graduate of Harvard and Yale universities, he lives in New York City. Alexander will read poems out of […]

Любить нельзя воспитывать / Лекция Димы Зицера в Нью-Йорке An acclaimed author, pedagogue, educator and the founder of INO (Institute of Informal Education) Dima Zicer will lead a talk about ways to communicate with children that will also be pleasurable to both us and the child, as well as ways to create an atmosphere of success and […]

Please join COJECO NJ as we bring together the Russian-speaking Jewish community and make a difference by volunteering and Tikkun Olam! *Create Gifts for Seniors to be distributed to local nursing homes. *Sort and pack children’s clothing to be distributed to families in need. *Make Memory books for dementia patients. *Sort Thanksgiving kits for local […]

JCC Manahattan and Generation R at the JCC Present: 14th Annual Shashlik in the Sukkah Celebrate the harvest festival of Sukkot in style with a lavish Russian spread, wine, drinks and conversation in the JCC’s spectacular rooftop sukkah. Engage with other Russian speakers over holiday rituals and the shared experience of eating in a temporary shelter. Enjoy […]

JCC Manahattan and Generation R at the JCC Present: Shakshukah in the Sukkah Celebrate Sukkot with other Russian-speaking families in our beautiful Roberts Family Rooftop Sukkah. Children and adults will engage in model sukkah building from recycled materials; younger kids will enjoy a sing-a-long led by a guitar-playing Russian-Israeli teaching artist; and babies will enjoy open-play activities. At the […]

Russian American Cultural Center – RACC Presents: Anton Yakovlev Reading Translations of Sergei Yesenin This reading will present “The Last Poet of the Village” (Sensitive Skin Books, 2019), a book of selected translations of Sergei Yesenin by Anton Yakovlev, whose goal is to rectify the relative scarcity of Yesenin’s English translations and to introduce English speakers to many of his most beloved and […]

COJECO invites you for an exclusive film screening of OSCAR. The evening will open with a wine and cheese reception. Screening will be followed by the Q&A with film director Evgeny Tsymbal. Oscar is the story of the life of the famous Russian Jewish artist Oscar Rabin against the background of three decades of Soviet […]

Sukkahwood’s values of inclusion are universal and seek to bring together people from all walks of life. Sukkahwood is about re-thinking an essential Jewish tradition through unique and out-of-the-box thinking, using materials with a focus on sustainability and affordability, and connecting to our beautiful New York City parks. Featured artists this year include COJECO BluePrint Alumna Ronit Levin Delgado.

 New York Klezmer Series Present: Ternovka Ensemble The transcendent Yiddish singer COJECO BluePrint Alumna Zhenya Lopatnik joins with a group of leading musicians who are revitalizing the sounds of traditional East European string bands. Join the Ternovka Ensemble for a performance of haunting folk ballads, rollicking klezmer instrumentals, and Yiddish anthems that you can’t help but sing […]

Russian American Cultural Center – RACC Presents: 2019 Art Film Festival The central part of the 2019 Art Film Festival is Tribute to Valentina Kropivnitsky (1924-2008) and Oskar Rabin (1928-2018), the pioneers of nonconformist movement in Soviet Russia, soon before the first anniversary of the death of Oscar Rabin on November 7th.

Learn about architectural design of the Sukkah, and become an architect for a day by building and decorating your own. Join other New Jersey families at a bountiful potluck dinner and enjoy entertainment under the beautiful autumn sky. Registration

JCC Manahattan and Generation R at the JCC Present: Russian Shabbat Club ages 4-5, Fridays, September 27 – December 13, 4:30-5:30PM Now in its tenth year, this highly acclaimed weekly program explores the larger themes of Shabbat and concludes each week with candle-lighting, challah, and grape juice. The class is taught in Russian by experienced early […]

JCC Manahattan and Generation R at the JCC Present: Hammer & Silicon: The Soviet Diaspora in the US Economy For their book Hammer & Silicon, Daniel Satinsky and Sheila Puffer interviewed more than 100 Russian-speaking American tech innovators in Silicon Alley and Cambridge to learn about the significant contributions these scientists/engineers and technicians have made to American businesses.

PJ Library for Russian-speaking Families in New York presents: Спектакль: Флюс и Пульпидус A theatrical tale of two bacteria, Flus and Pulpidus, who planned a sweet new year in a little boy’s mouth over the Rosh Hashana holiday. The tale teaches us the importance of brushing our teeth, especially during the sweetest of holidays! Written and […]