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MondayMon, 4 NovNovember, 2024

 
 
Monday Night at the Movies: Humor Me

Monday, Nov 4th 7:00p to 8:30pWith an interminable case of writer’s block and a family crisis, playwright Nate moves into his father’s retirement community. A chance encounter with the community theatre group may turn his life around, or signal the end of his once promising career.

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TuesdayTue, 12 NovNovember, 2024

 
 
B’nai Israel Book Discussion Group: The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara by David Kertzer

Tuesday, Nov 12th 11:00a to 12:00pThis extraordinary story tells how the Vatican’s imprisonment of a six-year-old Jewish boy in 1858 helped to bring about the collapse of the Popes’ worldly power in Italy.

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TuesdayTue, 3 DecDecember, 2024

 
 
Famous (or Not So Famous) Jewish Women in Science with Jill Gendelman

Tuesday, Dec 3rd 7:30p to 8:30pJewish women have made many great contributions to science. Though a few have been given recognition, many have barely been acknowledged. We will discuss a number of these women, putting into context the historical times in which they lived and what their discoveries meant to the world at the time and now.

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MondayMon, 9 DecDecember, 2024

 
 
Monday Night at the Movies: An American Pickle

Monday, Dec 9th 7:00p to 8:30pHerschel falls into a vat of pickles where he’s trapped for 100 years. Luckily, the brine preserves him perfectly. When he emerges in present-day Brooklyn, he finds that he hasn’t aged a day. When Herschel connects with his only surviving relative, his great-grandson Ben, the pair’s attempts to bridge their 100-year gap lead them to reconsider the true meaning of family.

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TuesdayTue, 10 DecDecember, 2024

 
 
Famous (or Not So Famous) Jewish Women in Science with Jill Gendelman

Tuesday, Dec 10th 7:30p to 8:30pJewish women have made many great contributions to science. Though a few have been given recognition, many have barely been acknowledged. We will discuss a number of these women, putting into context the historical times in which they lived and what their discoveries meant to the world at the time and now.

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TuesdayTue, 17 DecDecember, 2024

 
 
Famous (or Not So Famous) Jewish Women in Science with Jill Gendelman

Tuesday, Dec 17th 7:30p to 8:30pJewish women have made many great contributions to science. Though a few have been given recognition, many have barely been acknowledged. We will discuss a number of these women, putting into context the historical times in which they lived and what their discoveries meant to the world at the time and now.

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MondayMon, 6 JanJanuary, 2025

 
 
Monday Night at the Movies: Bigger

Monday, Jan 6th 7:00p to 8:45pBrothers Joe and Ben Weider were the architects of muscle! Against all odds, they launched an empire. Along the way they discovered Arnold Schwarzenegger, inspired female empowerment, championed diversity, and started a movement that changed the world!

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TuesdayTue, 7 JanJanuary, 2025

 
 
B’nai Israel Book Discussion Group: Like No Other by Una LaMarche

Tuesday, Jan 7th 11:00a to 12:00pDevorah is a good girl who has never challenged the ways of her strict Hasidic upbringing. Jaxon is a fun-loving, booksmart nerd. They’ve spent their entire lives in Brooklyn, on opposite sides of the same street. Their paths never crossed... until one day, when a hurricane strikes and the pair becomes stranded in an elevator together, where fate leaves them no choice but to make an otherwise risky connection.

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