This Wednesday afternoon, May 17, starting at 3:30, Congregation Mount Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West (at Clark Street) will present a screening of Shadows From My Past, a documentary film by Curt Kaufman and Gita Weinrauch Kaufman that, based on letters from 1939 through 1941, tells the story of a Jewish family in Vienna struggling […]
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German Consul to Speak at Kristallnacht Remembrance, Congregation Mt. Sinai Saturday
The night of November 9-10 will be the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht (“the night of broken glass”; see photo), when mobs led by Nazi soldiers and police attacked Jewish people and their homes, places of business, and houses of worship. Congregation Mount Sinai, at 250 Cadman Plaza West, will remember Kristallnacht this Saturday, November 5, […]
Eugene Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble at Congregation Mount Sinai Sunday Afternoon
This Sunday afternoon, April 10 at 4:00, Congregation Mount Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West, at Tillary Street, will present “Making the Music Our Own”, a concert by Eugene Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble. The Ensemble has been described as “an imaginative and tight quintet that melds the melodic & rhythmic commonalities among Jazz, Hebraic, Afro-Caribbean & Brazilian […]
84th Precinct Community Council Meeting Tuesday Evening
As this poster, taped to a lamppost at Hicks and Montague proclaims, there will be a meeting of the 84th Precinct Community Council tomorrow (Tuesday, November 17) evening, starting at 7:00, at Congregation Mt. Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West (just south of Clark Street). Precinct Co-Captain Sergio Centa will present the 84th Precinct 2015 Year […]
Israel Election Results Discussion at Cong. Mt. Sinai Sunday
The Institute for Living Judaism in Brooklyn, in conjunction with Congregation Mount Sinai and the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, will present “Unpacking the Israel Election Results: Where Do We Go From Here?” at Cong. Mt. Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West, this Sunday, May 17, starting at 11:30 a.m. It’s billed as [a] discussion and town hall […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Bargemusic is back from its winter break. Tomorrow evening (Thursday, February 26) starting at 8:00 there will be a “Here and Now” concert featuring works by composers Charles Wuorinen, Earle Brown, Ben Weber, Morton Feldman, and Elliott Carter, performed by Michael Nicolas on cello and Aleck Karis on piano. Friday evening, February 27, at 8:00 […]
Don’t Forget: Brooklyn Bridge Park CAC Meeting Tuesday Evening
The meeting of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Advisory Council, originally scheduled for last Tuesday but postponed because of weather, is this Tuesday evening, February 3, at 6:30 to 9:00, at Congregation Mount Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West. According to the Eagle: Supporters of Save the View Now say they will be asking the CAC […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park CAC Meeting Postponed
Because of weather, the meeting of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Advisory Council, originally scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday, January 27) evening, has been postponed for one week, to Tuesday, February 3. We presume it will be at the same time, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m., at Congregation Mount Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West. If this changes, […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Advisory Council Meets Tuesday Evening, January 27
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Advisory Council will meet from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27 at Congregation Mt. Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West. Representatives of Save The View Now and People for Green Space/Save Pier 6 will be present, so discussion should be lively. All are invited.
Purim Carnival at Congregation Mount Sinai Sunday, March 9
Purim is perhaps the most joyous of Jewish holidays. It commemorates the time when Queen Esther and her cousin Mordecai thwarted the plan of the villain Haman to have all the Jews in Babylonian exile murdered. Your gentile correspondent once attended a Purim party that featured, among other things, a bluegrass band, and plenty of […]
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