{"title": "Spread the Light: Kristallnacht Commemoration", "start": "2026-11-08T16:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Park Avenue Synagogue", "address": "East 87th Street 50, 10128", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/holocaust", "religion/jewish"], "description": "Spread the Light: Kristallnacht Commemoration is an evening marking the 88th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. It brings together Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem, author and professor Dara Horn, and NBC 4 New York anchor Adam Kuperstein for a discussion on history and the challenges facing the Jewish people. Cantor Schwartz and Broadway performer Steven Skybell will perform. Park Avenue Synagogue hosts it in partnership with Yad Vashem USA Foundation and other New York City institutions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/spread-the-light-kristallnacht-commemoration-54688/", "official_url": "https://pasyn.org/events/2026-27/adult-engagement/november/spread-the-light-kristallnacht-commemoration/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/25e52a74b4593c8e351279316704c84c9a5d30697cf963e4c1704a170ca7b5e2-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-08T16:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Park Avenue Synagogue", "address": "East 87th Street 50, 10128", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Dani Dayan and Rabbi Cosgrove in Conversation", "start": "2026-11-06T17:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Park Avenue Synagogue", "address": "East 87th Street 50, 10128", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/holocaust"], "description": "An evening conversation marking Kristallnacht, held on 87th Street and online. Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, joins Rabbi Cosgrove to discuss the changing landscape of Holocaust education and remembrance at a time when \"never forget\" is more important than ever. Dayan also served as Israel's consul general in New York and as the 2025–2026 International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Chair for the Israeli Presidency.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/dani-dayan-and-rabbi-cosgrove-in-conversation-54687/", "official_url": "https://pasyn.org/events/2026-27/adult-engagement/november/honoring-kristallnacht-dani-dayan-and-rabbi-cosgrove-in-conversation/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f735155c03277a53e32221d2ddaf6a9d68fd7650993e55c8fa2fa67f3b5e578a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lines of Memory: How Survivors, Artists, and Scholars Draw the Past", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-10T19:30:00-05:00", "place": "Queensborough Community College - City University of New York", "address": "56th Avenue 222-05, 11364 Bayside", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/comics", "history/holocaust"], "description": "A virtual lecture and conversation on how the experiences of the Holocaust are visually represented in sequential art. Held on the 88th anniversary of the November 1938 pogroms known as Kristallnacht, it explores the dynamic between survivors, artists, and scholars in the co-creation of survivor narratives. It features Dr. Mark Celinscak of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas and Dr. Charlotte Schallié, Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. The talk is presented by the Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensborough Community College and is open to the general public via Zoom.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/lines-of-memory-how-survivors-artists-and-scholars-draw-the-55123/", "official_url": "https://khc.qcc.cuny.edu/events", "image": ""}, {"title": "Because One Ought: Celebrating a Japanese Story of Courage, Hope, and Renewal", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-02T22:00:00-05:00", "place": "Congregation Sherith Israel", "address": "Central Park West, New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/holocaust", "music/classical", "religion/jewish"], "description": "A first-of-its-kind music and storytelling evening celebrating a Japanese story of courage, hope, and renewal. Congregation Shearith Israel and the Japan Society present the event, honoring Chiune Sugihara and Setsuzo Kotsuji, Japanese heroes who risked their careers and safety to help Jews escape the Nazis during the Holocaust. The program features moderator Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, Ambassador Satoshi Katahira, cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper, Sugihara expert Takaharu Furue, and author Jundai Yamada. Members are invited, with RSVP requested by October 26.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/because-one-ought-celebrating-a-japanese-story-of-courage-ho-52188/", "official_url": "https://www.shearithisrael.org/events/because-one-ought/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bdec20fd21e30679e17f732a21ebdd574c15236aa5125f95046663b775db8fff-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Torah & Taverna Night", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum", "address": "Broome Street 280, 10002 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/jewish-history", "music/folk", "religion/jewish"], "description": "Torah & Taverna Night is a monthly salon of Greek Jewish culture, thought, and music, held at Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum on Broome Street. The evening pairs a talk by a guest Jewish educator with live music, Greek food, and more. This month, scholar Katherine Booska, a PhD candidate in Jewish history at Stanford University, leads a discussion on Jewish history and memory drawn from Zakhor, exploring family, spirituality, community, and the writing of Jewish history. Afterwards, Rodini Rose and Friends perform melodies from across Greece and the Mediterranean; Rodini is a Cypriot-American vocalist and violinist weaving together Greek folk, Spanish, Neo Kyma, Turkish, and Ladino traditions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/torah-taverna-night-53364/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/023bd1bd5010ab53ac39695148bd1bea4fcba26e942e47ea9a58506441eed0c8-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Midday Minyan: A Daily Gathering for Prayer, Mourning, and Community", "start": "2026-10-30T12:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T12:15:00-04:00", "place": "Congregation Rodeph Sholom", "address": "West 83rd Street 7, 10024 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/jewish"], "description": "Midday Minyan: A Daily Gathering for Prayer, Mourning, and Community is a virtual, lay-led prayer service held online. It is offered by Congregation Rodeph Sholom of New York City. The gathering gives a daily time to grieve a loss, honor a Yahrzeit, and recite the Mourners Kaddish together. It aims to offer comfort and connection for all in community.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/midday-minyan-a-daily-gathering-for-prayer-mourning-and-comm-52170/", "official_url": "https://rodephsholom.org/event/midday-minyan-2-2-2-2-2/2026-10-28/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8b6283c226d35d9b7206130c82cfa043abb65029f426b3fb245a6117164fb8e5-600.webp"}, {"title": "SIGD: Celebrate Ethiopian Jewry — A Multimedia Evening", "start": "2026-11-08T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Brooklyn Heights Synagogue", "address": "Remsen Street 131, 11201 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.bhsbrooklyn.org/bhs-events/book-group", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling", "religion/jewish", "occasion"], "description": "An evening of storytelling celebrating Ethiopian Jewry, built around the award-winning graphic novel The Last Day to Dress Up. Emmy-winning storyteller Yossi Vassa and illustrator Yarden Vasa present the story of Yossi's journey from Ethiopia to Israel with animation, narration, live painting, and a Q&A. The event is hosted by Brooklyn Heights Synagogue and co-sponsored by Kane Street Synagogue, with advance registration requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sigd-celebrate-ethiopian-jewry-a-multimedia-evening-51652/", "official_url": "https://www.bhsbrooklyn.org/bhs-events/sigd-celebrate-ethiopian-jewry", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e9def41f0cfb34502060b6cbafa72eb591ffe5b32eca225f003f612c567ca743-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Scholars-in-Residence: Professors Lynn & Alexander Kaye", "start": "2026-11-06T16:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T17:30:00-05:00", "place": "Congregation Sherith Israel", "address": "Central Park West, New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/jewish"], "description": "A Scholars-in-Residence weekend at Congregation Shearith Israel, with teaching sessions throughout Shabbat: after the 4:30 pm Evening Services, after Morning Services, and a 4:25 pm Afternoon Class. The teachers are Professors Lynn and Alexander Kaye, both of Brandeis University. Dr. Lynn Kaye is Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature and Thought and Rabbi Dr. Alexander Kaye directs the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. Lynn Kaye earlier served the congregation as Director of Jewish Life and Learning and Assistant Congregational Leader between 2007 and 2011.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/scholars-in-residence-professors-lynn-alexander-kaye-52189/", "official_url": "https://www.shearithisrael.org/events/sir2026-nov/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5b890b4f85385ab184267e9519c733821b913576dea45e1df5d58abee873a84a-1200.webp"}]}