{"title": "The Five Books LIVE Podcast", "start": "2026-11-04T17:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T18:30:00-05:00", "place": "Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan", "address": "Amsterdam Avenue 334, 10023 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://operations.daxko.com/online/5384/ProgramsV2/Events.mvc/offering?guid=c64a4be0-bc41-11f1-99f1-005056924804", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/jewish", "literature"], "description": "The Five Books LIVE Podcast brings the podcast about the books that shape Jewish authors and their work to the stage for a live conversation. It is hosted by Tali Rosenblatt Cohen together with bestselling author, writer, and actress Jill Kargman, creator and star of Odd Mom Out and co-writer and star of the new film Influenced. The event takes place at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan on Amsterdam Avenue at 334, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. 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Dr. Trapedo directs honors programs at Stern College and Yeshiva College, teaches English at Stern College, and is a resident scholar at Yeshiva University's Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/book-club-community-shabbat-luncheon-with-dr-shaina-trapedo-52187/", "official_url": "https://www.shearithisrael.org/events/book-club-luncheon2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2bbd6bdb097f18cd75cc0c42cc797a0c9e37d00be793c3f83db677e2e8ff8445-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Coming This October", "start": "2026-10-01T09:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T23:59:00-04:00", "place": "Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan", "address": "Amsterdam Avenue 334, 10023 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://newperspectives.eventive.org/welcome", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["community"], "description": "\"Coming This October\" is a month-long lineup of programs at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. 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Brooklyn Heights Synagogue (BHS) brings its members together to explore books of Jewish interest across a range of topics, perspectives, and genres. All are welcome to participate regularly or simply join when a particular book catches their interest, though the group is for BHS members only and no RSVP is needed. The next meeting will discuss The Anatomy of Exile by Zeeva Bukai.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/book-group-51653/", "official_url": "https://www.bhsbrooklyn.org/bhs-events/book-group", "image": "https://noky.io/images/935989bbab9d2b918d019053986ac2eea9e7215f322e82f69dbc6af8f3a24eae-2000.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": "\"Every Story is a Love Story\" Book Launch", "start": "2026-11-02T19:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-02T21:30:00-05:00", "place": "Judson Memorial Church", "address": "Thompson Street 239", "price": "", "price_from": "29.00", "price_to": "29.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.judson.org/calendar?tag=book", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction"], "description": "A book launch for \"Every Story is a Love Story,\" the new book by Imbolo Mbue, held in the Judson Meeting Room. 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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": "Israeli Film Group", "start": "2026-11-06T11:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Brooklyn Heights Synagogue", "address": "Remsen Street 131, 11201 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["film/drama", "society/jewish-culture"], "description": "A meeting of the Israeli Film Group at Brooklyn Heights Synagogue. Members will discuss 'Inside Hana's Suitcase', a 2009 film. 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The evening features comedians Ken Boyd (Showtime), Thash Mose (Netflix is a Joke), Craig Gass (Howard Stern), Kyle Grooms (MTV), and Mike Yard (The Nightly Show).", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/ken-boyd-showtime-thash-mose-netflix-is-a-joke-craig-gass-ho-52117/", "official_url": "https://comicstriplive.com/ken-boyd-showtime-thash-mose-netflix-is-a-joke-craig-gass-howard-stern-kyle-grooms-mtv-mike-yard-the-nightly-show/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e6b90d6291fed5e44355b451d94c4e20cf40d4bc5be67e5412cbfd37172fa21c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Some upcoming events", "start": "2026-09-01T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "The Word Is Change", "address": "Tompkins Avenue 368, 11216", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.thewordischange.com/events/bibliomania-book-fest-at-lincoln-center", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "A roundup of upcoming literary events listed by the bookstore The Word Is Change at its Brooklyn location. They include a literary salon called Joy in the Soft Apocalypse with readers including M. K. 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It is presented by JITC Hollywood Bureau, an initiative of Jew in the City, which champions authentic and nuanced portrayals of Jews, Judaism, and Israel in the entertainment industry and challenges tropes and stereotypes in media. Jew in the City began as a YouTube channel in 2007- founded in 2005 to push back at negative and cartoonish representations of Jews in media, and later established the first and only Jewish Hollywood Bureau.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/jitc-3rd-jewish-media-awards-50918/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1331e59159063ec0c4fbbb97dfa295b47227c75c3964b6f4e16cd48122f810d2-2000.webp"}]}