{"title": "The Life and Times of Emma Lazarus", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T12:00:00-05:00", "place": "West End Synagogue", "address": "Amsterdam Avenue 190, 10023 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/jewish-history", "literature/poetry"], "description": "A program on the life and work of Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), presented during services. It is given by West End Synagogue member Carole Kessner. Lazarus composed the sonnet inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty, aided refugees who had fled antisemitic pogroms in Eastern Europe, and encouraged Jews to move to Palestine. Carole will focus particularly on Lazarus' correspondence with Henry James.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-life-and-times-of-emma-lazarus-115474/", "official_url": "https://westendsynagogue.org/node/17766", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T12:00:00-05:00", "place": "West End Synagogue", "address": "Amsterdam Avenue 190, 10023 New York", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Matthew Perlman in Conversation with Darsie Alexander", "start": "2026-11-15T16:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-15T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "The Jewish Museum", "address": "5th Avenue 1109, 10128 New York", "price": "$24 General; $16 Seniors; Free for Students and Jewish Museum Members", "price_from": "24.00", "price_to": "24.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/painting/expressionism", "history/jewish-history"], "description": "An author talk at The Jewish Museum about the painter Suzanne Perlman (1922–2020), a Hungary-born artist who fled Europe during World War II and spent 50 years in Curaçao, home to the oldest continuously active Jewish community in the Western Hemisphere. Matthew Perlman, Director of the Suzanne Perlman Estate, speaks about stewarding his grandmother's legacy and compiling a newly published monograph of her expressionist paintings of figures and landscapes. He is joined in conversation by Darsie Alexander, Senior Deputy Director and Susan & Elihu Rose Chief Curator, discussing her practice as it is now being rediscovered within a broader art historical narrative. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing after the talk.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/matthew-perlman-in-conversation-with-darsie-alexander-75699/", "official_url": "https://thejewishmuseum.org/program/9706/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8b29e623ff2f8949d0b6bc3a2bdb41aeb1764927d868a2d09268e8d5798c0699-2000.webp"}, {"title": "SIGD: Celebrate Ethiopian Jewry — A Multimedia Evening", "start": "2026-11-08T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T21:00:00-05:00", "place": "Brooklyn Heights Synagogue", "address": "Remsen Street 131, 11201 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "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": "Beyond Borders: NATAN’s Global Humanitarian Response", "start": "2026-11-12T13:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Temple Emanu-El", "address": "East 65th Street 1", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/israel", "society/humanitarian"], "description": "A talk introducing the work of NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief, an Israeli-based humanitarian organization that mobilizes medical and disaster-relief teams to crisis zones around the world. It is co-sponsored by Temple Emanu-El and Central Synagogue. Speakers including Alice Miller, Dr. David Hasan, and Dr. Neal Richmond will discuss the challenges and rewards of aiding survivors of natural disasters and wars, and highlight NATAN's work in Ukraine, Jamaica, Venezuela, Israel, Syria, and Gaza. The program is aimed at community leaders, philanthropists, medical professionals, and others interested in Israeli humanitarian leadership.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/beyond-borders-natans-global-humanitarian-response-114045/", "official_url": "https://emanuelnyc.org/calendar/beyond-borders-natans-global-humanitarian-response/?occurrence=2026-11-12", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cc02721353a559d6c8e8e6bac840debd537820efaf7947976a91024ac8a6738e-2000.webp"}, {"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": "36.00", "price_to": "36.00", "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"}, {"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": "2 West 70th Street, 10023 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "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"}, {"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, "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": "Skirball Salon: Ilya Kaminsky & Katie Farris", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Skirball Center for the Performing Arts", "address": "LaGuardia Place 566", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "Skirball Salon: Ilya Kaminsky & Katie Farris is an evening of poetry at NYU Skirball's Lower Lobby, free and open to the public. It features poets Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris, held ahead of the opening of Dead Centre's adaptation of Kaminsky's Deaf Republic. Kaminsky will read a selection of poems from Deaf Republic, and the two will also read poetry in translation from Ukraine. Farris is a poet, writer of hybrid forms, and translator whose recent book Standing in the Forest of Being Alive was named one of the Top Ten Books of 2023 by Publishers Weekly.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/skirball-salon-ilya-kaminsky-katie-farris-71791/", "official_url": "https://nyuskirball.org/performance/skirball-salon-ilya-kaminsky-katie-farris/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d93002e45bba2ab2f8d513cf0ab7938e5fe3bdd68541a0ebbc75cecc3bc592e9-2000.webp"}, {"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, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/holocaust/commemoration"], "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": "Women of Emanu-El: Volunteer to Create Chanukah Cards for JBI", "start": "2026-11-10T09:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Temple Emanu-El", "address": "East 65th Street 1", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community/volunteering", "occasion/hanukkah"], "description": "Women of Emanu-El invite volunteers to create dimensional Chanukah cards for people who are blind, have low vision, or are print-disabled. The cards go to the Jewish Braille Institute Library (JBI), which distributes them with its holiday materials. The aim is to bring the warmth and joy of Chanukah to JBI patrons, many of whom are socially isolated and treasure tokens of thoughtfulness during the holidays. The event takes place at Temple Emanu-El on East 65th Street in New York City.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/women-of-emanu-el-volunteer-to-create-chanukah-cards-for-jbi-114036/", "official_url": "https://emanuelnyc.org/calendar/women-of-emanu-el-volunteer-to-create-chanukah-cards-for-jbi/?occurrence=2026-11-10", "image": "https://noky.io/images/40b5213e511139e96b703002129efd0110ad541a48d4e7d33e5d551c9bc6b2f7-2000.webp"}, {"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, "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. The venue's event page shows an illustrated graphic for The Five Books with large light green lettering.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-five-books-live-podcast-53816/", "official_url": "https://www.mmjccm.org/events/the-five-books-live-podcast", "image": "https://noky.io/images/beeee30d03a5330f52323b23e117b8ad416e958f868f558a9a761da839e9652f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "IN CONVERSATION: sonia louise davis & Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts", "start": "2026-11-14T14:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Hesse Flatow Gallery", "address": "West 26th Street 508, 10001 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "An In Conversation event at the Hesse Flatow gallery celebrating sonia louise davis's solo exhibition, a promise, a portal, possibility. The artist sonia louise davis talks with Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, author of Harlem Is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America. The program includes a special performance by davis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/in-conversation-sonia-louise-davis-sharifa-rhodes-pitts-53014/", "official_url": "https://hesseflatow.com/events/113/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/07dd06ba189ea4110533b2518ec6de4fb9ae2ed5b97f9e02ca588e1fc4c20f2c-2000.webp"}]}