{"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. 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It is hosted by the congregation's Book Club and features insights and guided discussion by Professor Shaina Trapedo of Yeshiva University, following morning services. Book club members and non-members alike are welcome, with a list of 22 selected books offered for optional reading, including works by Anzia Yezierska, Willa Cather, and F. Scott Fitzgerald; Professor Trapedo is expected to give special attention to William Faulkner's 'Absalom, Absalom'. 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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. 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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": "Lower East Side Food Tour", "start": "2026-11-04T13:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan", "address": "Amsterdam Avenue 334, 10023 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://ops1.operations.daxko.com/Online/5384/ProgramsV2/Events.mvc/offering?guid=f7648d43-8b6b-11f1-99e9-005056921697", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/jewish-history", "food-drink"], "description": "Lower East Side Food Tour is a guided walk through a New York neighborhood once a center of Jewish culture. The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan puts it on. Participants learn the history of the tenement buildings occupied by the poor and view historic synagogues. 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It is hosted by the Pava Center's Volunteering and Chesed group, co-hosted with the Office of Torah and Spiritual Life. A light dinner will be served.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/torat-chesed-from-inspiration-to-impact-57578/", "official_url": "https://yeshiva.campusgroups.com/web/rsvp_boot?id=379093", "image": "https://noky.io/images/942468ec5a99e27ee51fc6284dafebbf0098e185b92c7a3b956bea8da51692a3-1200.webp"}]}