2009
July 2009
Friday 17 July 2009
Fri 17 Jul, 7-11 pm. Contact: rachel 617-523-2324 Suggested Donation: $10 or whatever you can afford Event Description: Join us for a lay-led, non-denominational Kabbalat Shabbat service. After the service our guest speaker Ary Rotman will discuss his experiences as President of the Russian Jewish Community Foundation. Ary will give some perspective on how Russian Jews have transformed Boston Jewry, adjusted to life in the US, and are evolving as the largest new immigrant communities within the American Jewish scene. Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips Street, Boston, 02114. Steven Greenberg, Director, 617 523 2324, steven@bcjh.org. Boston Center for Jewish Heritage - [events]
Thursday 30 July 2009
Thu 30 Jul, 6-8 pm. Contact: rachel 617-523-2324 Suggested Donation: $10 Set in New York City in the 1930’s, this Yiddish talkie from 1937 is a dramatic tale of immigrant hardship that highlights some of the traumatic problems of the immigrant experience, including alcoholism, separation and poverty. Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips Street, Boston, 02114. Steven Greenberg, Director, 617 523 2324, steven@bcjh.org. Boston Center for Jewish Heritage - [events]