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From: Meryl Wheeler MWheeler@92Y.org
Passover at 92Y
--Mar 29 - Our COMMUNITY SEDER welcomes singles and families with children over 12
--Mar 30 - Join the Shababa community for our CREATIVE FAMILY PASSOVER SEDER, for families with children up to 12 years.
92Y April JEWISH Highlights:
--Apr 6 - Whoopi Goldberg, Francine Prose and others discuss The Diary of Anne Frank following a sneak preview of scenes from a new
PBS MASTERPIECE production.
--Apr 21 - What could be timelier than a talk on health care reform? Two rabbis discuss the spiritual values in this controversial
subject.
--Apr 27 - Israeli superstar Noa and Palestinian singer/songwriter/actress Mira Awad in their only New York performance.
Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or need additional information. We welcome your feedback.
TICKETS/INFO | www.92Y.org | 1395 Lexington Ave. | 212.415.5500
PRESS CONTACT: Meryl Wheeler | mwheeler@92Y.org | 212.413.8841
JEWISH LIFE & CULTURE at the 92ND STREET Y
Lectures & Panels - Workshops - Performances - Films - Family Programs
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www.JewishEvents.info - for Jewish events
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Passover & April 2010
PASSOVER at 92Y
Mon, Mar 29, 7:45 pm, $110 (Includes Haggadah)
PASSOVER COMMUNITY SEDER
For singles and families with children over 12
With festive song, uplifting readings from the Haggadah and a kosher Passover meal, experience anew the timeless power of the story
of the Jewish people's exodus from Egypt and liberation from slavery.
Tue, Mar 30, 5:45 pm, $65 adult / $40 children over 2 / $15 children 1-2 / under 1 year free.
SHABABA CREATIVE FAMILY PASSOVER SEDER
For families with children up to 12 years
Celebrate Passover with your family as we recreate the meaningful and ancient traditions with joyous songs, stories, movement and
games.
92Y Shababa Community
Jewish Family Experiences with Karina
Every Friday, 9:30-10:15 am OR 10:45- 11:30 am, $10 adults
Shababa at 92Y | 92Y SHABABA FRIDAYS WITH KARINA AND COCO
Join this celebration for families with small children every Friday morning. Cantorial soloist and educator Karina Zilberman and her
puppet pal Coco welcome Shabbat in a playful, interactive and dynamic experience for all ages. Enjoy a friendly, welcoming
atmosphere and bond with your toddler and the Shababa community in embracing the festive feeling of Shabbat.
Every Saturday, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, ***FREE***
Shababa at 92Y | 92Y SHABABA SATURDAYS WITH KARINA AND COCO
Newborns to 5 yrs
92Y offers a free Shabbat celebratory experience for the whole family every Saturday, with instruments, arts and crafts, puppets and
movement. Join Karina Zilberman and her puppet pal Coco for a multigenerational, interactive and dynamic Shabbat experience. Bring
your family to meet ours!
Every Saturday, 11 am-noon, ***FREE***
Shababa at 92Y | SHABABA SATURDAY CLUB
Ages 5-8 yrs
92Y offers a free celebratory Shabbat designed to expand and deepen your child's Jewish experience. This special hour devoted to
five- to eight-year-olds engages these older children through creative and traditional approaches. Their younger siblings are
welcome at 10:30 am for the Shabbat morning program.
Fri, Apr 9, 10:15-11, $10 child / adults free
Shababa at 92Y | SHABABA BAKERY
Squish, roll and braid your very own challah and take it home to bake. While preparing the dough, sing with Karina Zilberman and
feel the Shabbat spirit.
Sun, Apr 11, 4-6 pm, $30 per family with one child / $40 per family with two or more children
ISRAELINESST: ISRAELI FAMILY PROGRAMS
For Newborn to pre-K
IsraelinessT Family Programs is an Israeli-style, bi-weekly experience for families with young children, focusing on Israeli culture
and conducted entirely in Hebrew. Moms, dads and kids up to pre-K are fully immersed in Hebrew language and contemporary Israeli
culture while enjoying a range of activities, including music, storytelling, arts and crafts, Jewish and Israeli holiday
celebrations, special events, 92Y's GymMaze and more!
Sun, Apr 11, 4-6 pm, $15 per child
ISRAELINESST: DROP-OFF PROGRAMS
For Kindergarten, First and Second Grade
IsraelinessT Drop-Off Programs is an Israeli-style, bi-weekly experience for older children, focusing on Israeli culture and
conducted entirely in Hebrew. At the "drop-off" program, children will enjoy activities including cooking using one of 92Y's
kitchens, arts and crafts, and special activities, all in Hebrew.
Tue, Apr 13, 8 pm, $15
ISRAELINESST: PARENTING LECTURE: DISCIPLINING CHILDREN AND NURTURING THEIR SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY
Psychologist Na'ama Gershi leads a discussion (in Hebrew) for parents of children of all ages. Gershi has extensive experience
working with children and adolescents, as well as with parents of children with behavior and anxiety disorders.
Fri, Apr 23, 10:15-11 am, $10 child / adults free
Shababa at 92Y | SHABABA BAKERY
All ages
Squish, roll and braid your very own challah and take it home to bake. While preparing the dough, sing with Karina Zilberman and
feel the Shabbat spirit.
Sun, Apr 18, 4-6 pm, $30 per family with one child / $40 per family with two or more children
ISRAELINESST: ISRAELI FAMILY PROGRAMS
For Newborn to pre-K
IsraelinessT Family Programs is an Israeli-style, bi-weekly experience for families with young children, focusing on Israeli culture
and conducted entirely in Hebrew. Moms, dads and kids up to pre-K are fully immersed in Hebrew language and contemporary Israeli
culture while enjoying a range of activities, including music, storytelling, arts and crafts, Jewish and Israeli holiday
celebrations, special events, 92Y's GymMaze and more!
Fri, Apr 17, 6-7 pm, ***FREE***
PAJAMA HAVDALAH
Come in your pajamas to a Shabbat good-bye party. Smell the spices, watch the candle shine, sing and munch on cookies and milk.
Sun, Apr 18, 4-6 pm, $15 per child
ISRAELINESST: DROP-OFF PROGRAMS
For Kindergarten, First and Second Grade
IsraelinessT Drop-Off Programs is an Israeli-style, bi-weekly experience for older children, focusing on Israeli culture and
conducted entirely in Hebrew. At the "drop-off" program, older children will enjoy activities including cooking using one of 92Y's
kitchens, arts and crafts, and special activities, all in Hebrew.
Fri, Apr 30, 6-7:30 pm, $20 adult / $10 child (free for children younger than two)
SHABABA FAMILY SHABBAT DINNER WITH KARINA
Enjoy an intergenerational family Shabbat dinner experience in a meaningful and welcoming environment.
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www.FilmEvents.info - for film screenings, film festivals
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LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, FILMS AT 92Y
SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
Tue, Apr 6, 8:15 pm, $27
ANNE FRANK'S DIARY: THE BEAUTY THAT REMAINS
Watch a sneak preview of scenes from MASTERPIECE's new production of The Diary of Anne Frank, the most accurate-ever adaptation of
Anne's moving account of life hiding from the Nazis. Delve into the profound, moving portrayal of Anne as a bright, charming, and
difficult teenager-and as the gifted writer she was destined to become. A discussion follows the screening with the film's lead
actress, Ellie Kendrick; award-winning performer Whoopi Goldberg; MASTERPIECE executive producer Rebecca Eaton, and author Francine
Prose, whose new work, Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife), was published last September. The Diary of Anne Frank airs on
MASTERPIECE on PBS on Sunday, April 11, 2010, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
PANELISTS
Ellie Kendrick's performance as Anne Frank was acclaimed by The Guardian ("She doesn't just play Anne Frank, she becomes Anne
Frank.") She made her feature film debut in An Education and is currently a student at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England.
Rebecca Eaton is celebrating her 25th year as executive producer of MASTERPIECE on PBS, the long-running, much-honored drama series.
Whoopi Goldberg is one of a select few artists who have won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy, Tony and Grammy, in addition to
countless other awards and honors for her work as a performer, producer, author and humanitarian. She has long been fascinated with
Anne Frank's story, and has been active for decades on the issue of genocide around the world.
Francine Prose marvels in The Diary of Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife that "one of the greatest books about the Nazi
genocide should have been written by a girl between the ages of thirteen and fifteen." Prose observes that Anne has rarely been
given her due as a writer and that her diary reminds us that teenage girls are an underestimated segment of society.
Thu, Apr 8, 8 pm, $40
ELIE WIESEL ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGEDY OF THE ST. LOUIS
Elie Wiesel discusses the shameful episode of May 1939, when a luxury German cruise ship, the St. Louis, steamed into Havana harbor
with more than 900 German-Jewish refugees from Nazi oppression, who were then forbidden to come ashore.
Sun, Apr 11, 7:30 pm, $27
THE MIDDLE EAST: A YEAR OF NETANYAHU
Ralph Buultjens discusses the impact Netanyahu has had on Israel and her neighbors, Iran's current role and how the Middle East is
surviving.
Thu, Apr 15, 8 pm, $40
ELIE WIESEL ON A WORLD IN CRISIS: WHAT ARE OUR MORAL OBLIGATIONS?
Explore the obligations of humans in general, and the Jewish community in particular, in responding to the crises around us-from the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the looming threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, from an unstable Pakistan to genocide in Africa.
Wed, Apr 21, 7:30 pm, $27
BRINGING SPIRITUAL VALUES TO HEALTH CARE REFORM
Should spiritual values infuse the larger public discussion on health care, or should spirituality and policy remain separate? In
the past 20 years, Jewish clergy have practiced spiritual care in aiding people struggling with mental and physical illness, grief
and death. Rabbi Jonah Pesner is the founding director of Just Congregations, part of the social justice arm of the Reform Judaism.
He was the chair of the Massachusetts coalition that secured health care for uninsured residents of that state. Rabbi Elliot Kukla
is a staff rabbi at the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center in San Francisco. Presented in cooperation with ZEEK: A Journal of Jewish
Thought and Culture.
Wed, Apr 21, 8 pm, $27
ANNUAL STATE OF ANTISEMITISM LECTURE: WALTER RUSSELL MEAD AND BRET STEPHENS
Walter Russell Mead is the Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and one of
the country's leading thinkers on American foreign policy. His works include Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It
Changed the World, and God and Gold: Britain, America and the Making of the Modern World. Bret Stephens writes "Global View," the
Wall Street Journal's weekly foreign-affairs column. He is a deputy editorial page editor, responsible for Journal's editorial pages
in Europe and Asia, as well as a member of the paper's editorial board. He was previously editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post.
IN CONCERT
Tue, Apr 27, 8 pm, $50 / $35 (ages 35 & younger - $25)
NOA - WITH SPECIAL GUEST MIRA AWAD
American/Yemenite/Israeli singer Noa is Israel's leading international concert and recording artist. She has toured and sung with
Sting and has performed in some of the world's most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York.
Palestinian actress, singer and songwriter Mira Awad has collaborated with Israeli singer Idan Raichel and hip-hop artist Guy Mar,
as well as recording the theme songs for several Israeli films. Noa and Mira collaborated in the 2009 Eurovision contest with There
Must Be Another Way. This is the only New York appearance on their upcoming U.S. tour.
Sun, Apr 28, 9:30 am-1:30 pm, $40 (includes a light breakfast)
THE MYSTICISM OF ZOHAR, ZELDA AND THE HASSIDIC MASTERS
Prepare for a spring awakening with the mystical stories of Zohar, the poignant words of the poet Zelda and the surprising teachings
of the Hasidic masters with Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, author of The Receiving: Reclaiming Jewish Women's Wisdom and With Roots in
Heaven: One Woman's Passionate Journey Into the Heart of Her Faith. This Sunday seminar is part of the Everett Institutes.
ABOUT THE 92ND STREET Y
Generously endowed by the Samuel Bronfman Foundation, the 92nd Street Y Bronfman Center for Jewish Life is the spiritual center of
the Y, welcoming everyone seeking a better understanding of Jewish culture. The Center presents New York City's premier Jewish
lecture series, which features renowned thinkers, authors and public figures like Elie Wiesel - now in his fifth decade at the Y -
Susannah Heschel, Alan Dershowitz and Anne Roiphe. Classes, workshops and holiday celebrations introduce adults and children to the
values and rituals of Jewish life. The breadth of the Bronfman Center's offerings and its egalitarian, nondenominational nature make
the 92nd Street Y New York's premier address for Jewish learning. For more information, please visit www.92Y.org/jewish
Founded in 1874 by a group of visionary Jewish leaders, the 92nd Street Y has grown into a wide-ranging cultural, educational and
community center serving people of all ages, races, faiths and backgrounds. The 92nd Street Y's mission is to enrich the lives of
the over 300,000 people who visit in person each year as well as those who visit virtually, through the Y's satellite, television,
radio and Internet broadcasts. The organization offers comprehensive performing arts, film and spoken word events; courses in the
humanities, the arts, personal development and Jewish culture; activities and workshops for children, teenagers and parents; and
health and fitness programs for people of every age. Committed to making its programs available to everyone, the 92nd Street Y
awards nearly $1 million in scholarships annually and reaches out to more than 6,000 public school children through subsidized arts
and science education programs. For more information, please visit www.92Y.org
Meryl Wheeler, Publicist
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Ave.
New York, NY 10128
212.413.8841 | mwheeler@92Y.org
Visit our website at www.92Y.org
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