Here's what's happening in NYC this week: (we update listings every Sunday night)
** JEWS ON STAGE: "Jews Telling Jokes," Westside Theater Nov 2013
** JEWS IN CINEMAS: Barry Levinson's "Avalon" - Angelica Theater 3/14
** JEWISH BOOK TALKS: Ari Shavit at The Jewish Week 4/14
LECTURES AND CLASSES @
Central Synagogue: "Do Jews believe in an afterlife" Rabbi Peter Rubinstein
92nd Street Y: Elie Wiesel in conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg
JCC in Manhattan: Joan Nathan takes you through Pesach recipes. 4/14
NYPL: Rachel Kushner on her novel "The Flamethrowers." Sept 2014
BARNES & NOBLE: Lorne Michaels on his autobiography.
HUC: "The hurdles of Gratitude," Prof. Carole Bailin Dec 2014
Mechon Hadar: "Self-Transcendence and Heschel," Rabbi Shai Held
Skirball Center: Rabbi Leon Morris on "Shalom Bayit"
Drisha: "The Schechina presence and where it can be felt."
Park Ave Syn: Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove on the "Uketananetokef" prayer
JTS: "Interfaith dialogue after national crisis," with Prof. Arnold Eisen
YCT: "Soviet Jewry: The Second Exodus," with Rabbi Avi Weiss
UJA: "Philanthropy Under 25," with Alisa Doctoroff.