The best place to stay up to date on all events and programming at JSS! This calendar is always up to date and includes all the information you need to get involved.
Aug
9
Wed
Join us for the Levy Summer Series! Presented in partnership with Jeffrey C. Levy, each event will feature an engaging scholar, artist, or community leader speaking over a broad range of topics of interest. The presentation will be followed by an elegant lunch. This is a ticketed event. Scholarships are available.
“Reuniting Families and Recruiting Workers: The Industrial Removal Office in Madison, 1900-1920”
Professor Jonathan Pollack
Chair, History Department, Madison Area Technical College, and Honorary Fellow, Center for Jewish Studies, UW—Madison
Schedule:
10:30-11am: check-in
11:00-12:30pm: presentation
12:30-1:30pm: lunch
Nakoma salad, dinner rolls & mini muffins
Choice of entrée: Baked Cod with Toasted Spinach-Lemon Butter Sauce orVegetable Phyllo topped with marinara and crème fraiche, roasted red potatoes, French beans and baby carrots
Dessert: Turtle sundae
Many members of Madison’s Jewish community have come here to take a particular job. Others followed family members who did the same. In an earlier era, people came from Russia to Madison when earlier-arriving relatives sent money home and paid for their passage. But in the early 20th century, the Industrial Removal Office (IRO) sent people from New York to Madison, reuniting families who lacked money for train fare, and matching Russian Jews with job opportunities in Wisconsin’s capital city.
This talk will describe the IRO’s growth and decline nationally and in the Madison area, as well as the experiences of Jewish Madisonians who worked with this short-lived social-service organization.
Oct
2
Mon
Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule usually runs as below:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Roasted chicken w/ wine and mushroom sauce, (veg option: Seared tofu w/ mushroom sauce), Basmati rice, snap beans, rugelach & fresh fruit
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Welcome back and past and upcoming activities
Oct
9
Mon
Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule usually runs as below:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Roasted chicken w/ Balsamic tomato sauce, (veg option: Seared tofu w/sauce), garlic whipped potatoes, roasted vegetables, Challah rolls, fresh fruit & rugelach
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Anna Heifitz: Life stories
Oct
16
Mon
Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule usually runs as below:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Roasted chicken w/ Harissa, (Veg option: Quinoa-Stuffed acorn squash), couscous, garlic/lemon green beans, fresh fruit & rugelach
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Dan Barker: Great Composers on piano
Oct
23
Mon
Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule usually runs as below:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Traditional braised brisket, (Veg option: pesto risotto w/ seared tofu), roasted Yukon potatoes, tri color carrots, Challah rolls, fresh fruit & rugelach
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Christian Overland: – Wisconsin Historical Society: Jewish History Collections and Sharing Stories for Future Generations
Oct
30
Mon
Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule usually runs as below:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:00 am -11:30 am: Complimentary Blood pressure check with Lori Edelstein
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Roasted chicken w/ lemon-rosemary sauce, (Veg Option: seared tofu w/ rosemary sauce), garlic whipped potatoes, roasted carrots, Challah rolls, fresh fruit & rugelach
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Piano music inspired by people and nature: Mark Stransky
Nov
6
Mon
Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule for this program runs as below:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Roasted chicken w/ wine and mushroom sauce, (veg option: Seared tofu w/ mushroom sauce), Basmati rice, snap beans, rugelach & fresh fruit
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Mad City Jug Band
Nov
13
Mon
Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule for this program runs as below:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Brisket w/ BBQ sauce, (veg option: tofu w/ BBQ sauce), yellow rice, za’atar roasted vegetables, fresh fruit & rugelach
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Sound Billies: Folk and Americana music
Nov
20
Mon
Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule for this program runs as below:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Roasted chicken w/ balsamic tomato sauce, (veg option: seared tofu w/ balsamic tomato sauce, garlic whipped potatoes, challah rolls, roasted vegetables, fresh fruit & rugelach
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Medical Imaging – Dr. Hal Bennet
Nov
27
Mon
Join us for our weekly Lechayim series! Each event begins with yoga from a chair at 11am, followed by a lunch and a wide variety of programming that is different each week. The schedule for this event runs as below:
11:00 am -11:30 am: Yoga from a chair
11:30 am -12:15 pm: Roasted chicken w/ harissa, (veg option: quinoa-stuffed acorn squash, couscous, garlic/lemon green beans, fresh fruit & rugelach
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Refugee Resettlement – Updates and Introductions