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.
Apr
13
Mon
A program of Jewish Social Services Madison, UW Hillel and Capitol Lakes Retirement Community.
Apr
14
Tue
A program of Jewish Social Services of Madison and Oakwood Village, which will take place in the Nakoma/Westmoreland Room.
Dec
1
Wed
Many of us think about latkes, dreidels and children’s songs when we think about Hanukkah but there is much more to the holiday. Rabbi Renee Bauer will help us delve deeper into the historical and spiritual significance of Hanukkah. Please join in person at Oakwood Village or on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85315738085?pwd=VGFyZ2dKME1FOXlBaUh0TWs5RTRoQT09
Sep
20
Tue
Join us for a celebratory tea in observance of Rosh Hashanah with Rabbi Renee Bauer!
Dec
20
Tue
Join us for a festive Hanukkah Party, led by JSS Rabbi Renee Bauer, along with JSS Staff and volunteers.
Apr
13
Thu
Join JSS Rabbi Renee Bauer, Rabbi Andrea Steinberger and additional volunteers and staff for a Passover Seder at Capitol Lakes in the Seasons dining room.
Jun
13
Tue
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. Check back for details on how to register!
“Another Promised Land? A Texan Perspective on Southern Jewish History”
Professor Joshua Furman
Associate Director of the Program in Jewish Studies at Rice University in Houston, where he also serves as curator of the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives.
Schedule:
10:30-11am: check-in
11:00-12:30pm: presentation
12:30-1:30pm: lunch
Cream of asparagus soup, dinner rolls & mini muffinsChoice of entree: Atlantic Salmon stuffed with Shiitake mushrooms & spinach, wild mushroom cream sauce or Tofu Poke Bowl with veggies, ginger soy sauce, and sesame seeds, honey glazed carrots, Dauphinoise potatoes.
“There are Jews in Texas?” Nearly forty years ago, the documentary film West of Hester Street attempted to shed light on the history of Jews in Texas by narrating the story of the Galveston Movement, a project that brought almost 10,000 Jews to the United States via the port on Galveston Island in the years before World War I.
Today, Texas Jewish history and the larger history of Jews and Jewish communities across the southern United States are enjoying a 21st-century renaissance, as evidenced by the work of the Institute for Southern Jewish Life in Mississippi, the formation of the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives at Rice University in 2018, and the opening of the new Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience in New Orleans. Nevertheless, outside of Texas and the Deep South, Jews who have made this region their home remain something of an obscure curiosity.
Jun
27
Tue
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. Check back for details on how to register!
“The Dead Sea Scrolls”
Rabbi David Kopstein
Rabbi David comes from a long line of rabbis tracing back to eleventh century Spain. Although officially retired from congregational work, he is frequently called into service as a cruise rabbi aboard Celebrity, Holland America, Princess, Royal Caribbean and Seabourn Lines. He and his wife, Patti, a clinical psychologist, live in West Madison.
Schedule:
10:30-11am: check-in
11:00-12:30pm: presentation
12:30-1:30pm: lunch
Seasonal fruit plate, dinner rolls & mini muffins
Choice of entrée: Pecan-crusted walleye or Vegetable Napoleon, sour cream and chive whipped potatoes, roasted root vegetables
Dessert: Door County cherry pie a la mode
The Dead Sea Scrolls’ discovery reads like the opening scene of an Indiana Jones thriller. Were it not for some dramatic twists and turns, the Scrolls might have gone from their limestone-cave hiding places directly into the hands of private collectors.
But now, thanks to digital imaging technology and the pioneering work of Israel Antiquities Authority, these precious texts can be read, translated and studied by all who wish to explore this priceless world heritage. Hear the dramatic story and take a look at surprising revelations about some familiar Biblical personalities.