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
20
Tue
Stuart Levitan
Author and Journalist
“Madison in the Sixties – Jews in the News”
Madison historian Stu Levitan will discuss the influence of Jewish students and faculty at the University of Wisconsin, anti-Semitism, and the local progress for civil rights, in a talk adapted from his new book Madison in the Sixties (Wisconsin Historical Society Press).
Stu Levitan is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist, a former Dane County Supervisor, and long-time leader of several city land use commissions. Descendent of several generations of Orthodox Lithuanian Rabbis, Stu graduated from the UW Law School, and retired in 2015 after 27 years as a state labor mediator/arbitrator. Stu is also vice president of the board of listener-sponsored community radio WORT-FM, and hosts Access: City Hall on the Madison City Channel.
Lunch: Caprese Salad, Artisan Rolls and Butter, Red Snapper with Tomato Caper Beurre Blanc, Green Beans and Barley Pilaf with Steamed Carrots and Asparagus or Angel Hair Pasta Tossed with Asparagus, Basil, Garlic in Plum Tomato Sauce and Cheese, Dessert: Rainbow Sherbet with Pirouline Cookie
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.
