Culture

The Nov. 15 film festival showing at the Schenectady JCC will be followed by a Zoom conversation with director Joe Burke.

A documentary about how Woody Guthrie embraced Jewish culture comes to an Albany synagogue for one evening.

The 34th annual Capital Region commemoration will screen a film about ordinary people who risked their lives to rescue Jews.

Mindy Holland reviews Sam Sussman’s novel about a son helping his ill mother and searching for the truth about his father.

SJCC’s monthly Jewish Film Festival runs October through April, opening with the Iranian judo documentary “Tatami” on Oct. 17.

Mindy Holland revisits Helene Wecker’s Golem and the Jinni trilogy as its final book, The Gates of Midnight, arrives.

A new online course pairs close reading of a Yiddish memoir with hands-on writing exercises over four Tuesday evenings on Zoom.

Mindy Holland reviews Dara Horn’s provocative new book on antisemitism, curiosity, and why Jewish peoplehood needs defending.

Ethel G. Hofman marks a rare trifecta of 9/11, Shabbat and Rosh Hashanah with recipes for a sweet new year, from crown challah to honey cake.

A Strong National Museum of Play display in Rochester traces the outsized Jewish role in the American toy and game industry, from Barbie to Hasbro.