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The ninth annual Battle of the BBQs returns June 21 at the Albany JCC, raising funds for Shalom Food Pantry’s year-round hunger relief efforts.

Over 250 community members gathered at Albany’s Beth Emeth to hear URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs speak on the future of Israel.

Congregation Ohav Shalom in Albany will honor four volunteers at its annual Shomrei HaBayit recognition event on June 7.

Federation and JFS partner for a June 4 kosher luncheon honoring local Holocaust survivors and the emergency fund that keeps them at home.

All-women klezmer band Isle of Klezbos marks Pride Month with a June 14 set in Saratoga blending Eastern European tradition, jazz, and swing.

Colonie Chabad’s TED-style night returns June 8 with four local voices, from a Technion-bound graduate to a Union College rabbi.

A Yiddish-music trio that formed at a Lower East Side deli headlines Beth Emeth Sisterhood’s June 14 Susan B. Shpeen Memorial Donor Dinner.

True stories of American Jewish life anchor The Braid’s June 4 and 7 Zoom premieres of “L’Chaim America!” for the nation’s 250th, hosted by SJCA.

Three generations of the Laber family are honored alongside the Zlatopolskys at the school’s May 28 “To Be Continued!” annual dinner.

For Lauren Iselin and her son Alex, leadership in Jewish National Fund-USA is a shared family commitment to Israel.