SARATOGA SPRINGS –Saratoga Jewish Community Arts (SJCA) will present its 11th annual Matthew M. Neugroschel Jewish Storytelling Program, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Case Building on the Skidmore College campus. The program will also be available on Zoom.

This year’s storytellers include returning favorites and new voices and will include Shawn Banner, Jeanine Laverty, Beth Sabo Novik, Sandy Schuman, Rabbi Ilana Symons, and Martina Zobel.

“Everyone loves a story, not just children. For the Jewish people, storytelling has been a means of defining Jewish identity— ethnic distinctiveness as a Jew. Telling stories is a way Jews create their cultural history,” said Phyllis Wang, coordinator of SJCA.

The annual storytelling program was renamed in 2021 in memory of Matthew M. Neugroschel, a frequent contributor to SJCA and the Saratoga Jewish Cultural Festival. He died in 2020 at the age of 49. He had taught American history and American studies,at the University at Albany and instructed in such fields as culture and diversity, literature, art, law, and business.

A $10 admission/donation is welcome at the door or mailed to Temple Sinai, 509 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 12866. Registration is available at