Saturday, January 31 (snow date Saturday, February 7) 7-9 PM, Temple Beth Sholom, 1809 Whitney Avenue Made in L.A. 2008 News and Documentary Emmy Award, Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story. The film focuses on three Latina women who work in Los Angeles sweatshops and are denied minimum wages and overtime pay, enduring long […]
Sunday, February 1 at 2:30-4 PM Buley Library at SCSU, 377 Fitch Street, New Haven, CT, Ground Floor/Lower Level (Park at 377 Fitch Street lot, behind the Library) When We Fight, Award Winning documentary about the 2019 teacher’s strike in Los Angeles, (38 minutes) followed by a discussion of the issues and results, led by […]
Saturday February 7, 2:30 PM New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 9to5—The Story of a Movement is a documentary about the real-life 1970s Boston office workers who formed the 9to5 organization to fight for better, promotion opportunities, and an end to sexual harassment, inspiring the hit song and movie 9 to 5. It […]
Sunday, February 8 (snow date Sunday, February 22), 10AM - 12 noon Congregation Beth El Keser Israel, 81 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 9to5—The Story of a Movement is a documentary about the real-life 1970s Boston office workers who formed the 9to5 […]
A History of Christian Zionism and What it Means to Israel’s Future Location: Temple Beth Sholom, Hamden Speaker: Rabbi Dan Judson Provost, Hebrew College, Newton, MA Full Series: $36 | Individual Sessions: $18 Covers admission for up to 2 household members – Light refreshments will be served This is the second session of Meeting the Moment: What the Jewish Past Teaches About the Future. Explore […]
Saturday February 21 at 7:30 PM Whitney Center, 200 Leeder Hill Drive, Hamden, CT (Park in South parking lot, Visitor Parking spaces) Norma Rae is a 1979 film about a southern textile worker, played by Sally Field, who becomes a labor union organizer after meeting a New York union organizer, played by Ron Leibman. The film follows her […]
250 Years of Engagement: With rising antisemitism and intense political divides, let’s explore historical moments of engagement Location: Congregation Mishkan Israel Speaker: Rabbi Charles Savenor Executive Director, Civic Spirit Full Series: $36 | Individual Sessions: $18 Covers admission for up to 2 household members – Light refreshments will be served This is the third session of Meeting […]
An American-born daughter’s memoir of her Iranian-Jewish parents’ experience emigrating to the U.S. from the Iranian city of Mashhad. Location: Congregation Or Shalom Speaker: Esther Amini, author, painter, and psychoanalytic psychotherapist Full Series: $36 | Individual Sessions: $18 Covers admission for up to 2 household members – Light refreshments will be served This is […]
