| Saratoga Jewish Community Arts sponsors films, film discussions, live performances, storytelling and other cultural events on Jewish and social justice topics. SJCA thanks Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York for its generous support and Temple Sinai of Saratoga Springs for its sponsorship. Click below to join our email list and receive information about our programs.
Click below to view and download our complete calendar of programs and to sign up for our email list. |
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A Call to Spy: Churchill’s Secret Army Panel Discussion of the Film on Zoom Sept 24, 2024, 7 pm
A Call To Spy: Churchill’s Secret Army was inspired by true stories. With Great Britain’s forces stretched thin, Special Operations reluctantly began to enlist women as spies with a mission to conduct sabotage and build a resistance movement in France. |
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The Catcher was a Spy Panel Discussion of the Film on Zoom, Oct. 13, 2024, 7 pm
A Zoom panel discussion of the film about Moe Berg, the pro baseball player who became a World War II spy. In 1944 the U.S. government’s wartime intelligence agency recruited Berg to go behind enemy lines and assassinate the Nazis' chief nuclear scientist before the Germans could develop an atomic bomb. |
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Ken Krimstein ... In Person Nov. 12, 2024, 7 pm Live at Skidmore College and on Zoom
Clever, charming, amusing, and just plain brilliant, Ken Krimstein is an inventive graphic biographer and certainly the only one who could explain both Einstein and Kafka.
An award-winning New Yorker cartoonist, Krimstein will offer highlights from his graphic narrative Einstein in Kafkaland, revealing the pivotal year in Prague when Albert Einstein became just “Einstein,” Franz Kafka became “Kafka,” and the world changed forever. Copies of Mr. Krimstein's books will be available for purchase and signing. A $10 donation is requested at the door or by mail to Temple Sinai for Zoom participants. Register below. |
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When Klezmer Meets Chanukah With Rabbi Zoe B. Zak and Friends Dec. 18, 2024, 7 pm at Congregation Beth Shalom, Clifton Park
An evening of song and music celebrating Yiddishkeit and Chanukah with Rabbi Zoe B. Zak and friends. Presented live at Temple Beth Shalom in Clifton Park and on Zoom.
Register below. A $10 donation is requested at the door or by email to Temple Sinai for Zoom participants. Register below. |
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A Panel Discussion of the Film, To Kill a Mockingbird January 23, 2025, 7 pm on Zoom
A panel discussion on Zoom will examine the award-winning 1962 film from a social justice perspective.
Gregory Peck plays Atticus Finch, a lawyer in Depression-era Alabama who defends a black man charged with rape while he educates his children against prejudice. Register below. |
| Award Winning Documentary Four Winters to be Shown at Skidmore on January 27, 2025. 6-8 pm Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The award-winning film Four Winters will be screened at Skidmore College on January 27 from 6-8 pm, followed by a Q&A discussion with director Julia Mintz. The powerful and inspiring documentary tells the story of courageous Jewish fighters who battled unimaginable odds to fight back against Hitler’s war machine as it raged across Eastern Europe. The program marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day is sponsored by various offices of Skidmore College, including the Office of Religious Spiritual Life, and is co-sponsored by Saratoga Jewish Community Arts and Temple Sinai with generous support from the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York. |
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The Braid presents Traveler's Prayer, Feb. 2 at 2 pm Feb. 6 at 7 pm Live on Zoom
The Braid presents, live on Zoom, Traveler’s Prayer, true stories of people and transformation as they travel from home but still bring their Jewishness with them. The Braid is a national "salon theater" company, formerly known as National Jewish Women’s Theater. SJCA's programs with The Braid are underwritten by Barry and Shelley Bader. Register below. |
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Matthew Neugroschel 11th Annual Jewish Storytelling Night February 19, 2025, 7 pm Live and Zoom
Local and regional gifted performers tell both traditional and contemporary Jewish themed tales. These bards share their love and passion for storytelling and annually capture the hearts and souls of their listeners.
Presented at the Case Building at Skidmore College and on Zoom. A $10 donation is requested at the door. Zoom participants may mail a check to Temple Sinai. Register below. |
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A Panel Discussion of the Film Three Minutes: A Lengthening March 9, 2025, 7 pm on Zoom
Three minutes of footage, shot by David Kurtz in 1938, are the only known moving images remaining of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk, Poland before the Holocaust. A recipient of the Yad Vashem Award, the narrated film explores the human stories hidden within the celluloid. Register below. |
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The Braid presents Hold Me, Heal Me April 6 at 2 pm Live on Zoom April 10 at 7 pm Live on Zoom
The Braid revives, live on Zoom, its salon theater production of Hold Me, Heal Me. The Braid's actors weave stories of how: kindness comforts us even in our most broken moments. This afternoon or evening of stories, poems, plays and songs will make you laugh, cry, and remember how acts of kindness impact your life.
Note: Due to the California fires, The Braid has postponed its planned production of Two Faiths, One Love to a later date. The Braid is a national "salon theater" company, formerly known as National Jewish Women’s Theater. SJCA's programs with The Braid are underwritten by Barry and Shelley Bader. Register below. |
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A Panel Discussion of the Film The Syrian Bride April 22, 2025, 7 pm on Zoom
A Druze bride cannot return home once she marries and crosses to Syria with her family, trapped in a no-man’s land between two nations. This powerful film provides a look at the human side of political conflict: the physical, mental and emotional constraints and the courage it takes to navigate them.
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A Panel Discussion of the Film Divided We Fall May 13, 2025, 7 pm on Zoom
A panel discussion on Zoom of the award-winning foreign film, a bittersweet story of a Czechoslovakian couple whose village has been taken over by Nazis during World War II. The film is infused with dark humor that serves not to sugarcoat the monstrosity of Naziism, but to explain it. The filmmakers explore not only the banality of evil, but also the banality of goodness, and the irrationality, as well as the tragedy, of their collision.
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The Braid presents For Love of Animals June 8 at 2 pm Live on Zoom June 12 at 7 pm Live on Zoom
The Braid presents live on Zoom, For the Love of Animals, a collection of funny and thrilling Jewish tales about brief encounters or long-term relationships with animals, domestic or wild, and how they change us. The Braid is a national "salon theater" company, formerly known as National Jewish Women’s Theater. SJCA's programs with The Braid are underwritten by Barry and Shelley Bader. Register below. |
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