Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York
North Country Event- Thursday, May 22, 2025; 7:00 pm
FROM CAMPUS TO COURTROOM: Fighting Antisemitism Where It Starts to Where It Spreads with Adela Cojab
Adela will take us behind the scenes of headline-making legal battles and high-stakes advocacy, revealing what really happens when students, schools, and the government collide over antisemitism. Through powerful personal stories, sharp legal insights, and an unflinching call to action, she will demonstrate how the fight begins in the classroom—but doesn’t end there. This is not just a talk—it’s a wake-up call.
Adela Cojab is a Syrian-Lebanese Jewish author, legal advocate, and media contributor, born in Mexico City and raised in New Jersey. As an undergraduate at New York University, she gained national attention for filing a groundbreaking Title VI complaint against NYU for campus antisemitism. Adela currently serves as the Director of Strategic Engagement at the Birthright Israel Foundation and as a Legal Fellow at the National Jewish Advocacy Center, where she supports litigation, advocacy, and education efforts to safeguard Jewish civil rights. Her work has been featured in major news outlets and has earned her multiple awards. Most recently, Adela was invited to testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on antisemitism on college campuses and beyond.
Dessert Reception – $25 per person
Catered by 518Kosher; Supervised by Vaad Hakashruth of the Capital District
Everyone is welcome! RSVP to Federation (518) 783-7800 by Friday, May 16th
05/22/2025 7:00 pm
Saratoga City Music Hall hosted by Jewish Federation of NENY; 474 Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY
6TH ANNUAL MENSCHES & MIMOSAS CELEBRATION
Please join online on Thursday, June 5th at 7PM as we honor our Mensch BRENDA SUGARMAN for all her amazing volunteer work with Congregation Beth Shalom.
Congratulations to Rabbi Ami for being nominated for the Mensch award by JFS for his work with Jewish Family Services of Northeastern New York and Daughters of Sarah Community.
06/05/2025 7:00 pm
Virtual
Hadassah Book Club for June
The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World by Sharon Brous
In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society?
Sharon Brous—a leading American rabbi—makes the case that the spiritual work of our time, as instinctual as it is counter-cultural, is to find our way to one other in celebration, in sorrow, and in solidarity. To show up for each other in moments of joy and pain, vulnerability and possibility, to invest in relationships of shared purpose and build communities of care.
Brous contends that it is through honoring our most basic human instinct– the yearning for real connection– that we reawaken our shared humanity and begin to heal. This kind of sacred presence is captured by the word amen, a powerful ancient idea that we affirm the fullness of one another’s experience by demonstrating, in body and word: “I see you. You are not alone.”
An acclaimed preacher and story-teller, Brous pairs heart-driven anecdotes from her experience building and pastoring to a leading-edge faith community over the past two decades with ancient Jewish wisdom and contemporary science. The result is a clarion call: the sense of belonging engendered by our genuine presence is not only a social and biological need, but a moral and spiritual necessity.
With original insights and practical tools, The Amen Effect translates foundational ideas into simple practices that connect us to our better angels, offering a blueprint for a more meaningful life and a more connected and caring world.
06/16/2025 1:00 pm
Congregation Beth Shalom and via Zoom
Save The Date For Beth Shalom’s Fiftieth Anniversary!!!
June 22nd, 2025
A Golden Occasion in Celebration of Beth Shalom’s Fiftieth Anniversary!
We are planning a brunch which will be held at the Vista Restaurant in Jonesville, on June 22nd at 11 am.
Invitations will be sent out as the date of the even gets closer.
06/22/2025 11:00 am
Vista Restaurant in Jonesville
