How does our cultural identity influence our lives? Our art? Our ability to parent? How do we preserve the memory of our ancestors while living modern lives? In this workshop, poet Meghan Sterling will work with participants to craft poems drawing from their heritage, their cultural identity and their questions about what it all means.…

On January 19, we’re coming together as a community to experience the sacred joy of Shabbat, to spread light and love for who we are. We will celebrate Shabbat as a community with food and good cheer. This event is free, but advance registration is required by January 15th. To learn more about the JFNA…

Children’s Book Launch, Read-Aloud, and Family Tu B’Shevat Activity Come paint a pot and plant seeds of hope in honor of the upcoming Tu B’Shevat holiday in this family-friendly event featuring local author Elisa Boxer reading and signing her newest children’s book, Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World. Kirkus Reviews calls…

Join translator Mark S. Burrows at the Maine Jewish Museum for a fascinating discussion of the recently published The Wandering Radiance: Selected Poems of Hilde Domin. Domin is among the most beloved and widely recognized writers of post-war Germany, though until now she has been relatively unknown among English readers. Because of her Jewish identity,…

Please join the Young Jewish Professionals group on February 6th from 4-6 PM at Portland Pottery for a 2- hour ceramics workshop prior to the author talk! We will learn how to throw a pot (or perhaps a golem!) on a ceramics wheel and then we’ll carpool to the JCA for some food and to…

Join us for a special talk with author and journalist Jessica Nordell about practical solutions to address bias in a variety of sectors, followed by a panel discussion to learn about steps that organizations in Portland and elsewhere in Maine are taking to combat bias. Event begins at 6 PM. Book sales will be available…

Join us for an in-person poetry reading with Maine Jewish poets and a virtual author talk with poet Merle Feld. Copies of Longing: Poems of a Life will be available for sale after the talk, courtesy of our friends at Longfellow Books. What do we long for as we carry the traumas of our past…

Levey Day School’s 2nd annual spring fundraiser featuring professionally catered kosher New York deli!