SHEARITH ISRAEL LEAGUE
By Joelle Wallach, President
The Shearith Israel League is
planning a number of enjoyable
activities for fall-winter
2008-2009:
On Sunday Dec 7, 2008
from 11-4, the League and
Synagogue will collaborate on
a blood drive with the Red
Cross. Please come—in
exchange for a pint of your
blood, we’ll give you a snack, a
smile and a sense of having
saved a life!
On January 17, 2009 in
Shearith Israel’s Levi
Auditorium, Joelle Wallach
will give her annual Jewish
music lecture, this time on how
the Gershwin brothers came to
write Porgy and Bess, and how
the work reflects the nature of
relations between American
Jews and African-Americans in
the 1930’s. All are welcome,
and—like all League lectures—
the event is free and includes
light refreshments.
On February 7, 2009, the
League will host a fun evening
of square dancing (with a live
caller!), games and snacks.
Please come and bring the
whole family.
Many additional events are
in the planning stages in which
we hope all will participate:
• A Memorial Concert for
our late, beloved Hazan,
Abraham Lopes
Cardozo.
• Our annual dinner dance
which, as usual, will be
a beautiful party with
wonderful food and
music to which everyone
is invited.
• A play-reading with
professional actors of a
play by our own
in-house playwright,
Marvin Schildkraut.
• A lecture by Raymond
Scheindlin, renowned
international scholar of
Jews and Arabs in
medieval Spain. Dr.
Scheindlin’s lecture will
focus on the personal
poetry of Yehuda
Halevy written in
Arabic on Halevy’s final
solitary journey to die in
the Promised Land.
• A lecture by Rabbi
Hayyim Angel on
Romance and Religion
in the Song of Songs.
All are invited to League
Events – and all are invited to
join the League. Please come
make plans with us, and
become part of a very convivial
group!
(Ed. Note: We congratulate
Rita Rodin on serving for the
past two years as President of
the Shearith Israel League, and
welcome Joelle Wallach who
has assumed the reigns as the
League’s new President. We
wish you great success!)
