CBI Cafe: Meet the Author
Past SessionsSunday, December 10, 2023 • 27 Kislev 5784 - 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM - CBI Social Hall
Sunday, December 3, 2023 • 20 Kislev 5784 - 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Yiddish Book Center
Sunday, November 19, 2023 • 6 Kislev 5784 - 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM - CBI Social Hall
Sunday, November 12, 2023 • 28 Cheshvan 5784 - 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM - CBI Library
Sunday, November 5, 2023 • 21 Cheshvan 5784 - 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM - CBI Social Hall
Sunday, October 29, 2023 • 14 Cheshvan 5784 - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - CBI Social Hall
10:30-11:00 am: Coffee and nosh 11:00-12:00 pm: Author presentation and discussion 12:00 pm: Book signing Featured authors include: Jennifer Rosner, author of Once We Were Home Merle Feld, author of Longing: Poems of a Life John Sears, author of Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight and the Founding of Israel Professor Larry Fine, author of Friendship in Jewish History, Religion and Culture Lilly Maier, author of Arthur and Lilly: The Girl and the Holocaust Survivor Yolanda Bentham, author of Stories of Survival: The People of Ferramonti: Then and Now Please see our website for each author's dates! (www.cbinorthampton.org/adult-ed#CBI%20Cafe) No registration required, except where noted. We encourage you to purchase your copies of these books from any one of the local bookstores in our region!
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Fri, May 9 2025
11 Iyyar 5785
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Saturday ,
MayMay 10 , 2025Shabbat Shabloom
Shabbat, May 10th 10:15a to 12:00p
Shabbat Shabloom is a great way to have fun with your child while connecting with other young families and building community. -
Saturday ,
MayMay 10 , 2025Kiddush sponsored by Mariel and Naomi to celebrate Yona's first birthday
Shabbat, May 10th 12:00p to 1:00p
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Sunday ,
MayMay 11 , 2025Create Your Own Family Tree
Sunday, May 11th 3:00p to 5:00p
You are invited to an open workshop of the Genealogy Havurah on creating the Family Tree, the foundation of all genealogical research. You will need to register in advance. We will have plenty of art and office supplies to use. Also feel free to bring your own. If you have a laptop or ipad, bring that too. You are welcome whether or not you have joined the Genealogy Havurah. Bring the names of grandparents or great grandparents, even if unsure of spellings, etc., what you know about where they left from, and when they arrived where they were going, even if you are not sure. This workshop will be helpful to people who haven't begun creating a family tree yet, and to those who want to build on what they already have. The workshop will be led by Nina Sitron, President of the Western Massachusetts Jewish Genealogical Society, our community's genealogy maven. It will be held in the CBI Library from 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 11. The meeting is being hosted by Paula Ressler and Nina Sitron, facilitators of the CBI Genealogy Havurah. -
Monday ,
MayMay 12 , 2025CBI Shluggers Game
Monday, May 12th 6:00p to 8:00p
CO-ED Summer Adult Softball League -
Tuesday ,
MayMay 13 , 2025Let My People Sing!
Tuesday, May 13th 7:00p to 8:00p
For the past decade, Let My People Sing! has helped shape our regional song culture—infusing it with joy, depth, and collective power. Now, this beautiful project needs our collective care to keep growing, thriving, and nourishing future generations. Join us for an evening of music and mutual support on the farm. We’ll gather to sing, learn new melodies, and importantly—give generously to sustain this work that has sustained so many of us. Your presence and your contributions—of voice, spirit, and resources—will help ensure this project continues to grow and thrive for the next ten years and beyond. Come ready to sing, to connect, and to give in the spirit of community and abundance. -
Tuesday ,
MayMay 13 , 2025Bread and Roses: How Jewish Women Shaped Early 20th Century Activism
Tuesday, May 13th 7:00p to 8:30p
This four-session course will focus on Jewish women's political organizing that grew out of women-led grassroots neighborhood movements in immigrant, working-class New York City in the early 1900s. -
Wednesday ,
MayMay 14 , 2025Dying to Know: A 4-Part Class on Dying, Death and Mourning Practices in Jewish Tradition
Wednesday, May 14th 7:00p to 8:30p
The Jewish tradition offers a variety of rituals and traditions aimed at supporting meaningful and deliberate dying, death and mourning experiences. -
Thursday ,
MayMay 15 , 2025CBI Shluggers Game
Thursday, May 15th 6:00p to 8:00p
CO-ED Summer Adult Softball League -
Thursday ,
MayMay 15 , 2025The Mysterious Healing Power of the Mourners’ Kaddish
Thursday, May 15th 7:00p to 8:30p
In this mini-course, we will explore the text of kaddish, its historical development, and what it means to the heart. -
Friday ,
MayMay 16 , 2025Shiru Shabbat
Friday, May 16th 6:00p to 7:00p
Shiru Shabbat is a joyous, musical Kabbalat Shabbat service held at CBI and led by Molly Bajgot with Aram Rubenstein Gillis, Matt Goldfield, and other guests. Feel free to bring a picnic dinner to enjoy after services! Shiru Shabbat is inspired by the circular davvening (prayer) style of Nava Tehila, a renewal style prayer service in Jerusalem, and by Rabbi Micah Shapiro's Shabbat Nariya services in Boston, Massachusetts. The service includes contemporary melodies and the use of instruments to create a song-full, heart expanding Shabbat experience. Come to sing out, be washed in sound, and to connect with community at the end of the week. Shiru Shabbat invites you to join our new Ruach* Circle, a circle of community musicians and vocalists to elevate our song at Shiru Shabbat (*ruach means spirit).
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