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SUMMARY:LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO FREEDOM with author Emil Draitser
DESCRIPTION:In his autobiographical trilogy\, lively\, evocative\, and rich with humor\, Hunter College Russian professor Emil Draitser describes his life as a Jew in the Soviet Union. Shush! Growing up Jewish under Stalin opens with the author’s startling discovery: many years after making his way to America from Odessa in Soviet Ukraine\, every time he uttered the remark “Jewish”—even in a casual conversation—he lowered his voice. \nThis behavior was a natural by-product\, he realized\, of growing up in the anti-Semitic\, post-Holocaust\, Soviet Union when “Shush!” was the most frequent word he heard from his parents trying to keep a low profile. The compelling memoir provides a unique account of mid-twentieth-century existence in Russia as the young Draitser struggles to reconcile the harsh values of Soviet society with the values of his working-class Jewish family. \nIn the Jaws of the Crocodile covers Emil’s adult years in the Soviet Union\, focusing on his work for Krokodil\, a major satirical publication\, which was allowed “to ridicule things the state apparatus has proved worthy of criticism.” The book explores what it means to be a satirist and a Jew in a country lacking freedom of expression. His experience provides a window into the lives of a generation of artists who could poke fun and make readers laugh\, as long as they toed a narrow\, state-approved line. \nFarewell\, Mama Odessa is devoted to the travails of Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union and adjustment to life in a different culture. Drawing on the rich tradition of Odessan humor\, this autobiographical novel explores the most powerful innate motivation that drives many people to leave the country they were born and raised\, about their hopes and dreams\, their aspirations to achieve their full human potential. \nIf you’d like to purchase the book\, the publisher is offering a 30% to Renard participants through the month of June with promo code: RENARD. Click here to purchase his book. \nEmil also said the following\, “As to the third title of the trilogy\, Shush! Growing up Jewish under Stalin\, by the time of my talk\, the Amazon plans to offer their print-on-demand option with much reduced price.”
URL:https://www.shamesjcc.org/event/modern-day-exodus-and-the-soviet-jewry-movement/
CATEGORIES:Renard Lecture
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SUMMARY:In Memory: An Encore Video Airing of Jewish image in American Film” with Arthur Aldrich
DESCRIPTION:Please note there will be no in-person event for this tribute. In We are so sad to have to announce that Arthur R. Aldrich\, frequent Renard Series lecturer and a longtime beloved member of our community has passed away on Monday\, April 12. Arthur was known for his riveting talks on Jewish Image in American Film over many eras and genres. His last lecture with us was on March 15. He will be missed by our community and we send our deepest condolences to his family. To read his obituary\, please click here. \nWe are inviting the community to watch his last lecture. His lecture from March 15 will be posted here soon. Check back to this space. \nArthur Aldrich is a media historian and founder\, editor\, and publisher of “Our Town” newspaper. In the 1950s\, he worked in radio and was stage manager of an off-Broadway theater and technical director of the Folksbiene Theater on the Lower East Side. He was an adjunct professor at Rockland Community College and taught more than 60 Elderhostel and adult education courses. He teaches at the Learning Collaborative in Rockland County. \n 
URL:https://www.shamesjcc.org/event/jewish-image-in-american-film-part-iii-with-arthur-aldrich/
CATEGORIES:Renard Lecture
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SUMMARY:Brag Party & Creative Networking 
DESCRIPTION:Experience Naomi Vladeck’s Brag Party and harness your courage for transformation by sharing your accomplishments with others! \nOver the past year\, I’ve seen friends accomplish high wire feats of mothering\, boundary setting\, career-boosting\, life-altering big-time change\, often on multiple fronts and at the same time. (Drop mic\, BAM!) But we often resist celebrating these shifts with others. When we share our hard-won (and heartfelt) accomplishments with receptive others\, the potential for meaningful change multiplies for everyone. If we are to be truly free to live into our potential\, we must let our light shine for others to see! \nJoin me and a group of 15 other participants at the Shames Jewish Community Center in Tarrytown for a supportive talking circle to lift us out of isolation and into authentic connection. Our exploration will create: \nCourage to talk about our brag-worthy moments with others so that we can multiply our collective potential for transformation.\nConnection to others willing to share the underlying feelings we all yearn to have met when we express our true potential.\nAwareness of how authentic connection creates courage to bring big brag-worthy moments into life for everyone’s benefit!\n*In order to create a safe sharing environment for the purposes of this event\, we are accepting registrations only from female-identifying individuals. \nNaomi Vladeck is a creativity coach who has championed the work of independent artists for over two decades. A lifelong fundraiser\, non-profit manager\, planner and artmaker\, she has a unique ability to think creatively and practically to support the work of artists and help them articulate their vision and overcome obstacles with loving attention\, humor and curiosity. Naomi works with women in mid-life and mid-career who value the creative process and also those who are moving through the grief associated with major transitions and loss to find meaning and power in their lives. www.creativitymatterscoaching.com
URL:https://www.shamesjcc.org/event/brag-party-creative-networking-outdoors/
CATEGORIES:Community-Wide Program,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Improv Showcase with Improv Innovation
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Ellen Flaks of Improv Innovations (a JCC Affinity Fellow) outside for a free improv show featuring an inter-generational cast of performers along with plenty of audience participation. FUN & LAUGHTER! \nThis community event is made possible with an Affinity Fellows grant with the Shames JCC on the Hudson\, the UJA Federation NY\, and by the Dobbs Ferry Public Library. \nAbout Ellen \nEllen Flaks is a facilitator of creativity.  She is the director/owner of Improv Innovations.  She is a creative drama instructor\, improvisational theater specialist\, a scene study\, monologue and audition coach\, an educational puppeteer\, a director\, a stage manager\, a birthday party savior and a supporter of the Arts.  She has worked with many of the local children’s theater companies and has taught enrichment programs in dozens of schools and senior centers in Westchester\, Rockland\, and NYC. Ellen creates a super safe and comfortable environment where her students have a blast “stretching their imagination muscles.”  She works with all age groups from 3-103! She is currently teaching ZoomProv and providing acting and audition coaching privately online. \n​Ellen holds a B.F.A. in Theater from Syracuse University\, a Masters in Teaching from Manhattanville College\, and has completed the Core training program at the New York School of Playback Theatre. \n​For more information\, email Rabbi Ben Newman at bnewman@shamesjcc.org. \n 
URL:https://www.shamesjcc.org/event/outdoor-improv-showcase-with-improv-innovation/
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SUMMARY:How Music Works:  Baroque music and beyond with Barry Weisenfeld
DESCRIPTION:“How Music Works:  Baroque music and beyond”—Barry will discuss jazz from its origins in the Deep South during slavery and its migration north and evolution through various styles including big band and bebop and cool jazz.
URL:https://www.shamesjcc.org/event/how-music-works-baroque-music-and-beyond-with-barry-weisenfeld/
CATEGORIES:Renard Lecture
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SUMMARY:Leadership\, with Timothy Lupfer (In-person at the JCC and virtual on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Leadership\, with the author of Leadership Tough Love\, Timothy Lupfer\nLeadership Tough Love will be available to purchase at the in-person event for $20 \nTo attend this presentation in person\, please RVSP to Stacey Merchant \nWe talk about leadership all the time\, but do we stop and really think about what leadership is – and isn’t?  Tim Lupfer will speak on some thought-provoking ideas about leadership: \nNot everyone is a leader\, not everyone wants to be a leader\, and not everyone should be a leader.\nThere is a big difference between an expert or specialist\, and a leader\nWe want our leaders to have the best character\, but to be effective leaders\, they must show competence first.\nCharacter is very difficult to assess\, and it can be faked\nLeadership is not magic; the basic tools are influence and authority\, and successful leaders know when\, and how\, to use each tool.\nAbout the Author \nTim Lupfer’s dark secret is that he grew up in New Jersey.  Once you get around the New Jersey jokes\, his life is pretty interesting.  He entered West Point at the age of 17 in 1968\, and four years later he graduated first in his class.  He entered an army whose culture had been severely damaged by the tumult of the recently ended Vietnam War.  He served in various combat-ready units in the US and Germany\, and he attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar\, where he studied history.  He also served as an Assistant Professor at West Point\, where he taught military history.  In 1990 and 1991 he commanded a reinforced tank battalion (over 700 soldiers and 58 M1A1 Abrams tanks) in combat in Desert Storm. \nAfter retiring from the army in 1992\, he entered business.  He served as an executive at R.H. Macy and Company while the company emerged from bankruptcy\, and then became a management consultant\, starting his consulting career with McKinsey.  During his 20+ year consulting career\, Tim worked with several companies and organizations in organizational change\, leadership\, and ethics/compliance\, to include the City of New York\, several financial institutions\, companies in various industries\, global not-for-profits\, and federal agencies. \nAfter the Enron crisis\, Tim focused on ethics and compliance\, leading that effort for Deloitte Consulting in the US.  He helped numerous companies from a wide variety of industries in establishing ethics and compliance programs and in developing codes of conduct. He has given numerous presentations on ethics and compliance throughout his consulting career.  He retired as a Managing Director in Deloitte Consulting in 2011\, and then continued doing individual consulting for the next seven years. \nTim now spends his time writing and speaking.  He recently published a book on leadership entitled Leadership Tough Love.  He enjoys traveling with his wife (and high school sweetheart) of over 46 years and trying to keep up with their seven grandchildren.
URL:https://www.shamesjcc.org/event/leadership-with-timothy-lupfer-in-person-at-the-jcc-and-virtual-on-zoom/
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