BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Congregation for Humanistic Judaism X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Congregation for Humanistic Judaism REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T192000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250601T155036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250601T155036Z UID:10000221-1750444200-1750447200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-35/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250616T222704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250616T222740Z UID:10000227-1750060800-1750093200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Book Club - Table for Two by Amor Towles DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of Table for Two by Amor Towles. \nThe author writes of this book: \nTable for Two includes six short stories and a novella which I wrote in the last ten years. The six stories\, all set in New York\, mostly take place around the turn of the Millennium. So\, unlike my novels\, they represent a time and place that I have witnessed firsthand\, albeit through the eyes of a fabulist. \n————– \nWhen I finished assembling the collection\, it occurred to me that in most of the pieces\, a critical moment involved a pair of family members or strangers facing each other across a kitchen table to confront some new reality in their lives. I wasn’t conscious of this while writing the stories\, but it must have sprung from a conviction in my subconscious that our lives can often change materially due to a single conversation at a table for two. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/book-club-table-for-two-by-amor-towles/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Table-for-Two-UK-lr-678x1024-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250615T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250615T103000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250522T192558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T192805Z UID:10000218-1749983400-1749983400@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Book Club - Trust by Hernan Diaz DESCRIPTION:All CHJ members are invited to discuss Trust by Hernan Diaz at a member’s residence. See listserv for address \nThere are four sections to “Trust\,” a novel by Pulitzer Prize winning author Hernan Diaz. The first is a novel itself\, a fictionalized life of a legendary and enormously successful 1920’s financier in New York City and his wife. The second is an unfinished memoir by the financier presumed by everyone to be featured in the novel. The third is the memories of the unknown young woman hired to help the financier write his memoir. The last is a short story about a woman who could be the wife. Each of them explores the human cost of wealth\, especially in the reality-bending world of capitalism. \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/book-club-trust-by-hernan-diaz/ LOCATION:Member’s residence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/trust.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T150000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250429T153937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250606T154906Z UID:10000208-1749907800-1749913200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Jewish Journeys - Modigliani and Soutine ****CANCELED********** DESCRIPTION:********************CANCELED********** URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/jewish-journeys-modigliani-and-soutine-in-paris/ LOCATION:Brooks Place\,Westport Library\, Westport\, CT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T192000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250601T154837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250601T154837Z UID:10000220-1749839400-1749842400@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-34/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T093000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250522T171744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T171744Z UID:10000217-1749375000-1749375000@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Men's Rap DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for kibbitzing and noshing. \nNoshing starts at 9:30am. \nMeeting at 10am. \nRSVP – danapreis@gmail.com \nWatch the liserserv for venue. \n  \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/mens-rap-6/ LOCATION:Member’s residence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Men-chatting-photo-by-Flickr-Jly-2018.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T192000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250601T154645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250601T154645Z UID:10000219-1749234600-1749237600@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-33/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250507T023752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T040748Z UID:10000216-1748782800-1748797200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:RSVP for CHJ 2025 Annual Meeting DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, June 1\, 1:00-5:00 PM\nBridgeport\, CT \nOpen to all CHJ Members \nA catered luncheon will be served. \nSee the website directory or your downloaded PDF for Marilyn’s address. \nPlease RSVP below for an approximate number of attendees: \n\n\n \n Person One\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email One\n \n Person Two\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email Two\n \n NumberPlease enter a number from 1 to 5.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/rsvp-for-chj-2025-annual-meeting/ LOCATION:Marilyn Brownstein’s Apartment Building CATEGORIES:Featured Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/annual-mtg-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T192000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250503T183707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250503T183707Z UID:10000212-1748631600-1748632800@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-32/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250523T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250523T192000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250503T183545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250503T183545Z UID:10000211-1748026800-1748028000@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-31/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T120000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250503T185046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250503T185503Z UID:10000215-1747562400-1747569600@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Visitation and Memorial Service for Ellie Shafer DESCRIPTION:Long-term member\, Ellie Shafer\, passed away peacefully at home on April 5th. A visitation and memorial service will be held on May 18th in Fairfield from 10AM to Noon. The Congregation wishes to express our extreme sadness at her passing and convey our condolences to her family for her loss. May her memory be a blessing. Her obituary can be viewed here. \n  \nOpen to those who knew her and her family. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/visitation-and-memorial-service-for-ellie-shafer/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ellie.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250516T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250516T192000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250503T183421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250503T183421Z UID:10000210-1747422000-1747423200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-30/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T190000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250601T225128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250601T225128Z UID:10000223-1747162800-1747162800@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Board Meeting DESCRIPTION:We will begin work on the year’s programs and any activities of specific interest. \nPlease send me subjects of interest you wish the Board to consider in order to prepare the agenda.  \nOpen to all CHJ members. Request the Zoom link from Previn Patel.\n\n  \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/board-meeting-12/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/board-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T190000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250417T161132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T161224Z UID:10000205-1747162800-1747162800@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Board Meeting DESCRIPTION:We will begin work on the year’s programs and any activities of specific interest. \nPlease send me subjects of interest you wish the Board to consider in order to prepare the agenda.  \nOpen to all CHJ members. Request the Zoom link from Previn Patel.\n\n  \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/board-meeting-11/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/board-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T192000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250503T183221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250503T183221Z UID:10000209-1746817200-1746818400@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-29/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T150000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250402T174208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T174222Z UID:10000190-1746365400-1746370800@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Forum on Israel and Anti-Semitism DESCRIPTION:These groups are organized by Loretta Jay\, Michelle Tomarkin and Jessica Wolf for CHJ members to have a safe place to talk about Israel\, anti-Semitism and other related topics and how we are affected. George Rockmore\nhas volunteered to serve as a back-up facilitator.\n\nSee listserv for venue.\n\n\n\n\nRSVP  forum@humanistcjews.org. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/forum-on-israel-and-anti-semitism-9/ LOCATION:TBA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/israel.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250503T184439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250503T184611Z UID:10000214-1746259200-1746291600@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Book Club - The Heaven and Earth Grocery Story by James McBride DESCRIPTION:In 1972\, when workers in Pottstown\, Pennsylvania\, were digging the foundations for a new housing development\, the last thing they expected to uncover was a human skeleton. Who the skeleton was and how it got buried there were just two of the long-held secrets that had been kept for decades by the residents of Chicken Hill\, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side\, sharing ambitions and sorrows. \nChicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store\, which served the neighborhood’s quirky collection of blacks and European immigrants\, helped by her husband\, Moshe\, a Romanian-born theater owner who integrated the town’s first dance hall. When the state came looking for a deaf black child\, claiming that the boy needed to be institutionalized\, Chicken Hill’s residents—roused by Chona’s kindess and the courage of a local black worker named Nate Timblin—banded together to keep the boy safe. \nAs the novel unfolds\, it becomes clear how much the people of Chicken Hill have to struggle to survive at the margins of white Christian America and how damaging bigotry\, hypocrisy\, and deceit can be to a community. When the truth is revealed about the skeleton\, the boy\, and the part the town’s establishment played in both\, McBride shows that it is love and community—heaven and earth—that ultimately sustain us. \nNew CHJ participants are always very welcome; All CHJ members are invited. \nLet rhonarobbin@yahoo.com know if you are planning to attend\, or if you want to be put onto the CHJ Book Club mailing list. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/book-club-the-heaven-and-earth-grocery-story-by-james-mcbride/ LOCATION:Fairfield END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250320T190118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T192322Z UID:10000196-1745762400-1745773200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Celebrate Israel DESCRIPTION:For more information and tickets click jewishfestivaloffairfieldcounty.com\nLet’s join together to show our solidarity with the Jewish people and support of Israel.  Am Yisrael Chai!\n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/celebrate-israel/ LOCATION:JCC\, 1035 Newfield Ave\, Stamford ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/flyer-png.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T193000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250402T172104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T172344Z UID:10000202-1745609400-1745609400@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Program - Members' Seder Memories DESCRIPTION:After lighting of the sabbath candles\, members will talk about their past seder memories. \nWatch the listserv for the Zoom link. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-program-members-seder-memories/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250420T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250420T123000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250402T173135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T173439Z UID:10000204-1745145000-1745152200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Women's Rap DESCRIPTION:  \nDue to conflicts on the CHJ calendar this meeting is on the next to last Sunday of the month. \n  \nCome join other CHJ women to talk about a topic to be chosen at the meeting. It’s a great way to get to know one another. We are looking for a host. If no host volunteers it will be on Zoom. Watch the listserv. \nRSVP: womensrap@humanisticjews.org URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/womens-rap-3/ LOCATION:TBA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/rap.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250418T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250418T192000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250401T233532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250401T233532Z UID:10000200-1745002800-1745004000@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-28/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T193000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250226T212613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250327T185656Z UID:10000193-1744738200-1744745400@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Passover Seder - SAVE THE DATE!! DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 15th\, 5:30-7:30 PM\nFairfield\, CT \nOpen to the Public  \nA catered four-course festive meal will be served. Tickets are ON SALE NOW! \nIntroducing David Sasso\, Songleader \nYour ticket price includes our four-course menu\, catered by Ed’s Flavor Fusion of Norwalk \n\nGarden salad with egg\nMatzoh ball soup\nChoice of entree: Chicken\, Salmon\, or Vegan\nRoasted potatoes and spring vegetables\nCoffee service and desserts\n\nBYO Wine \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/passover-seder/ CATEGORIES:Featured Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/PassoverSeder3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T190000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250402T171356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T171356Z UID:10000201-1744138800-1744138800@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Board Meeting DESCRIPTION:We will begin work on the year’s programs and any activities of specific interest. \nPlease send me subjects of interest you wish the Board to consider in order to prepare the agenda.  \nOpen to all CHJ members. Request the Zoom link from Previn Patel.\n\n  \n  URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/board-meeting-10/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/board-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T192000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250401T233356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250401T233356Z UID:10000199-1743793200-1743794400@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-27/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250402T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250402T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250402T172655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T172819Z UID:10000203-1743580800-1743613200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Book Club - The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen DESCRIPTION:BOOK CLUB: APRIL\nTHE NETANYAHUS\nby JOSHUA COHEN \nSaturday\,  April 19th at 10:30 AM\nElsa Cantor\, 75 French Street\, Fairfield\n\n\nCorbin College\, not-quite-upstate New York\, winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum\, a Jewish historian – but not an historian of the Jews – is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the application of an exiled Israeli scholar specializing in the Spanish Inquisition. When Benzion Netanyahu shows up for an interview\, family unexpectedly in tow\, Blum plays the reluctant host\, to guests who proceed to lay waste to his American complacencies. \nMixing fiction with non-fiction\, the campus novel with the lecture\, THE NETANYAHUS is a wildly inventive\, genre-bending comedy of blending\, identity\, and politics – ‘An Account of A Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Incident in the History of a Very Famous Family’ that finds Joshua Cohen at the height of his powers. \nPeople have asked if the book is about Benjamin Netanyahu\, prime minister of Israel. The character in the book is Benjamin Netanyahu’s father\, Benzion Netanyahu. It is a highly fictionalized account of the very true time in the late 1950s when Benzion Netanyahu arrived in the United States seeking an academic position. \nWINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION\n2021 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER\nA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021\nA WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2021\nA KIRKUS BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2021 \nNew CHJ participants are always very welcome; All CHJ members are invited. \nLet bookgroup@humanisticjews.org know if you are planning to attend\, or if you want to be put onto the CHJ Book Club mailing list. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/book-club-the-netanyahus-by-joshua-cohen/ LOCATION:Member’s Residence Fairfield END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250330T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250330T123000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250226T042413Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T043228Z UID:10000191-1743330600-1743337800@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Women's Rap DESCRIPTION:Come join other CHJ women to talk about a topic to be chosen at the meeting. It’s a great way to get to know one another. We are looking for a host. If no host volunteers it will be on Zoom. Watch the listserv. \nRSVP: womensrap@humanisticjews.org URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/womens-rap-2/ LOCATION:TBA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/rap.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T192000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250226T033910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T033910Z UID:10000188-1743188400-1743189600@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Candle Lighting DESCRIPTION:Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. \nAt 7pm we light candles with a  short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-candle-lighting-26/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shabbat2-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T190000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250320T193232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T201612Z UID:10000197-1742929200-1742929200@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Countering Active Threat Training DESCRIPTION:The Federation is holding an important Countering Active Threat security training for all Jewish community members\, free of charge next week. You are encouraged to register and learn how to react in an emergency situation.\n\nTo register click here: https://shalomct.salsalabs.org/CounteringActiveThreatTraining/index.html URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/countering-active-threat-training/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250323T150000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250215T181550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250322T182826Z UID:10000185-1742736600-1742742000@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Forum on Israel and Anti-Semitism CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED\n\n\nThese groups are organized by Loretta Jay\, Michelle Tomarkin and Jessica Wolf for CHJ members to have a safe place to talk about Israel\, anti-Semitism and other related topics and how we are affected. George Rockmore\nhas volunteered to serve as a back-up facilitator.\n\nSee listserv for venue.\n\n\n\n\nRSVP  forum@humanistcjews.org. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/forum-on-israel-and-anti-semitism-8/ LOCATION:TBA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.humanisticjews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/israel.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250321T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250321T210000 DTSTAMP:20260416T022231 CREATED:20250226T214206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T184543Z UID:10000192-1742585400-1742590800@www.humanisticjews.org SUMMARY:Shabbat Program –Dr. Ruth Light Lecturer DESCRIPTION:For this Shabbat program\, Dr. Ruth Light will talk about cancer research. \nWatch for the Zoom link. Nonmembers please RSVP: programming@humanisticjews.org to get link. URL:https://www.humanisticjews.org/event/shabbat-program-michael-retsky-lecturer/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR