Plan Ahead: Events coming up in the Capital Region
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Plant sale fundraiser is Saturday
TROY Perennials, heirloom tomatoes, vegetables, herbs and other plants will be available for purchase 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at Capital Roots’ Urban Grow Center, 594 River St.
Proceeds will benefit Capital Roots’ programs, including 55 community gardens, the Veggie Mobile, the Produce Project, Healthy Stores and Squash Hunger. This will be Capital Roots’ first in-person event since the start of the pandemic. For more information, go to http://www.capitalroots.org.
Annual Lupine Fest is mostly online
ALBANY The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission s annual Lupine Fest will be held May 15 through June 5 with limited activities in the 3,350-acre preserve but mostly virtually.
News of note about Capital Region history and landmarks
Tim Blydenburgh
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Grant will help Shaker Museum project
CHATHAM – Shaker Museum was awarded a two-year, $230,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation for the installation of the Shaker Belief, Shaker Life, Shaker Community collection, to be presented at the launch of the museum’s upcoming facility in downtown Chatham.
Curated by Maggie Taft, the display will offer a kaleidoscopic view of American Shakerism from the religion’s founding in the late 18th century to its flourishing in the 19th century and decline in the 20th. Using selections from Shaker Museum’s collection, the exhibition will explore how Shakerism’s radical foundational values of equality, inclusion, and accessibility were pursued and experienced by members of Shaker communities, according to the museum.
Easter celebrations for the claustrophobic; B Nai Sholom greets new rabbi
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Enjoy a charming Easter tradition at the First United Methodist Church at 603 State Street in downtown Schenectady. The 6:15 a.m. sunrise service will be held on the front lawn. Bring your own flowers (the church will be ready to offer you blossoms if you can t bring your own). Then, decorate the empty cross with blooms.contributedShow MoreShow Less
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Danielle Weisbrot is B Nai Sholom s new rabbi. The Reform congregation in Albany is celebrating its 50th year. Weisbrot is moving from Long Island and is known to be a gifted singer.contributedShow MoreShow Less
JOHNSON CITY - Dr. Charles Abraham Fish, 78, of Johnson City, died January 24, 2021 at his residence.
Charles was a native of Cincinnati, OH and was a son of the late Joseph and Esther Fish. He grew up with his siblings in a home dedicated to Judaism and the Jewish people. His family was a cornerstone of the Jewish community in Cincinnati.
Charles attended Walnut Hills High School and University of Cincinnati for his undergraduate studies and the College of Medicine. He could be found putting in hours of studying at the library or shooting basketball hoops with friends and on occasion with Cincinnati Bearcat great Oscar Robertson. Charles was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Phi Lambda Upsilon honorary societies.
For the few Jews in West Virginia, one of America s most struggling states, the pandemic has offered silver linings
Larry Luxner
Robert Judd started in April as the rabbi of B nai Sholom in Huntington, W.Va., but has yet to hold an in-person service because of the coronavirus pandemic.
WHEELING, W.Va. (JTA) - Surrounded by silver crucifixes and Christmas ornaments, Samuel Posin and Joan Berlow Smith sell vintage jewelry and myriad tchotchkes at their church-turned-boutique gift shop in this city.
This is not the kind of place you ll find many Jews. In this deeply rural state where just over half of all voters identify as Christian evangelicals, fewer than 1,200 Jews are thought to be scattered among West Virginia s 1.8 million residents.