<strong>Friday, June 18 at <b>5:00pm ET<strong> <strong>Free<strong> <strong>See "Ways to Watch" below<strong> </strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></b></strong> We are honored to help present this Kabbalat Shabbat organized by our friends at Be'chol Lashon in celebration of the most recognized African-American holiday observance in the United States. The program will be feature appearances by <a href="https://www.rabbisandralawson.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Rabbi Sandra Lawson</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.sabrinasojourner.net/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Cantor Sabrina Sojourner</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.schusterman.org/users/isaiah-rothstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Isaiah Rothstein</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.rebeccasmangafrank.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Rebecca S'Manga Frank</strong></a>, and <strong><a href="https://forward.com/author/robin-washington/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robin Washington</a>. </strong> <div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql"> <strong>About Juneteenth</strong> June 19, 1865 is considered the date when the last slaves in America were freed. Although the rumors of freedom were widespread prior to this, actual emancipation did not come until General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas with the news that the Civil War had ended and that 250,000 enslaved people were now free. Although the Emancipation Proclamation had formally freed them almost two and a half years earlier (January 1, 1863), Texas was the most remote of the slave states with few Union troops, so enforcement of the proclamation had been slow. Juneteenth continues to expand as Black Americans seek to make sure that the events of 1865 are not lost to history. Juneteenth is increasing in popularity in the US and activists are pushing Congress to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday. On January 1, 1980,  “Emancipation Day in Texas” became an official state holiday and California, Wisconsin, Illinois, Georgia, and Washington, D.C followed. Today, only four states (Hawaii, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana) do not recognize Juneteenth. In 2018, Apple added Juneteenth to its calendars in iOS under official US holidays. Juneteenth celebrations often focuses on education and prayers with guest speakers and elders who recount the events of the past. Certain foods have became popular with Juneteenth celebrations such as strawberry soda, barbecue,  watermelon and red velvet cake are several red foods, symbolizing the blood and resilience of former slaves. For others, it means indulging in traditional black Southern cuisine like fried chicken, collard greens and cornbread. As Martin Luther King said in his “I have a dream” speech, “Until All are Free, None are Free,” an oft repeated maxim that highlights the significance of the end of the era of slavery in the United States. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <strong>Youtube: </strong>All who register will receive a reminder email containing the link to the event one week before the event and one hour before the event starts. <strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/juneteenth-kabbalat-shabbat-tickets-157878852899" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a></strong> to register. <b>NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. </div> <div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql"> &nbsp; <em>This program is organized by Be'chol Lashon in partnership with The National Museum of American Jewish History, OneTable, 18Doors, JCC Manhattan, the Union for Reform Judaism and the PJ Library. </em> </div>

<b><span style="color: #000000;">Wednesday, June 23 at 1 pm ET Free with suggested<a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=JakeCohen&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> $10 donation</a> See "Ways to Watch" below</span></b> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #008080;"><strong><em>"For Alex; this book is nothing short of our love story." </em></strong></span></p> Celebrate PRIDE Month with NMAJH and <em>New York Times</em> best selling author, <strong>Jake Cohen</strong>. In this program, Jake will cook a selected recipe (to be announced!) from <strong><em>Jew-ish</em></strong>, his newly released and highly acclaimed cookbook. He will offer personal insights into the recipes, and the relationships and stories behind them. <span style="color: #008080;"><strong>About <em>Jew-ish</em> and Jake Cohen</strong></span> In <em>Jew-ish</em><em>, </em>Cohen reinvents the food of his Ashkenazi heritage and draws inspiration from his husband Alex's Persian-Iraqi traditions to offer recipes that are modern, fresh, and enticing for a whole new generation of readers. Alongside the 100-plus recipes, Cohen shares a step by step guide to making shabbat and entertaining a crowd, creatively customized menus for holidays like Passover and Rosh Hashannah, as well as narrative interactions with his in-laws and parents which offer readers myriad moments to laugh and cry out loud. <span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span style="color: #008080;">Interested in purchasing a copy of <em>Jew-ish </em>for yourself or as a gift?</span> </strong></span>Visit our online Museum Store to <a href="https://judaicashop.net/p-11258-jew-ish-reinvented-recipes-from-a-modern-mensch-autographed.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">purchase an autographed copy today</a>. <span style="color: #008080;"><strong>Ways to Watch</strong></span> <b>Facebook</b><i>: </i>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 1pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website</b><i>: </i>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <b>Zoom</b><i>: </i>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_APqC9y-4S82X-adN7UetHQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>click here</strong></a>. The Museum's Zoom can accommodate 500 guests. Should we reach that number, please use one of the other methods listed above—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <em>In partnership with: </em> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/J.ProudEvents" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="wp-image-1728 alignleft" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/j.proud-logo-e1616769610609.jpg" alt="" width="239" height="119" /></a> &nbsp;

<div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql"> <b>Friday, June 25, 2021</b> <b>6:30pm ET</b> <b>This event will be held via Zoom - registration required, <a href="https://jfcsphilly-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvcu2spjgrHNSaf6Dy1fsaJl1ysp2orFxP?fbclid=IwAR3Wo191aH0pDtJOHspPO76JgUSCaWa4NlUB5IKx4zliLU6f3TZXKU1pIWA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a></b> J.Proud, the Philadelphia Consortium of Jewish organizations committed to LGBTQ inclusion, is hosting a pride shabbat! Leaders and community members from J.Proud partner organizations will lead us in prayer, in song, and in conversation. Join us to celebrate the beautiful combination of your Jewish and your LGBTQ identity in a community-building shabbat service. All are welcome! </div> <strong> More about J.Proud</strong> J.Proud is a greater Philadelphia based consortium of Jewish organizations committed to LGBTQ inclusion. J.Proud's consortium of members, including Jewish organizations, synagogues, schools and other institutions are committed to creating, nurturing and supporting a comprehensive net of LGBTQ-inclusive programs and resources for the Jewish LGBTQ community in the Greater Philadelphia area. J.Proud hosts events throughout the year for the LGBTQ community, their families and friends in an effort to create spaces that foster building community and pride in being Jewish and LGBTQ. <div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql"> <p class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql"></p> </div>

<b>Wednesday, June 30 at 1 pm ET</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/334605/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=SEPHARDI&amp;c_src2=EventPageButton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b> <strong><em>Sephardi</em></strong> is a meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated book of recipes grounded in the history of the Jews of Spain's golden age. In this program, author, chef, and historian, <em><strong>Hélène Jawhara Piñer</strong></em> will cook up something delicious from her new book (release date: June 15, 2021) while she shares with us how she came to write the book, and how she became a chef with a PhD who specializes in the history of medieval Spanish Jews. <strong>About the Author<img class=" wp-image-2094 alignright" src="https://www.nmajh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_5851-1366x1129.jpg" alt="" width="393" height="325" /></strong> Hélène Jawhara Piñer is a PhD in Medieval History and the History of Food. She was awarded the American Sephardi Federation's Broome and Allen Fellowship in 2018 in recognition of her impressive academic accomplishments and service of the Sephardic community. Her research interests are the medieval culinary history of Spain through inter and multiculturalism with a special focus on the Jewish culinary heritage written in Arabic. From Barcelona, Santa Barbara, Bar-Ilan University in Israel and beyond, Piñer has given lectures on subjects such as Reflections on the Jewish heritage according to the Kitab al-tabih, "Jewish cuisine in old cookbooks of the Iberian Peninsula", "Jews and Muslims at the Table" and much more. <strong>Interested in purchasing a copy of the book for yourself or as a gift? </strong>Visit our online Museum Store to <a href="https://judaicashop.net/p-11401-sephardi.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pre-order your copy today</a>. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Facebook: </b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 1pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <b>Zoom: </b>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bEUynBCQTyKAbShvyA9MqQ"><strong>click here</strong></a>. The Museum’s Zoom can accommodate 500 guests. Should we reach that number, please use one of the other methods listed above—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <em>This program is presented by the National Museum of American Jewish History in partnership <a href="https://americansephardi.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The American Sephardi Federation</a></em>

<b>Wednesday, July 7 at 8 pm ET</b> <b>Free with suggested <a href="https://www.classy.org/give/242250/#!/donation/checkout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$10 donation</a></b> <b>See "Ways to Watch" below</b> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>"I had to use music, my best form of expression, to do my part in helping to preserve this important slice of history that is at the root of so much of my Sephardic identity.”</strong> <strong>Sarah Aroeste on creating <em>Monastir</em></strong></p> Celebrate and explore the music of the international Ladino singer/songwriter, author, and activist, <strong>Sarah Aroeste</strong> during the sixth episode of the <em>Songs of Our People, Songs of Our Neighbors</em> series. Aroeste and NMAJH public programs manager and musician, Dan Samuels, will chat about her brand new album, <strong>Monastir </strong>(to be release June 25, 2021), as well as her upbringing, musical influences, and her drive to study, preserve, and evolve Ladino culture. Connecting musicians primarily from Macedonia and Israel, Aroeste has selected 10 songs for this new album that give an inside look into the life of Jewish Monastir (a Balkan city in what is now North Macedonia) that was wiped out during WWII. From <em>kantikas</em> (folk songs) to <em>romances</em> (narrative ballads often inspired by epic Medieval tales), and from centuries-old melodies to originals, each song in this album has a story that brings the rich history of Jewish Monastir back to life. <strong>About the Album "Monastir"</strong> When Sarah Aroeste’s ancestors were kicked out of Spain following the Alhambra Decree in 1492, they, like many other Spanish Jewish families (known as Sephardim), migrated east and  settled in Monastir, a Balkan city at the commercial crossroads between Turkey and Western Europe, in what is now North Macedonia. For centuries, the Jewish community of Monastir flourished alongside its neighbors and enjoyed a unique history, with its own customs, religious observances, linguistic patterns and more. But nothing could prevent WWII and the Nazi invasion from decimating Monastir and her neighboring Jewish communities. On March 11, 1943, 3,276 of Monastir’s Jewish men, women, and children were rounded up and transported to their deaths at Treblinka concentration camp. Monastir lost 98% of its Jewish population, and with that, an entire culture. Altogether, 7,215 Macedonian Jews perished. Today, there are approximately 200 people who make up a Jewish community in the capital of Skopje, and not a single Jew left in Monastir, since renamed as Bitola. But the legacy of Jewish Monastir lives on. “This project is the culmination of years of research and collaboration with participants across the globe,” says Aroeste. “After performing in Monastir for the first time in 2017, I was astounded by the reception I received from citizens who were so eager to engage with me and my family history. I was touched beyond measure, especially since no Jews have lived in Monastir since WWII. I knew then that I had to use music, my best form of expression, to do my part in helping to preserve this important slice of history that is at the root of so much of my Sephardic identity.” And so, The Monastir Project was born. <strong>About the Songs of Our People Songs of Our Neighbors series: </strong> Launched online in June 2020, this series explores music from varied Jewish traditions and diverse cultures, from the historic and traditional, to the contemporary and reimagined. Through conversations, live and prerecorded performances, and audience Q&amp;A, this series uses music to better understand the complex, culturally diverse communities which make up the Jewish People, and our nation. <strong>Ways to Watch</strong> <b>Facebook: </b>Look for the LIVE post on the<strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nmajh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Museum’s Facebook page</a></strong> at 8pm ET. You do not need a Facebook account to view the program. <b>NMAJH website: </b>A little before the program start time, the livestream will also be <strong>available at the top of this page</strong>. You will be prompted to enter your email address. Please note that you may need to refresh your screen and press “play” on the video—the static image will be replaced with the live feed before the program starts. <b>Zoom: </b>Registration is required to receive the link–<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tdrdz1ONTkOE5jHpu_iykw"><strong>click here</strong></a>. The Museum’s Zoom can accommodate 500 guests. Should we reach that number, please use one of the other methods listed above—they are all free and have unlimited capacity. <hr /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;