Thursday, March 28, 2024, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Events Archive
Friday, March 22, 2024, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Purim Carnival Shabbat
Thursday, March 14, 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Words and Healing
Thursday, March 7, 2024, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Sold Out: 999 Film Premiere
Thursday, February 29, 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Medical Clowning as Trauma Therapy
Friday, February 23, 2024, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Pickle Making and a Deli Dinner
Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Jewish Crises and Counter-Theologies
Thursday, February 15, 2024, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Movie Night and Dinner for Young Professionals
Wednesdays, January 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 2024, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
American Jewish Women in Television
Thursday, February 8, 2024, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
The State of the American College Campus
Sunday, February 4, 2024, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
The Tour Guide’s Perspective
Sunday, January 28, 2024, 3:00 PM - 5:15 PM
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Friday, January 26, 2024, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Havurah on The Hill
Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Coexistence After October 7
Sunday, January 21, 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Move, Shake and Play
Monday, January 15, 2024, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
MLK Day of Service
Thursday, January 11, 2024, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Unearthed, by Meryl Frank
Wednesdays, November 29, December 6, 13, and 20, January 10
Exploring Sephardi Culture
December 10, 2023
Hanukkah Celebration for Families with Young Children
December 7, 2023
Save the Date: Hanukkah at the MFA
Tuesday, December 5
(Almost) Hanukkah on The Hill
December 3, 2023
Sold Out: 6th Annual Hanukkah A Cappella Concert
November 30, 2023
A Special Event for Young Professionals
Postponed
How Do We Give Thanks?
November 7, 2023
Trio Sefardi
November 3, 2023
Friday Night Dinner and Service for Urban Adults
October 29, 2023
Book Launch and Brunch with Author Dan Dain
October 27, 2023
Havurah on the Hill: Be the Change
Sunday, October 22, 2023, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sold Out: Bake Challah. Support Israelis. Expand Kindness.
October 5, 2023
Artist Sam Bak in Conversation with Bernie Pucker
October 3, 2023
Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen: A Tasting with Leah Koenig
September 15 - September 25, 2023
High Holidays at The Vilna: A New Take On The New Year. Sweet.
September 17, 2023
Rosh Hashanah Celebration for Families with Young Children
September 10, 2023
Inspired by Weinberg
August 16, 2023
Bookmaking Workshop and Reflections for the Jewish New Year
July 27, 2023
Craft Brews, Pizza and Games for 20s/30s
July 25, 2023
Summer Cinematheque: Arabeska: Where Food & Love Meet
June 27, 2023
Lithuanian Jazz with Vladimir Tarasov & Howard Mandel
June 23, 2023
BBQ-Themed Shabbat
June 21, 2023
Virtual Vilna Lunch: Broadway Behind The Scenes
June 18, 2023
Pride Month Film Screening: The Holy Closet
June 14, 2023
Virtual Vilna Lunch: What’s Jewish About LGBTQ+ Rights?
May 17, 2023
Museum Nights on Beacon Hill: The Otis House
May 11, 2023
Bespoke Bourekas
May 7, 2023
Voices of Humanity
May 4, 2023
Israeli Art in a Bite
April 28, 2023
Havurah on The Hill Celebrates Israel
April 23, 2023
Falling Out of Time: A Conversation with Music
April 20, 2023
Museum Nights on Beacon Hill: Boston Athenaeum
April 19, 2023
The Jewish Deli Revival: Consuming American Jewish Nostalgia
April 2, 2023
Move, Shake and Play with Evan Haller
March 30, 2023
Studio Israel with Zoya Cherkassky
March 24, 2023
Havurah on The Hill: Charosets Around the World
March 16, 2023
Museum Nights on Beacon Hill: Nichols House Museum
March 5, 2023
Purim Palooza at the Children’s Museum
February 24, 2023
Havurah on The Hill: A Cappella and Pizza Night Shabbat
February 15, 2023
Museum Nights on Beacon Hill: Old North Church
February 9, 2023
Studio Israel
February 8, 2023
Give Us Our Name: Creating Jewish Genealogy
January 29, 2023
In Remembrance
January 27, 2023
Havurah on The Hill: Chinese Food & Game Night Shabbat
January 25, 2023
700 Years of Vilnius
January 22, 2023
Move, Shake and Play with Evan Haller
January 16, 2023
MLK Day of Service
December 16, 2022
Havurah on the Hill: Latkepalooza and Trivia Night
December 14, 2022
Hebrew Calligraphy Workshop
December 11, 2022
Community-Wide Hanukkah A Cappella Concert
December 8, 2022
The Long Road to Freedom
December 4, 2022
Icons of Alone: New Work by Samuel Bak
December 1, 2022
Studio Israel with Aveva Dese
November 20, 2022
Convivium Musicum
November 18, 2022
Havurah on the Hill: Pickling Workshop
Wednesday October 19, 26 and November 2
The Fascinating World of Yiddish
October 25, 2022
From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to J Street
October 21, 2022
Friday Night Shabbat Dinner for Young Professionals
October 20, 2022
Studio Israel with Orit Bergman
October 13, 2022
Jazz Night for Young Professionals
October 12, 2022
How Art Connects Us to Place, Self and History
October 9, 2022
Sukkot Celebration for Families with Young Children
October 2022
Sukkot on The Hill
September 25, 2022
Rosh Hashanah Celebration for Families with Young Children
September 22, 2022
Rosh Hashanah Culinary Workshop for Young Professionals
September 21, 2022
Breaking Breads with Israeli Culinary Icon Uri Scheft
September 16, 2022
Welcome Back Shabbat for Young Professionals: Sushi and Game Night
September 8, 2022
Special Tour of The Vilna & West End Neighborhood
July 14, 2022
40 Days of Teshuvah
June 7, 2022
People Love Dead Jews
May 24, 2022
Coming of Age in America
May 15, 2022
Voices of Humanity
Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
“Last Summer at The Golden Hotel” with author Elyssa Friedland
Thursday, April 7, 2022, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
“Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy” with author Batya-Ungar Sargon
Thursday, April 7, 2022, 12pm-1pm EST
Studio Israel with Tamar Nissim
Sunday April 3, 2022, 10:30am - 1:30pm
Big Jewish Ideas for Passover: A Day of Learning and Art Exploration
Thursday, March 31, 2022, 12:00pm
Kitchen Explorations With Chef Michael Leviton
Wednesday March 30, 2022, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Passover Date Night for Young Professionals
Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
A Virtual Tour by the Tenement Museum: Exploring Jewish Immigrant Women from the early 20th Century
Thursday, February 24 & Thursday, March 24, 2022, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Museum Nights on Beacon Hill for Young Professionals
Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
“Once We Were Slaves” with author Laura Arnold Leibman
March 14, 6:30 PM EDT - April 01, 8:30 PM EDT
Essential Conversations & Dinner Series with Modern JewISH Couples
Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
“RBG’s Brave and Brilliant Women: 33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone” with author Nadine Epstein
February 28, 2022
Virtual Book Talk with author Ted Reinstein
Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Beyond the Count: Perspectives & Lived Experiences of Jews of Color
Thursday, February 10, 2022, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Studio Israel: Featuring Dege Feder
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Antisemitism: Then and Now
December 10, 2021 - January 23, 2022
Witness at the Arlekin Theater
December 21, 2021
The Story of Our Community: Conversations with Community Leaders
December 7, 2021
Glass Art Workshops for 20s and 30s
December 5, 2021
Community-Wide Hanukkah A Cappella Concert
November 18, 2021
The Kabbalah of Transitions with Layah Lipsker
Monday, November 8, 2021 at 7:00 PM
The Current State of Affairs for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
October 19, 2021 at 6:30 pm EDT
Tuesday Jazz Series Featuring Berklee College of Music Students and Alumni (October)
Rosh Hashanah Sept. 8 | Yom Kippur Sept. 16
Adult Learning Series
Rosh Hashanah Sept. 8 | Yom Kippur Sept. 16
Meditation and Mindfulness Series
Rosh Hashanah Sept. 7 | Yom Kippur Sept. 16
Holiday Programming for Families with Young Children
August 12, 2021
Small Group Tours of The Vilna (August) - Sold Out!
July 27, 2021
Small Group Tour of The Vilna (July)
June 23, 2021
Jewish New England
Tuesdays, April 20, 27 from 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Watch and Learn: Exploring “Jewish” Through Film with Layah Lipsker
April 14, 2021
Lifesavers Speaker Series: The Journey for a Vaccine
April 12, 2021
“Hadassah: An American Story” featuring Hadassah Lieberman
April 11, 2021
Tales from the Lagoon: Finding the lost Shtetl of Rumshishok
March 24 - April 4
Golem v. Golem Outdoor Art Installation
April 2, 2021
HOH Passover Trivia Challenge
March 26, 2021
Artist Talk with Julie Weitz Golem v. Golem
Thursdays at 12:00 PM: March 18, 25; April 8
The Kabbalah of Personal Growth with Layah Lipsker
March 24, 2021
Charosets from Around the Jewish World
March 23, 2021
Building Your Family Tree Without Leaving the Kitchen
Tuesday/Thursday 6:00 - 7:00 PM starting March 16
Hebrew for Adults: Lower Intermediate
Tuesday/Thursday 4:30 - 5:30 PM starting March 16
Hebrew for Adults: Beginner Conversational
March 18, 2021
Pamela Nadell “America’s Jewish Women”
March 16, 2021
Horse Doctor or Thief? Let’s Talk Family Ancestry
March 14, 2021
Four Cups of Cabernet: Wine Appreciation and Jewish History
March 11, 2021
Kitchen Explorations
March 11, 2021
Talia Carner and “The Third Daughter”
March 9, 2021
We All Know Boston is Historic: Here’s Why
March 2, 2021
The Jewish Side of Paris: Virtual Tour
March 1, 2021
Lifesavers Speaker Series: A Day in the COVID unit
February 25, 2021
The Kabbalah of Personal Growth with Layah Lipsker
February 24, 2021
Demystifying Technology
Tuesdays, February 23 at 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Watch and Learn: Exploring “Jewish” Through Film with Layah Lipsker
February 19, 2021
HOH Purim Trivia Challenge
February 2, 2021
The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are
January 14, 2021
Take Action and Make Real Change with Eitan Hersh
December 22, 2020
Not Your Bubbe’s Book Club
December 18, 2020
HOH December Kabbalat Shabbat: Latke topping Taste-off
December 13, 2020
Chanukah Trifecta - Young Adult Workshop
December 10, 2020
Author Talk: Lisa Gruenberg City of Dreams
December 9, 2020
Sabbath Breads from Around the Jewish World with HOH
December 6, 2020
Virtual Mah Jongg Tournament
November 30, 2020
The Foundations of American Jewish Liberalism with author Kenneth Wald
November 29, 2020
Learn to Play Mah Jongg
November 20, 2020
HOH November Kabbalat Shabbat
November 17, 2020
Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier with Alan Zweibel
Tuesdays at 7:30 PM: November 10, 17, 24; December 1
Women Wrote: Biblical Beginnings to Late Medieval Times with Rachel Greenblatt
November 10, 2020
Sabbath Breads from Around the Jewish World with HOH
November 5, 2020
The Kabbalah of Language with Layah Lipsker
November 1, 2020
The Secrets of the Great Synagogue of Vilna
October 29; November 5 at 12:00 PM
The Kabbalah of Language with Layah Lipsker
October 24, 2020
HOH Trivia Night for JSLA Students
October 22, 29; November 5 at 12:00 PM
The Kabbalah of Language with Layah Lipsker
October 21, 2020
Why Can’t Mother Vote?
October 20, 2020
Not Your Bubbe’s Book Club
October 18, 2020
Litvak Style: Tasting and Discussing Jewish and Lithuanian Cuisine
October 16, 2020
HOH October Kabbalat Shabbat
October 15, 22, 29; November 5 at 12:00 PM
The Kabbalah of Language with Layah Lipsker
October 14, 2020
Current Debates: Jewish Perspectives with David Bernat
October 8, 2020
Drag-Sameach! A Sukkot Trans-mission from the Ass-tral Plane
Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM: October 7, 14
Current Debates: Jewish Perspectives with David Bernat
Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM: September 30; October 7, 14
Current Debates: Jewish Perspectives with David Bernat
Yom Kippur - Sunday, Sept 27 - Monday, Sept 28
The Vilna Goes Virtual: High Holiday Celebrations Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur - Sunday, Sept 27 - Monday, Sept 28
Bring in the New Year: A Virtual Family Yom Kippur Celebration
Thursdays, September 24 at 12:00 PM
Get Your Soul Ready for the High Holidays with Layah Lipsker
Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM: September 23, 30; October 7, 14
Current Debates: Jewish Perspectives with David Bernat
September 22, 2020
999: The Unforgettable True Story of the First Women in Auschwitz
Rosh Hashanah - Friday, Sept 18 - Sunday, Sept 20
Bring in the New Year: A Virtual Family Rosh Hashanah Celebration
Rosh Hashanah - Friday, Sept 18 - Sunday, Sept 20
The Vilna Goes Virtual: High Holiday Celebrations Rosh Hashanah
September 17, 2020
Elevate Your Table: Flowers for the New Year
Thursdays, September 17, 24 at 12:00 PM
Get Your Soul Ready for the High Holidays with Layah Lipsker
September 10, 2020
Reflections and Reminders: A High Holiday Virtual Art Workshop
Thursdays, September 10, 17, 24 at 12:00 PM
Get Your Soul Ready for the High Holidays with Layah Lipsker
August 29, 2020
HOH Virtual Trivia Night
August 14, 2020
HOH Virtual Game Night Series
July 31, 2020
HOH Virtual Trivia Night
July 30 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Kabbalah: The Soul of Judaism
Monday evenings at 7:00 PM: July 27
The People’s Republic of Yiddish: Jewish Labor Movements through the Ages
July 23, 30 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Kabbalah: The Soul of Judaism
July 22, 2020
HOH Virtual Game Night Series
Monday evenings at 7:00 PM: July 20, 27
The People’s Republic of Yiddish: Jewish Labor Movements through the Ages
July 16, 23, 30 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Kabbalah: The Soul of Judaism
July 16, 2020
Seniors Connect: Learn to Zoom
Monday evenings at 7:00 PM: July 13, 20, 27
The People’s Republic of Yiddish: Jewish Labor Movements through the Ages
July 12, 2020
Walking Tour: Jewish Beacon Hill
July 11, 2020
HOH Virtual Game Night Series
July 9, 16, 23, 30 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Kabbalah: The Soul of Judaism
Wednesdays at 3:00 PM for 8 weeks
Summer Hebrew for Adults: Beginner Conversational
July 7, 2020
Tavern in the Shul: How to L’chaim Like a Pro
June 30, 2020
Jewish Artist Experience: Lynne Avadenka
June 27, 2020
HOH Virtual Game Night Series
Tuesdays/Friday 12:00 - 1:00 PM starting June 23
Hebrew for Adults: Beginner Conversational
June 22, 2020
The Lost Jewish Landscapes of Eastern Europe
Tuesday/Thursday 6:00 - 7:00 PM starting June 18
Hebrew for Adults: Advanced Beginner
June 18, 2020
Seniors Connect: Travel Tips for Seniors
June 17, 2020
HOH Virtual Game Night Series
June 5, 2020
The Shabbos Queen: Virtual Edition!
June 4, 2020
Virtual Vilna Annual Benefit
June 4, 11,18, 25 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Wisdom of Kaballah with Layah Lipsker
June 3, 2020
Behind the Scenes of Vishniac
May 28, 2020
Jewish American Heritage Month With Simona Di Nepi
Daily from April 10 - May 28
#49for49: Uncharted Territory - 49 Questions for the 49 Days of the Omer
May 27, 2020
Milk & Honey: Shavuot Cheese Making Workshop
May 22, 2020
Family Shabbat Sing-along
Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 9:30-10:00 AM starting Monday, March 30
Jewish Meditation & Movement
May 21, 2020
The Kabbalah of Relationships with Layah Lipsker
Wednesday evenings 7:30 - 8:00 PM starting Wednesday, April 29
Jewish Meditation & Movement - Evening Class
May 5, 12, 19 at 5:30 PM
Reading GLIKL: Life Stories from the Pen of a 17th-Century Jewish Working Mother
Tuesdays/Friday 12:00 - 1:00 PM starting May 19
Hebrew for Adults: Beginner Conversational
This event has been postponed!
Walking Tour: Jewish North End
Tuesday/Thursday 6:00 - 7:00 PM starting May 14
Hebrew for Adults: Advanced Beginner
May 14, 2020
Happy Hour on the Hill: Psychology of Sports
May 14, 2020
The Kabbalah of Relationships with Layah Lipsker
May 11, 2020
“Soul Witness” Screening & Director Talk
May 9, 2020
HOH Virtual Havdalah
May 7, 2020
The Kaballah of Relationships with Layah Lipsker
May 2, 2020
HOH Virtual Havdalah
May 1, 2020
The Sarajevo Haggadah and ‘People of the Book’
April 30, 2020
Deconstructing “Unorthodox” with Layah Lipsker
April 29; May 6, 13, 20 7:00–8:30 PM
Exploring Your “Faith” Together: A Series for Interfaith Couples
April 25, 2020
HOH Virtual Havdalah
April 23 from 12:00 - 1:30 PM
The Kaballah of Relationships with Layah Lipsker
April 13 at 7:30 PM
VIRTUAL: Six Jews of Vilna with Rachel Greenblatt
April 12, 2020
Thinking Outside the (Matzo) Box
Tuesday/Thursday 7:00 - 8:30 PM starting April 7 (no class April 9, 16)
Hebrew for Adults: Advanced Beginner
POSTPONED.