Show your love for the arts during our annual Arts Matter Shabbat, part of the fifth annual #ArtsMatterDay. Presented in partnership with MASSCreative, the Massachusetts state-wide advocate for the arts. Find inspiration at any of these creative opportunities presented by synagogues and communities across the region.
Friday, Oct. 26:
Boston
- Temple Israel, 6 p.m.: Studio Shabbat: Art As Prayer
Brookline
- Congregation Mishkan Tefila, 6 p.m.: Klezmer Kabbalat Shabbat with Too Klez for Comfort
Cambridge
- Moishe House, 7:30 p.m., and potluck dinner, 9:30 p.m.: Singing oneg, Sweets and Songs, dessert celebration with Shabbat songs and niggunim
Concord
- Kerem Shalom, 7:30 p.m.: Arts Alive! with artist Ilan Manolson, Cantor Rosalie Gerut, Mostly Music and Tiferet String Quartet
Newton
- Temple Beth Avodah, 6:15 p.m.: Jazz Kabbalat Shabbat
Peabody
- Temple Ner Tamid, 8 p.m.: Shabbat in Song
Sudbury
- Temple Beth El, 6 p.m., service, 7 p.m., dinner, 8 p.m.: Exploring Jewish Theater with actor Annette Miller and Tufts professor Stuart Hecht
Wayland
- Congregation Shir Tikva, 6:15 p.m.: “She Laughed: Humor, Culture and Identity,” a presentation by Joey Baron, JArts artistic director
- Congregation Or Atid, 7 p.m.: “My Ladino Journey” with Guy Mendilow, musician
Wellesley
- Temple Beth Elohim, 6 p.m., service, 7 p.m.: Dinner and discussion with author Rachel Kadish, “The Weight of Ink” ($25 dinner fee)
Worcester
- Temple Emanuel Sinai, 7:30 p.m.: Shabbat Unplugged, followed by presentation with JArts’ Jim Ball: “Lenny, Two Steves, and Salamone: My Jewish Musical Journey”
Saturday, Oct. 27:
Brighton
- Russian Moishe House, 2-4 p.m.: Build your own Havdalah Spice Box with wood craftsman Eugene Zeleny, who teaches people how to build stuff with tools and materials they wouldn’t otherwise have access to (no experience necessary; limited to 15 participants)
Jamaica Plain
- Congregation Nehar Shalom and Moishe Kavod House, 7 p.m.: Havdalah and Jewish Rhythm Workshop with percussionist Yedidah Syd Smart
Newton
- Dorshei Tzedek, 9:45 a.m.: Got Shabbat—a Shabbat service with art-based activities for all ages, with kiddish lunch to follow
Taunton
- Agudath Achim, 9 a.m., service, 10:45 a.m., Aleph Beats, 11:30 a.m.: Kiddush—Musical Visions with the Aleph Beats, Brown University’s Jewish a cappella group
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Until Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 8:00 pm
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