Shul Zoom Video Archive

We know what with working, hand washing, social distancing, and throwing matzoh balls at the cat (What, it's only us?) you may not be available for every Zoom session. Not to worry, we thought of everything. 

We've recorded some of the sessions and we present them here for your viewing pleasure. 

• ShulThrive! Fundraising Events
  Alexis Michelle Makeup Tutorial

• Shabbat Service & Bat Mitzvah
  Join the Shul community in a Shabbat Service celebrating the adult Bat Mitzvah of Thea Goodman.
• Yom HaShoah Shabbat
  With guest speaker, Sister Eleanor Francis, a Vedantic clergy and Episcopalian priest, who shares her journey of discovering her Jewish roots. 

• Author! Author!
  
  Betsy Polivy  Discussion of Walking Manhattan Sideways. Buy the book.
  Betsy Polivy 2  Discussion of Walking Manhattan Sideways - Hidden Gems on the Side Streets. Buy the book.
  
  Rabbi Mordecai Schreiber, Dr. Iqbal Unus, Dr. Ian Punnett  Discussion of How Millennials Can Lead Us Out of the Mess We're In: A Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian Share Leadership Lessons from the Life of Moses. 
  Buy the book.

       Rich Mintzer  Discussion of how to be a professional writer. 
        (Resources for writers.)

         Jim Dratfield  A unique session with a best-selling celebrity pet                                 photographer (www.petography.com).  
 

• Bring the High Holidays Home
  Create a sacred space in your home for the High Holidays. Make a Shiviti and a spice bag.
   
• Challah Making Class
  Join Sharon Graubard for a 3-part challah making class.
  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3  (Ingredients)

• Cooking with Karen
  Pureed Soups, Italian Spinach Pies,  Crispy Tofu & Cold Sesame Noodles,
  Stracciatella,   Italian Stuffed Artichokes,   Vegetarian Paella (recipe),
  Poached Fruit & Winter Squash Risotto (Details),  Fall Minestrone (Ingredients & Bonus Pita Recipe),  Pumpkin Pasta Sauce & Pumpkin Mousse (Ingredients), Flatbread Pizza (Ingredients),  Sufganiyot (Jelly Donuts) (Recipe), Savory Pancakes (Ingredients),  Vegetable Lasagna (Ingredients),  Vegan No-Tomato Pasta Sauces (Ingredients),  Vegetable Moussaka (Ingredients), Baked Chickpeas & Olive Bread (Ingredients),   S’erbuzzu - Sardinian Herb Soup (Ingredients),  Porcini Mushroom & White Bean Stew (Ingredients),  Harissa White Bean Stew with Turmeric Yogurt (Ingredients), Savory Crepes (Ingredients), Gnocchi  (recipe),  Pasta Sauces (recipe),  Teiglach & Struffoli (recipe), Sfratti (Recipe),   
  3 Versatile Sauces (Details),  3 Unconventional Salads (Details), Za'atar Roasted Eggplant with Tahini & Kale Salad with Lemon-Thyme Vinaigrette (Ingredients),  Passover Edition: Matzo Frittata & Coconut Macaroons  (Ingredients), Passover Edition 2: Scacchi (Ingredients), Sweet & Sour Vegetable Soup (Ingredients) Mushroom Shawarma With Homemade Pita (Ingredients) Blintzes (Ingredients) Chinese Take-out style Tofu and Broccoli (Ingredients) Greek Eggplant (or Zucchini) Meatballs with Tomato Sauce and Tzatziki (Ingredients), Asian Noodle Salad (Ingredients), 2 quick and delicious summer soup (Ingredients), Spiced Chickpea/Coconut Stew   (Ingredients), Apple Rose Pie (Ingredients), Israeli Couscous and Salad (Ingredients) Corn & Coconut Soup And Cabbage Salad (Ingredients), Vegetarian Stuffed Cabbage (Ingredients), Stuffed butternut Squash (Ingredients), Hashed Brussel Sprouts with Lemon and Pan-Griddled Sweet Potatoes with Miso-Ginger Sauce (Ingredients),  Fesenjan - a Persian winter dish (Ingredients), Patti's Pasta Puttanesca and Orzo with Artichokes and Peas (Ingredients), Vegetarian Wontons (Ingredients), Vegetarian Empanadas with Dipping Sauce (Ingredients), Meatless Bolognaise Sauce (Ingredients), Hamantaschen (Ingredients). Matzoh and Matzoh Crack (Ingredients)  Potato Fest (Ingredients), Spring Quinoa with Asparagus, Peas and Pickled Onion (Ingredients), Very Veggie Ginger Fried Rice, Caponata, Coconut Creamed Corn and Lemony Kale, Coconut Creamed Corn and Lemony Kale (Ingredients)

• Cooking with....Don 
  Frittata (recipe), Moroccan Chickpea Stew (recipe), Leek Tart (Tart & Pie Crust Recipe), Mac & Cheese (recipe), Seared Duck Breast (recipe), Sweet Potato Casserole (recipe), Brisket (recipe)
   
• Cooking with Patti
  Sooke Soda Bread & Menemmy Bars (Ingredients)
• Cookin' with The Shul Band
  Seth Ginsberg - Hummus (Ingredients & Bonus Pita Recipe)
  Tatyana Kalko - 2 No Bake Pies, Apple & Chocolate (Ingredients)
• Cooking with Sharon
  Matzoh and Matzoh Crack (recipe)
• Flower Pressing with Arline Rubin
  Learn to press flowers for cards and jewelry.
   
• Genealogy with Doug Seidman
  Get started in family tree research with amateur genealogist Doug Seidman. (Download: Family Tree Chart, Jewish Genealogy Info, Family History Interview Questionnaire)
   
• Hanukkah Candle Lighting & Meditation with Rabbi Eva
   
• Holiday Stories and Traditions
  High Holidays  The Shul community shares their High Holiday stories.
  Hanukkah  The Shul community shares their Hanukkah stories.
   
• Intro to Meditation with Cheryl Jacobs
  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
   
• Jewish Chant with Rabbi Eva and Rav Shoshana
   
• League of Women Voters Activism Training 
  Download League slideshow.
   
• Music-Fest & Cocktails with The Shul Band
  Bob-Fest, Paul-Fest, Lennon-Fest, Carole-Fest,  Stevie-Fest, Shul Band-fest, Pre-Election Fest, Hanukkah Fest, Guilty Pleasures Fest
   
• Spiritual Music Tuesdays with Adam (and the Shul Band and special guests)  April 6, April 13, April 21, April 27, May 4, May 11, May 18, May 26, May 31, June 8, June 15, June 22 (Host: Seth Ginsberg), June 29, July 6, July 13,  July 20 (Host: Seth Ginsberg),  July 27,  Aug 3, Aug 17, Aug 24, Aug 31, Sep 14, Sep 21, Oct 5, Oct 12, Oct 26, Nov 2, Nov 16, Nov 23, Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 14 Hanukkah Songs, Dec 21, Dec 28, Jan 4 (Host: Seth Ginsberg), Jan 12, Jan 19, Jan 26, Feb 2, Feb 9, Feb 23, Mar 2,
  Mar 9, Mar 16, Mar 23, Mar 30, April 7, Apr 13, Apr 20, May 4, May 11
   
• Talking About Race and Racism
  An evening with Nicole Alifante, one of the founders of, and the president of CURE, the Coalition for Understanding Racism through Education.
   
• The Shvitz Dance Party with your host, Dancemaster DJ Adam Feder Rather than record The Shvitz, we are sharing Spotify playlists so that the artists whose work we enjoy may reap some financial benefit. 

Adam's Full 250+ Song Playlist on Spotify, Dec 20 - DJ Laurie G., Dec 27 - Guest DJ Tatyana Kalko, Jan 3 - Guest DJ Seth Ginsberg, Jan 24 - Guest DJs Joan & Don B., Feb 7 - Guest DJ Piera Marie, Feb 14 - Guest DJ 13-year-old Max,
Feb 21 - DJ Adam, Feb 28 - Guest DJ Sue Barron, Mar 7 - DJ Adam, Mar 28 - Guest DJ Rabbi Eva, April 4 - Guest DJ Matt Meshuggahvitz Snyder, April 18 - Guest DJ Venus Artisan, April 25 - Guest DJ Piera Artistica

Audio recorded at Adam's Inaugural Shvitz, May 10, 2020

• Virtual Film Society with Josh Cabat

Hitchcock:  Rear Window, Strangers on a Train, Vertigo, Shadow of a Doubt,
North by Northwest

Musicals:  42nd Street, Top Hat, Singin' in the Rain, West Side Story, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Moulin Rouge! 

Black Directors:  Daughters of the Dust, Crooklyn, Rosewood, Fruitvale Station 

Political Satire:  Duck Soup, Dr. Strangelove, Wag the Dog, Bulworth, Idiocracy 

French New Wave:  The 400 Blows, Breathless, La Jetee, Elevator to the Gallows, Cleo from 5 to 7, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Le Samourai 

Films of the 2010s:  Carol, Her, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Inside Llewyn Davis, La La Land, Winter's Bone, Boyhood, 

Silent Film:  Sunrise , Steamboat Bill, Jr, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Speedy  

Hollywood New Wave: Mean Streets, The King of Marvin Gardens, The Last Picture Show, The Conversation, American Graffiti, Nashville, Jaws

Film Noir: Double Indemnity, The Killers, D.O.A, Gun Crazy, The Big Heat, The Killing, Touch of Evil 

Guest Sessions:  John Esposito - Fargo, Barry Schulman -  Parasite

Mexican New Wave: Amores Perros. Y Tu Mama Tambien, Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth, Birdman, The Shape of Water, Roma,  Heat 

Neo Noir:  Chinatown, Night Moves, Body Heat, Black Widow, One False Move , The Last Seduction

Top 10 of the 2012 Sight & Sound Poll:  8 1/2, The Searchers, The Rules of the Game, Tokyo Story