Events and Opportunities

The Neighborhood returns to Brooklyn Conservatory of Music's annual Open Stages festival with another Jewish music stage, this time featuring the sounds of the Sephardic world, tracing sonic roots to North Africa and the Middle East. Our three acts, Desert Soul, Habbina Habbina, and Chanan Ben Simon and Guy Barash will have you dancing in the streets. Open Stages is an annual outdoor music festival creating concert stages across the Park Slope neighborhood. Come for the Sephardic Sounds and stay for the 15+ stages of free music!

Hyphen Fest: Celebrating Asian & Jewish Heritage Through Food, Art and Stories The event will be held in the historic Free Synagogue of Flushing, where an exhibition of sequential art (comics) on Asian Jewish stories will be shown, taken from the graphic novel anthology "Hyphen: Jewish Stories In Our Own Words." The event will include traditional Chinese lion dancers and a panel discussion on Asian Jewish identity featuring Souks Soukhaseum and Eddna Samuel, whose stories will be part of the exhibition.

Jewtina y Co. and Be'chol Lashon are thrilled to present La Mariposa: A Latin-Jewish Storytelling Event! An evening of light bites, cocktails, and unforgettable stories awaits. Come listen, laugh, and even take the stage to share your Latin-Jewish story—this is storytelling, Jewtina style!

MovingTraditions is inviting Jewish teens to apply for Meyer-Gottesman Immersive Teen Experiences! jGirls+ Editorial & Photography fellows produce an online literary magazine by and for their peers. Kol Koleinu Feminist fellows learn activist skills to create change in their communities. Kumi Justice Retreats participants explore justice, equity, and dismantling oppression through a Jewish lens. Application deadlines: April 12 for jGirls+ and May 1 for Kol Koleinu and Kumi. Learn more and apply: MovingTraditions.org/Immersive-Teen-Experiences.

Jewtina y Co. and Be'chol Lashon are thrilled to present La Mariposa: A Latin-Jewish Storytelling Event! Are you Latin and Jewish and ready to share your story on stage in NYC? Whether you’re local or can travel and arrange your own accommodations, this is your moment! Selected storytellers will get a free group workshop + two one-on-one sessions with renowned performer Vanessa Hidary to craft your story—and then take the stage in front of a live NYC audience on May 31st. Your story. Your stage. Your moment. Apply by April 12!

The HeARTwork Against Hate is an annual creative initiative for New York City youth launched by the NYC Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes (OPHC) in September 2020. The goal is to promote positive messaging, focused on respect and unity among NYC youths. This project will support the emotional well-being of our students by creating a platform that helps them process their feelings and increases their self-esteem through artistic expression. Their creativity will impact and inspire adults. HeARTwork Against Hate provides a unique opportunity and platform for young New Yorkers to use artistic expression as an outlet. Deadline March 1