Calendar

THURSDAY NOV 21

LUNCH & LEARN. With Rabbi Shalom Axelrod of Young Israel of Woodmere. Traditions Restaurant, 302 Central Avenue, off Rockaway Blvd., Lawrence. 12:30-1:30 pm. Buy a $12 lunch, eat and learn. Alan Stern 516-398-3094.

MIKVAH MYTHS. “Ten Myths That Stand Between You and the Mikvah,” a discussion with Lisa Septimus, Five Towns Yoetzet Halacha. 8:30 pm in Social Hall of Congregation Beth Shalom, 390 Broadway, Lawrence. Ms. Septimus may be contacted confidentially at 516-900-2109 from 3–5 and 8:30–9:30 pm.

FRIDAY NOV 22

Parshat Vayeshev. Candle lighting 4:13

SUNDAY NOV. 24

OHEL GALA. 44th Ohel Gala honors Chani and Jay Kestenbaum. NY Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, Manhattan. Reception, 5 pm. Gala, 6 pm. For tickets and journal ads, call 718-972-9338.

LOWER EAST SIDE Jewish Conservancy presents “Jewish Community of Colonial New Amsterdam Walking Tour” that traces the origins of Jewish settlement in old New Amsterdam. The tour stops at sites including early Spanish and Portuguese synagogues, the Mill Street Synagogue (the first synagogue built in North America) and Congregation Shearith Israel’s cemetery at Chatham Square (the oldest known Jewish cemetery in New York City, dating back to 1683). The tour meets at Pearl Street and Broad Streets across from Fraunces Tavern beginning at 10:45 am. $18 adults, $16 seniors and students. Call 212 374 4100. $2 surcharge for tickets purchased on the day of the tour.

MONDAY NOV. 25

ELMONT YIDDISH. Elmont Jewish Center presents Thomas Bird, Judaic Studies Department professor at Queens College, in a discussion of Yiddish: Where did our favorite yiddishisms come from? 500 Elmont Rd., Elmont. 8 pm. Free. Coffee served. 516-488-1616.

WEDNESDAY NOV. 27

1st Chanukah candle

THURSDAY NOV. 28

2nd Chanukah candle, Thanksgiving Day

LUNCH & LEARN. With Rabbi Shalom Axelrod of Young Israel of Woodmere. Traditions Restaurant, 302 Central Avenue, off Rockaway Blvd., Lawrence. 12:30-1:30 pm. Buy a $12 lunch, eat and learn. Alan Stern 516-398-3094.

FRIDAY NOV. 29

Parshat Mikeitz, Candle lighting 4:11

3rd Chanukah candle

SATURDAY NOV. 30

4th Candle Chanukah

SUNDAY DEC 1

5th Chanukah candle

MONDAY DEC 2

6th Chanukah candle

TUESDAY DEC 3

7th Chanukah candle

MATRIARCHS. Discussion of our Matriarchs continues with Michal Horowitz. JCC of the Greater Five Towns, 207 Grove Ave., Cedarhurst. 11:30 am–12:30 pm. $15. Contact, Rachayle Deutsch at (516)569-6733 ext. 222.

BARCLAYS CHANUKAH. Jewish Heritage Night at a Brooklyn Nets basketball game will draw as many as 5,000 people from Jewish organizations and synagogues throughout the tri-state. Highlights include pregame prime time menorah lighting, halftime performance by the Macabbeats and a National Anthem performance by singer Benny Friedman. CTeen.com.

WEDNESDAY DEC 25

KOSHER GOSPEL. Joshua Nelson, Prince of Kosher Gospel Music, performs with his choir at Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. $35 adults, $25 students and seniors,online at www.mjhnyc.org or by calling the box office at 646.437.4202. 36 Battery Place, Manhattan.