Calendar for the week of 12/23/2011

Dec. 24
Singles Chanukah concert
ORTHODOX UNION is holding a Chanukah concert for singles featuring C Lanzom, Nochi Krohn and Yisroel Juskowitz at Congregation Oheb Zedek, located at 118 W.95 Street in Manhattan. The event is cosponsored by the matchmaking website Saw You At Sinai. The concert costs $25 at the door, $20 online, and $15 with student ID. To register, visit www.oucommunity.org or call 212 613 8300

Dec. 25
Founders of the Church
CONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM, located at 390 Broadway in Lawrence, is hosting Shuli Taubes, who teaches bible and Jewish philosophy & comparative religion at SAR. Taubes will be speaking on the topic “The Founders of the Church: Rabbinic Double Agents?” Taubes holds an MA from Harvard School of Divinity and she received her BA in history and religion from Barnard College. The event begins at 9:15 a.m. for more information, contact 516-569-3600 ext. 21.

Uncle Moishy concert
YOUNG ISRAEL OF WOODMERE is hosting a concert for children by Uncle Moishy and his Mitzvah Men. The event begins at 10:30. Advance tickets costing $13 may be purchased at local retailers Judaica Plus, Seasons, Kitov and Oh Nuts! Tickets at the door cost $20. For more information, contact 516-295-0950

Dev. 26
Chanukah on Ice
CHABAD OF HEWLETT is holding a first-ever ice menorah for Hewlett, at Grant Park Ice Skating Rink, off Sheridan Avenue. The event begins at 2 p.m. with the ice menorah to be lit at 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.JewishHewlett.com or contact 516-295-3413.

Dec. 27
Lander Chanukah lecture
LANDER COLLEGE FOR MEN, located at 75-31 150 Street in Kew Gardens Hills is holding a Chanukah lecture featuring its Beis Medrash L'Talmud Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Ephraim Tanenbaum, who will be speaking on the topic “Chanukah in Halacha.” He will be followed by Beis Medrash L'Talmud Mashgiach Ruchani Rabbi Moshe Bamberger who will be speaking on the topic “Chanukah in Hashkafa: Your Money or Your Life." The event is cosponsored by Chazaq and Queens Jewish Community Council. Open to men and women and begins at 7 p.m. For more information, contact 718-285-9132 or Info@Chazaq.org.

Dec. 28
Footsteps of Maccabees
ONE ISRAEL FUND is conducting an excursion of sites in Israel integral to the Chanukah story. Led by Shilo founder and tour guide Era Rapaport, sites include Psagot, Maale Levona and Modiin. The trip costs $75 for adults and $65 for children. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. at Liberty Bell APrk in Jerusalem, returning at 8:30 p.m. For more information, contact 516-239-9202 or visit www.oneisraelfund.org/daytrips/chanukahtrip.asp

Jan. 6
Parenting Resource Network
FRIEDBERG JCC, located at 15 Neil Court in Oceanside, is holding a lecture sponsored by Parenting Resource network, on the topic “Parenting with Outside Influences.” The presentation will be given by parenting coach Erika Stroh of Parent From the Heart. The free event begins at 10:00 a.m. For more information, contact 516-634-4192.