Wednesdays, next week through May 30 at St. Paul Church, Church Street and Longfellow Avenue. 319 New York Ave. A meal, DJ, and cash bar are planned. In May 1971, Biddelman composed and first performed the service, which includes original prose and new translations of Hebrew texts. An oneg Shabbat will follow.
Admission is free.
183 Godwin Ave. The event will be in memory of Barbara DeMillio, a past president of the society and dedicated church and community volunteer. Participants will visit two apartments and hear about the German Jewish Gumpertz family, who lived there around 1878 when the area was called Little Germany, and the Sicilian Catholic Baldizzi family, who weathered the difficulties of the Depression. Reservation deadline is May 9. Five cathedrals, including Westminster Abbey in London, and four castles, including Edinburgh, will be featured during the 13-day tour of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.