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We invite you to celebrate a remarkable milestone—our 40th anniversary! For four decades, NMJHS has worked together to preserve, honor, and share the stories that shape our collective past. This moment invites us to reflect on how far we’ve come—and to look ahead with energy and purpose.
Please join us at for a wonderful 40th anniversary celebration. This event will delight with “tastes” of New Mexican Jewish life.
Learn more & register at www.nmjhs.org/2025-conference
If you have any questions or need assistance, email us at admin@nmjhs.org or call 505-348-4471
Tunes and Tints: 18 Jewish Artists Who Played and Painted Their Way to Fame
Presented by Rabbi Jack Schlachter
January 20, 2026
7pm via Zoom
In this presentation, we’ll investigate the lives and creative works of nine Jewish visual artists and nine Jewish musicians for a total of 18 (=Chai) talented individuals. We’ll also explore the apparent restrictions on these two fields stemming from the Ten Commandments. The talk will provide an opportunity to see some familiar faces, view some remarkable works of art, listen to some wonderful music, and learn about these gifted trailblazers.
Jack Shlachter is a physicist who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory for over thirty years with briefer stints at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, the Atomic Energy Agency, and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, the latter two based in Vienna, Austria; he led both the Physics Division and Theoretical Division during his LANL career. In parallel, Jack is an ordained rabbi who led the Jewish congregation in Los Alamos for many years, was the rabbi in Center Moriches, NY, during his years at Brookhaven, and now serves as rabbi of HaMakom, a congregation in Santa Fe, NM as well as the Los Alamos Jewish Center. He has also provided itinerant rabbinic support to far-flung Jewish communities including those in Vienna, Beijing, Warsaw, and Bangkok.
For more information email admin@nmjhs.org or call 505-348-4471
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