Sherri Lippman and Jane Kielt stand in front of a painting by their father, Roy Horton.

An art exhibit at Jewish Home at Rockleigh featuring the work of three generations of the Horton family is on display through July. An opening reception was held on June 14.

The exhibit is sponsored by the Horton Family Endowment Fund for resident therapeutic programs, in memory of Henie and Roy Horton, the parents of Jane Kielt and Sherri Lippman. The endowment was kicked off by a donation from Bill Lippman, the father-in-law of Sherri Lippman, a member of the boards of the Jewish Home Foundation and Jewish Home Family.

The exhibit includes paintings, watercolors, woodcuts, and etchings by Roy Horton, Jane Kielt and her daughter, Cecilia, and Sherri Lippman. Roy and Henie Horton were supporters of the Jewish Home and Roy Horton designed many pamphlets and brochures for events there.

Jane Kielt’s original watercolors and note cards will be on sale throughout the exhibition. A portion of the proceeds will go to the endowment.

For information, call (201) 784-1414.

If you had to guess, whom would you choose as the winner of the first best-actress Emmy? Who do you think came in second after Eleanor Roosevelt as the most admired woman in the country? The answer to both questions is Gertrude Berg, the woman who invented the situation comedy, according to a new documentary written, directed, and produced by Aviva Kempner. Kempner, the creator of “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg,” is frank about her goal to make inspiring and uplifting films about relatively unknown Jewish heroes. Accordingly, “You-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg” is far from an exposé or a probing look at Berg’s inner life. But Berg did accomplish a great deal in what must have been a hostile environment for an unattractive, heavyset Jewish woman, and did it while maintaining her dignity and independence. Kempner presents her story through a combination of narrative, interviews — with folks such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Norman Lear, NPR’s Susan Stamberg, and others — and film footage, and an impressive story it is, albeit with some dark shadows.

Lester Senior Housing in Whippany hosts “Western Day,” for all ages, with miniature horse rides, glatt kosher barbecue, pony rides in carts, line dancing, petting zoo, and cowboy hats and bandanas, on Sunday, June 28, from 1 to 4 p.m. The free event is at Lester Senior Housing — Heller Independent Apartments/Weston Assisted Living, which is owned and managed by the Jewish Community Housing Corp. For information, call Joel Goldin at (973) 929-2725.

Outside the elegant theater in the city of Bielsko Biala in southern Poland, a billboard advertises an upcoming play. Stark letters spell out the title: “Zyd” — Jew.

The lettering looks almost menacing, like scrawled graffiti, and I am a little taken aback.

But then I remember where I am.

This is Poland.

And the play, in fact, is an award-winning exploration of anti-Semitism and the power of stereotypes — part of the endless continuing discussion here about the Jewish past, the Jewish present, and the long, complex, and troubled relationship between Jews and Catholic Poles.

Rebecca Sichel, Yuval Talby, Thomas Amirante, and Philip Lago perform in a musical theater workshop.

The JCC School of Performing Arts at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly and BergenPAC in Englewood joined forces to offer a “Musical Theater Workshop” for intermediate and advanced 9- to 17-year-old performers. The workshop meets from July 8 to 26, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at BergenPAC in Englewood. At 3:20 p.m., students are bussed to the Kaplen JCC for a swim in the outdoor pool.

Performers have daily workshops in acting, improv, movement, and vocal skills, taught by professional staff from the New York theater and the JCC School of Performing Arts, including Amelia DeMayo, Deborah Roberts, and Anne Pasquale from The Actor’s Studio/Strasberg. The program includes a new musical, inspired by “Androcles and the Lion,” a book written by Deborah Roberts, with lyrics by Amelia DeMayo, and music by Glenn Gordon.

Enrollment is limited to 20 performers and an audition/interview is required. For information call Inbal Israeli at (201) 569-7900, ext 339.

Photo by Michael Laves

The Arad Israeli String Orchestra on tour from Arad, Israel played to a crowd of 250 people at the Jewish Center of Teaneck on June 16. Boris Spektor and Vadim Ozersky performed violin solos and Alla Vasilevitsky sang in English and Hebrew.

The orchestra has been on tour in the United States for several weeks.