Federation Star - January 2017

18A Federation Star January 2017
Temple Shalom events
open to the community
For more information on these events, call 239.455.3030.
Torah Talk
Join the volunteer-led discussion of the
week’s Torah portion on the first Saturday
of each month. On January 7, the
portion is Vayigash. There will be a light
breakfast at 8:15 a.m. with a discussion
to follow at 8:30 a.m. There is no charge
and all are welcome.
Health Care Forum
What are Jewish values concerning
health care? Are we meeting those values
as a community? A panel of health
care experts, including Dr. Allen Weiss,
President and CEO of NCH Healthcare
System, William Ertag, MD, and Ms.
Leslie Lascheid from the Neighborhood
Clinic in Naples will explore these topics
as well as common sense solutions
for access to health care on Wednesday,
January 18 at 4:30 p.m. The forum
will be moderated by Dr. Jaclynn Faffer,
CEO/President of JFCS of SWFL.
Refreshments to follow. RSVP to Ken
Goldstein at kencoldstein@mac.com.
Sisterhood Book Bag
On Thursday, January 19 at 1:30 p.m., a
discussion of My Name is Lucy Barton
by Elizabeth Strout will be facilitated
by Lynn Prosten. Lucy Barton is recovering
slowly from what should have
been a simple operation. Her mother,
to whom she hasn’t spoken for many
years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip
about people from Lucy’s childhood in
Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect
them, but just below the surface lie the
tension and longing that have informed
every aspect of Lucy’s life: her escape
from her troubled family, her desire to
become a writer, her marriage, her love
for her two daughters. RSVP to helen
weinfeld@aol.com.
Family Shabbat Experience
Join us on Friday, January 20 at 5:30
p.m. for a different kind of Shabbat
experience for families with young(ish)
children. Activities, music, dinner and
service. There is no charge to attend.
RSVP to the Temple Shalom Education
office 239.455.2233.
Scholar-in-Residence
Our Scholar-in-Residence weekend is
January 27-29 with Professor Stephen
M. Berk, the Henry and Sally Schaffer
Professor of Holocaust and Jewish studies
at Union College in Schenectady,
New York. He is widely known for his
expertise on the Holocaust, Russia, the
Middle East and a variety of Jewish
subjects.
Professor Berk will present a series
of lectures over the course of the weekend;
The Holocaust Revisted: 71 Years
after the Liberation of Auschwitz, Zion
& America: The American Jewish Experience,
Our People Are Your People:
American Jewry and the Struggle for
Civil Rights and Middle East in Crisis.
For more information, please visit www.
naplestemple.org.
Melton Adult Education
The Holocaust as Reflected in Diaries
and Memoirs. Journey into the world
of Jewish individuals and communities
as the events of the Holocaust unfold
around them. Explore the profound
record of the first-person accounts in
diaries and memoirs uncovered in the
years since the Holocaust. Ten weeks
beginning February 1, Wednesdays from
noon to 1:30 p.m. Instructor: Dr. Anna
Salomon. To register for this class, visit
www.events.org/MeltonNaples.
COMMUNITY FOCUS
Naples Jewish Cong. events
open to the community
Artist/Scholar-in-Residence
Broadway – here we come! On Thursday,
February 9, Naples Jewish Congregation
will present this season’s
Artist and Scholar-in-Residence, Rabbi
Kenneth Kanter. Plan to join us at the
Wang Auditorium of Opera Naples for
an evening of wonderful music – to sing
along if you choose – and learn about
the many Jewish composers and lyricists
who produced those lasting memories.
Complete the evening with a delightful
champagne and dessert reception. You
will be entertained and we guarantee
you will go home happy and exhilarated,
singing your favorite songs! Tickets
are $50 for general seating and $75 for
benefactor status and preferred seating.
On Friday night, February 10, during
our Shabbat service, Rabbi Kanter
will give a more scholarly presentation
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demonstrating how Jewish backgrounds
and values are reflected in the music
they produced for Broadway and Tin
Pan Alley. Friday night Shabbat services
begin at 7:30 p.m. and we gather at the
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
of Greater Naples, 6340 Napa Woods
Way. For more information, please
call 239.431.3858 or visit www.naples
jewishcongregation.org.
Sisterhood Game Day
Monday, March 6 is a date to save!
Sisterhood’s annual Game Day will
be held at the Cypress Woods Country
Club. This is an event you won’t want to
miss, so watch our website for information
about registration. As soon as this
information is posted, don’t hesitate, as
the room fills up quickly and we always
have a full house. Start gathering your
playing partners now!
Contact Ted Epstein at 239.249.0699
Robin Leonardi • 941.552.6307 • rleonardi@jfedsrq.org
or fedstar18@gmail.com.
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The Israel Advocacy Committee of the
Jewish Federation of Collier County presents:
The Israel Advocacy Committee of the
Jewish M. Zuhdi Federation Jasser, of Collier County MD
presents:
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
7:00 M. pm Zuhdi at Temple Jasser, Shalom MD
$15 in advance. Wednesday, $20 at the February door. $25 22, reserved 2017 seating.
$100 lunch reception 7:00 pm with at Dr. Temple Jasser at Shalom 11:30 am at The Club
at Olde Cypress (RSVP by February 15). Remit payment to
$15 in advance. $20 at the door. $25 reserved seating.
JFCC, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd. Ste 2201, Naples, FL 34109,
$100 Lunch reception with Dr. Jasser at 11:30 am.
Attn: Remit Renee’. payment For to questions, JFCC, 2500 Vanderbilt contact Ed Beach Ezrine, Rd. Ste IAC 2201, Chair,
at docfinance2004@yahoo.com.
Naples, FL 34109, Attn.: Renee’. For questions, contact Ed
Ezrine, Chair of IAC at: docfinance2004@yahoo.com
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