Federation Star - January 2017

6A Federation Star January 2017
MCA speaker to address issues of aging
By Jeff Margolis
Have you ever thought about
the aging process and how it
affects us? You will not want
to miss our January MCA luncheon.
Noted psychiatrist Dr. Marc Agronin
will be our featured speaker. Dr. Agronin
is a Board Certified adult and geriatric
psychiatrist, and is currently the Vice
President for Behavioral Health and
Clinical Research at the Miami Jewish
Health Systems. He is the author
of the book How We Age – A Doctor’s
Journey into the Heart of Growing Old.
His presentation is entitled “The End of
Old Age: Discovering How Old is the
Problem and Age is the Solution.” Dr.
Agronin is the son of MCA member
Ron Agronin.
The luncheon will take place at the
Longshore Lake Country Club (11399
Phoenix Way, Naples) on Thursday,
January 12 at 11:30 a.m. The cost is $28.
Please make checks payable to JFCC/
MCA and remit to Meir Kehila, 4751
West Bay Blvd. #804 Estero, FL 33928.
Upcoming events
MCA President Les Nizin cordially
invites all new members to the annual
MCA New Members Breakfast on
Sunday, January 15 at 9:00 a.m. in the
David G. Willens Community Room
of the Federation. Come and schmooze
with fellow newcomers and members of
the MCA board. RSVP to mcanaples@
aol.com.
The MCA Documentary Film
program continues in January with
the showing of the film Rosenwald on
Thursday, January 5 at 2:30 p.m. in
the Community Room of the Naples
Daily News. Documentary filmmaker
Aviva Kempner takes a look at the life
of a little-known Jewish businessman/
philanthropist who was the head of
Sears Roebuck to use his wealth to build
over 5,000 schools in the rural South to
educate African Americans during the
Jim Crow Era. Reservations are a must
at docfilmsnaples@gmail.com. (Please
note that the time of this event has been
moved back to accommodate those
who will be attending the Jewish Book
Festival event with author/speaker Jesse
Itzler at the Hilton Naples from 11:30
a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
Hockey season is here. Join your
fellow MCA members at the Third
Annual MCA Night at the Florida Everblades
on Wednesday, January 25 at
7:30 p.m. at Germain Arena. The Blades
will be taking on the Allen (Texas)
Americans for the first time. Tickets
are $25. For reservations, please send
JEWISH FEDERATION
checks payable to JFCC/MCA to Jeff
Margolis, 5588 Hammock Isles Drive
Naples, FL 34119.
Don’t be left out! The Second Annual
MCA Sweetheart’s Day Dinner Dance
will take place on Saturday, February 18
at 6:00 p.m. at the Vineyards Country
Club. Join fellow MCA members and
their spouses for this great evening of
dinner, dancing and surprises. The cost
is $140 per couple and reservations are
required. Remit checks to Meir Kehila,
4751 West Bay Blvd. #804 Estero, FL
33928. Last year’s event was sold out!
Get your reservations in ASAP and join
in the fun.
To become an MCA member or to
renew your membership, please use the
form on page 14B.
Three Jewish Book Festival events the men in our community will appreciate:
(And you don’t have to read the books. But you may want to after you hear these amazing authors!)
Thursday, January 5
11:30am - 2:30pm Luncheon
Thursday, January 19
2:00 - 4:00pm Mini-Concert
Monday, January 30
7:00 - 9:15pm • “Sports”
Gary Belsky • On the Origins of Sports
Jesse Itzler
Steve Katz
Jeff Margolis • Violence in Sports
For more information and a ticket order form, see pages 7B-10B in this issue.
Community commemorates “Night of Broken Glass”
By Jeff Margolis
It is called Kristallnacht, “The Night
of Broken Glass. On the night of
November 9, 1938, the Nazi leadership
in Germany orchestrated pogroms
in Germany and Austria that led to the
destruction of over 1,000 synagogues
and 7,000 Jewish-owned businesses.
Over 25,000 Jewish men and youths
were arrested and sent to concentration
camps. By most accounts, this event
signaled the beginning of the Holocaust
and the eventual systematic murder of
six million Jews and millions of others
in Europe.
On Sunday, November 13, the
Naples community gathered at Temple
Shalom to commemorate the 78 th Anniversary
of this tragic and horrific
event. The Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of
Collier County, the Diocese of Venice
in Florida, the Holocaust Museum &
Education Center of Southwest Florida,
and the Jewish Community Relations
Council of the Jewish Federation of
Shalom Gardens
at Palm
Royale
Cemetery
Collier County, jointly sponsored the
program.
Holocaust survivors and children
of survivors lit memorial candles, and
prayers were recited for the victims.
The program featured a multi-media
presentation entitled “Shattered and
Broken,” which was prepared by Amy
Snyder, Executive Director of the Holocaust
Museum, and was read by area
school students. Speakers included
Rabbi Adam Miller of Temple Shalom
and the Very Reverend Robert Kantor
of St. Agnes Catholic Church.
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of St. Agnes Catholic Church and
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Local students, Holocaust survivors and children of survivors lit memorial candles at the commemoration
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