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28A <strong>Federation</strong> <strong>Star</strong> <strong>January</strong> <strong>2018</strong> SYNAGOGUES / ORGANIZATIONS<br />
JEWISH CONGREGATION OF MARCO ISLAND www.marcojcmi.com / 239-642-0800<br />
JCMI update<br />
By Sue R. Baum, President<br />
To all a happy, healthy New Year<br />
filled with joy and peace.<br />
The New Year brings the<br />
busy month of <strong>January</strong> to the Jewish<br />
Congregation of Marco Island:<br />
Bingo is played each Monday for<br />
the 19 th season<br />
Duplicate Bridge is in full swing<br />
each Tuesday afternoon<br />
Social Bridge continues each<br />
HUMANISTIC JEWISH HAVURAH www.hjhswfl.org / 248-417-2514<br />
A look at anti-Semitism and Islamophobia<br />
Paula<br />
Creed<br />
HJH<br />
President<br />
Are you interested in hearing<br />
an intelligent voice from the<br />
Muslim community address the<br />
prejudice and racist chaos going on in<br />
America? Samar Jarrah, a Kuwait-born<br />
Palestinian-American, will be our presenter<br />
at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, <strong>January</strong><br />
21 in the David G. Willens Community<br />
Room at the <strong>Federation</strong> office. To make<br />
your reservation, contact Dena Sklaroff<br />
at denas27@aol.com or 239.591.0101.<br />
Samar lived in Kuwait, Lebanon,<br />
Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan before<br />
moving to the U.S. in 1989. She worked<br />
as a TV editor and reporter in Jordan.<br />
She holds a master’s degree in International<br />
Relations and served as a political<br />
science instructor at the University of<br />
South Florida Tampa. Currently, Samar<br />
co-hosts a weekly live radio show<br />
Wednesday afternoon<br />
Book Club meets the 3 rd Tuesday<br />
morning<br />
Mah Jongg is played each Thursday<br />
afternoon<br />
Shabbat services are conducted<br />
each Friday evening<br />
Torah Study and Shachrit are held<br />
each Saturday morning<br />
The Sydney R. Hoffman Jewish<br />
called “True Talk” on WMNF 88.5 FM<br />
in Tampa. The show addresses Arab<br />
Muslim issues.<br />
If one were to take a course on<br />
world religions, one would expect<br />
to learn about the differences among<br />
religions, but sometimes the most important<br />
differences can be found within<br />
a religious tradition. There are no more<br />
than 15 million Jews in the world, yet<br />
this small group contains tremendous<br />
diversity. Differences of religious observance<br />
divide ultra-Orthodox and secular<br />
Jews – for example, in the adherence<br />
to kosher dietary laws.<br />
Often people are aware of the differences<br />
within their own groups but assume<br />
other groups to be homogeneous.<br />
This, unfortunately, seems to be true<br />
of the way many Americans perceive<br />
Muslims. If we think about the diversity<br />
among 15 million Jews worldwide, or<br />
among more than 300 million people<br />
of Christian heritage in North America,<br />
how much more diversity is found<br />
among the one billion Muslims around<br />
the world? A glance at diversity of the<br />
Muslim world reveals that in the United<br />
Israel Advocacy Committee<br />
of the Jewish <strong>Federation</strong> of Greater Naples<br />
invites you to:<br />
Community-Wide Celebration<br />
Israel’s 70 th<br />
Sunday, March 25 at 1:30 PM<br />
Chabad of Naples<br />
1789 Mandarin Road<br />
Free Admission<br />
RSVP required to rbialek@jewishnaples.org<br />
Featuring<br />
Kol B’Seder<br />
Rabbi Dan Freelander<br />
and Cantor Jeff Klepper<br />
Kol B’Seder is Hebrew for “Everything’s<br />
OK” – or, more whimsically,<br />
“a decent voice.” It is also the name<br />
of one of the pioneering groups devoted<br />
to composing and fostering<br />
what is sometimes called “American<br />
Nusach,” the late 20 th century<br />
refashioning of liberal Jewish worship<br />
to reflect the attitudes and<br />
beliefs of life in North America.<br />
This event is sponsored by<br />
Film Festival continues its 17 th<br />
season on Sunday, <strong>January</strong> 14 at<br />
2:00 p.m. with In Search of Israeli<br />
Cuisine, a portrait of the Israeli<br />
people told through food.<br />
The Saul I. Stern Cultural Series<br />
opens its 24 th season on Saturday,<br />
<strong>January</strong> 20 at 7:30 p.m. with Dr.<br />
Bernd Wollschlaeger. His topic is<br />
“My Father Was a Nazi – Against<br />
States, about 35% are South Asian, 33%<br />
are Middle Eastern and 25% are African<br />
American. There are also significant<br />
numbers of converts to Islam from diverse<br />
ethnic traditions.<br />
There are also similarities between<br />
Judaism and Islam and, of course, all<br />
good people. Amir Hussain, professor in<br />
the Department of Theological Studies<br />
at Loyola Marymount University, at a<br />
2007 Colloquium titled “Jews and the<br />
Muslim World: Solving the Puzzle” held<br />
Collier County<br />
at the Birmingham Temple in Farmington<br />
Hills, Michigan, described three<br />
things: Naples “First is the love of learning.<br />
Second is the idea of social justice, and<br />
third is the notion of exile, a theme that<br />
runs throughout the Jewish tradition.”<br />
Muslims who have immigrated to the<br />
United States and Canada, often to escape<br />
oppression, are modern-day exiles.<br />
Currently, Muslims in America are<br />
experiencing Islamophobia. Though<br />
nothing like the Holocaust, it bears a remarkable<br />
similarity to the anti-Semitism<br />
Jews experienced throughout their long<br />
All Odds, Change is Possible.”<br />
The rabbi’s Lifelong Learning Series<br />
continues on Sunday, <strong>January</strong><br />
21 with “A Road Map to the Friday<br />
Night Service (and the Rest of the<br />
Week, Too!)” Coffee at 9:30 a.m.,<br />
lecture at 10:00 a.m.<br />
Nonmembers are welcome to all<br />
events. For more information, call the<br />
synagogue office at 239. 642.0800.<br />
CATHOLIC-JEWISH DIALOGUE<br />
OF COLLIER COUNTY<br />
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR<br />
THE 2017-<strong>2018</strong> SEASON<br />
Theme: Standing Together<br />
history. We remember what it was like<br />
being persecuted as a foreign ethnic religious<br />
minority. As Jews we could understand<br />
the issues facing Blacks who were<br />
discriminated against, and now Muslims<br />
are seeking that same understanding from<br />
us. The question to consider is whether<br />
as Americans we are ready to stand with<br />
Muslims during their plight?<br />
But Muslims in America are not<br />
alone. There is the growing trend of hating<br />
all minorities, especially Muslims<br />
and Jews. As a community that knows<br />
prejudice and racism, might we be able<br />
to unite and help other communities?<br />
Is this the time for Americans to think<br />
outside the narrow prism of the Arab-<br />
Israeli conflict and unite as a community<br />
with Muslims to help other minorities<br />
like Hispanics, refugees and new immigrants?<br />
As Jewish humanists we believe<br />
the freedom and dignity of the Jewish<br />
people must go hand in hand with the<br />
freedom and dignity of every human<br />
being.<br />
Sunday, October 22 (6:30 P.M.)<br />
Film: “Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers”<br />
Co-sponsored by GenShoah and Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of<br />
At St. Agnes Parish Center, 7775 Vanderbilt Beach Road,<br />
Sunday, November 5 (2:30 P.M.)<br />
79th Anniversary of Kristallnacht Commemorative Service.<br />
Kristallnacht is recognized by most historians as<br />
“The Night The Holocaust Began”.<br />
Guest Speaker: Rabbi James Rudin<br />
St. William Catholic Church, 601 Seagate Dr. Naples, FL<br />
Sunday, December 17 (2:30 P.M.)<br />
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