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B FH f d f a h t o c w f i 8 Federation Star May 2019 JEWISH FEDERATION The Israel Scouts are coming to Naples! Tuesday, June 11 at 7:00 p.m. Temple Shalom 4630 Pine Ridge Road Wednesday, June 12 at 7:00 p.m. New Hope Ministries 7675 Davis Blvd. The Israel Scouts performances are sponsored by B Tw s b a t u t M N S D N a D H I B No RSVP required for these free events! Schedule of events at both venues: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Main performance: The Scouts are bright and dynamic performers. Their singing, dancing and storytelling are high-energy and upbeat. They have an intense love for the land and the people of Israel, and a strong desire to share that passion with you. They will have you singing and dancing in your seat and, if you are lucky, dancing with them. 8:00 - 8:30 p.m. Meet, greet and photo ops with the Scouts and an opportunity to purchase CDs and T-shirts For more information about each of the Caravan Bashan Scouts who will be coming to Naples, visit www.jewishnaples.org/israel-scouts Join us at one or both Naples performances! Experience the excitement and energy of Israel like never before! We hope to see you at Temple Shalom on June 11 or New Hope Ministries on June 12. y s t b o a C c A c f p t t c c w i
JEWISH FEDERATION Israel Advocacy Committee concludes another successful season By Jeff Margolis The Israel Advocacy Committee of Greater Naples would like to thank all of those participants who helped make this a successful season. The committee was pleased to bring to the community three engaging and thought-provoking speakers. Many thanks to Temple Shalom for providing us with the facilities for the programs this season. Our first speaker of the season, Michael Singh, made a return trip to Naples in January. Singh is the Lane- Swig Senior Fellow and Managing Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Educated at Princeton and Harvard, Singh served as the Senior Director for the Middle East at the White House for 2007-2008, and was Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Powell and Rice and at the United States Embassy in Israel. Singh’s topic was “Visiting the Role of the United States in the Middle East.” Our second program, in February, featured Dr. Kenneth Stein. Dr. Stein is a professor at Emory University in Atlanta who served for 10 years at the Carter Center, working with former President Jimmy Carter on a wide variety of issues. Stein established the Institute for the Study of Modern Israel at Emory University and is the founder of the Atlanta-based Center for Israel Education. The third program in our speaker series featured Sarit Catz, the letterwriting director of CAMERA, the Com- May 2019 Federation Star Italy and Israel this fall – there is still time to sign up By Jane Schiff, Federation Board Chair Want to go to Italy and Israel with seeing the sights. Italy is known for this fall with a wonderful its shopping, food and history, and we group of delightful people will experience it all. Since we will be from the Greater Naples area? A twoweek trip, with four days in Rome and with the Jewish community in Rome. in Rome for Sukkot, we will celebrate nine in Israel is planned from October This is a unique experience and one that 12 to October 27. will be a highlight of our time in Rome. Rome is the first diaspora of the We will be in Israel during Shemini Jews, being banned from the current Atzeret and Simchat Torah, so we will land of Israel by Herod after he burned celebrate in the Israeli way, which is that down the second Temple. Jews have both holy days are on one day! We will lived in Rome and Italy since then and go to the Golan Heights and see why it have unique language, customs and is such an important issue that is in the foods that we will experience along news. We will visit the mystical city of Pardon our pride, please By Betty Schwartz For years, the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) has presented two annual awards: Human Needs Award and Stand Up for Justice Educator Grant. Detailed descriptions of the 2019 awards can be found in other articles in this issue. As usual, the recipients of this year’s awards are extraordinary and inspiring. What is different this year is that the awards presentations were witnessed by the largest-ever audience at the soldout Power of Community Celebration, a jazz brunch at Grey Oaks Country Club on Sunday, March 31. Judi Palay, chairwoman of the JCRC Human Needs Award Committee, and Beth Povlow, chairwoman of the JCRC Stand Up for Justice Educator Grant Committee, presented these awards so skillfully that the brunch attendees could appreciate the importance of acknowledging the contributions of those who make our community a better place. The JCRC would like to thank everyone involved in making the occasion so special. The JCRC does more than give awards. The Catholic-Jewish Dialogue has had a great year. This season, the third annual Jewish Community Day of Learning was held, giving the Jewish community the opportunity to hear some wonderful presentations and enjoy the fellowship of a shared experience. Jewish History Month was an opportunity to screen the film Rosenwald to a very large audience at the Collier County South Regional Library. This screening was in addition to our annual concert performed by the wonderful Naples Klezmer Revival Band, led by Stu Warshauer. We continued our tradition of marching in the annual MLK Jr. Parade, which is always fun. This year, we were part of a coalition that presented Movies That Matter, films that highlight social justice issues. One could say that everything the JCRC does is a collaborative effort. The membership of this committee is made up of representatives of many Jewish groups, including synagogues, local chapters of national groups, affinity groups and at-large members. Every group has the opportunity for its voice to be heard. JCRC is not “they” – it is all of us. JCRC is already at work planning for next year. The Anti-Semitism Task Force, chaired by Joel Pittelman, will continue to deal with anti-Semitic incidents and related issues. The Jewish Community Day of Learning to be held on Sunday, January 19, 2020, at Temple Shalom, will be an in-depth examination of aspects of anti-Semitism. We will learn from experts about the psychology of hate and effective ways to counter the alarming rise of anti-Semitism.” mittee for the Accuracy in Middle East Reporting. The topic of her presentation was “Inverting the Truth: Recognizing Media Bias Against Israel.” She spoke of the growing anti-Israel bias and rhetoric, and how for a small nation, Israel receives an inordinate amount of media coverage. The IAC season concluded with the Celebrate Israel program and a community-wide concert by Rick Recht on April 14. The entire community is invited to the annual Israel Scouts performances on Tuesday, June 11 at 7:00 p.m. at Temple Shalom, and Wednesday, June 12 at 7:00 p.m. at New Hope Ministries. Admission is free. Come out and support the teens and this worthwhile Safed, which is where Kabbalah began. The Naot shoe factory is a very important stop for those of us who are Naot shoe groupies. High-tech has catapulted Israel into a major player in the world, so we will visit one or two examples of what that looks like. Tel Aviv, Caesarea, Akko and, of course, Jerusalem will all be stops for us. We will visit Hadassah Hospital and get a special tour that will include the most famous Chagall windows. We will visit some of the agencies that our Federation dollars support, including Yad LaKashish, a workplace for the elderly that gives their lives meaning and social interaction that would otherwise be missing. 9 program. (See the ad on the previous page.) The Israel Advocacy Committee would like to thank all of the community members for their support during the past seasons. The committee looks forward to presenting timely and stimulating programs next season. IAC chair Dr. Ed Ezrine has decided to step down as committee chair after serving as chair for three years. The new chair is Harvey Cohen. Ed will continue to remain on the committee. We thank him for his efforts during his tenure as program leader. If anyone has a suggestion for a speaker or program, please email Harvey Cohen at hwcohen@gmail.com. As all trips are, this one will be special, memorable and fun. We are staying in four-star hotels. Most meals are included (only a few lunches on the See the full-page ad on page 4 for detailed information about the Mission to Rome & Israel street and one or two dinners are not included), and we promise spectacular food at every meal. If you missed the three informational meetings, no worries. Just contact me at 404.307.6878 or janeschiff42@gmail. com, or Jeffrey Feld at 239.263.4205 or jfeld@jewishnaples.org for details. To hold your spot, all that is needed is $100. But you only have until June 30 to let us know. Hope to see you in Italy and Israel! TM IAM International Association of Movers
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