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Give Miami Day is almost here! This year you can donate early beginning November 15 until November 18, 2021.

Join the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU for a Challah-day cook-along with Miami-based chef and Jewish educator Romi Naparstek! In this unique class, we’ll blend Shabbat and Thanksgiving traditions to make Cranberry Orange Challah. We will also discuss some other variations and alternatives to spice up your holiday menu! Get your ingredients ready at home to cook-along or join us on screen for a demo as we come together to bake in community.

November 16, 2021 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Contact Luna Goldberg at [email protected]

Romi Naparstek is passionate about helping others discover the joy of homemade pastries. With a desire to expand her baking skills and knowledge, Romi attended the Argentine Institute of Gastronomy in Buenos Aires in 2015 where she mastered techniques to become a professional baker. That same year, she opened La Romi Bakery. As the founder of La Romi Bakery, a baking school in Miami, she brings decades of experience as an educator to create cooking classes to help her students foster creativity, independence and confidence in the kitchen. Romi believes the kitchen is like a playground–a place to experiment, learn and have fun. She invites anyone to wants to experience the joys of baking to get messy in her kitchen.

This complimentary program is sponsored by the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Incubator Grant.

The Chanukah Miracles Luncheon brings light into the lives of children during the holidays by raising money for JAFCO.

For the past 39 years, we have had the opportunity of bringing a community together to share in an intergenerational experience. The MAR-JCC Hebraica Maccabi Games is an Olympic-style sporting competition. This week-long athletic event features over 700 competitive games in 13 different sports including Basketball, Swimming, Track and Field, Tennis, Soccer, Volleyball, Flag-Football, and more. The Games attract about 2000 registered athletes, and up to 3,000 spectators daily. All participants - children, college age and adults are divided into 8 teams (named after participant countries of origin). The children’s teams are then divided by age/school grade. Over the years, the games have added programs and activities that promote socialization “off the field” including a dance competition, bingo games, chess, bowling tournament, and an evening of domino. During this time, friendships and connections are created. The Maccabi Games, organized by a committee of dedicated volunteers and staff members, has established itself as South Florida’s leading Jewish sporting event. Individuals and families from all over North Miami Dade County, as well as other areas of South Florida, the United States, Latin America, and Israel come together at the Maccabi Games to take part in a unique event that helps to maintain cultural ties, while promoting friendly competition and camaraderie, in a family friendly setting.

November 18, 2021 6:00 PM to November 28, 2021 4:00 PM
Where: Michael-Ann Russell JCC
18900 NE 25th Avenue
North Miami Beach, FL 33180

Diane Azout at [email protected] ((305) 932-4200)

History of the Event Maccabi Games was first organized in 1982, when a small group of Latin Jewish immigrants decided to continue the tradition of these Games that were so popular in their native Latin American countries. From its inception, athletes would register for the Games by country of origin, allowing them to maintain cultural ties to the countries from which they emigrated. Thirty six years ago, there were 350 children and adults, divided into four teams. Today, the Games have become a reflection of South Florida’s large and diverse Latin Jewish population, but also embraces participation by the total Jewish community

Join Jewish National Fund-USA and real estate professionals from coast to coast for an inside look at the Israeli real estate market and for a virtual tour exploring some of JNF-USA’s major infrastructure in Israel. Enjoy specialized breakout rooms of your choice with industry leaders focusing on topics including retail and hospitality, commercial and office space, development and architecture, and residential real estate.

November 11, 2021 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Sarah Azizi at [email protected]

Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box Ch 1684, Atlantic Broadband 168, Hotwire Ch 269, DirecTV Ch 388, Blue Stream Ch 110, streamed on Roku under "educational", Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and jbstv.org. For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org

Conversations on Zionism: Troy

JNF-USA CEO Russell F. Robinson speaks with historian and author Gil Troy in the premiere episode of “Conversations on Zionism: Reclaiming the Narrative” a new series from JNF-USA. Monday - 7:30pm & 1:30am Tuesday - 11:30am Wednesday - 4:00am & 1:30pm Thursday - 2:30am & 11:30am

Kristallnacht: Stories of Hope

To commemorate the tragic events of Kristallnacht 1938, Natan Sharansky, Irwin Cotler, Malcolm Hoenlein and others honor the moral heroism of those who resisted evil during the Holocaust with stories of humanity at its best during the darkest times. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 12 Midnight Wednesday - 10:30am Thursday - 4:00am & 1:00pm Saturday - 7:30pm

Rabbi Bronstein: Hampton Synagogue - Book Program with Hadassah Lieberman

Hadassah Lieberman reads from Hadassah: An American Story, her candid memoir that offers insight into her identity as an immigrant, an American Jew, working woman, wife, mother, and grandmother in a program of The Hampton Synagogue w/ Rabbi Bronstein. Wednesday - 7:30pm & 2:00am Thursday - 2:30pm Friday - 5:00am Saturday - 10:30pm & 1:00am

A Train Near Magdeburg

Learn directly from the writer and filmmaker of the documentary “A Train Near Magdeburg” about the incredible true story of American GIs who liberated Holocaust survivors from a train deserted by the Nazis. Thursday - 4:30pm Friday - 4:00pm Saturday - 4:00pm

Global Perspectives: UAE

Dr. Rashid Ali Al Nuaimi, one of the brokers of the "Abraham Accords" warm peace deals between his country, the UAE, and Israel, joins Ellie Cohanim to discuss Arab countries' relations with Israel, the corrupted Palestinian leadership and more. Thursday - 7:35pm & 2:30am Friday - 10:00am

Top Story: Liel Liebovitz

Author and journalist Liel Liebovitz speaks with JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin about antisemitism, the current disconnect between Israelis and Americans, the impact of Jewish artists Stan Lee & Leonard Cohen, the Jewishness of gaming and more. Thursday - 8:00pm & 1:30am Friday - 9:00am Sunday (Nov 14) - 2:00am

On L’Chayim

Sunday: Abigail Pogrebin

Abigail Pogrebin, former producer for "60 Minutes" and author of "Stars of David" and "One and the Same: My Life as an Identical Twin," talks with Mark S. Golub about growing up with a famous mother (feminist Letty Pogrebin) and her own Jewish journey. Sunday - 12:00am & 6:00pm Monday - 3:00pm

Monday: Yossi Klein Halevi

The author of “Like Dreamers, “Yossi Klein Halevi (Senior Fellow at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem), describes why he wrote his book “Letters To My Palestinian Neighbors” and explains his view of the Israeli-Palestine conflict.
Monday - 9:00pm & Midnight

Tuesday: Kristallnacht Remembered

Ernie Michel, who lived through Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) in Germany (Nov 9-10, 1938) and saw his synagogue burned to the ground, recalls this pogrom and his life during the Holocaust as told in his book, "Promises to Keep." Tuesday - 3:00pm Tuesday - 1:15am

Tuesday: St Louis Survivor - Hans Fisher

Survivor of the SS St Louis, Hans Fisher recounts the events surrounding his journey on the German refugee ship bound for Cuba in 1939. Tuesday - 9:15pm Wednesday - 3:00pm

Wednesday: Jewish Marine in Iraq

Zach Iscol, a decorated Marine who served two terms in Iraq, explains why he joined the Marines, how he experienced the war and the bonds he forged with his Iraqi translator, and he now feels about military conflict.
Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight Thursday - 3:00pm

Thursday: Deborah Lipstadt

Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt (Emory University), discusses her celebrated victory over a British Holocaust denier and assesses the dangers of contemporary antisemitism she addresses in her book Antisemitism: Here and Now.
Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 3:00pm

Saturday: Meir Kahane Remembered

In November 1990, Rabbi Meir Kahane was murdered in a Manhattan hotel. The controversial leader of the Jewish Defense League and Kach Party in Israel is remembered in excerpts of "L'Chayim" interviews.
Saturday - 6:00pm

Jewish Studies

Talmud Study: The Sanhedrin A Talmudic explanation of the Sanhedrin, the traditional Jewish court that shaped Jewish law and Jewish thought. Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Wednesday - 7:00pm

Talmud Study: Change and Grow

Drawing from a series of traditional commentaries, Rabbi Mordechai Becher explores the Talmudic notion of a person's ability to change and grow through one's actions and prayers. Sunday - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm Thursday - 7:00pm

Jewish 101: Adam's Sin

The rabbinic explanation for why Adam and Eve were sent from the Garden of Eden (and why Judaism does not view it as the fall of man), and whom Adam and Eve actually look like. Sunday - 10:00am Monday - 5:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Friday - 1:00pm Saturday - 5:00am

92nd Street Y: Capture of Adolf Eichmann

Avner Avraham, a former Mossad agent, and Eli Rosenbaum, a former prosecutor of Nazi war criminals for the U.S. Dept. of Justice, describe Israel’s dramatic capture of Adolf Eichmann in 1960. With novelist Thane Rosenbaum at the 92nd Street Y in NYC.
Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am Monday - 10:00pm Tuesday - 4:00am
Saturday - 1:00am

Friday Evening Shabbat Services

Reform: Central Synagogue 6:00pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am

Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 7:30pm & 10:30pm

Saturday Morning Shabbat Services

Reform: Central Synagogue 9:30am & 1:00pm

Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm

Edith Samers Vice President 203.536.6914 (cell phone)

Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box Ch 1684, Atlantic Broadband 168, Hotwire Ch 269, DirecTV Ch 388, Blue Stream Ch 110, streamed on Roku under "educational", Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and jbstv.org. For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org

Conversations on Zionism: Troy

JNF-USA CEO Russell F. Robinson speaks with historian and author Gil Troy in the premiere episode of “Conversations on Zionism: Reclaiming the Narrative” a new series from JNF-USA. Monday - 7:30pm & 1:30am Tuesday - 11:30am Wednesday - 4:00am & 1:30pm Thursday - 2:30am & 11:30am

Kristallnacht: Stories of Hope

To commemorate the tragic events of Kristallnacht 1938, Natan Sharansky, Irwin Cotler, Malcolm Hoenlein and others honor the moral heroism of those who resisted evil during the Holocaust with stories of humanity at its best during the darkest times. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 12 Midnight Wednesday - 10:30am Thursday - 4:00am & 1:00pm Saturday - 7:30pm

Rabbi Bronstein: Hampton Synagogue - Book Program with Hadassah Lieberman

Hadassah Lieberman reads from Hadassah: An American Story, her candid memoir that offers insight into her identity as an immigrant, an American Jew, working woman, wife, mother, and grandmother in a program of The Hampton Synagogue w/ Rabbi Bronstein. Wednesday - 7:30pm & 2:00am Thursday - 2:30pm Friday - 5:00am Saturday - 10:30pm & 1:00am

A Train Near Magdeburg

Learn directly from the writer and filmmaker of the documentary “A Train Near Magdeburg” about the incredible true story of American GIs who liberated Holocaust survivors from a train deserted by the Nazis. Thursday - 4:30pm Friday - 4:00pm Saturday - 4:00pm

Global Perspectives: UAE

Dr. Rashid Ali Al Nuaimi, one of the brokers of the "Abraham Accords" warm peace deals between his country, the UAE, and Israel, joins Ellie Cohanim to discuss Arab countries' relations with Israel, the corrupted Palestinian leadership and more. Thursday - 7:35pm & 2:30am Friday - 10:00am

Top Story: Liel Liebovitz

Author and journalist Liel Liebovitz speaks with JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin about antisemitism, the current disconnect between Israelis and Americans, the impact of Jewish artists Stan Lee & Leonard Cohen, the Jewishness of gaming and more. Thursday - 8:00pm & 1:30am Friday - 9:00am Sunday (Nov 14) - 2:00am

On L’Chayim

Sunday: Abigail Pogrebin

Abigail Pogrebin, former producer for "60 Minutes" and author of "Stars of David" and "One and the Same: My Life as an Identical Twin," talks with Mark S. Golub about growing up with a famous mother (feminist Letty Pogrebin) and her own Jewish journey. Sunday - 12:00am & 6:00pm Monday - 3:00pm

Monday: Yossi Klein Halevi

The author of “Like Dreamers, “Yossi Klein Halevi (Senior Fellow at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem), describes why he wrote his book “Letters To My Palestinian Neighbors” and explains his view of the Israeli-Palestine conflict.
Monday - 9:00pm & Midnight

Tuesday: Kristallnacht Remembered

Ernie Michel, who lived through Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) in Germany (Nov 9-10, 1938) and saw his synagogue burned to the ground, recalls this pogrom and his life during the Holocaust as told in his book, "Promises to Keep." Tuesday - 3:00pm Tuesday - 1:15am

Tuesday: St Louis Survivor - Hans Fisher

Survivor of the SS St Louis, Hans Fisher recounts the events surrounding his journey on the German refugee ship bound for Cuba in 1939. Tuesday - 9:15pm Wednesday - 3:00pm

Wednesday: Jewish Marine in Iraq

Zach Iscol, a decorated Marine who served two terms in Iraq, explains why he joined the Marines, how he experienced the war and the bonds he forged with his Iraqi translator, and he now feels about military conflict.
Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight Thursday - 3:00pm

Thursday: Deborah Lipstadt

Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt (Emory University), discusses her celebrated victory over a British Holocaust denier and assesses the dangers of contemporary antisemitism she addresses in her book Antisemitism: Here and Now.
Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 3:00pm

Saturday: Meir Kahane Remembered

In November 1990, Rabbi Meir Kahane was murdered in a Manhattan hotel. The controversial leader of the Jewish Defense League and Kach Party in Israel is remembered in excerpts of "L'Chayim" interviews.
Saturday - 6:00pm

Jewish Studies

Talmud Study: The Sanhedrin A Talmudic explanation of the Sanhedrin, the traditional Jewish court that shaped Jewish law and Jewish thought. Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Wednesday - 7:00pm

Talmud Study: Change and Grow

Drawing from a series of traditional commentaries, Rabbi Mordechai Becher explores the Talmudic notion of a person's ability to change and grow through one's actions and prayers. Sunday - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm Thursday - 7:00pm

Jewish 101: Adam's Sin

The rabbinic explanation for why Adam and Eve were sent from the Garden of Eden (and why Judaism does not view it as the fall of man), and whom Adam and Eve actually look like. Sunday - 10:00am Monday - 5:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Friday - 1:00pm Saturday - 5:00am

92nd Street Y: Capture of Adolf Eichmann

Avner Avraham, a former Mossad agent, and Eli Rosenbaum, a former prosecutor of Nazi war criminals for the U.S. Dept. of Justice, describe Israel’s dramatic capture of Adolf Eichmann in 1960. With novelist Thane Rosenbaum at the 92nd Street Y in NYC.
Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am Monday - 10:00pm Tuesday - 4:00am
Saturday - 1:00am

Friday Evening Shabbat Services

Reform: Central Synagogue 6:00pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am

Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 7:30pm & 10:30pm

Saturday Morning Shabbat Services

Reform: Central Synagogue 9:30am & 1:00pm

Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm

Edith Samers Vice President 203.536.6914 (cell phone)

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Panel Discussion: The Narratives and the Generations
Nov 10 @ 7pm Miami Beach Urban Studios, 420 Lincoln Road

Join us for the second event in the series Filling Narrative Gaps: The Stories of Refuseniks in South Florida. Soviet Jewish immigrants who landed in South Florida in the 1980s are known as “refuseniks” because the Soviet government refused their exit visas. After applying to emigrate, these Soviet Jews were jailed and tortured, lost their jobs and were thrown out of their homes. This population reflects a forgotten chapter in the history of South Florida as a haven for the oppressed. It is a story that must be told and remembered.

This second event in the refusenik series features “The Narratives and the Generations.” It presents the testimony of refuseniks Anatoly and Bronya Glazer, authors of a book about their experience, and their daughter Maya Cramer.

Please come to learn or to share your story so that this history is not lost. Former refuseniks and their children are invited to tell their stories or to listen so that the future will not forget.

Nov 14 @ 3pm Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU

Join us for the final event in the series Filling Narrative Gaps: The Stories of Refuseniks in South Florida, focusing on History and Activism. Soviet Jewish immigrants who landed in South Florida in the 1980s are known as refuseniks because the Soviet government refused their exit visas. After applying to emigrate, these Soviet Jews were jailed and tortured, lost their jobs and were thrown out of their homes. This population reflects a forgotten chapter in the history of South Florida as a haven for the oppressed. It is a story that must be told and remembered.

This final event in the refusenik series features the history of this movement as told by Benjamin Nathans and the activists Adele and Joel Sandberg, who helped organize the movement that finally allowed refuseniks to leave the Soviet Union.

Introductions by Susan Gladstone, Director, Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU and Rebecca Friedman, Director WPHL, FIU

Moderated by Ellen G. Friedman, Professor of English and Holocaust Studies, The College of New Jersey

Exhibition of 15 books by Adele Sandberg recounting the experiences of Soviet Jews when they became refuseniks.

Distinguished Speakers

· Benjamin Nathans, Benjamin Nathans, Alan Charles Kors Associate Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania. His current book project is entitled To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement.

· Adele and Joel Sandberg, leaders in the movement to free refuseniks. They helped to organize the movement leading to the passage of the 1974 Jackson-Vanick amendment that resulted in the release of 50,000 Jews from the USSR. Joel Sandberg served as a President of the SFCSJ and vice President of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews.

These programs were funded by the Florida Humanities Council