Join American Associates, Ben-Gurion University and Israel Bonds at the Miami Beach JCC for

Game of Drones: Diving Into Future Human-Drone Interactions

Dr. Jessica Cauchard

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

Thursday, February 13, 2020 7:30 p.m.

Miami Beach JCC 4221 Pine Tree Drive Miami Beach, FL 33140

Drones are already being used for photography, search and rescue, and drone delivery is coming soon. Join us to hear how Israeli researchers are developing ways for people to safely and clearly communicate with drones we will increasingly encounter in our day to day lives.

Light refreshments will be served

Admission: $18 per person

To register, go to: https://mbjcc.ticketleap.com/drones/

Scheck Hillel Community School has earned the College Board's AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for attaining female student representation in AP Computer Science Principles (CSP) for 2019. Out of 20,000 institutions that offer AP courses, Scheck Hillel is among the top 3% to be recognized and is the only Jewish school in Florida to receive the national honor. This award acknowledges the outstanding work Scheck Hillel is doing to engage more female students in computer science.

“Scheck Hillel is empowering young women to see themselves as creators, innovators, and problem-solvers,” said Stefanie Sanford, College Board global policy chief. “We hope to see even more high schools inspire female students to harness the potential of an AP computer science education.”

Schools receiving the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have achieved 50% or higher female representation in either or both of the AP computer science courses, or the percentage of female computer science examinees meets or exceeds that of the school’s female population. Scheck Hillel teaches coding from Kindergarten to Grade 12 and offers AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A.

“We’re very proud to have received this important award and it couldn’t have come at a more perfect moment,” said Vanessa Donaher, Head of Scheck Hillel Community School. “As a school we give our students opportunities to pursue their passions and maximize achievement, and over the years we have seen our Design/STEM program grow tremendously. Scheck Hillel's emphasis on Design/STEM in early childhood through high school, coupled with our high school STEM track and clubs like Girls Building STEAM have powered an increase in acceptances to college engineering programs.”

Providing female students with access to computer science courses is necessary to ensuring gender parity in high-paying technology jobs and to drive innovation, creativity, and competition. A 2014 Google study found that women are more likely to pursue computer science if they are given the opportunity to explore it in high school. At Scheck Hillel, 60% of the Design/STEM faculty is female, providing successful role models in the field.

Design/STEM at Scheck Hillel Community School starts as young as early childhood education (ECE) and progresses through Grade 12. In ECE, Design/STEM is taught in the classrooms through science lessons and project-based learning. Kindergarten-Grade 5 students also go to the campus I Lab: a dedicated space for inspiration and innovation designed to extend classroom learning in an environment that promotes collaboration and experimentation. There, students engage in developmentally sequenced activities with a focus on coding and robotics, social studies and digital literacy.

In Grades 6-12, the school’s Multimedia Maker Lab is the hub for Design/STEM education. Scheck Hillel offers an intensive 4-year high school Design/STEM track of hands-on laboratory courses, including Engineering, Engineering & Entrepreneurship and more than one computer science class, designed to mimic work environments in the real world. Applications for this program open for rising Grade 9 students every spring.

About Scheck Hillel Community School
Scheck Hillel Community School educates and inspires students 18 months-Grade 12 to become exemplary global citizens with enduring Jewish identity and values through an individualized college preparatory curriculum highlighted by Design/STEM, Capstone, college dual enrollment, arts, athletics and community service. Its 14-acres include a 115,000-sq.-ft athletic complex with academic expansion plans. Set within a nurturing, diverse community, Scheck Hillel is one of the world's largest Jewish community day schools and a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. For more information about Scheck Hillel Community School or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact our Admissions office at 305.931.2831x173 or write to [email protected].

JWorks Miami invites you to attend a FREE Organizing Your Job Search workshop on Thursday, February 20th, 10:30am-12:30 pm.

Looking for a job is very time consuming. You will likely get out of it what you put into it!

This workshop will teach you how to organize your job search.

Properly managing your job search is just as important as identifying job opportunities and submitting your resume and/or application.

Items to be discussed include:
* Time management skills
* Preparing for the interview
* Email etiquette
* Best resume format for your situation
* Writing a great cover letter

Please RSVP at JWorks Miami - RSVP is required! The workshop will begin promptly at 10:30am so please arrive a few minutes prior and dress to impress. Business casual is recommended.

These events are also a great way for JWorks Miami staff to get to know you! Please note that we are unable to refer you to available opportunities unless we have met you in person.

All events will be held at:
Greater Miami Jewish Federation
4200 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, FL 33137
Click here for directions to parking lot entrance

If you have any questions please visit our website or call us at 305-403-6554.

We look forward to seeing you!
The JWorks Miami Team
JWorks Miami is a partnership of
Greater Miami Jewish Federation and
Jewish Community Services of South Florida
Made possible by a generous grant from The Blank Family Foundation
www.jworksmiami.org
[email protected]
305-403-6554, option 1

The Braman Miller Center: the University of Miami Hillel is thrilled to invite you to an exclusive event featuring the award-winning speaker, author, and a New York Times columnist, Bari Weiss.

Ms. Weiss is a writer and editor for the op-ed section of The New York Times. Vanity Fair recently called her the paper’s “star opinion writer.”

Through her columns and speeches, Bari has changed the way we think about important issues, including #MeToo, freedom of speech, and our common culture. Bari is a Pittsburgh native and her first book, How To Fight Anti-Semitism, was published by Crown in September 2019.

Before joining The Times, Bari was an opinion editor and an associate book review editor at The Wall Street Journal. For two years, Bari was a senior editor at Tablet, the online magazine of Jewish news, politics, and culture, where she edited the site's political and news coverage.

Bari is a regular commentator on television and radio, most especially on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher.

In July 2018, Bari was awarded the Bastiat Journalism Prize for what the judges called “her brilliant, incisive journalism that defends the cornerstone of individual liberty and civil society: freedom of speech.”

When: Wednesday, February 19, 7:00 pm Where: Braman Miller Center for Jewish Life: University of Miami Hillel Buy tickets and learn more: miamihillel.org

WONDER

Award winning film with an extraordinary lesson of a child born with facial differences who eventually learned to deal with his struggles... and shine. Rated PG13, suggested for all ages.

Saturday Night, Feb 8, 8:00pm

Chabad Chayil, 2601 NE 211 Ter, Miami, FL 33180

No charge. A donation of any amount will help cover costs.

RSVP at https://ChabadChayil.org/EVENTS

Direct Link: https://www.chabadchayil.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/4635520/jewish/Film-Wonder.htm

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For a complete program schedule and other providers in the U.S., go to www.jbstv.org.

Noah's Flood & Climate Change

Three panels discuss the Biblical story of the Flood and how it relates to contemporary challenges of climate change. By the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (Fairfield, Ct) & the Federation for Jewish Philanthropy of Upper Fairfield County at Sacred Heart University (Fairfield). Monday - 7pm & 1am; Wednesday - 1:00pm

ADL: Bret Stephens & Bari Weiss

New York Times columnists Bret Stephens and Bari Weiss join Eric Ward (Western States Center) to discuss ways of reversing hate in America. With Jodi Rudoren (The Forward) at the 2019 ADL “Never Is Now” Summit from the Javits Center in NYC. Tuesday - 8pm & 1am; Thursday - 2pm; Saturday – 8pm & 1am

Israel Briefing: Elazar Stern

Former IDF Major General Elazar Stern briefs American cadets on the current state of the Israeli armed forces, and addresses the way in which the IDF is seeking to integrate the ultra-Orthodox into the Israeli army. A production of the Miryam Institute. Tuesday - 7 pm & 2am; Thursday - 1pm; Saturday – 7:30pm

U.N. Holocaust Memorial

On the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz (2019), the United Nations holds a memorial ceremony with remarks from world leaders (Germany, Israel, U.S.) and a keynote address by Judge Theodore Meron (UN Commission on Criminal Tribunals). Wednesday – 7pm & 1am

In The News Special: Trump Administration Peace Plan

The strengths and weakness of the Trump Administration Peace Plan are analyzed by Steven Bayme (AJC), Danny Ayalon (former Israei U.S. Ambassador), Eric Mandel (Middle East Political Information Network) and Shahar Azani (JBS). With Mark S. Golub Sunday – Noon & 6pm; Monday – 3pm

Talmud: Not Taken Literally

As the Jewish community reads the account in Exodus of the Red Sea, JBS presents a lesson by Rabbi Mordechai Becher (Gateways Organization Senior Lecturer) discussing how the Rabbis discourage reading the Torah text literally on “Dimensions of the Daf.” Sunday 9am; Tuesday – 9am & 4:30pm

Jewish 101: The Miracle of Nachshon

As the Jewish community reads the account in Exodus of the Red Sea, Rabbi Mark S. Golub discusses the classic midrash in which the Rabbis suggest the meaning of “miracle,” as they describe how the sea only split when Nachshon plunged into the waters. Sunday 10:am; Wednesday - 9am & 4:30pm

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Report

Founding Director and President of ISGAP Charles Small discusses his organization’s research on Students For Justice In Palestine (SJP) and the BDS movement, and the urgency of combatting antisemitism today. With Mark S. Golub on L'Chayim. Sunda) - Noon & 6pm; Monday – 3pm

West Bank Map

Mark Langfan, President of Americans For A Safe Israel and an expert on water on the West Bank, uses a relief map to illustrate the problems that would be created for Israel were the West Bank high ground to come under Palestinian control.
Monday - 9pm & Midnight

Richard Stone Pt 1

Richard Stone, former Chair of the Conference of Presidents, describes growing up in New Orleans and how he became more observant while at Harvard and in Jerusalem; and shares his concerns over the failure of non-Orthodox Judaism. With Mark S. Golub-Pt 1
Tuesday - 9pm & Midnight; Wednesday - 3pm

Richard Stone Pt 2

Richard Stone, former Chair of the Conference of Presidents, reflects on why many American Jews are critical of Israel and why they fail to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and addresses issue challenging Israel today. With Mark S. Golub-Pt 2 Wednesday - 9pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3pm

Builder of Elon Moreh

A co-founder of the Israeli town of Elon Moreh, Zev Saffer, explains why he chose to leave the United States to make Aliyah, and describes how he helped to build a community and raise a family on Israel's West Ridge. With Mark S. Golub on L'Chayim. Thursday - 9pm & Midnight; Friday - 2pm

Nancy Spielberg

Nancy Spielberg describes growing up Jewish in Phoenix with her brother Steven and about her film "Who Will Write Our History" documenting the Oyneg Shabes, a clandestine group of Warsaw Ghetto Jews who documented Nazi atrocities. With Mark S. Golub.
Saturday - 6pm

92nd Street Y: Deborah Lipstadt/Bari Weiss

Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University Deborah Lipstadt discusses the topic of her latest book, Antisemitism Here and Now with New York Times Op-Ed staff editor and writer Bari Weiss.
Sunday – 8pm & 2am; Monday - 10pm & 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday – 8:30pm; Saturday - 3pm

From the Aleph-Bet: Lesson 15

Complete the Hebrew alphabet and learn to read an important word containing "Vuv" Monday - 9am & 4:30pm; Wednesday - 7pm; Saturday - 11am

https://www.bethdavidmiami.org/event/jewish-music-festival.html

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JEWISH Arts and Music Festival

Feb 9 from 2-7pm Featuring performances by Tal Cohen, Chad Bernstein and Gedaliah & Scruli A day of progressive music for low ticket price!

Elie Wiesel was a towering presence on the world stage—a Nobel laureate, activist, adviser to world leaders, and the author of more than forty books. But when asked, Wiesel always said, “I am a teacher first.”

In fact, he taught at Boston University for nearly four decades, and with this book, Ariel Burger—devoted protégé, apprentice, and friend—takes us into the sacred space of Wiesel’s classroom. There, Wiesel challenged his students to explore moral complexity and to resist the dangerous lure of absolutes. In bringing together never-before-recounted moments between Wiesel and his students, Witness serves as a moral education in and of itself—a primer on educating against indifference, on the urgency of memory and individual responsibility, and on the role of literature, music, and art in making the world a more compassionate place. Come here from the author Rabbi Ariel Burger, who recounts his lifelong relationship with Elie Wiesel as his disciple, student, and teaching assistant. His book, Witness, won a 2019 National Jewish Book Award.

Join us on February 12, 7:30 PM, at the Michael Ann Russell JCC. Light refreshments will be served.

Sponsored in partnership with MARJCC Meet the Author Series and Mishkan Miami: The Jewish Connection for Spiritual Support of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

Free Concealed Carry Permit Class For the South Florida Jewish Community Must Register at ChabadChayil.org/events

Thursday, Feb 6, 6:15pm

Chabad Chayil, 2601 NE 211 Ter, Miami, FL 33180

Chabad of Palmetto Bay, in partnership with the Village of Palmetto Bay, will host a Tu B'Shvat Tree Planting Celebration event on Sunday, February 9th starting at 11:00 am at Ludovoci Park,17641 Old Cutler Rd, Palmetto Bay, Florida 33157.

The 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar, celebrated this year on Monday, February 10, 2020, is the day that marks the beginning of a “new year” for trees. Commonly known as Tu Bishvat, this day marks the season in which the earliest blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle.

We mark the 15th of Shevat by eating fruit, particularly from the kinds that are singled out by the Torah in its praise of the bounty of the Holy Land: grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates. On this day we remember that “man is a tree of the field”, and reflect on the lessons we can derive from our botanical analogue.

This is a FREE family event and everyone is welcome to attend. There will be a tree planting ceremony followed by a workshop on the meaning of food and sample preparations of food.

For more information call Chabad of Palmetto Bay at 786 282 0413.