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The Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) is offering a wide selection of courses for adults through its Melton and More Department of Adult Education. Learn Hebrew, explore the Book of Proverbs, discover the Jewish story behind Broadway musicals and so much more. All fall classes will be held virtually. For more information and to register, click here.

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

JBS 2021 Rosh HaShanah Services

EREV ROSH HASHANAH SERVICES MONDAY SEPTEMBER 6

7:00pm EDT – Hampton Synagogue (Orthodox) 8:00pm EDT - Central Synagogue (Reform)

Replay

10:00pm & Tues. 2:30am EDT - Hampton Synagogue (Orthodox) 11:00pm &Tues. 3:30am EDT - Central Synagogue (Reform)

ROSH HASHANAH SERVICES TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 7

8:00am EDT - Hampton Synagogue (Orthodox) 10:00am EDT - Central Synagogue (Reform) 12:30pm EDT – Hampton Synagogue Replay (Orthodox) 2:30pm EDT - Central Synagogue Replay (Reform) 7:00pm EDT - Hampton Synagogue Evening Service (Orthodox) 11:00pm EDT - Hampton Synagogue Evening Service Replay (Orthodox)

ROSH HASHANAH SECOND DAY SERVICES WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8

8:00am EDT - Hampton Synagogue (Orthodox) 10:30am EDT - Central Synagogue (Reform) 12:30pm EDT – Hampton Synagogue Replay (Orthodox) 2:30pm EDT - Central Synagogue Replay (Reform)

Israel Philharmonic Young Soloists

A musical showcase featuring ten of the brightest young musicians from Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s educational programs, with each soloist representing the diversity and vibrancy of Israel. A program of the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic, hosted by NPR’s Orli Shaham. Monday - 5:30pm; Wednesday - 5:00am & 10:00pm; Thursday - 2:00pm; Sunday - 4:00am

Top Story: Iran

JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin speaks with Shoshana Bryen, Senior Director of the Jewish Policy Center and editor of inFOCUS Quarterly to discuss Iran — its nuclear program, its efforts to revive the nuclear pact and the recent Iranian election. Wednesday - 7:00pm & 2:00am; Thursday - 11:00am

Robert Siegel: How 9/11 Changed Us

Robert Siegel commemorates the tragedy of 9/11 and explores its legacy 20 years later in the age of COVID, with 9/11 Memorial Museum Director Alice Greenwald, WTC developer Larry Silverstein, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Evan Osnos. A program of the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center. Wednesday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Friday - 5:00am & 2:00pm; Saturday - 7:00pm

Durban Revisited: Natan Sharansky

In partnership with B’nai Brith International, JBS continues a series of programs marking 20 years since the infamous UN conference. In this conversation, human rights activist Natan Sharansky discusses Israel, Zionism and antisemitism with B’nai B’rith International CEO Dan Mariaschin. Thursday – 8:00pm & 1:00am; Friday – 10am & 1:00am; Saturday – 8:00pm

Durban Revisited: Bernard-Henri Levy

French public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy discusses Israel, Zionism and antisemitism with B’nai B’rith International CEO Dan Mariaschin for “Durban Revisited,” a series marking 20 years since the infamous UN conference. Thursday – 8:30pm & 1:30 am; Friday 10:30am & 1:30am; Saturday - 8:30pm

On L’Chayim

Sunday: Rabbis Reflect On High Holidays

Rabbis Chaim Steinmetz (Orthodox), Lauren Grabelle Herrmann (Reconstructionist) and Marcelo Kormis (Conservative) discuss the themes they believe are important to address in High Holiday sermons.
Sunday - 12 Noon & 6:00pm; Monday - 10:00am

Monday: Rabbis Reflect On High Holidays

Rabbis Mitchell Wohlberg (Orthodox), Rachel Ain (Conservative) and Steve Gutow (Reconstructionist) discuss how they feel about the High Holidays and the messages they feel are relevant for the Days of Awe. Monday - 3:00pm

Tuesday: L'Chayim: Rabbi Robert Wolkoff

Conservative Rabbi Robert Wolkoff of Congregation B’nai Tikvah of North Brunswick, NJ explains why he is sure of the existence of God, and discusses his understanding of how God impacts the world. Tuesday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight

Wednesday: Itzhak Perlman

The world's greatest living violinist, Itzhak Perlman, sits with Mark S. Golub at Juilliard to talk about upon his early life and Jewish background and reflects upon his personal musical journey that has established him as a musical genius. Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3:00pm

Thursday: Pay Czar: Kenneth Feinberg

Kenneth Feinberg, determined TARP compensation for corporate executives and distributed $7 billion to victims of Sep. 11, talks about his experience with 9/11 families, the quality of government the Obama administration and his concerns for the Jewish future. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight; Friday - 3:00pm

Saturday: 9/11 Remembered

One World Trade Center survivor Ari Schonbrun; NYPD Detective Morty Dzikansky; and Liz Goren, a psychotherapist who counsels survivors, tell their personal stories and reflect upon the meaning of 9/11 as Americans and as Jews. Saturday - 6:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Talmud Study: Shofar of Freedom

The commandment to hear the Shofar, and how the Jewish Tradition links it to a call to "freedom," is explained in this special Talmud lesson presented by Rabbi Mordechai Becher on the JBS original series "Dimensions of the Daf." Sunday - 9:00am; Monday - 4:00am; Tuesday – 5:00pm; Thursday - 7:00pm; Friday - 4:00am

Talmud Study: Wine In Judaism

Rabbi Mordechai Becher discusses the connection between wine and Judaism as described in the Talmud. Sunday- 9:30am; Monday - 4:30am; Tuesday- 5:30pm; Thursday - 7:30pm; Friday - 4:30am

Jewish 101 The Binding of Isaac

The Akedah, "The Binding of Isaac," is for many the most troubling and misunderstood passage in the Torah. Hear why it was revolutionary and liberating for its time and how it remains a powerful message for our own time. Sunday - 10:00am; Monday - 5:00am; Thursday - 4:00am; Friday - 1:00pm

92nd Street Y: Harold Kushner -Psalm 23

Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen To Good People, delivers a moving and inspiring commentary to Psalm 23, "The Lord Is My Shepherd." Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am; Saturday - 4:00pm

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 & 1pm

ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE With Hebrew, Transliteration and English subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm

Edith Samers Vice President 203.536.6914 (cell phone) JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel Website: jbstv.org

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Federation-supported organization Yodeah is helping Jewish women understand their cancer risk. The Miami-based, grassroots, volunteer organization is providing educational outreach programs and on-site, low-cost, saliva-based genetic testing for hereditary cancer mutations in the Jewish community.

One of every 40 Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jews carries the BRCA genetic mutation,independent of a family history of cancer. Men and women who carry a BRCA mutation can have a markedly higher lifetime risk of breast, ovarian and other cancers and these cancers can develop at earlier ages.

To learn more about hereditary genetic cancer risk, please visit Yodeah.

Hebrew Free Loan Association of Miami (HFLA), a program of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, provides interest -free loans for those in need.

HFLA offers interest-free coronavirus crisis emergency loans as well as personal, business, fertility and adoption loans to Jewish residents of Miami-Dade County.

We can help you:

• Pay expenses related to the pandemic
• Grow your business
• Pay your medical costs
• Pay costs related to adopting a baby
• Fund household repairs
• Pay for infertility treatments
• Support your aging parents
• Send your child to camp
• Pay expenses related to a Bar/Bat Mitzvah

and so much more

To find out how you can apply for an interest-free loan, visit JewishMiami.org/hfla or call 305.692.7555.

For parents of children with special needs, the start of the school year can be challenging with new routines and changes. Federation’s Miami Jewish Abilities Alliance (JAA) website is an important tool that can help. The user-friendly website is a one-stop gateway for parents and families to find resources, educational options, accessibility tools, support groups and timely programs.

Families can also find inclusive tools to celebrate the High Holidays, including videos and prayer guides. As part of its programming, JAA will be delivering Rosh Hashanah baskets to Jewish residents of MACtown, a center for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Almost 25 percent of Americans have some sort of disability and JAA can help families at all ages and stages. Click here to explore what JAA offers.

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

Durban Revisited: Bret Stephens

In partnership with B’nai Brith International, JBS premieres a series of programs marking 20 years since the infamous UN conference. In this first conversation, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens discusses Israel, Zionism and antisemitism with B’nai B’rith International CEO Dan Mariaschin. Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Tuesday - 2:00pm & 1:00am; Thursday - 1:00pm; Friday - 5:00am; Saturday - 7:00pm

Durban Revisited: Irwin Cotler

Canadian human rights champion and former MP Irwin Cotler discusses Israel, Zionism and antisemitism with B’nai B’rith International CEO Dan Mariaschin for “Durban Revisited,” a series marking 20 years since the infamous UN conference. Monday - 8:30pm & 1:30am; Tuesday - 2:30pm & 1:30am; Thursday - 1:30pm; Friday - 5:30am; Saturday - 7:30pm

Durban Revisited: Anti-Zionism & Antisemitism

Former Maldives foreign minister Ahmed Shaheed, South African activist Olga Meshoe Washington, academic Gerald Steinberg and Sherri Mandell, the mother of an Israeli terror victim, discuss anti-Zionism & antisemitism with B’nai B’rith International’s UN Director David Michaels. Tuesday - 8:00pm; Wednesday - 2:00am; Thursday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 8:00pm

Withdrawal from Afghanistan

US Army veterans Col. Liam Collins, John Crowley and Micah Jones describe their service in Afghanistan and relationship to the country before analyzing and opining on America’s withdrawal. A program of the MirYam Institute with Benjamin Anthony. Wednesday- 8:00pm & 2:00am; Thursday - 11:00am; Friday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 10:00pm

The Jake Ehrenreich Show: Singer Julie Budd

*Singer Julie Budd and cast members from the Yiddish production of “Fiddler On The Roof” are Jake Ehrenreich’s guests on JBS’s new series, “The Jake Ehrenreich Show,” with Jake’s inducting Sid Caesar into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Taped before a live audience at the Triad Theater in Manhattan. Thursday - 10:00pm & 2:00am *

On L’Chayim

Sunday: Eric Kandel - Nobel Laureate

Eric Kandel, professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics at Columbia University, talks about leaving Austria during World War II, his relationship with Vienna today, and his life’s work studying the brain & the mind as a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist. Sunday - 12 Noon & 6:00pm; Monday - 3:00pm

Monday: American Zionism - Herbert Block

Herbert Block, Executive Director of The American Zionist Movement (AZM), discusses the various expressions of pro-Israel activism in the United States and reflects on why some American Jews do not appreciate the nobility of Zionism. Monday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight; Tuesday - 3:00pm

Tuesday: Kenneth Levin - Oslo Syndrome

Historian and psychiatrist Kenneth Levin suggests why some American Jews are anti- Israel as a means of feeling more comfortable and accepted in a non-Jewish society, similar to the pattern described in his book The Oslo Syndrome. Tuesday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight; Wednesday - 3:00pm

Wednesday: Rabbis Reflect On High Holidays

Rabbis Chaim Steinmetz (Orthodox), Lauren Grabelle Herrmann (Reconstructionist) and Marcelo Kormis (Conservative) discuss the themes they believe are important to address in High Holiday sermons. Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight;Thursday - 3:00pm

*Thursday: Rabbi Daniel Cohen - Jewish Legacy

Orthodox rabbi Daniel Cohen of Agudath Sholom in Stamford, CT, talks about a moment in all of our lives when we experience a wake-up call. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight; Friday - 3:00pm

Saturday: Rabbis Discuss High Holidays

Rabbis Mitchell Wohlberg (Orthodox), Rachel Ain (Conservative) and Steve Gutow (Reconstructionist) discuss how they feel about the High Holidays and the messages they feel are relevant for the Days of Awe. Saturday - 6:00pm

Jewish Studies

Talmud Study: Intent of Prayer

Explore the Jewish prayer service (Sh'moneh Esrei) with the rabbinic concept of "intent" in prayer, and learn the Soloveitchik approach to the study of Talmud in the JBS series Dimensions of the Daf, taught by Rabbi Mordechai Becher. Sunday: 9:00am & 4:30pm; Thursday - 7:00pm; Friday - 4:00am

Talmud Study: Pirkey Avot

The rabbinic view of "Repentance and Free Will," as discussed by Maimonides in his commentary to Pirkey Avot (Ethics of the Fathers). Sunday - 9:30am; Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm; Thursday - 7:30pm; Friday - 4:30am

Jewish 101: The Jewish Obsession

The Jewish Family has had an historical obsession that has shaped the unique character of the Jewish People. Rabbi Mark S. Golub explains what this obsession is on the JBS series "Jewish 101" that is an introduction to Judaism and Jewish life. Wednesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Thursday - 5:00am; Friday - 1:00pm

92nd Street Y: Wiesel z"l & Kandel

Keeping one's mind and memory alive is discussed by Nobel Prize winners Eric Kandel and Elie Wiesel z"l in an engaging conversation entitled, "Mind, Body, and Soul," moderated by Gail Saltz. Taped before a live audience at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am; Monday - 10:00pm; Tuesday - 4:00am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Saturday - 1:00am & 4:00pm

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 & 1pm

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

Edith Samers Vice President 203.536.6914 (cell phone) JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel Website: jbstv.org

Federation is supporting organizations that make a difference in our community and transform Jewish life.

Applications are being accepted for three 2022 Federation grant opportunities: Jewish Incubator Grants, Women’s Impact Initiative Grants and for the first time, the Jewish Abilities Alliance Grants.

To be considered for Jewish Incubator Grants, projects must strengthen Miami’s Jewish community through innovative and impactful programs. Jewish organizations with creative and forward-thinking ideas that enrich social service, education or Jewish identity-building activities are invited to apply. Women’s Impact Initiative Grants support programs that address obstacles women and girls face with initiatives that promote social, economic and political equality. Federation’s newly-launched Jewish Abilities Alliance Grants will fund projects that develop opportunities for inclusion of individuals with disabilities in Miami’s Jewish community through programs, supplies or physical accommodations.

Grant applications for all three opportunities are due by 4 p.m. on Friday, September 3.

Click here for more information and to apply.

Repair the World Service Corps Applications Open

Are you passionate about Judaism? Do you yearn to make a difference? Repair the World Service Corps wants you!

Now in its second year, Repair the World’s Service Corps engages adults ages 18-29 through in-person or virtual community-based volunteer opportunities rooted in Jewish values. Corps members spend approximately 10 hours a week giving back and connecting with their local Jewish community while learning about social justice and addressing urgent needs created by the pandemic.

An initiative of Federation partner Repair the World, the program runs from October 11-December 17 and members are eligible for a $1,000 stipend once complete. The priority deadline is Thursday, September 9 and the final deadline is Monday, September 27. Interviews and acceptances will be conducted on a rolling basis. Click here for more information and to apply.

Refuat Ha-Nefesh: Spiritual Care Online Training Program

Give the Gift of Your Time to Those Seeking Support and Companionship

This unique volunteer experience for Jews from all walks of life, ages 21 and older, will give you the opportunity to provide spiritual care for those in need.

Volunteer Training: Tuesdays, November 9, 2021-April 26, 2022 6:30-9:30 p.m.

You will receive professional instruction by rabbis, chaplains, doctors, social workers and bereavement specialists to learn the art of Jewish spiritual care.

If possible, based on CDC guideline, we hope to offer three in-person sessions, while online options will continue to be available

For more information and to apply, please contact Mishkan Miami of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation at [email protected] or call 786.866.8411

Join YEHUDI YP at Oasis Wynwood as we kickoff 5782.

We are back and more ready than ever for a year filled with awesome community, impactful travel and meaningful experiences.

It all begins 9.1.21

Where: Oasis Wynwood Time: 7 PM Ages: 21-35 Cover: $25 in Advance, $36 At the Door (Includes 1 drink ticket and unlimited food)

Register Here.

YEHUDI YP is South Florida's home for Jewish Young Professionals.

We are a vibrant, growing community, whether you're looking to travel and learn about your Jewish Heritage or just hang out and kick back with like minded peers - YEHUDI YP is the place for you.

YEHUDI YP is geared toward Jewish Young Professionals, Ages 22-30.