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Parashá, Cábala y Jasidut

Description: Para hombres y mujeres Únase a la popular clase semanal con Rab Motti Lucky sobre Parsha, Kabala y Jasidut. En persona y transmisión en vivo en el canal Chabad Chayil.

Date: (Staring May 29, Mondays 8:45-9:45pm) A partir del 29 de mayo Lunes, 20:45-21:45

Venue: Chabad Chayil 2600 NE 212 Ter, Miami, FL 33180

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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

PROGRAMS

CELEBRATING SHAVUOT

SHAVUOT SERVICES All times are ET

Thursday May 25th Central Synagogue (LIVE) 6:00pm (Encore 9:00pm)

The Hampton Synagogue 7:30pm (Encore 10:30pm)

Friday May 26th Central Synagogue (LIVE) 9:30am (Encore 1:00pm) *Yizkor

The Hampton Synagogue 11:00am (Encore 2:30pm) 7:30pm (Encore10:30pm)

Saturday May 27th The Hampton Synagogue 11:00am (Encore 2:30pm) *Yizkor

Shavuot Cooking: Cheese Blintzes

CJA chefs Danny and Zoey make cheese blintzes with apple topping for Shavuot, wrapping their cooking lesson in the lessons of Torah and the harvest holiday that celebrates receiving the sacred tradition at Mt. Sinai. Monday - 11:30am Tuesday - 7:00pm Friday - 5:00pm Saturday - 5:30am & 8:00am Sunday - 10:00 am

L’Chayim: American Judaism Today

In this excerpt from the 2022 Year in Review Roundtable that was previously edited out for time, Mark S. Golub facilitates a conversation on the state of American Judaism today with panelists Laura E. Adkins (Opinion Editor, Forward), Steven Bayme (Historian and Essayist), Dovid Efune (Chairman and Publisher, New York Sun), and Eric Yoffie (President Emeritus, URJ). Wednesday - 9:40am & 5:40pm Saturday - 10:40pm

Srugim Episode 15 - “Where To Turn”

In the season one finale, the friends experience big life changes as Reut prepares for a trip, Hodaya decides to become “unreligious,” Amir is ready to marry to Yifat, and Nati has an overdue realization. Monday - 7:00pm Tuesday - 2:30am & 10:00am Thursday - 2:00pm Friday - 2:00am Saturday - 9:30pm

Saturday - Srugim Marathon
Episodes 12-15 - 8pm-9:30pm Srugim Unraveled - 10:10pm**

In the Spotlight: Yoni Avi Battat

Abigail Pogrebin is joined by Iraqi Jewish Musician Yoni Avi Battat to discuss ‘Fragments,’ his new album that explores identity and connection to his Mizrahi roots. Monday - 8:00pm Tuesday - 1:00am & 11:00am Wednesday - 5:30am Friday - 8:30pm Saturday - 4:00pm

The Sassoons: The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Dynasty

Author and Sassoon descendent Joseph Sassoon tells the untold story of the gilded Jewish Bagdadi Sassoons, who built a vast empire through global finance and trade that reached across three continents and ultimately changed the destinies of nations Tuesday - 8:00pm Wednesday - 1:00am & 2:00pm Saturday - 7:00pm

A Special Look: A Small Light

A Small Light is a new Limited Series Based on the True Story of Miep Gies who risked her life to hide the family of Anne Frank. Billie Boullet who portrays Anne Frank shares what it was like to step into the shoes of the iconic young woman and how she was personally impacted by filming this series, both as an actor and a Jew. With Teisha Bader Tuesday - 7:30pm Wednesday - 2:30am & 1:00pm Saturday - 6:00am & 4:00 pm

In the News: Marie van der Zyl, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews

President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Marie van der Zyl, shares her experience attending the coronation of King Charles III, discusses her relationship with British Jewry and ties to the State of Israel. With Teisha Bader Sunday - Today 11:30pm Monday - 3:30am 8:30am and 12:30pm

Thinking Out Loud: Micah Halpern

This week Micah is addressing Eurovision and the politics of international music and sport. How Israel has managed on the international music stage. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 8:30am & 12:30pm

Good Week Israel: WHO on Covid, Blue Whale and Eurovision

Stories include Ruto meeting Netanyahu, French Parliament support of Israel, Israel’s new underwater unmanned vehicle the “Blue Whale,” Noa Kirel at Eurovision and wine of the week from Tura Winery. Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

On L’Chayim

Conversations on issues of importance to the Jewish community with Mark S. Golub z”l

Rabbi Marc Angel

Rabbi Marc Angel, Rabbi Emeritus of the Spanish Portuguese Synagogue Congregation Shearith Israel in NYC and the founding Director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, offers his analysis of Jewish life today. Monday - 9:00pm
Tuesday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

Juliana Maio - Egyptian Jewry

Juliana Maio, author of the historical novel City of the Sun, talks about her Sephardic Jewish background, being expelled from Egypt and growing up in Paris and the US, and reconnecting with her Egyptian Jewish roots. Tuesday - 9:00pm Wednesday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

The Ten Commandments

The "Ten Commandments," and the Jewish notion of "miracles," are discussed by Sara Esther Crispe (JewishWoman.org), Rabbi Jeffrey Segelman (Westchester Jewish Center) Wednesday - 9:00pm Thursday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

Rabbi David Hartman z”l - Understanding Sinai

Rabbi David Hartman z”l of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem speaks on the giving and receiving of the Torah at Sinai and how the Jewish tradition rejects fundamentalism. Thursday - 5:30pm Friday – 1:30am Saturday - 6:00pm

Rabbi Norman Cohen - Genius of Midrash

Using some of the Torah's most well-known stories, Norman J. Cohen, rabbi, professor of midrash, and former provost at HUC-JIR, illustrates the way in which Jews have read and understood the Bible through interpretative stories of the rabbis. Thursday - 8:30pm Saturday - 6:30pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher Lessons of the week begin every Sunday at 9am & 9:30am ET

Not Taken Literally

How the Jewish tradition insists that not every passage in the Torah and Talmud is to be taken literally. Sunday - 9:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Wednesday- 7:00pm

No Heavenly Voices

The Jewish tradition's mistrust of heavenly voices is the focus of Rabbi Mordechai Becher's Talmud study in a program he calls, "Pious Disobedience or Don't Listen To Heavenly Voices," based on a famous passage from Eruvin 6b. Sunday - 9:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:30pm

A pluralistic introduction to the teachings, ideas and values of the Jewish Tradition with Rabbi Mark S. Golub z”l Lesson of the week begins every Sunday at 10am ET

What Really Happened At Sinai

A fascinating look at how various rabbinic midrash answer the question of what really happened when we stood at Sinai to receive the Torah Sunday- 10:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Friday - 6:00am

REFORM AND ORTHODOX SHABBAT SERVICES

FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE Closed Captioned 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 Closed Captioned 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) JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel Website: jbstv.org

On Monday, May 22, 8-9:15 PM, join Moving Traditions’ Rabbi Daniel Brenner in conversation with Dr. Lisa Miller, clinical psychology professor at Columbia University and author of The Awakened Brain and The Spiritual Child, in observance of Mental Health Awareness Month.

Also hear from Brooke Wilensky, a teen activist who has found mental health support within her Jewish community. Through the Meyer-Gottesman Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellowship, Brooke is speaking about the topic in various spaces to educate adults about how to support teen mental health.

The webinar will explore the latest data around teen mental health and wellbeing, the neuroscience behind spirituality, and share practical strategies to help the teens in your life to thrive.

REGISTER NOW

Friday, May 26, 8:00pm The Family Shul - 2601 NE 211 Terrace, Miami, FL 33180

Delicious Shavuot Shabbat Dinner spiced with stories, song, holiday insights and camaraderie. (Meal is Fleishig. The dairy meal will be for lunch). Must RSVP in advance! For more info call (305) 770-1919 or go to ChabadChayil.org/ShavuotEvent

Enjoy coffee, ice cream and a whole dairy buffet together with the Ten Commandments! From Men, women & children. No charge. Holiday dinners also available for a nominal feel Must RSVP.

Date: Friday, May 26, 11:30am

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

Cost: No charge

RSVP at ChabadChayil.org/ShavuotEvent

Hurricanes AZA #843 from BBYO or the Bnai Brith Youth Organization is hosting its annual Rush Week events. If you do not know, BBYO is a Jewish teen youth group where boys and girls form bonds through shared Jewish backgrounds and exciting experiences. The boy's chapter has our annual Rush Week with free events throughout the week of 5/15-5/22. These events include J-Serve or packing bags for the homeless, Ultimate Frisbee, Shabbat dinner, and more! Joining BBYO for your teens can be a great opportunity to continue their involvement within the Jewish community past their Bar Mitzvots. This is not only a way to continue Jewish learning, but also have fun with friends playing sports and meeting new people!

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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

FIDF Live: Female Soldiers

Three influential female soldiers give insight into the ways the IDF has historically been, and continues to be, a trailblazer in advancing young women into positions of leadership, catapulting them to success for their service, careers, and beyond! Sunday - 11:00am Monday - 2:00am Tuesday - 8:00pm Wednesday - 2:00am Saturday - 7:00pm

Srugim Episode 14 - “Strict Divorce" Reut gets clarity in her dating life, Nati gets a surprise party, and as Amir is forced to undergo a second divorce from his ex-wife, he and Yifat grow closer. Monday - 7:00pm Tuesday - 2:30am & 10:00am Thursday - 2:00pm Friday - 2:30am Saturday - 10:30pm

In the Spotlight: Daniel Gordis

Daniel Gordis, American-born Israeli author, speaker, Koret Distinguished Fellow at Shalem College and a passionate Israel advocate, joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss his latest book Impossible Takes Longer: 75 Years After Its Creation, Has Israel Fulfilled its Founders’ Dreams. Monday - 8:00pm Tuesday - 1:00am & 11:00am Wednesday - 5:00am Thursday - 10:00pm Saturday – 1:00am & 6:00pm

Rabbi Hirsch: Israel at 75

In a sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, Rabbi Hirsch puts all criticism of Israel on pause to make room for celebration of the miracle that is the Jewish state, for the occasion of its 75th birthday. Tuesday - 7:00pm Wednesday - 1:00am Friday - 11:00am Saturday - 4:00pm

ADL National Leadership Summit (Highlights)

During its National Leadership Summit, emerging and established leaders including Deborah Lipstadt and engage over critical anti-hate issues and discuss strategies to more effectively carry out the mission and ideals of the ADL. Wednesday - 8:00pm Thursday - 1:00am Saturday - 8:00pm

NEWS & ANALYSIS

In the News: Rocket Fire

Amid the barrage of rocket attacks from Gaza, Amir Avivi, Founder and CEO of Israel’s Defense and Security Forum, shares insights on the global context of the operation and what lies ahead. With Shahar Azani. Sunday - 3:30am & 8:30am

Good Week Israel: Organ Transplant, Golda Coin & 2023 Genesis Prize

Terror victim Lucy Dee donates organs, National Geographic to debut miniseries on Dutch Holocaust rescuer, Barbara Streisand wins the Genesis Prize, Noa Kirel performs, and Jezreel Winery wine of the week. Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

Thinking Out Loud: Micah Halpern on "A Tale of 2 Worlds" that most westerners just cannot comprehend.

Israel warns the people of Gaza before an airstrike. Now, Hamas has threatened that anyone who leaves their homes after the warning will be killed as Israeli collaborators. Yes, Hamas is a terror group with the objective of murdering Israelis.
But now we have insight into the diabolical nature of their mindset. If Gaza residents do not leave their homes and seek shelter they will be killed by the Israeli airstrike. AND- Israel will be blamed for their deaths. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 8:30am & 12:30pm

On L’Chayim

Woman of Valor

For Mother's Day, speaker, educator and writer Sara Esther Crispe and Rabbi Jeffrey Segelman of the Westchester Jewish Center look at the secular holiday through discussion of the Jewish prayer “Ayshet Chayil,” a tribute to the Jewish woman traditionally recited on Shabbat. Sunday - 12 Noon

Leah Goldin

The mother of Hadar Goldin (z”l), an IDF lieutenant who was murdered by Hamas in 2014, Leah Goldin describes her more than five years of efforts to move the world community to demand Hamas comply with international norms and return her son’s body Sunday - 6:00pm

Aryeh Green

Aryeh Green, former policy advisor for Natan Sharansky and author of My Israel Trail: Finding Peace In The Promised Land, discusses ideas from his book and the need for liberal Jews to be unwavering in their defense of Israel. PART 1 Monday - 9:00pm Tuesday - 12:00am & 3:00pm PART 2 Tuesday - 9:00pm Wednesday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

Ruth Wisse

Ruth Wisse, noted scholar of Yiddish literature and of Jewish history and culture (Harvard University) discusses the BDS Movement and the Jewish community's response, reflects on aspects of Jewish life, and describes her online course on George Eliot's last and most controversial novel, Daniel Deronda. Wednesday - 9:00pm Thursday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

Ron Eliran

Israel’s “Ambassador of Song” Ron Eliran reflects on his career and his love for the State of Israel, shares stories behind some of his most popular songs, and performs with his guitar. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher Lessons of the week begin every Sunday at 9am & 9:30am ET

Motherhood

While the Talmud notes a man's obligation to have children, for women this is a voluntary act. Sunday - 9:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Wednesday- 7:00pm

Love, Marriage & Giving

A discussion on the Talmud's attitude towards love and marriage, and how the Jewish Tradition teaches that love is the pursuit of “oneness” achieved through acts of giving. Sunday - 9:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:30pm Thursday - 2:30pm

A pluralistic introduction to the teachings, ideas and values of the Jewish Tradition with Rabbi Mark S. Golub z”l Lesson of the week begins every Sunday at 10am ET

Preparing for Sinai

**A dramatic telling of what it was like for the Children of Israel to stand at Sinai and hear the voice of God, and how the rabbis explain that each person "heard" God in their own way that day. Sunday - 10:00am Monday - 5:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Thursday - 4:00am Friday - 1:00pm

REFORM AND ORTHODOX SHABBAT SERVICES

FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE Closed Captioned 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 Closed Captioned 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) JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel Website: jbstv.org

Please join the Jewish Museum of Florida - FIU on Sunday, May 21 at 2:00pm for the Exhibition Opening Reception and Curator Talk given by Kenneth Helphand, Philip H. Knight Professor of Landscape Architecture Emeritus University of Oregon.

Upon Thy Gates, The Elaine K. and Norman Winik Mezuzah Collection comes to JMOF-FIU from the Oregon Museum of the Jewish People and Center for Holocaust Education in Portland. Curated by Kenneth Helphand, the exhibition presents 73 mezuzahs collected by the Winiks that represent a wide range of styles, materials, and Jewish symbols. The mezuzahs were created in places all over the world, including Israel, the United States, Denmark, England, Ethiopia, Germany, the Netherlands, India, Iran, Italy, Morocco, Poland, and Yemen and date from the late 18th to the 21st century. The exhibition is sponsored at JMOF-FIU by John & Jo Sumberg and will be on display from May 10 thru August 6, 2023.

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Please join Jewish Community Services of South Florida for their Annual Meeting on May 31st, 6:00 PM, at Paradise Plaza Event Space in the Miami Design District! Celebrate JCS staff, funders, partners, and beloved community as we close out the 2022-2023 fiscal year.

Keynote Speaker: Greg Schneider, Executive Vice President, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference)

Couvert: $36 per person; Dress: Cocktail Attire

For questions regarding sponsorship, please contact Morgan Weinblatt, Director of Resource Development and Engagement, at [email protected]

For questions regarding the event, please contact Adriana Cano, Event Specialist, at [email protected]

A concert celebrating the original compositions of Cantor Rachelle Nelson.

With professional choir, cantors, soloists, instrumentalists, and singers, and the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center Community Choir. Dr. Alan Mason and Cantor Rachelle Nelson, program directors.

Sunday afternoon, May 21, 2023 at 4pm.

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