It's Happening In Miami
Washington Conference
Posted by Maayan Nafshi on 03/31/2022 @ 05:14 PM
Join the Miami cohort for the Jewish Federations of North America’s (JFNA) Washington Conference on May 11-12. Space is limited to 450 participants. Learn more and register today.
While in DC, we’ll meet with Members of Congress, senior Administration officials, thought-leaders, and policy experts with a specific focus on antisemitism and security as urgent Jewish community priorities. Ninety percent of American Jews believe that antisemitism is a significant global problem.
The conference – hosted by JFNA’s National Young Leadership Cabinet, National Women’s Philanthropy, and Advocacy Corps – is open to all and will fill-up quickly. Please take a moment to reserve your spot. You may cancel until April 25 without charge.
If you have questions, please contact Josh Sayles at [email protected].
Shine A Light on Antisemitism and Racism: A Black & Jewish Art Collaboration
Posted by Liat Stilman on 03/31/2022 @ 12:56 PM
Temple Sinai Cantor Shulkes Spring Music Festival w/ Joanie Leeds
Posted by Liat Stilman on 03/30/2022 @ 08:53 PM
Best known for her GRAMMY® Award winning children's album, ‘All the Ladies’ (a female empowerment folk collection!), singer-songwriter Joanie Leeds will be joining us for a weekend of music, worship and family fun activities. Her music has been featured in The New York Times, People Magazine, Parents Magazine, Billboard and The Washington Post | joanieleeds.com https://www.tsnd.org/smf22
THE MAIN EVENT
4/10 @ 4pm: OUTDOOR FAMILY CONCERT | BYOB (bring your own BLANKET) and join us on the lawn for this all ages musical event. Arts & crafts stations, face painting and more. Kosher food, dessert and, of course, a Joanie Leeds CONCERT! (Tix info below)
4pm Concert 5pm fun Activities & Food/dessert (for purchase)
TICKETS: https://www.tsnd.org/smf22
Other Weekend Events:
4/8 @ 6:15pm: SHABBAT W/ JOANIE LEEDS | Join us for a special musical shabbat featuring Joanie Leeds. In person or streaming on www.tsnd.tv (FREE)
4/9 @ 7/8pm: COFFEE HOUSE SHOW | Join us for an intimate, sit-down show for adults. Acoustic sounds, meet the artist and storytelling. (Tix info below)
7pm Patron “Exclusive” Cocktail party 8pm show After show drinks & dessert for all
TICKETS: tsnd.org/smf22
U.S. & Israeli Innovations in the Life Sciences
Posted by Liat Stilman on 03/30/2022 @ 08:51 PM
Join attorneys, scientists, investors, entrepreneurs, and the Jewish National Fund-USA community for an exclusive panel discussion with industry experts from the BioTech and MedTech sectors of Israel and the USA. Hear about groundbreaking medical advancements and the impact JNF-USA’s programs have at ADI Negev Neuro Rehabilitation Hospital, Halutza Medical Center, Upper Eastern Galilee Medical Center, and Baruch Padeh-Poriya Medical Center-Rehabilitation Center.
To register online: http://jnf.org/innovations
If you have questions, contact: Michael Teichberg, Director, North Dade and Broward 305.682.0025 x897 [email protected]
JBS Highlights starting 3/27: Stuart Weitzman, Wynton Marsalis, Seth Greenberg, MK Lande, Ukraine Coverage
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
In The News: Jewish Agency Aid to Ukraine
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Yigal Palmor discusses his organization’s campaign to help Jews make Aliyah now from the Ukraine and Russia, their work to keep Jews safe, and their efforts to assist all Ukrainian refugees. With Shahar Azani. Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 11:30pm
Rabbi on the Sidelines: Seth Greenberg
Seth Greenberg, ESPN College Basketball analyst and Maccabi USA head coach, talks March Madness during COVID, the power of sports to connect the U.S. and Israel and more, in a conversation about faith and sports with Rabbi Sherman. Follow on Twitter @RabbiESherman, Instagram @rabbi_erez_sherman, and Facebook @SinaiTempleLA. Sunday - 7:00pm & 2:00am Monday - 1:00pm Tuesday - 10:00am Thursday - 5:00am & 10:00pm
In The Spotlight: Stuart Weitzman
Legendary shoe impresario Stuart Weitzman talks about the Jewish Museum he saved, why his designs were groundbreaking, and how Aretha Franklin changed his business, with Abigail Pogrebin from the JBS Studios in Times Square. Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Tuesday - 11:00am & 10:00pm Wednesday - 2:00pm Saturday - 8:30pm
Rabbi Hirsch: Cream Cheese
In a sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch jests about the “intolerable affliction” that was the recent cream cheese shortage, explaining how it could ultimately serve to help deepen an understanding of life’s innate vulnerability, and how in turn that could lead to action. Tuesday- 7:00pm & 2:30am Wednesday - 10:00am & 2:30am Friday - 11:00am Saturday - 5:30am & 4:00pm
Shaping an Omni-American Future
Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis headlines a diverse group of artists, musicians and thinkers in a program fighting racism and antisemitism, celebrating the power of culture, and offering perspectives on a shared “omni-American” future. From The American Sephardi Federation, The Jazz Leadership Project and the Combat Antisemitism Movement. Tuesday - 7:30pm & 1:00am Wednesday - 10:30am Thursday - 1:00pm Saturday - 7:00pm
Global Perspectives with Ellie Cohanim: Ruth Wasserman Lande
Member of Knesset Ruth Wasserman Lande discusses the potential of the Abraham Accords to transform the region, the meaning of internal unrest from Arab populations in Israel’s mixed cities, how Israel can maintain security internally and more, with former U.S. Deputy Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Ellie Cohanim. Thursday - 7:30pm & 2:00am Friday - 10:00am Saturday - 10:30pm
Top Story with Jonathan Tobin: Josh Hammer
JNS Editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin analyzes how concern for Ukraine is diverting attention from other issues, and then is joined by Newsweek editor Josh Hammer who discusses virtue-signaling about Ukraine, the Orban government in Hungary, his view of National Conservatism and more. Thursday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Friday - 9:00am
In The News: Israel Aids Ukraine
In a special report from Tel Aviv, Shahar Azani speaks with Galit Peleg, of Israel’s International aid agency MASHAV, who offers an update of Israel’s assistance to the Ukraine, the field hospital being built and its diplomat’s mission on the ground. Today (Sunday) - 5:30pm
Thinking Out Loud
**Micah discusses how Ukrainians are managing to root out Russian spies in their midst: they use simple pronunciation tests that determine if the alleged spy can properly say uniquely Ukrainian words. Micah compares this practice to both stories contained in the Torah and to practices used by Americans during World War II.
Micah also touches on President Biden's verbal declaration that Putin is a "war criminal," and how this differs from the official, long-winded process that would need to occur for the Russian dictator to be officially classified as such.
Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 5:30pm**
On L’Chayim
Aryeh Katzin Part 1 - Becoming Jewish in FSU
Rabbi Aryeh Katzin, Executive Director Of RAJE (Russian American Jewish Experience), describes how we became one of the early leaders of the Jewish Refusnik Movement in Moscow, and his experiences with Yosef Begun and Yulie Edelstein. Today (Sunday) - 12:00 Noon
Aryeh Katzin Part 2 - Hidden Jews in FSU
Rabbi Katzin describes how the history of the Shoah was hidden from the Jews of the Soviet Union and how he escaped. Today (Sunday) - 6:00pm
Masha Merkulova Russian-born Masha Merkulova, Founding Executive Director of “Club Z,” describes how she did not know she was a Jew until age 16; and explains her passion for educating American teens about Zionism so as to inspire them to be proud Zionists in college. Monday - 3:00pm
Tal Keinan - Part 1
Israeli financier and former IDF fighter pilot Tal Keinan, author of God Is In The Crowd, explains why he sees American Jewry on the decline and in danger of “dying in its sleep.” Monday - 9:00pm & Midnight Tuesday - 3:00pm
Tal Keinan - Part 2
Tuesday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Wednesday - 3:00pm
Talia Carner
Author Talia Career describes her Israeli family history that goes back seven generations; her response to anyone who questions Israel's legitimacy; and how her novel Hotel Moscow is based on her own trip to Russia in 1993. Wednesday - 9:00pm & & Midnight Thursday - 3:00pm
Russell Robinson
A conversation with Jewish National Fund CEO Russell Robinson, who in 1997 became JNF’s youngest CEO in its almost 100-year history. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm
JEWISH STUDIES
Hebrew: From The Aleph Bet : Lesson 13
The Hebrew letters "Sin," Koof" and "Ion" are introduced. Download Lessons and Worksheets free on the JBS website by Clicking Here. Monday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Thursday - 10:00am Friday - 4:00am
Talmud Study: Put It To A Vote
The Talmudic concept of "governing" is discussed by Rabbi Mordechai Becher on the JBS original series "Dimensions of the Daf.” Today (Sunday) - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Wednesday - 7:00pm
Talmud Study: Sounds Of Silence
The virtue of silence taught in Ethics of the Fathers is presented in a Talmud lesson from Rabbi Mordechai Becher. Today (Sunday) - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:30pm Wednesday - 7:30pm
Jewish 101: Maimonides
Excerpts from Maimonides' "Guide Of The Perplexed," on how the Torah is to be read as "parable" and on the Rambam's metaphor for religious experience. Also Martin Buber's "I-Thou;" and the Rabbinic concept of K'ilu ("As If"). Sunday (Today) - 10:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Thursday - 4:00am & 11:00am Friday - 5:00am & 1:00pm
92nd Street Y: Eric Kandel and Elie Wiesel z"l
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 Monday - 5:00am & 10:00pm Wednesday - 1:00pm Saturday - 1:00am
REFORM AND ORTHODOX SHABBAT SERVICES
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
Professional Advisors Council Invites You to Join Our CLA Program
Posted by Liat Stilman on 03/25/2022 @ 09:29 AM
A Sephardic Music Celebration
Posted by Laura Sekoff on 03/23/2022 @ 09:59 AM
A Sephardic Music Celebration
Join A Sephardic Music Celebration to honor Women's Heritage Month With Susana Behar, Ladino/Sephardic Performer
Thursday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m.
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at the Miami Beach JCC
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4221 Pine Tree Drive
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Miami Beach
For more information and to get your tickets, for more information.
PJ Library Field Day
Posted by Joy Prevor on 03/22/2022 @ 12:46 PM
Heather Pachter, Emily Sherman and Nicole Zinn, PJ Library Program Co-Chairs, invite you to join us for the First Annual Field Day.
Run, jump, play! We’re having a Field Day! Bring the whole family for some good old-fashioned outdoor fun. Come play games and activities on the JCC lawn and enjoy some snacks outdoors. Families will receive raffle tickets upon entry and winners will be drawn randomly throughout the event.
RSVP here: https://jewishmiami.org/resources/community_directory/events/rsvp/pjlibrary_field_day_w_mbjcc_rsvp
PJ Library Passover at the Miami Children's Museum
Posted by Joy Prevor on 03/22/2022 @ 12:42 PM
PJ Library is back at the Miami Children’s Museum for a special OUTDOOR Passover celebration! Join Nicole Berkin, Melissa Goldfarb, Karina Herman and Caryn Shapiro-Pardo, Program Co-Chairs, on Sunday, April 10th at 3:00 pm to enjoy yummy treats, Passover-themed crafts, and a special holiday story time. Space very limited; Face masks recommended.
Advanced Registration Required here: https://jewishmiami.org/resources/community_directory/events/rsvp/PJ_passover2022_at_mcm_free_rsvp/.
Included with Museum Admission (please pre-purchase tickets here:https://www.etix.com/ticket/e/1023081/2022-miami-childrens-museum-admission-miami-miami-childrens-museum ).
Temple Emanu-El Presents Emmannuil Grinsphun from Ukraine
Posted by Liat Stilman on 03/20/2022 @ 08:32 AM
Emmannuil Grinsphun, Chairman Board of Trustee, Jewish Community in Moldova, Ukraine will be the guest speaker at Temple Emanu-El on Miami Beach Saturday, March 26 at 10 am in the Sanctuary
Everyone is welcome!
LIVE STREAM is also available