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Win A Flight & 3-Night Stay In Israel - Hadassah's Helping Hands: Outfitting Our Pediatric Future

Hadassah Florida is proud to offer Florida residents, the exciting opportunity to purchase prize drawing tickets to win a flight to Israel (up to $2500 value) and a 3-night stay at the Inbal Hotel Jerusalem, Israel. Prize drawing tickets are $100 per ticket. Only 400 tickets are available for purchase. Generously sponsored by Israel’s international fashion designer ALEMBIKA and Boca Express Travel, Boca Raton, you can purchase virtual prize drawing tickets from Tuesday, February 6 through Monday, May 2, 2022.

Please click on this link to purchase prize drawing tickets: https://events.hadassah.org/HelpingHands

100% of proceeds go to Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem’s Pediatric Bay Project. You are welcome to donate any amount. The winner will also enjoy a personalized tour of Hadassah Hospital (subject to availability) and a stylist session at an Alembika store.

The fashion magic doesn’t end with the purchase of prize drawing tickets. You’re invited to Alembika trunk shows to be staged at stores throughout Florida on Sunday, April 10, 2022, 1:00pm – 4:00pm. Trunk show stores will generously donate 10% of Alembika fashion sales made on April 10 to Hadassah.

ATJC Lunch and Learn with Lyon Roth

FRIDAYS AT 12:30 PM

IN-PERSON AT THE AVENTURA TURNBERRY JEWISH CENTER

ATJC Members $10 per person | Non-Members $18 per person

FEBRUARY 11

AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN’S FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE:Assessing the 79 year-old “Rookie’s" performance.

FEBRUARY 25

XI JINPING IS ONLY 68 BUT IS COMPLETING HIS FIRST DECADE AS CHINA’S SUPREME LEADER - WITH NO TERM LIMITS IN SIGHT. What we can expect from the world’s other superpower in the years ahead.

MARCH 4

FROM 6 TO 61:HOW PRIME MINISTER BENNET MANAGES TO PRESERVE A COALITION WHILE LEADING ONE OF ISRAEL’S SMALLEST POLITICAL FACTIONS. How long can it last and how will he navigate relations with key countries in the region and beyond.

MARCH 11

8 MONTHS TILL “FINALS.” Studying for the midterm elections and handicapping key House and Senate races across the country. We will explore tensions within the two major parties and the implications for America’s future.

About Lyon Roth

Lyon Roth has enjoyed an extensive career in law, business and financial services in Canada, Israel and the United States. He is a graduate of McGill university and Harvard law school and served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada. Lyon is chairman of Yarotek (a solar energy company), director of the friends of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) and, along with his daughter Israela, a godparent at Jewish adoption and family care options (JAFCO). He also co-chairs the Florida congressional committee pro-Israel PAC and is a member of the Israeli consulate’s speakers bureau. Lyon has been chairman of Israel Bonds (Florida), a governor of Ben-Gurion university and has taught business law and ethics at various universities in Israel and the US. He has served on multiple corporate and community boards and speaks frequently on topics relating to Israel, the political and economic climate in the middle east, energy, water and environmental sustainability. Lyon has traveled to over 50 countries and is fluent in English, Hebrew and French.

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ATJC Summer Camp Registration is Now Open

Join us for a Summer of fun at Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center

for children ages 3 months up to 2nd grade

June 7th - July 29th Call Samantha Melamad (305) 931-0010 or email [email protected] for more details.

A SUMMER OF FUN AWAITS

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ATJC Presents The Purim ExSpielience

Join Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center

March 16, 2022 at 6:30 pm

FOR AN INTERACTIVE PURIM SHPIEL WITH SONGS, HUMOR, DANCING AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION created and performed by

Martin Sipicki & Silvio Berlfein

  • Come in costume
  • Boo Haman
  • Food | Drinks & More
  • Kid Friendly
  • Groggers
  • Hamentaschen

ATJC MEMBERS: $10 | NOT YET MEMBERS: $18 | ALL CHILDREN 3-12 FREE

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MARCH 16 - 7:45 pm

MARCH 17 - 8:30 AM

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Stephen Muss Impact Fellowship Application Date Extended!

Spend a high school semester in Israel! The Alexander Muss High School in Israel is seeking student leaders for the 2022 Stephen Muss Impact Fellowship. Jewish students entering their sophomore or junior year of high school, residing in Miami-Dade County, and attending a public or private school are invited to apply.

The extended deadline for applications is: February 25, 2022.

For more information, visit AMHSI.org/Impact-Fellowship or contact Alicia Press at 954-817-7108 or [email protected] or Andrea Schleider at 212-472-9300 ext. 482 or [email protected] .

JBS Highlights 2/6 - 2/12:: JBS Premiere-Rabbi on the Sidelines, Natan Sharansky Freedom, Dumisani Washington, Kenneth Feinberg

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 Premiere!

Rabbi on the Sidelines with Erez Sherman: Dan Shulman Rabbi Erez Sherman of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles speaks with college basketball and MLB ESPN analyst Dan Shulman about the importance of a play by play broadcaster, his background in the Jewish community, his take on sports in the pandemic and more. Then, David Wolpe, the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple, joins Rabbi Sherman to discuss the broader linkage between sports and faith in this JBS premiere episode of Rabbi on the Sidelines. Sunday - 7:00pm & 1:00am Monday – 1:00pm & 2:00am Tuesday - 10:00am Thursday - 2:00pm

ADL “Never Is Now”: Racism

A discussion of how the fights again anti-Black racism and antisemitism are closely linked, and how critical it is to fight anti-Black racism in order to build a stronger and more effective movement across communities to dismantle antisemitism, with panelists Eric K. Ward (Western States Center), Yolanda Savage-Narva (URJ) and Chava Shervington (Jewish Multiracioal Network). With moderator Tema Smith (The Forward). Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Tuesday - 11:00am Wednesday - 2:00pm Friday - 10:30am Saturday - 8:00pm

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch: Whoopi Goldberg

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch addresses Whoopi Goldberg’s remarks about the Holocaust and recent suspension from “The View,” in a sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in NYC. Tuesday - 7:00pm & 2:00am Wednesday - 10:30am & 10:30pm Friday - 10:00am Saturday - 4:00pm

ZOA Books: Kenneth Feinberg

Famed attorney Kenneth Feinberg, best known for serving as Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, discusses his book What Is Life Worth? The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11, now seen as Netflix film. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Wednesday - 11:00am Thursday - 5:00am

Global Perspectives with Ellie Cohanim: Dumisani Washington Founder and CEO of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel

Dumisani Washington discusses relations between Black and Jewish communities, what’s needed to connect Black communities to Israel, and the destructive nature of critical race theory, with former U.S. Deputy Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Ellie Cohanim. Thursday - 7:30pm & 2:00am Friday - 5:30am & 10:00pm

Top Story with Jonathan Tobin: Alan Dershowitz

Author and legal expert Alan Dershowitz joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin to discuss the decline of pro-Israel sentiment in the Democratic Party, the future of Zionist advocacy, the way Jewish groups and colleges are silencing pro-Israel voices to avoid controversy, the impact of critical race theory on American politics and culture and more. Thursday - 8:00pm & Fri 2:00am Friday - 9:00am

In The News: Fighting Antisemitism

*Josh Kraft, President of Kraft Family Philanthropies, among which is the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, discusses antisemitism in Coleyville, Texas and beyond, asking what is being done to fight back. With Shahar Azani. Sunday - 5:30pm *

In The News: In The News: Deborah Isaacs

Deborah Isaacs, President of the American Zionist Movement, discusses the recent trip to Israel she took part in with UN Ambassadors as well as other AZM programs and initiatives. With Teisha Bader. Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 11:30pm

Thinking Out Loud

Micah discusses the restless youth population of Iran, and how the Islamic leadership's failure to address the basic needs of the population as a whole could lead to tremendous internal instability in the years to come. -He also analyzes a fascinating article about the selfish philosophical underpinnings of international relations, and how it may benefit mankind to revise these understandings to incorporate a more holistic approach that acknowledges the oneness and interdependence of all people. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 5:30pm

On L’Chayim

Sunday: Hadas Yosef

An Ethiopian Israeli whose family made Aliyah when she was only two years old, Hadas Yosef shares her story of growing up in Israel, serving in the IDF, and encountering racism as an Ethiopian Jew. Sunday - 12:00 Noon Sunday - 6:00pm

Monday: Howard Goldstein - Israel Bonds Chair

Howard Goldstein, Chairman of the Board of Israel Bonds, describes how he came to be committed to helping the State of Israel and discusses the contribution people can make to Israel thru Israel Bonds.
Monday - 3:00pm

Monday: Ken Spiro on Values

Rabbi, author, lecturer and researcher Ken Spiro (WorldPerfect: The Jewish Impact on Civilization) discusses antisemitism as anti-Zionism, American Jewry and today’s Democratic party, and the core values of Jewish idealism. Monday - 9:00pm & Midnight Tuesday - 3:00pm

Tuesday: Ken Spiro On God

Rabbi, historian and author Ken Spiro explores the Jewish understanding of God in part two of this conversation. Tuesday - 9:00pm & & Midnight Wednesday - 3:00pm

Wednesday: Anat Kuznetzov-Zalmanson

Anat Kuznetzov-Zalmanson, daughter of Soviet Refusnik Edward Kunetsov, describes her documentary film “Operation Wedding” which tells the story of her father’s helping to plot the 1970 failed hijacking of a Soviet plane which led to 15 years in prison. Wednesday - 9:00pm & & Midnight Thursday - 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

Thursday: Natan Sharansky

As we celebrate 36 years of freedom from Soviet prison for Natan Sharansky, the Soviet Refusnik and Dissident, Israeli political leader and former Jewish Agency Head details his life in the former Soviet Union as described in his book Never Alone, in this special 2-hour edition of L’Chayim. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Hebrew: From The Aleph Bet - Lesson 5

Hebrew letters "Hay," "Chet," and "Raysh" are presented on this lesson of JBS's original series, "From the Aleph-Bet," designed for anyone of any age who wishes to learn to read and understand Hebrew. Taught by Rabbi Mark S. Golub. Download Lessons and Worksheets free on the JBS website. Monday - 9:00am & 5:00pm

From The Aleph Bet: Lesson 6

Discover letters "Nun," "Kaf," and "Chet" in the Hebrew alphabet on this lesson of "From the Aleph-Bet". Download Lessons and Worksheets free on the JBS website . Monday - 9:45am & 5:15pm Thursday - 10:00am Friday - 4:00am

Talmud Study: Must God Forgive?

Rabbi Becher asks a question based on teachings of Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman — Does God Have to Forgive Us? — on this edition of Dimensions of the Daf. Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Wednesday - 7:00pm

Talmud Study: Make It Holy

Already Holy, or Make it Holy? (based on Nedarim 13a), this is the question posed by Rabbi Becher on this edition of Dimensions of the Daf. Sunday - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:30pm

Jewish 101: Miracles

Moses' early life, including his speech impediment and his marriage to Zipporah in Midian, is part of this week's study of the Exodus story which reveals the Jewish Tradition's notion of God and what it means to be a Jew. Sunday - 10:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Thursday - 4:00am & 10:45am Friday - 4:45am & 1:00pm

92nd Street Y: Female Rabbis

Panel discussion of pioneering Jewish women from diverse backgrounds to enter the clergy, including Orthodox Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Conservative Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses, and Reform Rabbis Angela Buchdahl and Diana Gerson. In a program of the 92nd St in New York City. Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am Monday - 10:00pm Tuesday - 4:00am Wednesday - 1:00pm Saturday - 1:00am

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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

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Jewish Disability Advocacy Month (JDAM) and Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month (JDAIM)

February is Jewish Disability Advocacy Month (JDAM) and Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month (JDAIM).

This worldwide effort advocates for people with disabilities and mental health conditions to be active participants in Jewish life. Federation is proud to be a part of this effort by helping local organizations raise disability awareness, remove barriers to opportunity and celebrate diversity in our community. This month’s activities include an inclusive Shabbat dinner, movie screenings, PJ Library story time and informative discussions. For more information and to RSVP, click here. Additionally, Federation program Miami Jewish Abilities Alliance offers a user-friendly website to link individuals with disabilities and their families to services, support and resources year-round.

Click here for more info and to RSVP

Volunteer at Our Annual Teen Service Day: J-SERVE ‘22

Teens will learn about food insecurity in Miami by volunteering at local urban gardens, school gardens, and farms. Volunteers will be assigned to one of the locations.

Click here for the list of locations and to RSVP

JBS Highlights 1/30 - 2/5: FIDF Live, Israel's Geo-Strategic Position, Rabbi Hirsch-Boredom and more!

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: Breakthroughs

Take a look back at how the IDF blazed forward in 2021, and explore how soldiers used last year’s serious, adverse, and threatening challenges as opportunities for greater preparation, defense, and protection in 2022. Monday - 7:30pm Tuesday - 1:00pm Thursday - 10:00pm & 2:30am

ADL “Never Is Now”: Disinformation

The deadly impact of conspiracies and disinformation on our national landscape and what can be done to stop them is the focus of a conversation with Will Sommer (Daily Beast) Lisa Kaplan (Alethea) and Imran Ahmed (Center for Countering Digital Hate). Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Tuesday - 11:00am Wednesday - 2:00pm Friday - 10:30am Saturday - 7:00pm

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch: On Boredom

In a sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, Rabbi Hirsch discusses the commandment of Shabbat, and how boredom during Shabbat observance should serve as a lesson in humility, and an inspiration to consider the potential to help others less fortunate. Tuesday - 7:00pm & 2:30am Wednesday - 10:30am & 10:30pm Friday - 10:00am Saturday - 4:00pm

Israel’s Geo-Strategic Position

Israel’s geographic military strategy, and how the Jewish State relates to all players on both the Middle East and larger world stage is discussed by MirYam Institute analyst Yaakov Lappin and IDF Lt. Col. Yochai Guiski (Ret.), with Benjamin Anthony. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Wednesday - 11:00am Thursday - 2:00pm Saturday - 8:00pm

Global Perspectives with Ellie Cohanim: Oporto

Former U.S. Deputy Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Ellie Cohanim speaks with Michael Rothwell, Director of the Oporto Holocaust Museum and Dara Jeffries, VP of the Oporto Jewish Community, about the importance of Oporto, Portugal to Jewish history, and the recent revival of Jewish life in the city. Thursday - 7:30pm & 2:00am Friday - 10:00pm Saturday - 5:30am

Top Story with Jonathan Tobin: Doug Feith

JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin speaks about Deborah Lipstadt, Harry Potter and antisemitism and more, then discusses the Iranian nuclear threat, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and U.S.-Israel relations with former Pentagon Official Doug Feith. Thursday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Friday - 9:00am

In The News: Fighting Antisemitism

Josh Kraft, President of Kraft Family Philanthropies, among which is the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, discusses antisemitism in Colleyville, Texas and beyond, asking what is being done to fight back. With Shahar Azani. Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 11:30pm

Thinking Out Loud: Micah Halpern

Micah breaks down the unsettling case of Christina Darling, a 21-year-old college student in Brooklyn, who is accused of hurling anti-Semitic insults and physically spitting on two young Jewish boys. He also discusses the FBI's initial miscategorization of the Colleyville hostage-taking as being "not specifically related to the Jewish community," and why that is a preposterous conclusion to draw from the facts of the situation. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 5:30pm

On L’Chayim

Sunday: Charles Cohen - “Red Trees”

Real Estate Developer and film producer Charles S. Cohen discusses his Jewish involvement and his film, “Red Trees,” director Marina WIller’s uplifting story of her father’s family’s survival in Nazi-occupied Prague. Sunday - 12:00 Noon Sunday - 6:00pm

Monday: Naomi Vilko - Second Generation

Jewish activist Dr. Naomi Vilko talks personally about the pains and challenges of being the child of Holocaust Survivors and shares her concerns with the Claims Conference and the Jewish far left. Monday - 3:00pm

Monday: Jay Goldberg

Criminal law attorney and US Constitutional scholar Jay Goldberg discusses his career as both prosecutor and defense attorney in some of the nation's most high-profile cases described in his autobiography The Courtroom is My Theater. Monday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Tuesday - 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

Tuesday: Matthew Lazar - Zamir Choral Foundation

Matthew "Mati" Lazar, founding director of the Zamir Choral Foundation, describes his Jewish background and his love of music; and the Jewish philosophy and joys of Zamir - especially the international teen HaZamir Chorale Tuesday - 9:00pm & & Midnight Wednesday - 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

Wednesday: Hadas Yosef

An Ethiopian Israeli whose family made Aliyah when she was only two years old, Hadas Yosef shares her story of growing up in Israel, serving in the IDF, and encountering racism as an Ethiopian Jew. Wednesday - 9:00pm & & Midnight Thursday - 3:00pm

Thursday: Howard Goldstein - Israel Bonds Chair

Howard Goldstein, Chairman of the Board of Israel Bonds, describes how he came to be committed to helping the State of Israel and discusses the contribution people can make to Israel thru Israel Bonds. With Mark S. Golub. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 3:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Hebrew: From The Aleph Bet - Lesson 4

Learn three new Hebrew letters: Aleph, Final Mem, and Lamed and a new Hebrew word. Download Lessons and Worksheets free on the JBS website by Clicking Here. Monday - 9:00am & 5:00pm

From The Aleph Bet: Lesson 5

Learn the Hebrew letters Hay, Chet, and Raysh on this lesson of JBS's original series, From the Aleph-Bet, designed for anyone of any age who wishes to learn to read and understand Hebrew. Taught by Rabbi Mark S. Golub. Monday - 9:30am & 5:30pm Thursday - 10:00am Friday - 4:00am

Talmud Study: Take Off Your Shoes

Take Off Your Shoes, based on Yevamot, is the title of this bi-weekly edition of Dimensions of the Daf, a JBS original series on Talmud study hosted by Rabbi Mordechai Becher. Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Wednesday - 7:00pm

Talmud Study: Polygamy

Big Love: Was Polygamy Normal? (based on Kesuvos 90a) is the title of this biweekly edition of Dimensions of the Daf, a JBS original series on Talmud study hosted by Rabbi Mordechai Becher. Sunday - 9:35am Monday - 4:35am Tuesday - 9:35am & 5:35pm

Jewish 101: The Exodus

What it means to be a "Jew" (according to the Jewish tradition), and Jewish sensitivity to the pain of one's enemies are explored through the Exodus story with rabbinic commentary of the midrash. Sunday - 10:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Thursday - 4:00am & 10:30am Friday - 4:30am & 1:00pm

92nd Street Y: Charles Bronfman

One of the Jewish communities leading philanthropists and co-founder of Birthright Israel, Charles Bronfman, speaks with Rabbi Peter Rubenstein, Director of Jewish Community and Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at the 92nd Street Y. Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am Monday - 10:00pm Tuesday - 10:00am Wednesday - 1:00pm Friday - 2:00pm & 1:00am Saturday - 10:00pm

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

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

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