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The 42nd Annual MARJCC Hebraica Alex Halberstein Maccabi Games is an athletic event held yearly for Jewish families. It is an Olympic-style sporting competition featuring over 700 competitive games in 13 different sports, including basketball, swimming, track and field, golf, tennis, soccer, volleyball, flag football, chess, dominos, and more.

The opening ceremony will be on Sunday, November 12 at 6 PM at the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center (MARJCC) located at 18900 NE 25th Avenue, North Miami Beach, FL

CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER

Application deadline extended to September 28!

Imagine traveling through Israel with your partner and experiencing ancient Jewish traditions and history together. Honeymoon Israel (HMI) allows you to do exactly that!

On this nine-day trip, May 30-June 9, 2024, you will explore Israel in luxury with 19 other couples, learning about the country’s culture, beauty and society. In partnership with the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, HMI helps young couples with at least one Jewish partner infuse Jewish life into their homes in a personal and meaningful way.

Reflecting on her trip with HMI, Camila Rolnick, noted, "HMI gave us a sense of belonging and community. It helped us find the spiritual aspect of our home and relationship that we didn't even know we were missing."

REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 28! CLICK HERE TO APPLY NOW!

ATTENTION SENIORS- ENJOY A WONDERFUL DAY OUT ON 9/27/23.

Fall into Health at the 2023 North Miami Beach Senior Health & Wellness Fair!

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, September 27 from 9 am to 12:30 pm

LOCATION: McDonald Center, 17051 NE 19 Ave, North Miami Beach, FL 33162

ABOUT THE EVENT: FREE resources, health screenings, valuable medical, legal, financial, and health/well-being related information will be provided to empower attendees with the tools needed to take action to improve their lifestyle and address any mental, physical, and spiritual concerns for total health. The day includes tons of fun activities, including exercise, music, entertainment, raffles, pampering activities, and giveaways.

ATTENDANCE: Free.

ATTENDEES REGISTER AT: https://SeniorHealthFair2023.eventbrite.com

ShirAnit supports mourners completely free of cost.

We set up the shiva home by covering mirrors, providing low seats, Kaddish cards, sidurs, books on mourning, among other items.

Our mission is to lighten the load for all Jewish mourners, elevate the souls of the departed by providing opportunities to do mitzvot in their name, and enable friends and families of the mourner to focus on supporting the mourner.

Call us any time: +1 (305) 707-7724

Thursday, Sept 7 Chabad Chayil, 2601 NE 211 Terrace, Miami, FL 33180

A certified scribe will be visiting the community checking Mezuzas & Tefillin. He will only be with us for a few hours, so his time is limited. To make sure you reserve a spot to have yours checked, please call ahead. Prices are $10 per Mezuzah and $90 for Tefillin. Discounts & payment plans available to anyone that needs.

For more information and RSVP call (305) 770-1919 or visit www.chabadchayil.org/2675078

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

In the Spotlight: Woke Antisemitism

Abigail Pogrebin is joined by David Bernstein, a vet¬er¬an Jew¬ish advo¬ca-cy leader and self-described lib¬er¬al who broke with the far left for reasons illuminated in his book Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideology Harms Jews. Monday - 8:00pm Tuesday - 2:00am & 11:00am, Wednesday - 5:00am Thursday - 2:00pm, Friday - 4:00am & Saturday - 4:00pm

Benjamin Anthony & Chuck Freilich: IDDF

Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor Chuck Freilich and MirYam Institute co-founder Benjamin Anthony debate the pros and cons of a possible US-Israeli defense treaty, the assassination of Yevgeny Prigozhin, and the first Republican presidential debate. Tuesday - 7:30pm Wednesday - 1:00am & 1:00pm, Thursday - 4:00am, Friday - 10:00am

Rabbi Sharon Brous with Tara Schuster

IKAR’s Rabbi Sharon Brous sits with author Tara Schuster to discuss spirituality, mental health, healing and other ideas explored in Schuster’s book, Glow in the F*cking Dark. Wednesday - 8:00pm Thursday - 1:00am & 11:00am Friday - 5:00am & Saturday - 7:00pm

Rabbis Roundtable: The High Holidays

From the JBS Studios, a panel of esteemed senior clergy from Manhattan’s Upper East Side congregations, Rabbis Angela Buchdahl (Central Synagogue), Elliot Cosgrove (Park Avenue Synagogue), and Chaim Steinmetz (Kehilath Jeshurun) discuss their plans and preparations for the High Holidays. Wednesday - 9:00pm Thursday - 12:00am & 3:00pm, Saturday - 6:00pm

Services for Selichot

The Jewish world prepares for the High Holidays with services for Selichot, the prayers of repentance and forgiveness

**Central Synagogue (Reform) Saturday - 8:00pm (Live) and Sunday - 12:30am;

Hampton Synagogue (Orthodox) Saturday - 10:30pm (Live) Sunday - 3:00am**

In the News: March on Washington 2023

Yolanda Savage-Narva, (URJ), discusses her experience as a Black Jewish woman participating in the historic 2023 March on Washington, weighs in on Black-Jewish relations 60 years ago and today, and offers hopes for the future. With Teisha Bader. Sunday - Today 8:30am & 5:30pm

Tune in every week on Thursday for new editions of In the News: Thursday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Saturday - 11:30pm & 3:30am

Good Week Israel: Old Passageway, New Book, Top Rankings

Stories include the discovery of a 5500-year-old passageway in Israel, 3 Israeli universities ranking among the world’s top 100, Israeli windsurfers winning gold & silver and Israeli windsurfers win gold & silver. Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

On L’Chayim: Conversations of Importance to the Jewish Community with Rabbi Mark S. Golub z”l

Jewish New York

Historians Deborah Dash Moore (U. of Michigan) and Jeffrey Gurock (Yeshiva U.) discuss the history of New York City and of the Jews of N.Y. chronicled in their book “Jews of New York: The Remarkable Story of A City and A People.” Sunday - 6:00pm Monday - 3:00pm and Friday - 3:00pm

Jeffrey Gurock on Parkchester

In Parkchester: A Bronx Tale of Race & Ethnicity, Jeffrey S. Gurock (Prof. of Jewish History, Yeshiva U.) describes the unique “get along” character of his own childhood community, a “model” neighborhood built in NYC in 1940.
Monday - 9:00pm Tuesday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

Fauda Star Yaakov Daniel

Yaakov Daniel, who plays a leading role in the hit Israeli series Fauda about an Israeli unit that must deal with Palestinian terrorists on the West Bank, describes his personal story and his feelings for the series seen on Netflix. Tuesday - 9:00pm Wednesday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

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JEWISH STUDIES

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

All Jews Are Friends

"All Jews Are Friends," based on Hagigah 26. Today (Sunday) - 9:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm and Wednesday- 7:00pm

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. Today (Sunday) - 9:35am Tuesday - 9:35am & 5:35pm and Thursday - 7:00pm

Synagogue 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

Sunday, September 10, 9-11 AM

A family-friendly morning program on the Miami Beach JCC Sol Stern Dock using the kayaks and canoes of the Mariner Program to help keep the Indian Creek Waterway clean in a pre-High Holiday – Reverse Tashlich. A donation of $18 per person is suggested (children under 12 are free). MBJCC Lifeguards will be present. Refreshments will be served!

A portion of the proceeds support the MBJCC Mariners program and Clean Miami Beach, a non-profit dedicated to clean beaches water and ending single-use plastics. They will be on hand to assist with nets, grabbers, buckets and other equipment.

What is a Reverse Tashlich? Sponsored by the Jewish organization Tikkun HaYam - Repair the Sea, the Reverse Tashlich program, conducted worldwide, reimagines the High Holiday Tashlich ceremony of symbolically casting away sins into water. The symbolism is reversed: participants come together to clean up waterways that impact our lives, fostering a spiritual connection to and stewardship for the environment.

Location: Miami Beach JCC, 4221 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

With YLD and OneTable

September 8, 2023

Join the Young Leadership Division (YLD) and OneTable for a special Shabbat dinner. OneTable empowers people who don’t yet have a consistent Shabbat dinner practice to build one that feels authentic, sustainable and valuable. The OneTable community is made up of people 21-39ish who are not in undergraduate college and are looking to find and share this powerful experience.

OneTable supports hosts by providing a $10 credit per guest to any of its Nourishment partners. YLD offers an additional $10 per guest. All guests will receive a special Shabbat bag.

Click here to become a Shabbat dinner host RSVP by September 4

Click here to find a Shabbat dinner to attend

For more information, contact Hayley Futernick at [email protected] or 786.866.8419.

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

Eye on Israel: Eric Mandel

Will the US sign a nuclear agreement with Iran? When will there be peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia? Founder and director of the Middle East Political and Information Network (MEPIN), Eric Mandel, shares insights with Shahar Azani. Monday - 8:00pm Tuesday - 2:00am & 11:00am, Wednesday - 5:00am Thursday - 2:00pm, Friday - 4:00am & Saturday - 7:00pm

Climate Change Technology in Israel Part 1

Map the current trends of climate change innovations in Israel with John Medved (Our Crowd) and Dr. Tareq Abu Hamed (Arava Institute for Environmental Studies) in part one of a six part series. Tuesday - 8:00pm Wednesday - 1:00am & 11:00am, Thursday - 5:00am Friday - 2:00pm & Saturday - 8:00pm

Eric Goldman’s Jewish Cinematheque: Guy Nattiv - ‘Golda’

Eric Goldman speaks with Israeli filmmaker Guy Nattiv, director of the 2023 film ‘Golda” starring Helen Mirren and Liev Schreiber Thursday - 7:30pm Friday - 2:00am & 10:00am & Saturday - 4:30pm

Rabbi Sharon Brous: Think Small

Heading into the holiest time of the year, IKAR’s Rabbi Sharon Brous offers suggestions for how to prepare our hearts for the High Holidays. Friday - 11:00am & 10:10pm Saturday - 3:30am & 4:00pm

In the News: Abraham Accords & Advancing Women

Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Fleur Hassan Nahoum, discusses FemForward MENA – an initiative promoting gender equality in the hi-tech industry, made possible under the Abraham Accords. With Teisha Bader. Sunday - Today 8:30am & 5:30pm

Tune in every week on Thursday for new editions of In the News: Thursday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Saturday - 11:30pm & 3:30am

Thinking Out Loud: Micah Halpern

JBS journalist Micah Halpern observes that lately, everywhere you look in Israel there have been massive protests and rallies. Israel has a very strong and exciting history of protests; some have ended in tragedy, while others have literally changed the world. This week, Micah examines some of those protests — this and more on this episode of "Thinking Out Loud" on JBS. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 8:30am & 12:30pm

Good Week Israel: Space Mission and Gal Gadot’s new film

First mother-daughter duo on Virgin Galactic space mission, aliyah increases through Nefesh B’nefesh, Gal Gadot’s new film ‘Heart of Stone,’United Hatzalah responds to global tragedies. Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

On L’Chayim

Charles Small

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. Monday - 9:00pm Tuesday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

Kenneth Levin

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 Wednesday - 12:00am & 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

Mike Burstyn

Star of stage, screen and Yiddish theater Mike Burstyn talks about his theatrical journey, his feelings for Israel, and his first feature film, ‘Azimuth,’ about an Israeli and Egyptian soldier after the 6-Day War. Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight Thursday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

Yityish Aynaw

Yityish “Titi” Aynaw discusses her journey of making aliyah to Israel from Ethiopia, serving in the IDF, and becoming the first Ethiopian Miss Israel in 2013.
Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

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

Blessings

Rabbi Mordechai Becher discusses the history and nuances of Jewish blessings, their Hebrew translations, etymologies, and deeper meanings — as reminders to appreciate and value everything we use, see, and encounter within our daily lives. Today (Sunday) - 9:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Wednesday- 7:00pm

Marijuana & Jewish Law

Rabbi Becher explores the Jewish understanding of recreational drug use, substance abuse and addiction Today (Sunday) - 9:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:30pm Thursday - 7:00pm

Synagogue 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

GOLDA (Directed by Oscar-winning, Israeli filmmaker, Guy Nattiv, starring Helen Mirren as Golda Meir) is coming to MIAMI and South Florida!!

The movie opens THIS WEEKEND for at least a week of showtimes, and has screenings also tonight in many theaters.

Please go see it with friends!! We need more of these high-profile, positive-for-ISRAEL films to be produced & get theatrical distribution. Let's rally for this weekend!

Check www.goldafilm.com for the trailer, theaters & ticket sales.

For questions, please contact Tamar Simon at [email protected] or call/text/Whatsapp +1-917-670-6824.

Find the movie on social #goldamovie