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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.

To learn more click here

AJC’s Judge Learned Hand Award was established in memory of a legendary figure, Judge Learned Hand, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1924 to 1951. Widely admired as a dean among American jurists, Judge Learned Hand was famous for the extensive range of decisions he rendered in more than two thousand cases. The award is presented to outstanding leaders of the legal profession who exemplify the high principles for which Judge Hand was known.

When:

May 18, 2023 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where:

PO Box 164706 Miami, FL 33116

Organizer:

Michael Winograd

Contact:

Nancy Reinhard at [email protected] ((305) 670-1019)

Cost:

Call for information .

Men, Women & Children are invited to the annual authentic Lag BaOmer Bonfire, BBQ & Kumzits celebration. Bring your instruments!

Date: Monday, May 8, 8:30pm

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

Cost: No charge. Sponsors welcome.

RSVP at ChabadChayil.org/Events

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

Srugim Episode 13 - “Dreamers”

Yifat has dreams and conflicting romantic feelings, Hodaya and her visiting niece confront complex attitudes towards their faith, and a cockroach infestation reveals multitudes for Nati and his girlfriend. Monday - 7:00pm Tuesday - 2:00am & 10:00am Wednesday - 5:00am Thursday - 2:00pm Friday - 2:00am Saturday - 10:30pm

Srugim Unraveled Thursday 1pm

In the Spotlight: Jonathan Rosen

Acclaimed author Jonathan Rosen joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions, his haunting book that explores the ways in which we understand – and fail to understand – mental illness. Monday - 8:00pm Tuesday - 1:00am & 11:00am Wednesday - 5:00am Thursday - 2:30pm Saturday - 4:30pm

Global Connections with Robert Siegel: Who’s Afraid of Artificial Intelligence

Robert Siegel looks at the dazzling and frightening new developments in artificial intelligence and the dizzying conundrum of whether or not we should develop non-human minds that might eventually outnumber, outsmart and replace us, with experts Leor Perl (Rabin Medical Center), Sherry Turkle (MIT), Daniel Rockmore (Dartmouth College), in a program of AFRMC. Wednesday - 8:00pm Thursday - 2:00am & 11:00am Friday - 4:00am Saturday - 8:00pm

**ISRAEL, NEWS AND ANALYSIS

Good Week Israel: DeSantis in Israel, New Israel Warship & JNF

Stories include Variety Israel’s annual poker event supporting special needs families, JNF-USA President Sol Lizerbram discussing recent projects in Israel, and the wine of the week from Barkan Winery. Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

Thinking Out Loud: Micah Halpern

Israel warns the world of the nuclear dangers Iran poses. The nexus between China, Russia and Iran strengthens. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 8:30am & 12:30pm

In the News: Ron Kampeas

Washington bureau chief for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Ron Kampeas discusses the significance of Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy's address to Israel's Knesset this week. With Teisha Bader. Thursday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Friday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

Eye on Israel: Caravan for Democracy

Shahar Azani is joined by Vivian Grossman, Rene Reinhard, Cornelius Salonis, and Jody Holland, members of JNF’s “Caravan for Democracy” and “Faculty Fellowships,” programs which aim to inspire and empower participants on everything Israel. Thursday - 8:00pm Friday - 5:00am & 2:00pm
Saturday - 7:00pm

L’Chayim

Aaron Ben Ze’ev

Israeli philosopher Aaron Ben Ze’ev, the former President of the University of Haifa who’s considered one of the world's leading experts in the study of emotions, discusses the psychology of love for Lag B’Omer. Monday - 9:00pm Tuesday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

Jennifer Gelfer & John Buffalo

Filmmaker Jennifer Gelfer and star actor John Buffalo Mailer discuss their feature film The Second Sun, the poignant story of a b'shert romance between a survivor and a lost soul in post-World War II New York City. Tuesday - 9:00pm Wednesday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

Harold Kushner z”l

Harold Kushner z”l, the beloved late rabbi and author (When Bad Things Happen to Good People and Overcoming Life's Disappointments) uses the story of Moses to help explain his perspective on coping with personal tragedies. Wednesday - 9:00pm
Thursday - 12:00am & 3:00pm

Yossi Ron - Etzion Bloc 1948

The story of Yossi Ron, orphaned when his parents were killed in the Arab massacre of K'far Etzion on May 13, 1948, one day prior to the establishment of the Jewish state. Thursday - 9:00pm Friday - 12:00am & 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Talmud Study: Marriage

For the holiday of Lag B’Omer, Rabbi Becher looks at the subject of marriage in his lesson "Eight Blessings One Wedding.” Today (Sunday) - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Wednesday - 7:00pm

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"). Today (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