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The Greater Miami Jewish Federation is now accepting applications for its 2020 Jewish Incubator Grants, which will award nonprofits eager to strengthen Miami’s Jewish community through innovative and impactful programs. Organizations, synagogues, agencies and schools with compelling and creative ideas that support social service, educational or Jewish-identity building activities are invited to apply.

Applications are due no later than 4 p.m. on Friday, September 6, 2019.

Click here for more information and to apply.

For a complete and timely schedule, go to www.jbstv.org

92nd Street Y: Charles Bronfman

One of the Jewish communities leading philanthropists and co-founder of Birthright Israel, Charles Bronfman, discusses his life with Rabbi Peter Rubenstein, Director of Jewish Community and Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at the 92nd Street Y. Tonight (Sunday) – 8pm & 1am; Monday - 10pm & 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday – 1am; Saturday - 3pm

Argentine Bombing-25th Anniversary

Rabbi Marcelo Kormis, a first responder to the 1994 terrorist bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish Center that murdered 85, and Jonathan Schanzer are part of a memorial service. By AJC Westchester/Fairfield at Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, Rye, NY. Monday 7:30pm & 1am; Wednesday 1:30pm; Saturday – 7:30pm & 1am

L'Chayim: The Second Sun

Film Director Jennifer Gelfer and male star 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. (Film opens Monday, August 19) Wednesday - 9pm & 12am; Thursday 3pm; Next Sunday – Noon & 6pm

L'Chayim: Today (Sunday) – Remembering Harvey Kaylie z"l

One of the Jewish community’s greatest supporters of Israel and of countless Jewish causes, Harvey Kaylie z”l, is remembered by his daughter Alicia, grandson Lavee, good friend Albert Amini & the CEO of Camp Kaylie David Mandel. With Mark S. Golub. Today – Noon & 6pm; Monday– 3pm

L'Chayim: Monday – Esther Wachsman

Esther Wachsman, mother of kidnapped Israeli soldier, Nachshon Wachsman, talks about the failed rescue attempt to save her son's life and the ethical issues Israel faces. Monday – 9pm & Midnight; Tuesday – 3pm

L'Chayim: Tuesday – Palestinian Textbooks

Marcus Sheff, CEO of the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education in Israel, discusses the way Jews and Israel are depicted in Palestinian Authority textbooks.
Tuesday – 9:30pm & 12:30am; Wednesday – 3:30pm

L'Chayim: Thursday – Israeli Journalists

Amir Tibon (Diplomatic Correspondent for the Walla News Agency) and Yaakov Lappin (Military Analyst for the Jerusalem Post) offer penetrating analysis of the Iran Nuclear Deal, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, President Obama's foreign policy and the fallout from the strained Obama-Netanyahu relationship. Thursday - 9pm & Midnight; Friday - 3pm

L'Chayim: Saturday – Breast Cancer Heroine

Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Koman organization, describes her devotion to helping women with breast cancer in tribute to her sister who died of the disease at 36; and why there is now a 99% survivor rate. Saturday - 6pm

Jabotinsky Memorial 2019

Jerusalem City Councilman Aryeh King, media entrepreneur Amotz Eyal and Consul General of Israel in New York Dani Dayan are featured speakers at the 2019 Jabotinsky Memorial. With Co-Executive Director Judy Freedman Kadish, a program of Americans for A Safe Israel (AFSI) from Park East Synagogue, NYC. Tuesday 8pm & 1am; Thursday 2pm

Jake Ehrenreich Show: Vanessa Hidary and Ron Eliran

Israel’s Ambassador of Song Ron Eliran performs some of his most well-known songs (Sharm el Sheikh) and Vanessa Hidary (Hebrew Mamita) recites her poem on Jewish identity; and Jake inducts Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme (z”l) into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Saturday – 7pm & 2am

Jake Ehrenreich Show: Shulem and Lenore Skenazy

Jake welcomes the Hasidic singer who has taken the American music world by storm, Shulem; and author, TV Reality and "America's Worst Mom," Lenore Skenazy. And Jake inducts Totie Fields into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Sunday – 2pm; Tuesday - 10:30am; Wednesday - 5am

Talkline-Brenner: The Bridge

Zev Brenner takes us to The Bridge Multicultural and Advocacy Project annual holiday party to meet local leaders and NY representatives from Haiti, Israel, Pakistan, the Caribbean & more as they celebrate a spirit of unity, tolerance and diversity. Tonight 10pm & 2am; Tuesday 5am

In The News: BDS in Raleigh and at Duke

Sloan Rachmuth, Dir. of Research & Special Projects at Haym Salomon Center, describes how the Raleigh Jewish community failed to support her when she objected to BDS at her children’s Hebrew School; and discusses BDS and SJP at Duke. Today (Sunday) – 5:30pm & 11:30pm; Monday – 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

JBS Jewish Film Festival: Purple Lawns

Two secular, free-spirited women share a flat in Tel-Aviv. Their high rent forces them to take in a third roommate, an enigmatic ultra-orthodox woman. (Hebrew with English subtitles)Tonight (Sunday) - 9pm and Midnight (6pm & 9pm PT) Friday Night – 9pm & 4am

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

JCS and Greater Miami Jewish Federation are joining together to fight food insufficiency in Miami.

Volunteer and help deliver Rosh Hashanah food baskets to homebound seniors during JCS annual Milk & Honey food distribution event.

Assemble Baskets from 9 – 10 a.m.
Deliver from 10 – 11:15 a.m.

North Location: Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center
South Location: Temple Judea

For group registration, contact Marian Mendelsohn at 305.403.6539 or [email protected].

To help members of our vibrant Jewish community choose a place to worship, Federation and the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami have compiled a directory of area synagogues. We encourage you to review this list and contact a synagogue for membership information.

Make this Jewish New Year a time for renewal for you and your family, and a time to find personal meaning and spiritual connection with your community. Synagogues provide ongoing opportunities to study, experience, and enjoy being connected to Miami’s Jewish community throughout the year. Click here for a thoughtful article on the benefits of synagogue membership.

Join us for the 9th Annual YJP Miami White Party at SKY ROOFTOP LOUNGE

Get Dressed in White and Meet 100s of Miami's Young Jewish Adult Community on this special holiday of Tu'BAv - The Jewish Holiday of Romance.

Thursday, August 15th- 8:00pm

Gain Access here

at SKY ROOFTOP
35 SE 9th Street
Miami, FL 33131

Open Bar - Tapas - Sushi - DJ at SKY ROOFTOP

RSVP $25 Before July 10th
$30 Until July 25th
$36 Until August 8th
$40 After
$45 Door Price

Corporate Sponsorships Available contact [email protected]

JEWISH LATIN CENTER PRESENTS -

JEWISH LATIN CENTER SUMMER VIBES COCKTAIL HOUR

Thursday, July 25th- 7:30pm

Blackbird Ordinary
729 SW 1th Ave
Miami, FL 33130

Click here to RSVP

Happy Hour - Welcome Drink - Finger Foods - Live Music - Great Vibes
$10 Until July 15th
$15 Until July 25th
$18 Door Price

For a complete and timely schedule and other Tv providers, go to www.jbstv.org

Bucharest Diary: Moses & Lieberman

The first U.S. Ambassador to Romania Alfred H. Moses sits with former Sen. Joseph Lieberman to recount the untold story of the exodus of Jews from Communist Romania to Israel. A program of the American Jewish Historical Society and the Center for Jewish History. Monday - 8pm & 1am; Wednesday - 2pm; Saturday – 8pm & 2am

Middle East Threats: Tony Badran

Middle East scholar Tony Badran (Foundation for Defense of Democracies) discusses the threats posed by Iran and Hezbollah to Israel, the Middle East and the U.S. A program of the Israel Committee of Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford, Ct. (2019) Tuesday – 8pm & 1am; Thursday – 2pm; Friday – 5am; Saturday – 7pm

L’Chayim: Settler Leader Dilmoni

Yigal Dilmoni, CEO of the Yesha Council of communities on the West Ridge (West Bank) of Israel, describes plans to expand settler communities and shares his perspective on the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Wednesday – 9pm & Midnight; Thursday – 3pm

Elie Abadie, Part 1

Elie Abadie, rabbi of the Manhattan East Synagogue and director of The Sephardic Academy of Manhattan (and a practicing gastroenterologist), discusses the challenges of promoting Sephardic Jewish culture on the American Jewish scene.
Monday – 9pm & Midnight; Tuesday – 3pm

Elie Abadie, Part 2

Co-President of “Justice for Jews from Arab Countries” (JJAC), Rabbi Elie Abadie (Manhattan East Synagogue), describes his ties to Israel and discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a Sephardic Jewish perspective. Tuesday - 9pm & Midnight; Wednesday - 3pm

Shin Bet Head-Yaakov Peri

Yaakov Peri, director of Israel’s internal Security Agency (the Shin Bet) from 1988-1994 during the first Lebanon war, discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Shabak, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the New State Solution Thursday – 9pm & Midnight; Friday – 3pm

Miss Israel (Titi)

“Titi” Aynaw discusses her journey from her hometown in Ethiopia to Aliyah to Israel, to serving in the IDF, to becoming the first Ethiopian Miss Israel in 2013. Saturday – 6pm

L’Chayim: Cast of Shtisel

In an exclusive television interview, three stars of the hit Israeli series Shtisel -- Michael Aloni (Kive), Dov Glickman (Kive’s father Shulem) and Neta Riskin (Kive’s sister Giti) -- speak about their Jewish backgrounds and how playing Chasidic Jews may have changed their Jewish identities. Sunday – Noon & 6pm; Monday– 3pm

Jake Ehrenreich Show – Michaels & Dershowitz

Comedienne and impressionist Marilyn Michaels, and Alan Dershowitz as you’ve never seen him before (reminiscing about his youth in the Catskills and singing “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah”) are Jake Ehrenreich’s guests on an encore presentation of the “The Jake Ehrenreich Show,” with Jake’s inducting Jerry Lewis into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Saturday – 9pm & Midnight

92nd Street Y: Adin Steinsaltz

Rethinking Jewish Identity is explored by noted philosopher, mystic, scientist, social critic, and prolific author Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. From the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Sunday– 8pm & 1am; Monday - 10pm & 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday – 1am;

Film: Beyond Eyruv

In this film, an 18-year old boy decides to leave his ultra-Orthodox community to try to build a life for himself in the secular world while carrying the burden of a deep and disturbing secret. An award-winning documentary from director John Mounier. Sunday- 9pm and Midnight; Friday Night – 9pm & 4am

In The News: Dani Dayan-U.S. Peace Plan

Israel’s Consul General of New York, Dani Dayan, discusses the implications of the U.S. Peace Plan unveiled at the Economic Summit in Bahrain; Israeli September elections: antisemitism; and the evils of the BDS Movement. Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm; Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm; Saturday – 11:30pm & 3:30am

Watch Kabbalat Shabbat services from a modern Orthodox synagogue, The Hampton Synagogue of West Hampton Beach, NY; and Shabbat Services from Reform synagogue, Central Synagogue of New York City every Friday night on JBS. Kabbalat Shabbat - 7pm; Shabbat Services - 7:40pm & 11pm

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

SATURDAY, JULY 27, 8:00 PM

Cor Jesu Chapel, Barry University, 11300 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161-6695

FREE

https://www.jgcmfestival.com/concerts

Music of Haydn, Mozart, Ravel, Tchaikovsky Gingold Festival Virtuosi

The Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival of Miami announces the inaugural season of world-class concerts and intensive educational initiatives celebrating the legacy of violinist Josef Gingold—the primary exponent of the “Golden Age” of violin—on the Miami Shores campus of Barry University, July 7-28, 2019. Josef Gingold’s principal exponent, Cuban-born violinist Andrés Cárdenes, leads the festival as Music Director.

Fifty-five students from around the world descend on Miami for intensive study with 18 faculty members from top conservatories (such as Juilliard, Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Colburn School, and St. Petersburg Conservatory, among others) and orchestras (such as New York Philharmonic, Dallas and Pittsburgh Symphonies, among others).

Public concerts occur during the 2019 festival featuring violinists Andrés Cárdenes and Gary Levinson, pianists Alexandre Moutouzkine and Alon Goldstein, cellists Andrés Diaz and Anne Martindale Williams, violists Paul Coletti and Michael Klotz, and other prestigious artists. This is a unique opportunity in Miami to hear some of the world’s foremost classical musicians in an intimate setting this summer. Further, the three-week educational program offers master classes, career management symposia, and lectures on musical and industry topics. The festival focuses on both solo and chamber repertoire for strings and piano.

The Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival of Miami upholds the belief in mentoring the next generation of performers in the culturally diverse and vibrant city of Miami. It aims to spread knowledge, interest, and appreciation in classical music across Miami-Dade County. The festival is co-founded by two veteran arts administrators, Dr. Giselle Elgarresta Rios and Robert H. Smith, Jr., both of Miami, FL.

Varied concert programming—open to the public—features string quartets, string trios, piano quintets, solo piano as well as works for strings with piano.

FRIDAY, JULY 26, 7:30 PM

Cor Jesu Chapel, Barry University, 11300 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161-6695

FREE

https://www.jgcmfestival.com/concerts

Music of Schumann, Mozart, Mendelssohn
Michael Klotz, viola Gary Levinson, violin
Alexandre Moutouzkine, piano Irina Muresanu, violin David Russell, violin Bion Tsang, cello

The Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival of Miami announces the inaugural season of world-class concerts and intensive educational initiatives celebrating the legacy of violinist Josef Gingold—the primary exponent of the “Golden Age” of violin—on the Miami Shores campus of Barry University, July 7-28, 2019. Josef Gingold’s principal exponent, Cuban-born violinist Andrés Cárdenes, leads the festival as Music Director.

Fifty-five students from around the world descend on Miami for intensive study with 18 faculty members from top conservatories (such as Juilliard, Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Colburn School, and St. Petersburg Conservatory, among others) and orchestras (such as New York Philharmonic, Dallas and Pittsburgh Symphonies, among others).

Public concerts occur during the 2019 festival featuring violinists Andrés Cárdenes and Gary Levinson, pianists Alexandre Moutouzkine and Alon Goldstein, cellists Andrés Diaz and Anne Martindale Williams, violists Paul Coletti and Michael Klotz, and other prestigious artists. This is a unique opportunity in Miami to hear some of the world’s foremost classical musicians in an intimate setting this summer. Further, the three-week educational program offers master classes, career management symposia, and lectures on musical and industry topics. The festival focuses on both solo and chamber repertoire for strings and piano.

The Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival of Miami upholds the belief in mentoring the next generation of performers in the culturally diverse and vibrant city of Miami. It aims to spread knowledge, interest, and appreciation in classical music across Miami-Dade County. The festival is co-founded by two veteran arts administrators, Dr. Giselle Elgarresta Rios and Robert H. Smith, Jr., both of Miami, FL.

Varied concert programming—open to the public—features string quartets, string trios, piano quintets, solo piano as well as works for strings with piano.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 7:30 PM

Cor Jesu Chapel, Barry University, 11300 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161-6695

https://www.jgcmfestival.com/concerts

FREE

Music of Beethoven, Liszt, Dallapiccola Alexandre Moutouzkine, piano

The Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival of Miami announces the inaugural season of world-class concerts and intensive educational initiatives celebrating the legacy of violinist Josef Gingold—the primary exponent of the “Golden Age” of violin—on the Miami Shores campus of Barry University, July 7-28, 2019. Josef Gingold’s principal exponent, Cuban-born violinist Andrés Cárdenes, leads the festival as Music Director.

Fifty-five students from around the world descend on Miami for intensive study with 18 faculty members from top conservatories (such as Juilliard, Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Colburn School, and St. Petersburg Conservatory, among others) and orchestras (such as New York Philharmonic, Dallas and Pittsburgh Symphonies, among others).

Public concerts occur during the 2019 festival featuring violinists Andrés Cárdenes and Gary Levinson, pianists Alexandre Moutouzkine and Alon Goldstein, cellists Andrés Diaz and Anne Martindale Williams, violists Paul Coletti and Michael Klotz, and other prestigious artists. This is a unique opportunity in Miami to hear some of the world’s foremost classical musicians in an intimate setting this summer. Further, the three-week educational program offers master classes, career management symposia, and lectures on musical and industry topics. The festival focuses on both solo and chamber repertoire for strings and piano.

The Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival of Miami upholds the belief in mentoring the next generation of performers in the culturally diverse and vibrant city of Miami. It aims to spread knowledge, interest, and appreciation in classical music across Miami-Dade County. The festival is co-founded by two veteran arts administrators, Dr. Giselle Elgarresta Rios and Robert H. Smith, Jr., both of Miami, FL.

Varied concert programming—open to the public—features string quartets, string trios, piano quintets, solo piano as well as works for strings with piano.