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Join us as we deliciously celebrate Shavuot, where we not only mark receiving the Torah but traditionally eat dairy foods! You will learn about the art of cheese mongering from cheese connoisseur Michael Landis and sample several delicious cheeses.

Cost: $36

May 17th 7:30 PM via zoom REGISTER AT bit.ly/alpercheese

Contact Jenine Simon at [email protected] for more information!

May 20, 2021 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

via Zoom

Join ADL Florida for an timely and dynamic evening on Extremism in 2021 on May 20th at 6:30 pm. The evening will feature a panel of experts on antisemitism, racism, and hate with an interactive Q & A and a conversation with bestselling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, a National Book Award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of seven books.

The panel will include Joanna Mendelson Associate Director ADL’s Center on Extremism, Amy Spitalnick Executive Director Integrity First for America, and Representative of FBI Tampa, Joint Terrorism Task Force.

Ticket Price- $180

Register: https://support.adl.org/Extremism2021

Tuesday, May 11 9-11 a.m.

First come, first served while supplies last Please do not arrive before 9 a.m.

Greater Miami Jewish Federation Stanley C. Myers Building 4200 Biscayne Boulevard

Federation partners are seeking creative and committed staff for day and overnight camps. If you are interested, please email [email protected] with your name, age, phone number and whether you are interested in day or overnight camp opportunities. If day camp, please indicate where you live. We will pass on your contact information to the camps who will reach out directly.

India is in crisis. Be part of the Jewish community’s response to help provide emergency resources to combat the dramatic and devastating wave of COVID-19.

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation has established an Emergency Relief Fund to raise money for live-saving medical supplies and telemedicine support for ICU doctors and nurses.

Please click here to make a secure donation now.

Following the Talmudic teaching in Sanhedrin, “Whoever saves a life is considered as if he saved an entire world,” we are working with our overseas partner The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and our on-the-ground partner IsraAid to help secure and distribute critically needed equipment such as ventilators, oxygen concentrators and cylinders, filtered masks and more. With more than 350,000 daily cases — the most of any country at any point during the pandemic — Indian healthcare providers have been crippled with the influx of new patients. Donations checks with the notation “India Emergency” can be mailed to: Greater Miami Jewish Federation, 4200 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33137. As always, Federation will absorb all administrative costs so that 100 percent of funds collected will be provided directly to our partners.

Your voice — whether or not you are a member, whether or not you happen to be Jewish — is needed for the 2021 South Dade JCC Community Survey

This study is sponsored by the Alper Jewish Community Center and the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. The purpose is to gather information, which will assist both organizations to better serve the South Dade community.

We are not asking for donations or trying to sell you anything. At the end of the survey, you will have a chance to enter a raffle for a $250 Amazon gift certificate.

To complete the survey, please have only one adult (age 18 or older) in your household visit the website below or simply scan the QR code with a smart phone or tablet.

Survey Website: South Dade JCC Community Survey

For most people, this study should take no more than approximately seven minutes. We would appreciate a response within seven days, but suggest you take the survey now, if possible, so you do not forget.

Individual responses will not be identified in the study findings or shared with Alper JCC or Federation. The results are being compiled by Dr. Ira Sheskin at the University of Miami.

If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Rabbi Dan Horwitz at [email protected]

Thanks so much for helping us better understand and serve the South Dade community.

Dr. Ira Sheskin Department of Geography and Director of the Jewish Demography Project Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies University of Miami

Thursday, May 6 • 8:00 pm

Virtual Alper JCC

Pam Jenoff- The Women with the Blue Star

Tickets $6

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Former diplomat and Cambridge-educated historian Pam Jenoff has become a mainstay at the top of historical fiction lists. The Orphan’s Tale sold hundreds of thousands of copies while earning weeks on bestseller lists and the follow-up, The Lost Girls of Paris, stayed on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists, among others, for over 20 weeks, while selling well-over a half-million copies and counting. Her deep research and emotional storytelling have made her a favorite of readers and critics alike. Join us virtually as she discusses her latest will-be blockbuster, The Woman with the Blue Star.

Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amidst the horrors of the Krakow Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous sewers beneath the city. One day Sadie looks up through a grate and sees a girl about her own age buying flowers.

Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of relative ease with her stepmother, who has developed close alliances with the occupying Germans. Scorned by her friends and longing for her fiancé who has gone off to war, Ella wanders Krakow restlessly. While on an errand in the market, she catches a glimpse of something moving beneath a grate in the street. Upon closer inspection, she realizes it's a girl hiding. Ella begins to aid Sadie and the two become close, but as the dangers of the war worsen, their lives are set on a collision course that will test them in the face of overwhelming odds.As with all her books, Jenoff took a small, little-known nugget from history and created a gripping and powerful story of survival against unimaginable odds. Inspired by the harrowing true stories of people who hid in the sewers beneath the streets of Europe in order to escape the Nazis, Jenoff blends vivid historical detail with a riveting and emotional story, shedding new light on this dark time in history.

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Date: May 13, 2021 Time: 8:00 pm Contact: Marcy Levitt Email: [email protected]

Tickets: $6

Paula Shoyer The Jewish Instant pot Cookbook

Shavuot Cooking Demo for Cheesecake & Blintzes

The first Instant Pot® cookbook to feature kosher food. Paula Shoyer has expertly developed a robust array of both traditional and contemporary kosher recipes for the Instant Pot®

Contact [email protected] for more information!

You are cordially invited to attend the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Thursday, May 20, 2021 5:15 p.m. via Zoom

Election of Officers, Board of Directors, Trustees, Leadership Council and Council of Jewish Organizations and Presentation of Leadership Awards

HONORING Stanley C. Myers Presidents’ Leadership Award Lisa Jerles Michael Wagner

Sandra C. Goldstein Young Leadership Award Jennifer Fine Joshua Kligler

Robert Russell Fellowship Award Melissa Buckner

Liberation75: Global Gathering of Holocaust Survivors, Descendants, Educators and Friends is the largest event in the world to commemorate the 75th anniversary of liberation from the Holocaust. With almost 100 programs (including from the Montreal Holocaust Museum), including a Holocaust Film Festival, we explore the Holocaust through speakers, panel discussions, performances, music, art and more.

When: May 4, 2021 10:00 AM to May 9, 2021 5:00 PM

Where: Virtual

Contact: Marilyn Sinclair at [email protected] (416) 801-8456

Cost: Free

Register now! Free at www.liberation75.org