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On Thursday, May 20 at 5:15 PM, we will hold Federation’s Annual Meeting to honor community leaders and elect the Officers, Board of Directors, Trustees, Leadership Council and Council of Jewish Organizations to guide and govern us for the next two years. Like last year, the Annual Meeting will be conducted via Zoom. Please see the proposed slate below, which will be presented by the Nominating Committee in their efforts to ensure the best and broadest representation of Miami’s Jewish community.Click here to RSVP for the Annual Meeting and to receive instructions on how to participate.

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

WZO Jerusalem Day Tour

Join B'nai B'rith World Center-Jerusalem and the World Zionist Organization for a special live Jerusalem Day tour commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem and development of the city since the Six Day War. Led by guides Aviv Wishkovsky and Dorit Graiver, this memorable tour will educate and inspire. Monday - 7:30pm & 2:30am; Wednesday - 1:30pm; Thursday - 5:30a

Jerusalem Day - Halevi

In celebration of Yom Yerushalayim, a day commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem at the end of the Six-Day War of 1967, award-winning author Yossi Klein Halevi joins AJC to look back at one of the greatest victories in Jewish history. Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Wednesday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 7:00pm & 4:00am

Abraham Accords - Future Legacy

Rabbi David Rosen (AJC) moderates a discussion with ambassadors to the U.S. from Bahrain, the UAE, and the former U.S. Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, in a program that celebrates the newfound ties between Israel and the Gulf Arab states. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Thursday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 10:00pm & 2:00am

Robert Siegel: People vs. Tec

Robert Siegel explores the role of technology in 2021, with Nicholas Carr (Former Exec. Editor, Harvard Business Review), Sherry Turkle (MIT), and Virginia Heffernan (Columnist, LA Times). A program of AFRMC Wednesday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Friday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 8:00pm & 1:00am

In The News: Jerusalem Day in Israel

In celebration of Jerusalem Day, JBS shines a light on the Tower of David Citadel Museum. Caroline Shapiro, Dir. of International Relations at the Museum, shares what's new, and how Jerusalem brings together past, present & future. With Shahar Azani. Monday - 6:30pm, 11:30pm; Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

In The News: The ZOA & Boston JCRC

The Boston JCRC voted against expelling the Zionist Organization of America, after several progressive groups sought its ouster. Mort Klein, ZOA's National President, and Jonathan Tobin, JNS' Editor in Chief, share their perspectives on the polarization of Jewish politics. With Shahar Azani. Thursday - 6:30pm, 11:30pm; Friday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm; Saturday - 11:30pm

Thinking Out Loud: Micah Halpern

In this episode of Thinking Out loud, Micah Halpern talks about the historical importance of bipartisan support for the state of Israel in the halls of Congress and how the nature and breadth of this support may be changing. Also, Russia's belligerent intentions with regards to Ukraine, and what the Biden administration can do to stand up to Putin's aggression. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm; Thursday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

ON L’CHAYIM

Sunday - Woman of Valor

For Mother's Day, Sara Esther Crispe (TheJewishWoman.org) and Rabbi Jeffrey Segelman (Westchester Jewish Center) discuss Mark Pearlman's book, "More Precious than Pearls: A Prayer for the Women of Valor in Our Lives," recited on Shabbat - 12 Noon & 6:00pm; Monday - 3pm

Monday: Ron Eliran

Ron Eliran is known internationally as "Israel's Ambassador of Song" and has been entertaining audiences since the 1960s as the Israeli army's entertainer. Monday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight; Tuesday - 3:00pm

Tuesday: Story of Aliyah Bet

World War II vet Murray Greenfield, who as a young man joined the effort to smuggle Survivors through the British Blockade of Palestine, tells his dramatic story and how he endured Cyprus to build a life and Gefen Publishing. Tuesday - 9:00pm & 2:00am; Wednesday - 3:00pm

Wednesday: L'Chayim: Etzion Bloc 1948

The story of orphaned when his parents were killed in the Arab massacre of K'far Etzion Massacre, May 13, 1948. Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3:00pm

Thursday: Emanuel Aronson Run

Filmmaker, journalist and historian Emanuel Aronson Rund shares personal memories of growing up in Israel during the 1948 War of Independence and discusses contemporary issues challenging the Jewish State today.
Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight; Friday - 3:00pm

Saturday: Bill Langfan on PLO

World War II Veteran and Israeli activist William Langfan reflects on his time in the war and explains the chicanery behind the Palestine National Charter resolution.
Saturday - 6:00pm

Jewish Studies

Talmud Study: Our Historic Homeland

Evidence of how the Jewish people have had a connection to the Land of Israel for thousands of years.
Sunday - 9:00am

Talmud Study: Saul and David

Rabbi Mordechai Becher explores the different ways the Talmud views the first two kings of Israel, King Saul and King David, based on passages from the Biblical Book or Samuel. JBS original series, “Dimensions of the Daf.”
Sunday - 10:15am; Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Thursday - 7:00pm; Friday - 4:00am

Talmud Study: Motherhood

While the Talmud notes a man's obligation to have children, for women this is voluntary act. Sunday - 9:45am; Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm; Thursday - 7:30pm; Friday - 4:30am

From The Aleph Bet: Lesson 18

Recognize Hebrew letters that tend to look alike in a complete review of all the Hebrew letters and vowel sounds Monday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Tuesday - 7:00pm; Wednesday - 4:00am; Thursday - 1:00pm; Friday - 5:00am; Saturday - 8:00am

Jewish 101: Preparing for Sinai

A dramatic telling of what it was like for the Children of Israel to stand at "Sinai" to hear the voice of God, and how the rabbis explain that each person "heard" God in his own way that day. A JBS original series with Rabbi Mark S. Golub. Wednesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Friday - 1:00pm

92nd Street Y: Judy Gold

Comedian Judy Gold talks about her standup show, her Jewish mother, and life on the road as a female comic in conversation with entertainment journalist Eddy Friedfeld. Taped before a live audience at New York's 92nd Street Y. Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am; Monday - 10:00pm; Tuesday - 4:00am & 10:30am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Saturday - 1:00am & 4:00pm

Reform And Orthodox Shabbat Services

Friday Evening

Reform: Central Synagogue 6:00pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am

Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 7:30pm & 10:30pm

Saturday Morning

Reform: Central Synagogue 9:30am & 1pm 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.or

The Annual Cantor Shulkes Spring Music Fest presents this FREE event celebrating 10 years of Music at Temple Sinai with our very own Cantor Norman and special guests.

Celebrating Shavuot with renowned Artists teaching Torah through Music.

Livestream FREE at tsnd.tv

Contact Cantor Norman Cohen- Falah at [email protected] for more information.

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

Our Jewish Legacy - The Story Continues

Date: Thursday, May 13, 2021 Time: 10:30-11:30am Location: ZOOM (info will be sent upon rsvp) Contact: Jill Hagler at [email protected] or (786)866-8627

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

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: Technology & Innovation

Learn about top technologies in the IDF and outstanding strides of innovation being made by Israeli soldiers on FIDF Live. Monday - 7:30pm & 2:30am; Wednesday - 1:30pm; Thursday - 5:30am; Saturday - 10:30pm & 1:30am

Biden and the JCPOA

One of the world’s leading experts on the Iranian regime Mark Dubowitz (CEO, Foundation for Defense of Democracies) argues against Biden re-joining the JCPOA, explaining why it would be a dangerous mistake. A program of Honest Reporting Canada. Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Wednesday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 7:00pm & 2:00am

Lessons from Elie Wiesel

Rabbi Ariel Burger shares insights from Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom, his National Jewish Book Award-winning book that explores what we can learn from the great Nobel laureate, teacher, writer, and Survivor.
Tuesday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Thursday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 8:00pm & 4:00am

In The News: Israel's Covid 19 Success

Israelis are beginning to go back to normal. What has been the secret of Israel's Covid 19 success? What lessons can we learn from it? Prof. Ronni Gamzu, Israel's former Corona Czar and Sourasky's Medical Center Director, tells it all. With Shahar Azani. Monday - 6:30pm, 11:30pm; Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm; Saturday - 11:30pm

Thinking Out Loud

The historical importance of bipartisan support for the state of Israel in the halls of Congress, and how the nature and breadth of this support may be changing. Also, Russia's belligerent intentions with regards to Ukraine, and what the Biden administration can do to stand up to Putin's aggression. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm; Thursday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

On L’Chayim

Sunday - Fauda Star Lior Raz

*The co-creator and star of the hit Israeli series on Netflix, Fauda, discusses how the action series draws a sharp distinction between Palestinian violence and the Israeli response while portraying the humanity of both societies. Sunday - 12 Noon & 6:00pm; Monday - 3pm *

Monday: LGBTQ In Israel

Tyler Gregory discusses his work as executive director of A Wider Bridge, a North American organization working to create equality in Israel by expanding LGBTQ inclusion in Israel, and equality for all Israelis.
Monday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight; Tuesday - 3:00pm

Tuesday: Hungarian Jewry

Zsuzsa Fritz, Director of the Jewish Community Center in Budapest, describes how she first learned she was a Jew at age 16 and discusses the resurgence of Jewish life in Hungary and the lack of populist antisemitism in Hungary. (2018) Tuesday - 9:00pm & 2:00am; Wednesday - 3:00pm

Wednesday: 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.”
Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3:00pm

Thursday: Ken Brander, Ohr Torah

Rabbi Kenneth Brander, who leaves Y.U. to succeed Rabbi Shlomo Riskin as the Pres. and Rosh Yeshiva of Ohr Torah Stone educational institutions in Efrat, Israel, discusses his perspective on women’s issues relating to Jewish Law.
Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight; Friday - 3:00pm

Saturday: Yiscah Smith

Yiscah Smith, author of 40 Years in the Wilderness: My Journey to Authentic Living, describes her transition from life as an Orthodox man in Jerusalem to an observant Jewish woman who travels the world as a spiritual activist.
Saturday - 6:00pm

Jewish Studies:

Talmud Study: Pray For Rain

How the Jewish view of life is revealed in the traditional prayers for rain. Sunday - 9:00am; Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Thursday - 7:00pm; Friday - 4:00am

Talmud Study: Capital Punishment

Rabbi Mordechai Becher, Senior Lecturer at Gateways and author of Gateways to Judaism, discusses the Talmudic view of Capital Punishment and the strict restrictions on its application. Sunday - 9:30am; Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm; Thursday - 7:30pm Friday - 4:30am

From The Aleph Bet: Lesson 17

New vowel sounds and rules of the Sh'vah. Monday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Tuesday - 7:00pm; Wednesday - 4:00am; Thursday - 1:00pm; Friday - 5:00am; Saturday - 8:00am

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"). Wednesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Friday - 1:00pm

92nd Street Y: Becoming Eve

Transgender activist Abby Stein reflects on her journey from ultra-orthodox rabbi to woman of trans experience in an intimate conversation with Scott Perlo, rabbi and leader in Jewish outreach. A program of the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Sunday- 8:00pm & 2:00am; Monday - 10:00pm; Tuesday - 4:00am & 10:30am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Saturday - 1:00am & 4:00pm

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 & 1pm

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

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.