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JWorks Miami has moved operations online to continue helping Jewish job-seekers in Miami-Dade County find a job. The program helps residents develop resumes and cover letters, hosts mock interviews (which will be online during the COVID-19 outbreak) and network with potential employers. The program is free to job seekers and employers through a partnership between the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Jewish Community Services of South Florida.

To learn more, CLICK HERE.

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Miami is offering an emergency Coronavirus Financial Impact Loan this time. Federation is providing interest-free emergency loans to qualified Jewish borrowers in need in Miami-Dade County. The emergency loans, up to $3,000 can help with expenses related to the pandemic, such as lost wages due to being unable to go to work, childcare costs due to school closures, related medical expenses and more.

Repayment terms: Repayments will begin on the 1st or the 15th of the month, 6 months after the loan is initiated.

Process:

• Loan applications will be reviewed in the order they are received by HFLA.
• A video interview will be scheduled with members of the HFLA loan committee.
• If approved, HFLA staff will send loan documents to the applicant via email.
• Once all loan documents are signed and returned, HFLA will release funds to the borrower.

Call 305.692.7555 or click here for more information and to apply.

Learn more about HFLA at http://www.hebrewloan.org

Throughout the pandemic, Federation’s primary human service agency, Jewish Community Services of South Florida (JCS), is providing immediate help the vulnerable and at-risk members of the community. Call 305.576.6550 to reach the helpline, 24/7 every day. JCS is working around the clock to provide a safety net for those in need.

Services include:

· Food assistance

• Kosher Food Bank is offering boxed groceries at scheduled appointment times
• Meal deliveries for the frail and homebound
• Limited grocery shopper services are available for senior, frail clients that are homebound and/or are self-isolating in order to avert exposure to the virus.

· Home Health Care

• Home Health Aides provided by the Masada Program are specially trained in all health and safety procedures and continue to care for our clients in the Holocaust Services Program with utmost care and unique precautions.

· Job counseling and assistance

· Mental health counseling

• Behavioral Health Counseling staff in all programs are making phone call “check-ins” with their clients. JCS staff will be implementing a pilot Tele-Mental Health Program in April.

· Domestic violence support

· Screening for financial assistance or interest-free loans

Please join us on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 7pm for Yodeah’s Virtual Men’s Event with Max Weinberg, long-time drummer with Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band, and his daughter Ali Rogin, PBS NewsHour Producer and author, Beat Breast Cancer Like a Boss. They will share their story of how a BRCA mutation impacted their family. The conversation will be moderated by Rabbi Laila Haas and will also include Dr. Elizabeth Etkin-Kramer, Yodeah’s Founder and Gynecologist and Dr. Akshay Bhandari, Urologist.

Click HERE for more information!

Café TE presents:

Live Music in the Courtyard

with Amy Arlo & Almost Blue

Sunday, November 15th from 6-10 PM

$18 cover includes one drink!

Reservations are required at tesobe.org. No Walk-ins.

Social distancing and masks will be observed.

1704 James Street. Back of Temple Emanu-El.

Weekly Israeli News Update

Join Tamar Kolumbus the Community Shlicha for an interactive Israeli News Update

Every Monday at 11 AM EST!

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85134627532

For more information visit "Tamar Kolumbus Shlicha Miami" on Facebook

[email protected]

The legacy of the Holocaust will be considered through cultural, scholarly and personal perspectives through a series of enlightening film presentations, lectures and community discussions during Holocaust Education Week, November 9-13, 2020.

Holocaust Education Week is a community-wide program of the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, a Committee of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

All programming will be virtual and is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. Access to each event will be e-mailed following registration confirmation.

“In memory of our father, Auschwitz Survivor Siggi B. Wilzig, and our mother, Naomi Wilzig” Donated by their children, Ivan, Sherry and Alan

CLICK HERE for more information and to register.

Watch JBS on Atlantic Broadband Ch168, Hotwire Ch269, Fios Ch798, DirecTV Ch388, Blue Stream Ch 110, streamed on Roku under "educational", Apple TV, Fire TV and jbstv.org. For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org

Election Debate (MirYam Inst.)

Danny Ayalon (former Israeli U.S. Ambassador) and Josh Hammer (Newsweek) support Trump-Pence; and Aaron David Miller (former State Dept.) and Chuck Freilich (former Israeli Dep. Nti’l Security Advisor) support Biden-Harris. Moderated by Benjamin Anthony, founding president of the MirYam Institute. Today (Sunday) - 10:30am & 6pm; Monday - 7:30pm & 1am

Election 2020: Soifer/Abramson

In a program recorded in July 2020, Democratic spokesperson Halie Soifer and Republican spokesperson Bruce Abramson discuss issues of importance to pro-Israel American Jews with regard to the 2020 Presidential Elections. Today (Sunday) – Noon; Monday - 3pm

AJC: Election Debate – Soifer/Brook

In a reprise of their discussion at the 2019 AJC Global Forum, Halie Soifer (Jewish Democratic Council of America) and Matt Brooks (Republican Jewish Coalition) again debate current issues important to Jews in the Nov 3 Elections. With Jason Isaacson of AJC. Monday - 9pm & 12 Midnight

Talmud: Put It To A Vote

The Talmudic concept of "governing" is discussed by Rabbi Mordechai Becher, senior lecturer of Gateways Organization, in an episode entitled, "Put It To A Vote." Tuesday – 9:00am & 4:30pm; Thursday – 7:00pm; Friday – 2:00am

Talmud: Majority Rules

How Jewish Law follows the majority opinion Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm; Thursday - 7:30pm; Friday - 2:30am

L'Chayim: David Broza New Album

Israeli musical superstar David Broza (Yihyeh Tov) discusses his first all instrumental album, En Casa Limon, recorded in Madrid, in which he proves to be a brilliant guitarist and song-writer without singing a single note. With Mark S. Golub. Wednesday - 9pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3:00pm

L’Chayim: Remembering Meir Kahane z”l

On November 5, 1990, Rabbi Meir Kahane (z”l) was murdered in a Manhattan hotel. The controversial leader of the Jewish Defense League and Kach Party in Israel is remembered in excerpts of "L'Chayim" interviews. Thursday – 9:00pm & Midnight; Friday – 3:00pm

Remembering Yitzhak Rabin z”l

Actor Tony Lo Bianco hosts a Jewish community commemoration of the legacy of Yitzhak Rabin on the 20th Anniversary of the Prime Minister's assassination. A program of the Consulate General of Israel from the Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center in New York. Wednesday – 8:00pm & 1:00am; Friday – 10:00am

L’Chayim: Yitzhak Rabin Remembered

Hear excerpts of a 1981 L’Chayim radio interview with Yitzhak Rabin on his role as Chief of Staff during the 1967 Six Day War Thursday - 9:30pm & 12:30am; Friday - 3:30pm

Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin: Sasso

Dr. Hillel Ben Sasson (Hebrew University) explores how the achievements made by Yitzhak Rabin are being systematically undone as Israeli politics drift further to the right and Palestinian leadership becomes more intransigent. Part of the series "20 Years Later:” A program of the Shalom Hartman Institute and the New Israel Fund. From the JCC of Manhattan. Thursday – 10:00pm & 1:00am

Israel Bonds Chair

Howard Goldstein, Chairman of the Board of Israel Bonds, describes how he came to be committed to helping the State of Israel and discusses the contribution people can make to Israel thru Israel Bonds. Tuesday - 3pm

Emanuel Aronson Rund

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. Tuesday - 9pm & 2am; Wednesday - 3pm

Ehud Diskin

Ehud Diskin, a 7th generation Jerusalemite who served as an IDF commander during the Yom Kippur War and is now a successful businessman, talks about his career and life philosophy. Saturday - 6:00pm & 12 Midnight

Balfour Declaration: Daniel Gordis

At the 101st anniversary of the Balfour Declaration of Nov 2, 1917, Daniel Gordis discusses its significance and its impact on Israel’s Declaration of Independence. The Dr. Marcia Robins-Wilf Scholar-in-Residence Lecture, Center for Jewish History. Tuesday – 7pm & 2am; Thursday – 1pm; Saturday – 7pm & 4am

Balfour Declaration (S Bayme)

Steven Bayme, National Director of the Contemporary Jewish Life Department of the AJC, describes the history of The Balfour Declaration and the international forces that were at play. From the AJC Westchester/Fairfield at Temple Beth El in Stamford, CT. Tuesday – 8pm & 1am; Thursday – 2pm; Saturday – 8pm & 1:30am

Jewish Homeland: 1917 (Kurtzer)

For the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, Yehuda Kurtzer (Pres. of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America) discusses the evolution of the idea of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. From the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Tuesday – 10pm & 4am

92nd Street Y: Fauda (Issacharoff & Raz)

Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz discuss their Israeli hit TV series “Fauda” which follows a commando unite operating on the West Bank and which airs in the United States on Netflix. With Tatiana Siegel (Hollywood Reporter) at the 92nd Street Y in NYC. Sunday - 8pm & 2am; Monday - 10pm; Tuesday - 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday - 8pm; Saturday - 1am & 4pm

Jewish 101: Sex in Judaism

Human sexuality in the Jewish tradition is reviewed in an ongoing study of the story of the Garden of Eden, including the rabbinic view of female sexuality, birth control, and the day most appropriate for sexual relations. . Wednesday - 9am & 4:30pm

Abraham As Lawyer: Dershowitz

As the Jewish world reads parasha Vayeira from the Book of Genesis, which includes the portion where Abraham argues with God for the sake of ten righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah, Alan Dershowitz discusses Abraham as “the world’s first Jewish lawyer.” Friday – 9:00am

Inspiring Albania: PM Edi Rama

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama tells the story of how his country sheltered Jews during the Holocaust and how Albania was the only Nazi-occupied country of Europe that had an increase of Jews during the Shoah. With David Schwammenthal of the AJC. Monday - 10:00am & 4:30pm

ITN: Blocking Erekat At Harvard Neal Sher, who headed America’s efforts to find Nazis hiding in America, describes his efforts to prevent the PLO’s Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat, the architect for “Pay for Slay,” from teaching at Harvard this coming semester. With Mark S. Golub Sunday - 5:30pm & 11:30pm; Monday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

Together Covid-19: Dr. Mevorach

Dr. Dror Mevorach, Head of a Department of Internal Medicine at Hadassah Hospital in Israel, discusses aspects of the Corona virus, describes the situation in Israel today, & explains why he favors family visiting Covid patients. With Mark S. Golub. Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm; Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

The Jewish Story: Losing Israel

A look at the 150 years that marked the beginning of the end of the first sovereign kingdom of the Jewish People in Israel, beginning with the late 8th Century BCE. “The Jewish Story Explained,” a series from OpenDor Media hosted by Rivka Deray. Monday - 7:15pm & 2:45am; Wednesday - 1:15pm

Jewish Book Month: Daphne Merkin

Author Daphne Merkin reads excerpts from her romantic novel “22 Minutes of Unconditional Love” and discusses themes of the book. A series produced for Jewish Book Month by the Hampton Synagogue of Westhampton Beach, NY with Rabbi Avraham Bronstein. Saturday – 10:30pm & 2:30am

Friday Night Services

Reform: Central Synagogue Shabbat Services - 6pm & 11:15pm

Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue Kabbalat Shabbat – 7:15 & 10:30pm

Shabbat Morning Services

Reform: Central Synagogue Shabbat Morning Services - 9:30am & 1pm

Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue Shabbat Morning Services- 11am & 2:30pm

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Join the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Miami Jewish Film Festival for a day of films examining the Holocaust. The curated selections can be streamed free of charge beginning Sunday, November 8, 10 a.m.

Click here to register.