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Join Rabbi Steve Leder, Senior Rabbi at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, and Amy Holtz, Jewish Future Pledge Co-Founder, on March 18th at 1pm ET for Grief, Growth, and Your Legacy: A Conversation with Bestselling Author Rabbi Steve Leder. During the webinar, we’ll discuss Rabbi Leder’s newly released book, The Beauty of What Remains.

This virtual event will unpack how our greatest fear can become our greatest gift, what it means to leave an ethical will, and how to create a legacy built on Jewish values. At the Jewish Future Pledge, we believe it’s vital to have conversations on these important topics as we ensure that vibrant Jewish life continues for generations to come.

Tune into our webinar on Thursday March 18th by registering here.

About Rabbi Steve Leder: Steve Leder is the senior rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, one of the world’s largest Jewish congregations. He is the author of The Extraordinary Nature of Ordinary Things, More Money Than God, the bestseller More Beautiful Than Before, and The Beauty of What Remains.

About Amy Holtz: Amy is a passionate advocate for the Jewish community and the State of Israel. In 2016, she was named one of the 50 most influential Jews by The Jerusalem Post. Amy co-founded the Jewish Future Pledge and is a visionary leader and entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience leading and growing businesses and nonprofits.

Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box Ch 1684, Atlantic Broadband Ch 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

Women in Contemporary Judaism

The World Jewish Congress convenes two panels of Jewish female spiritual leaders from across the religious spectrum to explore notions of unity and diversity, and acknowledge specific challenges and opportunities presented in their respective Jewish communities and more. Monday - 7:30pm & 1:00am; Wednesday - 1:30pm; Saturday - 7:00pm; Sunday - 1:30am

Kicking Antisemitism Out of the UK

The significance of the English Premier League adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism is discussed by Lord John Mann (Independent Adviser to UK Government on Antisemitism), and Rola Brentlin (Chelsea Football Club). A program of AJC with moderator Simone Rodan-Benzaquen. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Thursday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 10:00pm

Robert Siegel: Race Crisis

Award-winning journalist Robert Siegel moderates a discussion with Eddie Glaude (Princeton University), Annette Gordon-Reed (Harvard Law School) and Rabbi David Saperstein (Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism) on America's Race Crisis: What To Do About It. On "Global Connections: Navigating The New Abnormal," a production of the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center. Wednesday - 8:00pm & 2:00am; Friday - 2pm; Saturday - 8:30pm

In The News: Israel and Yalde Teman

The Israeli cabinet approved a proposal to recognize the Yemenite, Mizrachi & Balkan children kidnapping affair, named Yalde Teman, and compensate their families. Sampson Giat, former President of the U.S. Yemenite Jewish Federation, shares his thoughts on this painful episode. With Shahar Azani. Monday - 6:30pm, 11:30pm; Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

Thinking Out Loud: Micah Halpern

JBS journalist Micah Halpern discusses the unusual lull happening at the moment of coverage of Israel’s fourth election in the American news media and an analysis of Maimonides' "rules for Jewish war". Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm; Thursday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

Sunday: Hadar Goldin's Mother

Leah Goldin, mother of IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin (z”l) who was murdered by Hamas in 2014, 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 - 12 Noon & 6:00pm

Monday: Filmmaker of "93 Queen"

Filmmaker Paula Eiselt discusses her documentary “93 Queen,” which follows an Orthodox mother of six, “Ruchie” Frier, on her quest to create a female ambulance service which evokes fierce opposition from her Chasidic community.
Monday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight; Tuesday - 3:00pm

Tuesday: UK Soccer Fights Hate

Chairman of the Chelsea Football Club in the UK, Bruce Buck, discusses the Club's initiative "Say No To Antisemitism," and its mission to use the power of sports to help educate fans about the evils of discrimination & antisemitism.
Tuesday - 9:00pm & 2:00am; Wednesday - 3:00pm

Wednesday: Chesler on Feminism

One of the Jewish community’s iconic feminists, Phyllis Chesler, Emerita Prof. of Women’s Studies, discusses her autobiography “A Politically Incorrect Feminist,” her personal rape, and the betrayal of the American feminist movement.
Wednesday - 9pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3:00pm

Thursday: Raphael Shore (Jerusalem U)

Rabbi Raphael Shore discusses his film-based organizations, “Jerusalem U” and “The Clarion Project,” and the work he is doing to educate Jews and to expose the dangers of Islamic extremism. Thursday - 9:00pm & 2:00am; Friday - 3:00pm

Saturday: American Zionism

Herbert Block, Executive Director of The American Zionist Movement (AZM), discusses the various expressions of pro-Israel activism in the United States and reflects on why some American Jews do not appreciate the nobility of Zionism.
Saturday - 6:00pm

Talmud Study: How To Be A Kosher Spy

Rabbi Mordechai Becher (Senior Lecturer, Gateways) discusses the Talmudic concept of violating Kashrut and other aspects of Jewish Law for a greater good such as serving a secret agent in the Mossad. Sunday - 9:00 pm; Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Thursday - 7:00pm; Friday - 4:00am

Talmud Study: The Sanhedrin

A Talmudic explanation of the Sanhedrin, the traditional Jewish court that shaped Jewish law and Jewish thought. Today (Sunday) - 9:30am; Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm; Thursday - 7:30pm; Friday - 4:30am

From The Aleph Bet: Lesson 10

Learn the letter "Mem," rules for the pronounced "Sh'vah," and conclude the Pay letter family that start Hebrew words "Purim" and "Passover" Monday - 9:00am & 5:00pm; Tuesday - 7:00pm; Friday - 5:00am; Saturday - 8:00am

Jewish 101: The Exodus

What it means to be a "Jew" (according to the Jewish tradition), and Jewish sensitivity to the pain of one's enemies are explored through the Exodus story with rabbinic commentary of the midrash. Wednesday - 9am & 4:30pm; Friday - 1:00pm

92nd Street Y: Mel Brooks Films - Professor Jeremy Dauber

The films of Mel Brooks are discussed by Professor Jeremy Dauber, Atran Assistant Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture at Columbia University. Taped before a live audience at New York's 92nd Street Y
Today (Sunday) - 8:00pm & 2:00am; Monday - 10:00pm; Tuesday - 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Saturday - 1:00am & 4pm

Friday Evening Shabbat Services

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

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

The unprecedented nature and rapid spread of COVID-19 has exposed critical risks to our local economy as well as our systems of health care and education.

As we approach the 12-month mark of this prolonged crisis, our partners at the United Way of Miami-Dade are conducting a Pandemic Impact Survey to measure how Miami-Dade households have been affected by the pandemic including the financial burden on families in our community. The survey aims to collect responses from a wide range of households, income levels, as well as, small business owners.

Your confidential participation, which will take no more than 10-15 minutes, is critical to understanding COVID’s impact to date as well as help inform long-term recovery efforts. A preliminary report will be published this summer.

Take the survey HERE.

Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 8 PM EST – 9:30 PM EST

Course Description: Join Rabbi Elizabeth Hersh of Temple Emanuel in St. Louis for "Hope: The Eternal Jewish Way of Life". Each moment of our life is a reminder of the positive way to approach life and living.

More information: CLICK HERE

You can register for all these events: HERE and the price for each course is $12.

Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 8 PM EST – 9:30 PM EST

Course Description: Join Rabbi Dr. Morey Schwartz, International Director of Melton for "Hatikvah: Much More than a National Anthem for Me" in an exploration of Israeli Hope through this important song.

More information: CLICK HERE

You can register for all these events: HERE and the price for each course is $12.

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 1 PM EST – 2:30 PM EST

Course Description: Meet Maayan Hoffman, American-Israeli journalist, news editor and head of online content for The Jerusalem Post and her husband, Gil Hoffman, chief political correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, as they share their insights as acclaimed storytellers responsible for the news that shapes the Jewish community.

More information: CLICK HERE

You can register for all these events: HERE and the price for each course is $12.

Wednesday, March 24 at 1 PM EST – 2:30 PM EST

Course Description: Join Melton's Rabbi Rachel Bovitz and Rabbi Dr. Morey Schwartz in conversation with Harriett Rossetto and Rabbi Mark Borovitz. Harriett Rossetto founded Beit Tshuvah over 30 years ago as an act of tikkun olam in helping repair Jewish souls suffering from addiction. Harriett’s work is grounded in spiritual healing and provides a community that supports all addicts so they can thrive and create a brighter future starting with themselves. Rabbi Mark Borovitz is the founding rabbi at Beit Tshuvah and helps recovering addicts find their calling and way in the world. He works to support the residents and congregants and has made it his mission to de-stigmatize this disease through rehabilitation and reintegration founded on wisdom and Jewish principles.

More information: CLICK HERE

You can register for all these events: HERE and the price for each course is $12.

Forty Years of the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica

George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida

Sunday, March 7, 2021 • 2:30 p.m.

Zoom Registration CLICK HERE : http://ufl.to/judaicaregistration

(login begins at 2:15 p.m.)

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Deborah E. Lipstadt is the author of many highly regarded books on the subject of the Holocaust and antisemitism, including her most recent work, Antisemitism Here and Now, which won the 2019 National Jewish Book Award. Her book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier (2006) recounted her experience of being sued for libel by David Irving, a UK Holocaust denier. Lipstadt’s victory in this seminal court case is regarded as having “done for the new century what the Nuremberg tribunals or the Eichmann trial did for earlier generations.” The book was made into the movie ‘Denial’ starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Wilkenson with screenplay by David Hare. It was nominated for a BAFTA award as one of the best British films of the year. Lipstadt was appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council by Presidents Clinton and Obama, and she was asked by President George W. Bush to represent the White House at the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Learn to make charoset, mina with ground beef, cardamom and coffee, and red pepper salad with MICHAEL SOLOMONOV, Executive Chef and Co-owner of Zahav, 2019 James Beard Foundation award winner

Shop for the ingredients ahead of time to cook along with Chef Solomonov or save the recipes for later use.

Eshel Has Launched Its First-Ever Grandparents Group!

Grandparents with LGBTQ+ grandchildren from traditional communities gather and learn how to understand and support an LGBTQ+ grandchild and their family. The purpose of this group is to meet and socialize with other grandparents, to gain support from one another, and to share experiences.

Where: Zoom. Login information is sent via email to those who have registered.

When: The second Wednesday of each month at 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST. The next meeting will be held on March 10, 2021.

Click here to register

For inquiries, call 724-374-3501

Funded by Greater Miami Jewish Federation

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