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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

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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

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

PROGRAMS:

Eric Goldman’s Jewish Cinemaqtheque: Tango Shalom

Eric Goldman is joined by actress Lainie Kazan, her costars, and the director of “Tango Shalom,” the heartfelt family comedy/dance movie that explores family, religious beliefs and the concept of the “other,” one dazzling dance step at a time. Monday - 7:30pm & 2:30am; Wednesday - 1:30pm; Thursday - 5:30am

Natan Sharansky: Immigration to Israel

Soviet refusenik Natan Sharansky recounts his journey from the gulag to triumph in Israel, discusses his relationship with Menachem Begin, and offers life lessons from his time in prison. In conversation with Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt, a program of the Hidden Light Institute and Menachem Begin Heritage Center. Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Wednesday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 7:00pm & 1:00am

Celebrating Israel at 73

Join the Embassy of Israel & Israel's diplomatic missions across the U.S. as Ambassador Gilad Erdan hosts a program to celebrate Israel at 73! Featuring special guests, music from Kobi Aflalo and much more for Yom Ha’atzmaut. Tuesday - 1:00pm; Wednesday - 5:00am

Fighting Campus Antisemitism

Noted attorney and president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law Alyza Lewin speaks about the difficult challenges faced by Jewish students on campus today and what their legal recourse is if they are discriminated against because of their Zionism. A program of Alums for Campus Fairness. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Thursday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 8:00pm & 2:00am

Thinking Out Loud: Micah Halpern

The ramifications of Israel's recent surgical strike against the Iranian nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz; and the idea that Israel, despite its successful vaccination campaign, should be careful not to celebrate a total victory over COVID too soon, lest it backslide. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm; Thursday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

On L’Chayim

Sunday - Stars of Shtisel

Shtisel is back for a third season with all new episodes on Netflix! Meet three of the show’s stars -- Michael Aloni (Kive), Dov Glickman (Shulem) and Neta Riskin (Giti) -- and hear how playing Chasidic Jews on the hottest Israeli series on Netflix may have changed their Jewish identities. Today (Sunday) - 12 Noon & 6:00pm; Monday - 3pm

Monday: Abe Foxman, Pt1

Abe Foxman reflects upon his story of survival as a “Hidden Child” who after the war bitterly fought Abe’s natural parents for custody and discusses the post-Shoah trauma that often haunts the lives of many Survivors. Monday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight; Tuesday - 3:00pm

Tuesday: Abe Foxman, Pt 2

In part two, Abe Foxman discusses the way in which critique in the Jewish community has become a “blood sport;” the controversies over his successor, Jonathan Greenblatt; and controversy over “inclusiveness” in the Jewish community and J Street. Tuesday - 9:00pm & 2:00am; Wednesday - 3:00pm

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

Thursday: Love for Lag B'Omer

Dr. Aaron Ben Ze'ev, former President of the University of Haifa, professor of philosophy and author of "Love Online", sits to discuss the psychology of love. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight; Friday - 3:00pm

Saturday: Noa

Israel's leading international concert and recording artist, Noa, discusses her Yemenite roots and her musical style influenced by Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Leonard Cohen of the 1960s. Saturday - 6:00pm

Jewish Studies

Talmud Study: Do Not Curse The Deaf

Learn how the Talmud interprets the Biblical verse "You shall not curse the deaf nor put a stumbling block before the blind" Sunday- 9:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Friday - 4:00am

Talmud Study: Marriage

"Eight Blessings One Wedding," on the theme of marriage as found in Talmud tractates Kesuvos 7 and 8 Sunday - 9:30am; Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm; Thursday - 7:00pm; Friday - 4:30am

From The Aleph Bet: Lesson 16

Learn about exceptions to vowel pronunciation and review the entire Hebrew alphabet. Monday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Tuesday - 7:00pm; Wednesday - 4:30am;Thursday - 1:00pm; Saturday - 8:00am

Jewish 101: The Rambam

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: Living Well, Aging Well - Rabbi Harold Kushner

Rabbi Harold Kushner (When Bad Things Happen to Good People and Nine Essential Things I’ve Learned About Life) joins Rabbi Rachel Cowan (Wise Aging) to discuss what it means to live a good life. With Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein of the 92nd St. Y in NYC. Today (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

THE NETWORK Invites you to Newish and Jewish

Are you a young professional who is looking to meet others from the Miami community?

Join us for an exclusive, unique way to connect.

You will be placed in a pod no larger than 10 young professionals to unwind, meet new people and create community, in-person and via Zoom.

Monday, May 3 On Zoom Thursday, May 13 In person Thursday, June 3 In person

Please register by April 28. Space is limited.

Participation is requested at all three sessions. Your pod leader will contact you to set up the exact time and locations.

Registration fee: $18 per person

WOMEN'S PHILANTHROPY

LIONS IN CAPTIVITY

Special programming for Lion of Judah donors

Join us for our first-ever collaboration with NY Lions for a VIRTUAL curated tour

“Barbra Streisand, Hello Gorgeous” Exhibition

Tuesday, May 4 | 10:30 AM

From the moment Barbra Streisand spoke the immortal words “Hello, gorgeous” in Funny Girl, she became a beloved Hollywood icon. Curator Warren Klein, who calls Streisand “a strong, driven woman — one who refused to change her surname, or her nose, to suit the norm,” will lead this exclusive tour of the exhibit. The eclectic collection of costumes, photos and videos, originally on display at the Bernard Museum of Judaica at Temple Emanu-El in New York, celebrates the illustrious career of this proudly Jewish Brooklyn native.