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JEWISH HAPPENINGS December 2020 9B

COMMUNITY LECTURE
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16
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People of the Book Event
With Rabbi Corinne Copnick FEBRUARY 23 • 7:00PM Via Zoom
Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee FROM SAVING
While most people were enjoying their well-deserved retirement, 73-year-
old author Rabbi Corinne Copnick began her six-year course of study and OTHERS TO BEING
was ordained a rabbi at the age of 79. The ordination was the beginning SAVED HIMSELF
of a new adventure using an unconventional pulpit. In A Rabbi at Sea,
Rabbi Copnick narrates 40 interconnected stories of her travel experiences
as a guest rabbi on cruise ships. On every journey and in every country LIVE from Israel!
visited, she discovered and explored Jewish life – from Hawaii to Austra- Our annual Community Lecture
lia, the Mediterranean, North Africa, Southeast Asia, Central and South featuring Eli Beer.
America, and everywhere in between. Offering a global perspective, she
presents a host of insights about the culture and the people she encountered
throughout her travels. Tickets to this 7:00 p.m. event on Zoom are $10 per
household. For admission to this and all other People of the Book events,
please visit jfedsrq.org/books. For more information, contact Jeremy
Lisitza at jlisitza@jfedsrq.org or 941.343.2113.
Jews of Asia: Connecting the Past and the Present ELI BEER created a life-changing

Join the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) for its annual emergency response organization,
Hanukah celebration at 1:00 p.m. on Zoom. Dr. Benita Stambler will UNITED HATZALAH, and
discuss historical and current experiences of selected Jewish communities found himself experiencing a life-
in Asia. She will draw on her personal travels to provide a unique glimpse changing month as a coronavirus
of some well-known communities and others less known. She has a degree patient this past year. Be there at our
in Asian Studies from New York University and has traveled to Asia 10 annual Community Lecture to hear
times, including a graduate school semester spent at Gujarat University his story about saving other people’s
in India. This event is free to members and guests, but donations to Hope lives and being saved himself.
House (a domestic abuse center in Sarasota-Bradenton) will be appreciated.
Send donations to Evie Batten, 5119 Savona Run, Lakewood Ranch, FL
34211. To register and receive the Zoom link, email Julie Kupersmith at To learn more about the Community $10 per
jfed

srq.org/
events
kupersmith@gmail.com. Lecture, visit jfedsrq.org/events household
CHJ Education Series Presents Dr. Barry Wolfe
The Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (CHJ) invites you to hear
clinical psychologist, writer and professor, Dr. Barry Wolfe, at 2:00 p.m.
on Zoom. His talk is entitled “What’s Funny and Why – The Psychology of
Humor.” For more information and the Zoom link to this free event, please
call 941.929.7771 or email chjsarasota@hotmail.com.

A Night of Mitzvot with JFCS
Temple Sinai’s special Chanukah Mitzvah program with JFCS of the Robert and Esther Heller
Suncoast will be seen on the 7th night of Chanukah. Temple Sinai families
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will participate in the JFCS Adopt-a-Family program, adopting families CRC
and seniors in need during the holidays. In the Zoom meeting at 7:30 p.m.,
Karen Pharo, Director of JFCS Community Outreach, will describe the
program and we will share photos and videos of this beautiful mitzvah.
Watch our Adopt-a-Senior/Family for the Holidays come to life! For more
information, call 941.924.1802 or email office@sinaisrq.org. For the Zoom Have you ever been asked
link, visit www.templesinai-sarasota.org.
questions about Israel
Stay informed throughout the month. or antisemitism that

Sign up for our community you can’t answer?

Enewsletter at jfedsrq.org. CR C onnec t
CRConnect, a program of

the Heller CRC, addresses
THINKING OF SELLING OR TRADING these difficult questions

THAT CAR, BOAT, OR RV? such as Palestinian vs. Israeli

• Our online form makes it easy. sovereignty, Israel as a
• Support a worthwhile cause. “superpower,” the “Apartheid”
• Receive tax benefits. claim, peace in the region

and much more.

Read our monthly article and then visit
JFEDSRQ.org/CRConnect JFEDSRQ.org/CRConnect
to see the questions and learn the answers.

For more information, please contact
Jessi Sheslow at jsheslow@jfedsrq.org
Visit jfedsrq.org or 941-343-2109.