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People of the Book – The Original Brown Bag with Rabbi Geoff Huntting
Broadway Night with Alexandra Silber
Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
BEETHOVEN'S Alexandra Silber will blend musical stylings with spoken words from her
THIRD her memoir about the loss of her beloved father and the restorative power
book in a cabaret-style performance featuring songs from Broadway and
more. Silber is the author of After Anatevka, and White Hot Grief Parade,
of family and friendship. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. at Riverview Per-
forming Arts Center, 1 Ram Way, Sarasota. Tickets are $25. To purchase,

February 6 Van Wezel (Eroica) go to www.jfedsrq.org/books or call 888.718.4253, Option 1.
The Tefillin Club
Get your week off to a great start with the Monday morning Tefillin Club
at 8:00 a.m. at Chabad Education Center 21560 Angela Lane, Venice.
JEFFREY KAHANE Shacharit will be followed by coffee and bagels, and a 15-minute “Liv-
Conductor and Commentator ing Torah” film. Each week, Rabbi Sholom Schmerling will expound on
a different prayer, thus enabling each participant to really learn how to
pray. No prior experience necessary. (If you don’t have a pair of tefillin,
we have one for you.) For more information, contact Rabbi Schmerling at
941.493.2770 or rabbi@chabadofvenice.com.

NCJW’s “The Blankee Bee”
The National Council of Jewish Women has an ongoing project called
“The Blankee Bee.” The project has involved its members in making no-
“Jeffrey Kahane… is making it his sew fleece blankets which have been distributed to various agencies, such
mission to shed new light on some of as Manatee Community Action Agency, HIPPY (Home Instruction for
the classical repertoire’s most important Parents of Preschool Youngsters), residents of Anchin Pavilion, patients
at the Florida Cancer Center, and children at Camp Mariposa as a joint
pieces of music.” - Los Angeles Magazine
venture with JFCS of the Suncoast. Join us from 10:00 a.m. to noon on
The Larry & Mary Greenspon Family Campus for Jewish Life (580 Mc-
Intosh Road, Sarasota) to make these blankets. For more information,
This special concert explores Beethoven’s “heroic” symphony. contact Dale Gruder at lifesabeachbag@gmail.com or 941.554.8592.
Sarasota Orchestra Artistic Advisor Jeffrey Kahane will present
insights and musical examples that put Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3
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completes this fascinating concert experience.
“With the Eroica, Beethoven literally shattered the The Jewish Women’s Book Club
boundaries of what the symphony as a form had been. Join the most popular Jewish Women’s book club in town at “Caffeine for
Nothing like it had ever been done in terms of sheer scope.” the Soul.” Get your weekly social and spiritual boost over a roundtable
- Jeffrey Kahane, Artistic Advisor discussion led by Chaya Rivka Schmerling. Enjoy coffee and homemade
pastries. Walk-ins are welcome to this free event at 10:00 a.m. at Chabad
Tickets from $25 Education Center, 21560 Angela Lane, Venice. For more information,
SarasotaOrchestra.org | 941-953-3434 please contact Chaya Rivka Schmerling at 941.493.2770 or rivka@chabad
ofvenice.com.
Brandeis National Committee’s “Art in the Afternoon”
COMMUNITY LECTURE Please join Brandeis National Committee (BNC) for the first in this year’s

series of “Art in the Afternoon.” Charles Troy, music historian and former
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 lyricist will present a multimedia presentation on The Sound of Music and
how this 1959 musical was created and became a beloved, unforgettable
movie six years later. Learn about the history of the real Maria von Trapp,
7:00 pm ADMISSION TICKETS GO ON SALE and how the story went from the page to the stage. Troy will also present
SARASOTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM $ 18 DECEMBER 5 Cole Porter’s “Top Ten List of Songs,” including “Let’s Do It” and
801 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota “You’re the Top.” The event will be held at The Meadows Country Club,
3101 Longmeadow, Sarasota. The schedule is as follows: 11:00 a.m. to
ANTISEMITISM 12:30 p.m. – “The Creation of the Sound of Music;” 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. SARASOTA JAZZ FESTIVAL

– lunch; 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. – Cole Porter presentation. The cost is $50 for
HERE AND NOW BNC members and $65 for guests. For more information, contact Maris
Margulies (941.757.3012 or grandmakabat@aol.com) or Janet Tolbert
(941.388.9624 or janetrtolbert@gmail.com).
Featuring Professor Deborah Lipstadt SARASOTA MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM
Torah & Tea

Lipstadt, Dorot professor of Holocaust Studies at Join Chanie Bukiet in her home (5718 Lorraine Road, Bradenton) on
Emory University, has published and taught about Tuesdays, January 7, 14 and 21 from 11:00 a.m. to noon, for a weekly MARCH 8 - 14, 2020
the Holocaust for close to 40 years. She is probably dose of delicious tea and refreshments spiced with lessons on the “Kab-
most widely known because of the libel lawsuit brought balah of the Aleph Bet” and roundtable discussions. No charge. Sponsor a
against her (1996) by David Irving for having called him class in someone’s memory or honor for $25. For more information, call MUSIC DIRECTOR KEN PEPLOWSKI
a Holocaust denier. Irving was then arguably the world’s 941.752.3030 or email info@chabadofbradenton.com.
leading denier. Professor Lipstadt’s latest book, “25 Years of Nazi Indoctrination”
ANTISEMITISM HERE AND NOW explores anti-Semitism in a series of FEATURING
fictional letters with a student and colleague. In 1919, when he joined the nascent Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler was a vaga-
bond tramp, failed artist and WWI army veteran. From these nondescript THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER
CHAIR: BETTE ZARET beginnings, he soon built the Nazi Party into a dominant political and so-
cial force in Germany that shaped German life and culture for the next DICK HYMAN, ALEJANDRO ARENAS, CLAIRDEE, MARK
“Lipstadt’s sweep ing, acces si ble edu ca tion 25 years. Learn how the cultured German nation was transformed into FEINMAN, RUSSEL MALONE, CHARLES MCPHERSON, JOHN
on mod ern anti -Semitism is a wel come the most organized mass killing machine in world history. Join us for this
start ing point in dire times.” discussion at 1:00 p.m. at the Al Katz Center, 5710 Cortez Road West, O’LEARY, HOUSTON PERSON and TERELL STAFFORD
Bradenton. Cost: $10 per adult; $5 per student; healthy kosher refresh-
– Lauren Krouse, Jewish Book Council
ments included. To RSVP, call Beverly at 941.313.9239.
For information, call Brieana Duckett-Graves Plus afternoon jazz, the ever popular Jazz
941.552.6305 or bdgraves@jfedsrq.org Trolley Pub Crawl, Jazz in the Park and

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