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            Crash Course in Building the Third Holy Temple                                    “How the Jews Won the Wild West” – Part 6
        Recently, a Knesset member expressed his desire not only for Jews to be     Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
        able to freely visit and pray atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, but for the    Marden  Paru,  Dean  of  Sarasota  Liberal Yeshiva,  continues  his  six-part
        Third Temple to be built “in our days.” Nissim Vaturi told an organization   Monday series and will explore The Jews Who Tamed the West, Iowa,
        advocating for the Third Temple that “anyone who represents Israel cannot   Alexander  Levi  and  Abraham  Slimmer,  Utah,  Hawaii,  When  Yiddish
        be disconnected from the Creator. We are all anticipating the Redemption.”   Cowboys Roamed and A Black Jew Founded San Francisco. The class
        Some Palestinians are accusing Israel’s new Gulf State allies of helping    takes place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Zoom. The series cost is $18 per
        Israel lay the groundwork for the Third Temple. This class, presented by    person. To register, please visit jfedsrq.org/events. For more information,
        the Al Katz Center, begins at 11:00 a.m. via Zoom. Cost: $10 per day or     contact Jeremy Lisitza at jlisitza@jfedsrq.org or 941.343.2113.
        $50 for all classes this month. To RSVP and receive the Zoom link, please
        call Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.                                             Opening Day for Chabad’s Kaplan Preschool
                                                                                    The Kaplan Preschool provides a top-quality nurturing learning environ-
                                                                                    ment for children ages 30 months to five years. Preschool hours are 8:30
             THURSD        A  Y ,   A UGUST     1 2                                 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with an option for aftercare until 4:30 p.m. The VPK pro-
             THURSDAY, AUGUST 12
                                                                                    gram, which offers 540 hours of free instruction for children age four on
                     “Synagogues Around the World”                                  or before September 1, starts on Thursday, September 9. The preschool is
                                                                                    located at Chabad of Sarasota, 7700 Beneva Road. To schedule a tour and
                               – St. Petersburg                                     receive more information, please contact Preschool Director Sara Stein-
        Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee                      metz at 941.925.0770 or sara@chabadofsarasota.com.
        Evgenia Kempinski, a Russian Jew born and raised in St. Petersburg by a
        family whose ancestors originated from the Pale of Settlement – Poland,          “Speak Out Stand Up Against Antisemitism”
        Belorussia and Ukraine – takes us on our tour of St. Petersburg. She is     From ancient  history on, Jew hatred has been a persistent pandemic,
        the founder/owner of St. Petersburg Jewish Tours. As a young girl, she      spreading from person to person, community to community, country to
        went to the first private Jewish school in the USSR, located in the Grand   country, and continent to continent, costing millions of precious Jewish
        Choral Synagogue of St. Petersburg – the second largest in Europe, whose    lives in its deadly pandemic path.  Today, the dynamics of pandemic
        construction dates back to 1893. The St. Petersburg Jewish community        antisemitism  commonly  emanate  from  the  top  down, as world leaders
        is rather young as it was first established in the early 19  century. Join us   and Congressional members spew Jew-hatred to impressionable masses.
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        from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Zoom for this virtual tour. Tickets are $36 per   Every hateful utterance against the Jewish people is a danger to every Jew,
        household for the four-part series held on Thursdays in August. To register,   inciting further hatred and future violence. This class, presented by the Al
        visit jfedsrq.org/events. For more information, contact Jeremy Lisitza at   Katz Center, begins at 11:00 a.m. via Zoom. Cost: $10 per day or $50 for
        jlisitza@jfedsrq.org or 941.343.2113.                                       all classes this month. To RSVP and receive the Zoom link, please call
                                                                                    Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.
               SUND      A Y ,   A UGUST      1 5                                Send your monthly Jewish Happenings
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                           High Holiday Seminar                                             to jewishnews@jfedsrq.org

        Join Temple Sinai at 10:00 a.m. to study, sing, meditate and converse as we
        prepare ourselves and our souls for the High Holidays. This seminar with
        Rabbi Samantha Kahn will include a deep dive into Mishkan HaNefesh                                                                          ה"ב
        in preparation for the High Holidays. The seminar takes place at 4631 S.
        Lockwood Ridge Road (enter only from Proctor Road), Sarasota. For more
        information or to register, go to templesinai-sarasota.org/events.

              Temple Sinai Religious School Open House
        Come to our festive Religious School Open House for Grades K-12 at
        10:00 a.m. at 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Road (enter only from Proctor
        Road), Sarasota. Meet the teachers and get a taste of a day in the life of
        your child. Please register by contacting Bethany Leinweber, Director of
        Youth Education, Outreach & Engagement, at bleinweber@templesinai-
        sarasota.org, or go to templesinai-sarasota.org/new-member-form.html#.

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