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“Introduction to High Holy Day Liturgy and Music” People of the Book Event
Join Chazzan Cliff Abramson every Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. as he gives us With Ariana Neumann
insight into High Holy Day liturgy and music with Mishkan HaNefesh. Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
This free class takes place at Temple Sinai, 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Road In Ariana Neumann’s memoir, When Time Stopped, when her father Hans
(enter only from Proctor Road), Sarasota. For more information, please dies, he leaves her a box of papers which become her roadmap to the
visit templesinai-sarasota.org/events. history of her father, all the family of which he would never speak, and

An Evening at the New to the past he would never let enter his present. Before long, Neumann
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience is forced to become the detective she’d played as a child if she wants
to unravel the enigma of her father. Tickets to this 2:00 p.m. event on
The museum’s Executive Director, Kenneth Hoffman, will talk about the Zoom are $10 per household. To register, please visit jfedsrq.org/books.
journey and struggles that faced the generations of Jews as they traveled For more information, contact Jeremy Lisitza at jlisitza@jfedsrq.org or
south, through Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans and Houston; 941.343.2113.
and of those who moved inland, peddling their wares from farm to farm
through the Appalachian Piedmont and the Mississippi Delta. Join us for “Songs & Stories: A Tribute to Irving Berlin”
a fascinating evening as we take a virtual tour of the museum in its new Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
home in New Orleans. Fill out the form on templebethsholomfl.org for the Widely considered one of the greatest writers of popular songs, ragtime,
Zoom password and link for this 7:00 p.m. event. No cost, but donations are Broadway musicals and more, Irving Berlin remains a beloved composer
always appreciated. For more information, call the Temple Beth Sholom and lyricist. With a delightful program of live music and stories by Gilda
office at 941.955.8121 or email info@templebethsholomfl.org. Solve, you will be transported back to a more nostalgic time when “There’s
No Business Like Show Business” and “God Bless America” were on
the lips of every American. As Gilda says, “I’ll be loving you always” in
this tribute to Irving Berlin. Guests are welcome to ask questions via the
Zoom chat throughout the program, which takes place from 4:00 to 5:30
REPORT p.m. Early Bird tickets are $12.50 and available until 48 hours prior to
the performance. Regular tickets are $15 and available until the start of
the performance. All tickets are per device, not per person on Zoom, and
IT! are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. To register, visit jfedsrq.org/
events. For more information, contact Jeremy Lisitza at jlisitza@jfedsrq.
org or 941.343.2113.

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COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE
“Synagogues Around the World” – Berlin
JFEDSRQ.org/SRQSafe Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
Meet Dekel Peretz, our tour guide who was born in Tel Aviv, grew up in
New York, and has been living in Berlin for the past 18 years. Dekel holds
a doctorate in German-Jewish history and has been a top guide in Berlin,
Potsdam, Dresden and the ShUM cities, the cradle of Ashkenazi tradition,
for over a decade. He currently spearheads efforts to rebuild the main sanc-
tuary of the Fraenkelufer Synagogue, destroyed by the Nazis, as a com-
FREE CLASSICAL munity and cultural center. Join us from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Zoom for
CONCERT SERIES this virtual tour. Tickets are $36 per household for the four-part series held
on Thursdays in August. To register, visit jfedsrq.org/events. For more in-
TUESDAYS AT 7PM formation, contact Jeremy Lisitza at jlisitza@jfedsrq.org or 941.343.2113.
Aviva Senior Living is hosting a series of free outdoor classical “Classic Jewish Non-Fiction:
music concerts under the Porte Cochere on our lush Sir Martin Gilbert” – Part II
27-acre campus. Bring your chair and enjoy the exceptional Sir Martin Gilbert described himself as a proud practicing Jew and a Zion-
music while maintaining COVID-safety standards. ist. His prolific works artfully combine geography and history to validate
the inextricable linkage between the two. This workshop will focus on
such unique resources as Jewish History Atlas, Atlas of the Holocaust,
Jerusalem Illustrated History Atlas and The Jews of Arab Lands: Their
History in Maps, all of which illustrate the loving devotion of Gilbert to
the Jewish people and the State of Israel. This class, presented by the Al
Katz Center, begins at 11:00 a.m. via Zoom. Cost: $10 per day or $50 for
all classes this month. To RSVP and receive the Zoom link, please call
The Spirit of Sarasota, Brought Home
Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.
AUGUST 17: Anne Tormela,
Lyric Coloratura Singing Opera Selections
SEPTEMBER 14: Jane Hoffman, Principal Flutist Follow us on
Sarasota Pops & Thomas Koch, Classical Guitarist
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