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6B August 2021 JEWISH HAPPENINGS

Hershorin-Schiff Community Day School, Chabad of Sarasota & Chabad Downtown SRQ
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20
present a FRID A Y , A UGUST 2 0
FREE hands-on, family-friendly pre-Rosh Hashanah experience!
“Welcome Home Shabbat”
Celebrate Shabbat and the new school year at this festive family celebra-
The COmmunity
tion! Enjoy a casual pickup Shabbat dinner and outdoor fun including
cornhole, giant Jenga, carnival games, balloon animals, nail polishing,
crafts and the new basketball hoop, plus make Rosh Hashanah cards for
Aviva residents. We will then greet Shabbat with a Family Shabbat Service
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featuring the return of the Family Shabbat Band. We look forward to wel-
coming Shabbat and the new year – and to welcoming you at 6:00 p.m. at
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Make your OWN kosher shofar! Temple Emanu-El, 151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. To register, please visit
limit one free shofar per family* | each additional shofar $18 sarasotatemple.org. For more information, call 941.371.2788.
Temple Sinai Welcome Back
and Rhythm & Jews Erev Shabbat
Sunday, August 22, 2021
2:00PM - 3:00PM

Community Day School's NEW Campus Join us at 6:00 p.m. for a Rhythm & Jews service with Rabbi Samantha
(4335 Wilkinson Road, Sarasota, FL 34233) Kahn and Chazzan Cliff Abramson, and the inspirational sounds of the
Bruno Trio. Hear from students who had Jewish summer experiences, fol-

lowed by a pizza dinner and The ChillMobile ice cream truck. Temple
FREE
ADMISSION Sinai is located at 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Road (enter only from Proctor
Road), Sarasota. Cost: $18 for Temple Sinai families; $25 for visitors. To
register, go to templesinai-sarasota.org/event/pizza-dinner.html.

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WELCOME SAW it
SUNDAY, AUGUST 22
*children 13 and under must be accompanied by an adult* SUND A Y , A UGUST 2 2

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CRAFT your very own genuine shofar STEP Open House
EXPERIENCE a presentation on shofars
HEAR the traditional blasts of the shofar Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
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Join us from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. at the Harrison Clubhouse (2575 University
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S Parkway, Sarasota) to learn about the Shapiro Teen Engagement Program
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H (STEP) for the 2021-22 school year. Hear why you want your teen to “be
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P Jewish” with other area teens through our STEP program. Volunteer, trav-
PRESENTING SPONSORS:
el, learn and have fun with STEP! To register for this free event and re-
ceive up-to-date information as the location is announced, visit jfedsrq.org/
events or contact Jessi Sheslow at jsheslow@jfedsrq.org or 941.343.2109.
MEDIA SPONSOR:
“Sundae with the Rabbis” at Temple Emanu-El
*LIMITED FREE SHOFARS AVAILABLE. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. SOCIAL-DISTANCING WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.*
Temple Emanu-El wishes the entire community a sweet new year and
extends a warm invitation to experience the sweetness of Jewish life at
SAVE THE DATE 1.9.22 this special outreach event, sponsored by the Membership Committee
and chaired by Lynn Sacks and Mona Salomon! All are welcome to share
TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM AZI! ice cream sundaes and meet Temple Emanu-El’s Senior Rabbi Brenner
Glickman and Associate Rabbi Michael Shefrin, and temple staff, leader-
PRESENT S ship, members and families. We look forward to greeting you from 2:00 to
4:00 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El, 151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. To register,
please visit sarasotatemple.org. For more information, call 941.371.2788.
Park Avenue Synagogue
Cantor Azi Schwartz returns
by popular demand to the TUESD A Y , A UGUST 2 4
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24
Sarasota Opera House.
He will be joined by
Cantor Mira Davis “Every Book of the Jewish Bible: Leviticus”
for a spectacular
evening of song. Leviticus, the third book of the Torah, called Vayikra (“He called”), is
known as “instructions for the priests,” defining this book’s role in pre-
scribing the proper worship of the Divine One. How the People Israel were
to live as a holy nation is Divinely commanded in terms of priestly sacri-
fices, sacred worship, dietary laws, ritual purity, rites of Yom Kippur, Holy
Days and the Decalogue. Hundreds of the Torah’s 613 mitzvot are found
in Leviticus, where Jewish education often begins. 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 Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25
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CELEBRATION IN SONG

“AZI” sold out in 2020, so don’t delay. Jewish National Fund-USA Reading Series
Tickets go on sale on October 1 at the Opera House, 941.328.1300. Join Jewish National Fund-USA IsraelCast host Steven Shalowitz and
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Sponsorships are available NOW author Max Levin for a live Q&A session about his book, Under the
by contacting Temple Beth Sholom at 941.955.8121. Stretcher. The book provides readers with a firsthand account of “Opera-
Edie Chaifetz • Fran Cohen • Saranee Newman tion Protective Edge,” the 2014 conflict between Israel and Gaza, shared
through the eyes of Max Levin, an American-born Israeli soldier who
AZISCHWARTZ.COM
MEDIA PARTNER joined the Israeli army in 2012 and served in one of Israel’s special forces
units – Palchan Tzanhanim (paratroopers). This free event on Zoom begins
at 7:00 p.m. Register at jnf.org/readingseries. For more information,
contact Sarah Cohen at scohen@jnf.org or 212.879.9305 x243.

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