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This issue is combined for the months of May & June
due to limited resources during the COVID-19 crisis.

Celebrating Jewish Life in Sarasota and Manatee Counties, Israel and the World
FEDERATION NEWS

50
PUBLISHED B Y
Celebrating Years The Jewish

Federation

OF SARASOTA-MANATEE

THE LARRY & MARY GREENSPON
FAMILY CAMPUS FOR JEWISH LIFE

May/June 2020 - Iyar/Sivan/Tammuz 5780 www.jfedsrq.org Volume 50, Number 5

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Be strong and we will

12 Community Focus strengthen each other
15 Jewish Happenings

21 Jewish Interest ur Sarasota-Manatee Jewish partnership with one another, sharing uals and families – our community will
information and strategies, demon-
be strengthened.
community is one that we are
29 Israel & the Jewish World Oproud to serve. It is a thriving, strating strength, caring and resolve We are here for you – and we will
31 Commentary growing community made up of more in facing the current crisis caused get through this together, as a commu-
36 Focus on Youth than 17,000 households and some by the coronavirus. At a time when nity. If you need help, please contact us
35,000 people. We are spread across a
at coronavirus@jfedsrq.org.
many businesses have been temporar-
39 Life Cycle large geographic area and have diverse ily closed, your Jewish community is Stay home, stay healthy and stay in
political beliefs and religious practices, open. And we want to hear from you. touch.
and yet we share so very much. What are your questions and concerns? ‹ Howard Tevlowitz, CEO,
Among the many things we share What is on your mind? How can we and Kim Adler, COO, The Jewish
are the wonderful Jewish institutions strengthen each other right now? How Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
that serve the entire Sarasota-Manatee else can we support you and those who ‹ Jay Solomon, CEO,
community, regardless of race or reli- care about you? Aviva – A Campus for Senior Life
gion. Sarasota is fortunate to be home No individual, family or group is ‹ Heidi Brown, CEO,
5 to a thriving Jewish Day School (Her- alone or operating in isolation. We are JFCS of the Suncoast
Inna Sideman retires shorin Schiff Community Day School), all interconnected. Working together, ‹ Dan Ceasar, Head of School,
as Chief Financial Officer a highly regarded human services our strength and resilience is magni- Hershorin Schiff Community
agency in JFCS of the Suncoast, Aviva fied exponentially. Over the coming Day School
- A Campus For Senior Life, and syna- days and weeks, we are going to bet- ‹ Rabbi Jennifer Singer, President,
gogues and temples that meet the spiri- ter understand the impact on individu- Sarasota-Manatee Rabbinic Assn.
tual needs of everyone from babies to als, families and organizations we care ‹ Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz,
centenarians. about. As needs evolve, so too will we Chair of the VAAD
Supporting all of these is The Jew- and our community response. ‹ Margo Moore, President,
ish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. There is a challenging road ahead. Congregation for Humanistic
Our organizations are working in By taking care of ourselves as individ- Judaism
6

Jewish Film Festival Opening
Night a smashing success

10
Congregation for
Federation spreads love at Humanistic Judaism
Realize Bradenton Art Slam

38

Young families enjoy
“Strawberry Fields Tot Shabbat”

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