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JEWISH HAPPENINGS April 2020 5B

SUNDAY, APRIL 19
SUND A Y , APRIL 1 9 Let Me Be Myself:

STEP and Hillel Stand-Up Paddleboard
and Mindfulness Meditation The Life Story of Anne Frank
with Sababa Beachaway
Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
Spend the afternoon with your friends, the Gulf waves and some Jewish

vibes as we paddleboard together, reflect on some rituals surrounding
water, and begin the afternoon with a BBQ lunch! Join us from 12:30 to
3:30 p.m. at the New College of Florida waterfront, 351 Caples Drive,
Sarasota. This event is free and open to Jewish high school students from
Sarasota-Manatee, but space is limited and you must pre-register at jfedsrq.

org/events. For more information, contact Andrea Eiffert at 941.552.6308

or aeiffert@jfedsrq.org.
Temple Sinai’s Mitzvah Day
Mitzvah Day takes place from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Temple Sinai, 4631
South Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota (enter only from Proctor Road be-
tween Beneva and Swift). Mitzvah Day is based on the concept of tikkun
olam, interpreted as helping to repair the world through purposeful acts
of loving kindness. The theme of this year’s Mitzvah Day is “I can make

a difference.” The community is invited to participate in this rewarding
and important day. For more information, email Matt Kahn at mjkahn79@
gmail.com.
Jewish Genealogical Society of SWFL Program

All that survives from the Golden Age of Yiddish radio from the 1930s
to 1950s are a thousand fragile discs rescued from storerooms, attics and
even dumpsters, but what a story they tell! Baila Miller’s Yiddish Radio
Project is a celebration of these recordings and of the forgotten geniuses ON DISPLAY NOW
and dreamers who created them in a vibrant radio universe. Come hear
Baila at 1:00 p.m. at Aviva – A Campus for Senior Life, 1951 N. Honore featuring Virtual Reality!
Ave., Sarasota. Everyone is welcome to this free event. For more informa-
tion, contact Kim Sheintal at 941.302.1433 or klapshein@aol.com. The story of Anne Frank told in a modern way, addressing

Youth Escape Room current day issues of identity, exclusion, and discrimination.

Do you like video games and puzzles? Test your smarts and creativity This exhibition also features a Virtual Reality (VR)
while making new friends during this fun outing! Can you and your team component that allows the visitor to travel back in time to
escape from the game before the time is up? This event is for ages 12- Anne Frank’s hiding place, the “Secret Annex.”
18. Join us at 1:00 p.m. at Escape Reality Sarasota, 6250 N. Lockwood
Ridge Road. Cost: $45 for Temple Beth Sholom youth group members;
$50 non-member youths. For more information, contact Kelly Nester at Let Me Be Myself was developed by the Anne Frank House

941.955.8121 or info@templebethsholomfl.org. and is sponsored in North America by the Anne Frank
Center for Mutual Respect.
Images: ©AFF/AFH – Basel/Amsterdam. HOLOCAUST
The VR experience provided by Oculus Education.
MONDAY, APRIL 20
MOND A Y , APRIL 2 0
55 5th St. S. St. Petersburg, FL 33701 • 727-820-0100 • www.TheFHM.org
“Jewish Resistance in the Holocaust”
Many are familiar with the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, but few know about
the story behind it. As a young Polish teenager, Sarasota Holocaust survi-
vor Marie Winkelman participated in the desperate plans made by Jewish

teenage groups whose intent was to escape or to die fighting for Jewish

honor. While being trundled off to her doom in the back of a Nazi truck,

Marie jumped off and later watched the Ghetto burn from the outside, with
her family inside. Join us for a discussion at 11:00 a.m. at the Al Katz
Center, 5710 Cortez Road West, Bradenton. Cost: $10 per adult; $5 per
student; kosher foods included. To RSVP, call Beverly at 941.313.9239.

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People of the Book: Heroes of the Resistance
Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee

The final event of this season’s People of the Book series features Sarah
Rose, author of D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabo-
taged the Nazis, and Helped Win WWII, and Jack Fairweather, author of
The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to
Destroy Auschwitz. Join us from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Beatrice Fried-
man Theater on The Larry & Mary Greenspon Family Campus for Jewish
Life, 582 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. The People of the Book series is pre-
sented in partnership with the Jewish Book Council. To purchase tickets
($10), go to jfedsrq.org/books or call 888.718.4253, Option 1.

Sarasota Jewish Singles Dinner Meeting PRODUCTION
SPONSOR
The Sarasota Jewish Singles is an outreach program at Temple Beth Israel
of Longboat Key to give all Jewish singles in the Sarasota-Manatee area
the opportunity to meet other men and women who are single. The group
meets once a month for dinner, laughter and a time to turn acquaintances
into lifelong friends. Join us at 5:15 p.m. at Miguel’s Restaurant, 6631
Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key. To make a reservation or for more
information, please call or text Rosalyn Fleischer at 941.915.6631 or email

rozfleischer@gmail.com.
Yom HaShoah and
Holocaust Arts Contest Winners Ceremony
2020 marks the 75 anniversary of the end of the Holocaust, the worst
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catastrophe in world history. While most of the common soldiers who
liberated the camps had no idea what they were encountering, the world
knew of the Nazi mass persecutions of Jews by 1938. Learn about the
early public warnings, various doomed rescue plans, the aftermath that
left many newly liberated Jews still in concentration camps for years after
the Holocaust, and the urgent lessons for today. Join us for this discussion
at 6:00 p.m. at the Al Katz Center, 5710 Cortez Road West, Bradenton. Lauren Ostrander and Ivan Spitale in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Dante Sonata | Photography Frank Atura
Donations are greatly appreciated. Kosher refreshments will be available.
To RSVP, call Beverly at 941.313.9239. 941.359.0099 | SarasotaBallet.org

Due to COVID-19, please check with each organization for event cancellations/postponements. Due to COVID-19, please check with each organization for event cancellations/postponements.