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AN EVENING WITH JAMIE BERNSTEIN AND ALEXANDRA SILBER
Celebrating
November 2020 - Cheshvan/Kislev 5781
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
22A Community Focus
26A Jewish Interest
34A Israel & the Jewish World
38A Commentary
44A Focus on Youth
47A Life Cycle
1B Jewish Happenings
17A
Shapiro Teen Engagement
Program (STEP) COVID Caring
Project
34A
Scientists grow fresh dates
from a sixth century BCE seed
46A
Temple Emanu-El families
welcome the New Year with
safe, in-person celebrations
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Where You Belong, JFED PROUD & STRONG
By Howard Tevlowitz, Chief Executive Officer, and Kim Adler, Chief Operating Officer
lthough much of the world
a variety of rooms to accommodate
innovative and creative ways to engage
has come to a standstill these our Jewish community. Our vision is groups of all sizes and ample parking.
Apast few months, The Jewish a campus where everyone belongs, The event center space is also home
to the Mitchell Family Welcome Cen-
JFED PROUD & STRONG.
Federation of Sarasota-Manatee has
been hard at work developing our plans With a lead gift from Gail and Joel ter and the gorgeous Epstein Family
for a reimagined Larry & Mary Green- Morganroth, the new Event Center will Chuppah.
The Center for Jewish Culture and
spon Family Campus for Jewish Life.
We are embarking on a new era Entertainment will house our Rob-
of Jewish life in Sarasota-Manatee…a ert & Esther Heller Israel Center and
moment that will have significant im- the Green Family FIBA (Florida Isra-
el Business Accelerator) Center. The
pact on the generations that follow.
With this redevelopment, our organi- state-of-the-art Heller Center will serve
zation will be better prepared to meet as a resource complex for all things Is-
the needs of our growing community rael as well as a Holocaust education
and provide a variety of entry points, center. Plans for the space include
allowing individuals to express and accommodate up to 1,000 people for programs and exhibits that promote
connect with their Judaism – on their exciting and entertaining programs, diversity and respect for all people,
terms. delicious events catered by Michael’s education and advocacy programs, and
On East, thought-provoking educa-
support for the U.S.-Israel relation-
Using data gleaned from our 2019
Jewish Community Study, our lead- tional offerings and so much more. ship. The newly named Green Center
ership is creating a campus that will This beautiful venue will be available will house a business development
allow for expansion of our current ed- for use by the entire community for program designed to promote high-
programming, life cycle events and
ucational, cultural arts and social pro-
growth Israeli tech ventures in Florida.
grams for all ages while also imagining holiday parties. The center will have continued on page 2A
A law enforcement official…and a mensch!
By Marty Katz, Sr. Director of Communications & Marketing
hen I asked our new Jewish Jeff’s new role is under the auspic- to the SCN team of current and for-
Community Security Direc- es of the Secure Community Network mer military law enforcements experts
Wtor, Jeff Solomon, why he (SCN) with whom The Jewish Feder- working to build a security shield to se-
cure the American Jewish community.
ation of Sarasota-Manatee has part-
decided to move across country to take
this job, he answered, “When I looked nered. Since 2004, SCN has served as In this role, Jeff will be able to leverage
at the job description, it was exactly the official homeland security and safe- SCN’s national-level resources to ben-
what I wanted to do with my life – pro- ty initiative of the organized Jewish efit the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish com-
tecting a population that was important community in North America. It was munity.”
to me, one that has influenced my life established under the auspices of The Jeff is regarded as a nationally rec-
and my being.” Jewish Federations of North America ognized expert and consultant in threat
PAID POLITICAL (JFNA) and the Conference of Presi- and risk assessment, and school safety.
He is a co-author of three books. He re-
dents of Major American Jewish Orga-
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