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14A March 2020 COMMUNITY FOCUS

Diocese of Venice’s annual

“Yom HaShoah Hour of Remembrance”

ach year, the Diocese of Ven- an organization dedicated to locating work with the Jewish community of Jewish community.”
ice in Florida hosts a service the sites of mass graves of Jewish vic- France and was appointed Secretary to The Hour of Remembrance will
Ein commemoration of the Ho- tims of the Nazi mobile-killing units in the French Conference of Bishops for begin with elementary school students
locaust as an interreligious gather- the former Soviet Union. He received Relations with the Jewish community participating in the solemn reading of
ing bringing members of the Catholic the Legion d’honneur, France’s highest and an advisor to the Vatican on rela- the names of concentration camps such
and Jewish communities together to honor, for his work documenting the tions with Judaism. as Auschwitz and Dachau. Then stu-
promote peace and solidarity among Holocaust. Bishop Frank J. Dewane has host- dents from Cardinal Mooney Catholic
all peoples. This year, the Diocese of In 1978, Father Desbois worked ed this annual prayer service since School in Sarasota will light 13 candles
Venice’s “Yom HaShoah Hour of Re- as a math teacher for the French gov- becoming Bishop of the Diocese in in honor of the six million Jews and
membrance” will be held at 2:30 p.m. ernment in Africa. He later worked 2007. “This day is one way, of many, seven million others who were system-
on Sunday, April 26 at Epiphany Ca- for Mother Theresa in Calcutta, where in which the Catholic Church in South- atically killed during the Holocaust.
thedral, 350 Tampa Ave. W., Venice. he helped set up homes for the dying. west Florida, in union with Pope The service also recognizes the
The guest speaker will be Father After being ordained in 1986 at the Francis, wishes to show friendship survivors of the Holocaust and their
Patrick Desbois, a French Roman age of 31, he became the Superior of with our Jewish brothers and sisters, descendants, the living witnesses, en-
Catholic priest, former head of the the Grand Seminary in Prado, Lyon. and to reaffirm our dedication to re- suring that remembrance of the Holo-

Commission for Relations with Juda- From 1992-1999, he served as Secre- spect, dialogue and solidarity with the caust never fades away.
ism of the French Bishops’ Conference tary of Jewish Relations for Cardinals
and consultant to the Vatican. He is Decourtray, Jean Balland and Louis- Area cantors to sing
the founder of the “Yahad-In Unum,” Marie Billé. In 1999, he requested to

A special Erev Shabbat together on March 2

By Cantor Riselle Bain
service for Temple Beth El hat’s better than one cantor? through financial donations, BACA By Rabbi Peter Kasdan | This program is sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee

Six of them, when they have
By Sandy Clark, Past President Wthe chance to come together usually offers an annual concert only in n the spring of 2019, the Temple
Tampa. But this year, the organization
Beth Israel (TBI) Board of Trust-
fter many years of being a nizations, Meals on Wheels PLUS and to offer a special concert combining all has added a second one for the Sarasota- Iees adopted the plan of twinning

Reform congregation, but not Habitat for Humanity as our major com- their talent. It’s not easy getting can- Manatee community as well. our congregation with the Beit Daniel
Abeing a member of the Union munity efforts to help our neighbors. tors to perform together because of the Since its inception, BACA has Synagogue Community in Tel Aviv, Is-

for Reform Judaism (URJ), Temple And so, on Friday night, January distance between them and the obliga- awarded more than $50,000 in concert rael. Beit Daniel had been the lifelong
Beth El Bradenton/Lakewood Ranch’s 24, Greg Miller from the URJ presen- tions they have to their respective con- donations for scholarships to Conser- special project of TBI members Ruth
dream came true. ted us with our beautiful charter that gregations. But the Bay Area Cantorial vative and Reform cantorial students. and Gerard Daniel, z”l. Since Ruth’s
Although we practiced Reform Ju- will hang proudly in our entrance. Association (BACA) has been doing It has also sponsored an anthology of
daism, used the Reform prayer book, so for 17 years. music for High Holy Days commis-
have a wonderful Rabbi Michael Stern- This year, cantors serving congre- sioned through Transcontinental Mu-
field and Cantor Deborah Bard, we gations in Sarasota, Venice, St. Peters- sic, the music publishing arm of the

thought we never had a large enough burg, Tampa and Sebring will present Union of Reform Judaism.
congregation to join the URJ. All that “B’chol Libi, With All My Heart,” The Cantors volunteer their time
has changed for the better. songs of love sure to gladden and and musical artistry preparing ensem-
The URJ now has programs for touch hearts, on Monday, March 2 at ble and solo pieces. Though a sugges-
smaller congregations and with our 7:00 p.m. at the Jewish Congregation ted donation for the concert is $18, any
move further east in Manatee County, of Venice, 600 N. Auburn Road. amount will be gratefully accepted.
our congregation and religious school Formed to bring beautiful tradi- For further information, please call the
are growing. We have become a small tional and contemporary Jewish music Jewish Congregation of Venice office,

Cantor Deborah Bard, Greg Miller (from
but mighty force in our community the URJ), Ron Eiseman (Temple Beth El to the wider community and assisting weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,
with our joining two wonderful orga- President), Rabbi Michael Sternfi eld cantorial students with their studies at 941.484.2022.

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