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Sinaiversary – Temple Sinai’s 30 Anniversary People of the Book Event
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On the first Erev Shabbat Service of every month at 6:00 p.m., Temple With Alan Zweibel
Sinai will honor a special group of people who have done so much for the Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
temple. Watch us virtually and bring your party hats and sparkles as we Throughout the pages of Laugh Lines, Alan Zweibel weaves together his
start the yearlong celebration of our 30 anniversary. For more informa- own stories and interviews with his friends and contemporaries including
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tion, call 941.924.1802 or email office@sinaisrq.org. For the Zoom link, Richard Lewis, Eric Idle, Bob Saget, Sarah Silverman, Dave Barry and
visit templesinai-sarasota.org. Carl Reiner. One of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, Zweibel
also collaborated with Billy Crystal on the Tony Award-winning Broad-
way play 700 Sundays, and won the Thurber Prize for American Humor
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MONDAY, JANUARY 4 for his novel The Other Shulman. Tickets to this 7:00 p.m. event on Zoom
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are $10 per household. For admission to this and all other People of the
Chabad of Bradenton’s Talmud Classes Book events, please visit jfedsrq.org/books. For more information, contact
Jeremy Lisitza at jlisitza@jfedsrq.org or 941.343.2113.
Explore the Talmud and its laws in its original text. No prior knowledge of
the Talmud or Hebrew is necessary. Classes take place on Mondays from Torah & Tea
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. via Zoom. The book fee is $45. For more information, Join Chanie Bukiet either on Zoom or in person outdoors in the Chabad tent
please contact Rabbi Mendy Bukiet at 941.752.3030 or rabbi@chabad (5712 Lorraine Road, Bradenton) for a weekly dose of Torah spiced with
ofbradenton.com. lessons on the “Weekly Torah Portion” and roundtable discussions. This
free event takes place from 11:00 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays, January 5, 12,
19 and 26. For more information and the Zoom link, call 941.752.3030 or
email info@chabadofbradenton.com.
Lion of Judah “Overcoming Stage Fright” Workshop
SAVE THE DATE
Unconference As the former president of Presentation Anxiety Consulting Group,
Temple Sinai’s Chazzan Cliff Abramson will bring back his “Overcoming
Stage Fright” workshop. From his years in theater and film, as well as his
pastoral training as ordained clergy, he will deal with the issue practically,
systematically and with great compassion. This virtual workshop begins
at 11:00 a.m. For more information, call 941.924.1802 or email office@
sinaisrq.org. For the Zoom link, visit templesinai-sarasota.org.
“Jewish Heroines of the Holocaust”
Zivia Libetkin was the founder of Polish underground, Jewish Fighting
Organization in Warsaw, and a member of the Dror Zionist Youth
Movement, the first to set up in the Warsaw Ghetto for armed resistance.
She trained the Jewish teenagers and smuggled them through Romania
and Palestine, organizing underground schools for youth. She armed her
teens, fighting alongside them. Zivia escaped the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
through the sewers to the “Aryan” side of Warsaw and founded a kibbutz
in Palestine after the war. This class, presented by the Al Katz Center,
begins at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. Cost: $10 per day or $50 per month for all
classes. To RSVP and receive the Zoom link, please call Beverly Newman
at 941.313.9239.
Gather with Lions from throughout North America virtually.
You will be inspired, educated and entertained! Sixty-Five Years of Temple Emanu-El

LI ON OF JU D A H JANUARY Temple Emanu-El was founded in 1956, making 2021 the congregation’s
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65 anniversary. To celebrate the occasion – and to explore the wide and
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G OE S V IR T U A L ! 24–25, 2021 important impact Temple Emanu-El has had not only on the Sarasota-
Manatee Jewish community but on local history – Jewish Genealogical
Details to follow Society President Kim Sheintal has prepared and will narrate a special
one-hour photo presentation of 65 years of temple history. This free event
is proudly sponsored by Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood, and all are warmly
For more information on becoming a Lion of Judah, invited at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom. Please register at sarasotatemple.org or call
please contact Ilene Fox at ifox@jfedsrq.org or 941.343.2111. 941.371.2788 to receive the Zoom link.

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