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JEWISH HAPPENINGS February 2020 7B

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Human Trafficking Awareness Program
The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) will present a program
on Human Trafficking Awareness at 4:00 p.m. Selby Public Library, 1331
1st St., Sarasota. The session will focus on a major initiative for NCJW’s
Advocacy Program. There will be a display showing how teens and younger
children are targeted for trafficking, and an oral presentation prior to the
viewing of The Chosen. This will be followed by commentary and a Q&A
session from Corporal Alan Wilkett of the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office.
There is no charge for this event. NCJW has done Human Trafficking
Awareness presentations throughout the area for organizations such as Girl
Scouts of Coastal Florida, Camp Mariposa, Braden River Public Library,
Kiwanis and Temple Sinai. If your organization is interested in scheduling
a presentation or if you have questions about this event, contact Rhoda
Friedman at rhokayak@aol.com or Ilene Gelber at igelber@verizon.com.

International Film Festival

Join the Temple Beth El (TBE) family for a screening of the comedy, Tel
Aviv on Fire. Salem, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes
a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli
soldier. His creative career is on the rise until the soldier and the show’s Bridge... Anyone?
financial backers disagree about how the show should end, and Salam
is caught in the middle. Along with this wonderful movie, Chef Rabbi The Bridge Group meets Thursday
Sternfield will fill our stomachs with a wonderful Israeli meal. The event afternoons from 1:00–4:00 pm
begins at 6:00 p.m. at Temple Beth El Bradenton/Lakewood Ranch, 5150 on the Federation Campus
Peridia Blvd., Bradenton. Cost: $13 for TBE members and $17 for guests. (582 McIntosh Road).
Prepaid reservations by Friday, February 7 are a must. There will be a $5
up-charge at the door for those who have not registered. For reservations Open to intermediate
and payment, please call the temple office at 941.755.4900. and advanced bridge players.
For more information,
call Bob Satnick
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Sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee Thursdays / 12pm to 4ish
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Ariel Burger first met Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jerusalem Room, Federation Campus
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Elie Wiesel at age 15. They studied and taught together. Burger’s book, The Larry & Mary Greenspon
Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom, chronicles the intimate FaMiLy CaMpus For Jewish LiFe $5 pie.
conversations between these two men over the decades. Join us at 7:00 The Jewish FederaTion
p.m. in the Beatrice Friedman Theater on The Larry & Mary Greenspon Friendly but serious game!
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Temple Emanu-El’s Adult Education Committee proudly welcomes Rabbi
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Mark Winer, who was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire
(MBE), which includes knighthood, by Queen Elizabeth II, on December
13, 2013. He received this honor for promoting interfaith dialog and social
cohesion in London and the United Kingdom. Rabbi Winer will discuss
building community and interfaith relations among Muslims, Christians
and Jews during his tenure as Senior Rabbi of West London Synagogue.
The event begins at 10:30 a.m. at Temple Emanu-El, 151 McIntosh Road,
Sarasota. This program is free for Temple Emanu-El members, with a $10
donation requested for guests. For more information, call the temple office
at 941.371.2788.
Perlman Music Program Hosted by Temple Sinai
Enjoy a Perlman Music Program performance at 7:30 p.m. at Temple
Sinai, 4631 South Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota (enter only from Proctor
Road between Beneva and Swift). This special evening of music is not part
of the Winter Residency Perlman Music Program, but will offer wonderful
musical entertainment. Tickets will be sold through the Perlman Music
Program. For more information, contact the temple office at 941.924.1802
or office@sinaisrq.org.

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“Moses Elias Levy: Where Jewish History
and Black History Meet”
Jewish-American pioneer Moses Elias Levy was the founder in the 1820s
of Pilgrimage Plantation, two miles north of Micanopy, as a refuge for
persecuted European Jews. As a child in Morocco, Levy reviled slavery
he saw there of black Africans and white Christians, and he later became
the first Jewish abolitionist, publishing A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery
in 1828. Levy’s vision of freedom for Jews and American slaves remains
his extraordinary legacy as a Renaissance man. Join us for this discussion
at 10:00 a.m. at the Al Katz Center, 5710 Cortez Road West, Bradenton.
Cost: $10 per adult; $5 per student; healthy kosher refreshments included.
To RSVP, call Beverly at 941.313.9239.

Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
Congregation Kol HaNeshama’s Scholar-in-Residence Weekend, featuring
Dr. Elliot Lefkovitz of the renowned Spertus Institute in Chicago, will get
underway with a wine and cheese reception at 5:00 p.m. Starting at 5:25
p.m., Dr. Lefkovitz will speak on Christian anti-Judaism, anti-Semitism
and related conspiracy theory. Services will begin at 6:00 p.m. During
Saturday services starting at 10:00 a.m., Dr. Lefkovitz will contrast current
anti-Semitism to that of the 1930s. A dairy potluck lunch will follow.
His third talk will be after Havdalah. Join us for any or all activities at
Southgate Community Center, 3145 Southgate Circle, Sarasota. For more
information, please call Stanley Yudin at 941.244.2042 or email office@
congkh.org.