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Join us as we Celebrate our 80th Anniversary and Honor our Past Presidents!

Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 7pm Temple Beth Sholom, 4144 Chase Avenue, Miami Beach

Tickets: $180 per person (not tax-deductible). Click here for tickets.

Dress Code: 1980s (optional). Click here for costume inspiration.

This event is for ages 21+. There is no assigned seating.

Tribute submissions and donations after 12/30/22 will be recognized post event. Contact: Katy Boyask, Director of Advancement at katy@tbsmb.org │ 786.406.1375

Join the local Miami Jewish schools throughout February for Friendship Week, a tailored curriculum focused on teaching disability awarness and inclusion in order to deepen partnerships with Friendship Circle, a non-profit organization catering to the special needs community of Miami Beach and North Dade.

For more information, click here or call Marcy Lederman at 201.819.9805.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box Ch 1684, Atlantic Broadband 168, Hotwire Ch 269, DirecTV Ch 388, Blue Stream Ch 110, streamed on Roku under "educational", Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and jbstv.org. For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org

PROGRAMS

Eye on Israel: Mohammad Majadleh

Shahar Azani meets with political pundit, media analyst and Senior Reporter on Israel’s Channel 12 News, Mohammad Majadleh, who discusses Israel’s recent elections and developments in Arab Israeli politics and society, on this special program from Israel. Monday - 8:00pm Tuesday - 2:00am & 11:00am Thursday - 2:30pm

Rabbi Hirsch: Yom Hashoah Again and Again

Rabbi Hirsch reminds his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue that throughout history the Jewish people have chosen life, and that the tradition demands that we combat humanity’s evil impulses and instill the values of tolerance, compassion, respect and freedom. Tuesday - 7:00pm Thursday 9:40am Friday - 4:30am

Central Synagogue: Voices of the Holocaust

Central Synagogue hosts the world premiere of composer Michael Shapiro’s "VOICES" of the Holocaust, a concert based on Sephardic poetry of the Shoah, featuring Cantor Daniel Mutlu (Central Synagogue), Ember Choral Arts and the American Music Ensemble, conducted by Deborah Simpkin King. Tuesday- 7:30pm Wednesday - 1:30am & 1:30pm Friday - 8:30pm Saturday - 4:30am

FIDF Live: Holocaust Remembrance

Surrounded by his lone soldier granddaughter, other IDF soldiers and host Joel Chasnoff, survivor Ariel Cohen recounts his harrowing experiences from the war and shares music and memory in a special episode of FIDF Live for Holocaust Remembrance. Wednesday - 7:30pm Thursday - 2:00am & 10:20am Saturday - 7:30pm

Kristallnacht Commemoration (Iona)

Rafael Medoff, noted historian, author and lecturer, analyzes President Roosevelt’s response to Kristallnacht and what the U.S. could have possibly done to help the Jews, during a commemoration from Iona University and the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center. Wednesday - 8:00pm Thursday - 1:00am & 11:00am Friday - 2:00am Saturday - 8:00pm

The Shoah: Dani Dayan

Just ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Chairman of Yad Vashem Dani Dayan discusses the need to educate about the Holocaust and combat rising antisemitism, and the new exhibit he is opening at the UN called “Book of Names,” which aims to do both. With Teisha Bader. Thursday - 7:30pm Friday - 11:00am

In The News: Danny Ayalon with Shahar Azani

Danny Ayalon, columnist, politician and former Ambassador of Israel to the US, discusses the current political reality in Israel, the proposed legal reforms and the subsequent backlash in Israeli and international public opinion. With Shahar Azani. Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 11:30pm

Thinking Out Loud: JBS Journalist Micah Halpern

"Religion, Politics, and Corruption In Israel: this combination is a recipe for disaster. How did it emerge, and why does it continue?" Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 8:30am & 12:30pm

Top Story with Jonathan Tobin: Josh Hammer

*Jonathan Tobin speaks with Newsweek opinion editor Josh Hammer about the war in Ukraine, how the Russia collusion hoax has influenced American opinion, President Zelenskyy’s Holocaust comments, the pressure campaign to force Israel to join the war and more. Thursday - 8:00pm Friday - 1:00am & 10:00am *

Good Week Israel: Cancer Cure, Orthodox Christmas and Jewish Nobel A look at a potential cure for cancer with incredible results in clinical trials in Israel, Orthodox Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, and the winners of the 2023 Genesis Prize – aka the Jewish Nobel – finally named. Tuesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Wednesday - 8:30am & 12:30pm

On L’Chayim

Joseph Malovany

Senior Cantor Emeritus of Fifth Avenue Synagogue in New York City, Joseph Malovany reflects upon the way in which Eastern European countries are seeking reconciliation after the Holocaust and describes his participation in a ceremony commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Today (Sunday) - 12:00 Noon & 6:00pm

Symposium on US-Israel Relations

Mort Klein (President, ZOA), Caroline Glick (Senior Contributing Editor, JNS.ORG), Eric Yoffie (President Emeritus, URJ) and Laura E. Adkins (Opinion Editor, Forward) examine President Biden’s relationship to Israel and the current ability of American Jewish leadership to advocate effectively for the Jewish state. Monday - 3:00pm

Eugene Aryeh Lebovitz

Eugene Aryeh Lebovitz, commander of troops in Haifa during the 1947 War of Independence, reminisces about his survival at Auschwitz, his running the British blockade, and his ongoing work on behalf of Israel and Jewish life. Monday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Tuesday - 3:00pm

Moshe Avital

*Moshe Avital, who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald to become one of the “Children of Buchenwald” (a ship which ran the British blockade of Palestine), describes his journey and his fighting with the Haganah in the War of Independence. Tuesday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Wednesday - 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm *

Dachau Album

One of the most important Holocaust artifacts found since World War II, the Dachau Album is a treasure containing artwork and photographs. National Director of the project Avi Hoffman shares the story of the album and its impact on the Jewish world can be. Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight Thursday - 3:00pm

Linda Hooper

Founder of the Paper Clips Project and the Whitwelll Middle School Principal, Linda Hooper, discuses the origins and the impact of the Holocaust memorial project she began with her students that snowballed into a global cause. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 3:00pm

Talmud: Human Nature

Learn what the rabbis teach about the "selfish" drives within each human being, and their unique perspective on "Human Nature" Today (Sunday) - 10:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Friday - 1:00pm

Download Lessons and Worksheets free on the JBS website

Hebrew: Lesson 25

Reading and understanding two new Hebrew words that are found in many Jewish blessings Monday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Thursday - 10:00am & 5:00pm Friday - 4:00am

Talmud Study: God or Man?

As Jews read Parashat Noach, Rabbi Mordechai Becher explores how the Talmud (Kesuvos Daf Lamed) views tragedies as being in the hands of Heaven or in the hands of human beings Today (Sunday) - 9:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Wednesday- 7:00pm

Talmud Study: Morality In The Shoah

Rabbi Becher reviews Talmudic examples of how one maintains moral integrity and Jewish identity in extreme circumstances. Today (Sunday) - 9:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:30pm Thursday - 7:00pm

REFORM AND ORTHODOX SHABBAT SERVICES

FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE Closed Captioned 6:00pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am

ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles 7:30pm & 10:30pm

SATURDAY MORNING SHABBAT SERVICES

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE Closed Captioned 9:30am & 1:00pm

ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm

Edith Samers Vice President 203.536.6914 (cell phone) JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel Website: jbstv.org

Join Orchestra Miami's performance of Kurt Weill's, "The Road of Promise" on Saturday, February 4 at 8m and Sunday, February 5 at 3pm at Temple Emanu-El.

Click here to purchase your ticket today.

Ticket Pricing Rows B-G= $60 * Rows H- K= $40* Rows L-N= $30* Row O= $25 Sections 5 & 6 (Partial View)= $20

Senior discount: 20% off Rows A-N with code SENIOR at checkout

Group discounts for parties of more than 10+ are available. Contact info@orchestramiami.org for more information.

Bet Shira Congregation, South Dade’s only Conservative Jewish synagogue, will celebrate the installation of its spiritual leader, Rabbi Jesse Charyn, with a ceremony, cocktail reception and dinner on Saturday evening, January 28, beginning at 6:45 p.m. The synagogue is located at 7500 Southwest 120th Street.

The Installation Ceremony will feature the participation of clergy from neighboring synagogues and churches, elected officials, Jewish community leaders and others.

The Installation Ceremony will be followed by cocktails, an Israeli-themed kosher dinner and entertainment. Cocktail attire is suggested. Tickets for the event are $118.00 per person. Click here to RSVP.

Rabbi Charyn became spiritual leader at Bet Shira in July 2022. The Installation Ceremony marks the congregation’s reaffirmation of the Rabbi’s religious authority, and their shared commitment to pursue the values of Conservative Judaism and the ideal of Tikkun Olam (making the world a better place). Rabbi Charyn is a speaker, teacher, chaplain, outdoor enthusiast and dedicated Jewish leader with diverse religious experience. Born and raised in Chattanooga, Tenn., he attended Young Judea’s Year Course in Israel before making aliyah (immigration) to Israel and serving in the Israel Defense Force’s Golani Special Forces from 2003-2006. His strong relationship with Israel also included staffing several Birthright Israel trips and serving as a Birthright Fellow.

A graduate of Arizona State University, Rabbi Charyn pursued post-graduate studies at the Ziegler School for Rabbinic Studies, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the Conservative Yeshiva and Arizona State University. Before leading Bet Shira, he served as Rabbi/Director of Spiritual Care at Miami Jewish Health Systems.

Rabbi Charyn views his family as his greatest achievement, sharing his life with his wife Shira and three daughters, Rayna, Navah and Zivah.

Bet Shira, House of Song, is an inclusive, egalitarian Conservative synagogue embracing tradition and change. For more information, visit www.betshira.org or call 305-238-2601.

Rabbi Charyn Installation at Bet Shira

Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach presents two virtual events on January 26 and 27 in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Music and the Holocaust with Critically Acclaimed Author and Musicologist Dr. James Grymes Thursday, Januay 26 | 7pm on ZOOM

Click here to register. Advanced registration required. Click here to read more about the speaker.

Surviving the Holocaust as a Teenage Boy Firsthand Testimony With Holocaust Survivor Saul Blau Friday, January 27 | 10am on ZOOM

Click Here to register. Advanced registration required. Click here to learn more about the speaker.

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation will conduct a Food Distribution Drive-Thru event in response to ongoing food insecurity in the surrounding community.

WHEN: Friday, January 27, 2023 9 A.M. – 11 A.M.

WHERE: Greater Miami Jewish Federation Stanley C. Myers Building (Parking Lot) 4200 Biscayne Boulevard

The Israel Allies Foundation brings together 500 Jews and Christians in support of their common commitment to Israel. Every year, we hold this event in a different city. The Israel Allies Foundation has strong connections to the Miami community and is looking forward to bringing this annual celebration to South Florida. This year’s Gala dinner will include Bal Harbor Mayor Gabriel Groisman as host of the event and we will honor former Governor Mike Huckabee for his dedication to Israel. Please click here to register.

Address The Diplomat Beach Resort Hollywood 3555 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood, FL 33019

Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box Ch 1684, Atlantic Broadband 168, Hotwire Ch 269, DirecTV Ch 388, Blue Stream Ch 110, streamed on Roku under "educational", Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and jbstv.org. For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org

Programs

In the Spotlight: Edward Feld

Rabbi and author Edward Feld joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss The Book of Revolutions, his epic saga that presents the Torah as an emblem of pluralistic belief born of revolutionary moments that preserved spiritual realities and continue to speak to us today. Monday - 8:00pm Tuesday - 2:00am & 11:00am Wednesday - 5:00am Thursday - 2:30pm

Rabbi Hirsch: Seasonal Moods

Pondering the meaning of life and passage of time, Rabbi Hirsch describes the connection between Jacob and Chanukah in the Jewish tradition, and reminds his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue that we are not alone, but rather “in the bloodstream of Jewish existence.” Tuesday - 7:00pm Wednesday - 2:30am & 9:30am Friday - 11:00am Saturday - 4:00pm

Reconciling Irreconcilable Differences - Legal & Moral Challenges

In a program from Iona University’s “Shared Roots, Divergent Paths" series, the fundamental resources of the Jewish and Christian traditions that equip us to explore the key moral and legal issues that can and do impact the lives of all citizens, whether religiously believing or not, are discussed by Kevin Glauber (Manhattan College) and Yehezkel Landau (Landau Interfaith). Tuesday- 7:30pm Wednesday - 1:00am & 1:30pm Friday - 1:30pm Saturday - 4:30am

ADL Never Is Now: International Leaders

Remarks from Marie van der Zyl (President, Board of Deputies of British Jews), Fernando Lottenberg (OAS Commissioner to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism) and Boris Lozhkin (President, Jewish Confederation of Ukraine) during ADL Never Is Now Monday - 8:30pm Tuesday - 2:30am & 11:30am Wednesday - 5:30am Thursday - 2:00pm Saturday - 10:30pm

NEWS & ANALYSIS

Jerusalem Press Club Briefing: Simcha Rothman

Talia Dekel-Fleissig, Senior VP at the Jerusalem Press Club, speaks with Simcha Rothman, Member of the Knesset for the Religious Zionist Party, about the newly formed Israeli government, upcoming acts of legislation and its stakes of survival. Today (Sunday) - 5:30pm

JPC Briefing: New Israeli Government

*Merav Michaeli, Member of Knesset and leader of the Labor Party, discusses the challenges of the new Israeli government, the justice reform and continuous struggles with the coalition. With Talia Dekel-Fleissig (Senior VP, Jerusalem Press Club) Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Tuesday - 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 11:30pm *

Thinking Out Loud: Micah Halpern

JBS journalist Micah Halpern discusses how we spill much ink discussing Jewish divisions and divisiveness. That speaks well for us…through all the internal conflict, Jews are still united, not divided, where it counts most. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

Good Week Israel: Flying Vehicles and Drone Technology

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? An Israeli startup in flying vehicles, a look at Israel’s one-of-a-kind rainforest, Israeli innovation and what makes Israel a global leader in drone technology are all stories this week. Tuesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Wednesday - 8:30am & 12:30pm

Top Story: Hoenlein - Israel's New Government

JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin speaks with Malcolm Hoenlein, vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, about the uproar over Israel’s new government and the surge in antisemitism. Thursday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Friday - 10:00am Thursday - 8:00pm Friday – 1:00am & 10:00am

On L’Chayim

Cast of Shtisel

Three stars of the hit Israeli series Shtisel -- Michael Aloni (Kive), Dov Glickman (Shulem) and Neta Riskin (Giti) -- speak about their Jewish backgrounds and how playing Chasidic Jews may have changed their Jewish identity Sunday - 12:00 Noon

Timna Park in Israel

David Chudnow describes how his father Avrum (z”l) conceived of and created a national park in the Sinai Dessert, and Professor Erez Ben-Yosef (Tel Aviv University) discusses the remarkable finds at the park’s copper mines dating back to the Iron Age.
Sunday - 6:00 pm Monday - 3:00pm

Kenneth Levin - Oslo Syndrome

Historian and psychiatrist Kenneth Levin suggests why some American Jews are anti- Israel as a means of feeling more comfortable and accepted in a non-Jewish society, similar to the pattern described in his book The Oslo Syndrome. Monday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Tuesday - 3:00pm

Elie Abadie (Part 1)

Rabbi Elie Abadie, formerly of Manhattan East Synagogue and currently of the Jewish Council of the Emirates as well as the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities, discusses the challenges of promoting Sephardic Jewish culture on the American Jewish scene. Tuesday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Wednesday - 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

Elie Abadie (Part 2)

Rabbi Abadie describes his ties to Israel and discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a Sephardic Jewish perspective. Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight
Thursday - 3:00pm

Chloe Valdary

Former brand Ambassador for Jerusalem U, Chloe Valdary, a black Christian activist, describes how she came to be an ardent defender of Israel and suggests the best way for the Jewish community to respond to the BDS Movement. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 3:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Original Sin

In the study of the Creation (Gen. 3), learn how classical Christianity interpreted the Adam & Eve story, and how their eating the forbidden fruit became the Original Sin and shaped western views of sexuality. Sunday - 10:00am Monday - 5:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Thursday - 4:00am Friday - 1:00pm

Download Lessons and Worksheets free on the JBS website, jbstv.org

Hebrew: Lesson 23

Breaking simple and complicated Hebrew words into syllables Monday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Thursday - 10:00am & 5:00pm Friday - 4:00am

Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher

Sunday & Tuesday Mornings at 9am ET Wednesday & Thursday Evenings at 7pm ET

Talmud Study: Mine! It's All Mine!

The litigation of property claims, based on Talmud tractate Baba Metzia (the "middle gate" of three on financial and business ethics), is explained by Rabbi Mordechai Becher on this episode of "Dimensions of the Daf". Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Wednesday- 7:00pm

Talmud Study: Let The Sun Shine In

How the Talmud encourages us to enjoy life and the world Sunday - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:30pm Thursday - 7:00pm

REFORM AND ORTHODOX SHABBAT SERVICES

FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE Closed Captioned 6:00pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am

ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles 7:30pm & 10:30pm

SATURDAY MORNING SHABBAT SERVICES

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE Closed Captioned 9:30am & 1:00pm

ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm

Edith Samers Vice President 203.536.6914 (cell phone) JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel Website: jbstv.org

Join Women's Philanthropy on Wednesday, January 25 from 2-4 pm at the Gablestage at the Biltmore for a performance of We Will Not Be Silent.

CLICK HERE TO RSVP