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Community Chanukah Celebration
Sunday, Dec. 15, 9:30-11:30am
Fun for All Ages! • Games • Crafts • Latkes • Dreidels
• Cookie Decorating • Chanukah Singalong FREE ADMISSION! Please bring donations for the Federation food pantry (nonperishable items, toiletries and cleaning supplies).
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Chanukah Celebration Bookfair
Sunday, Dec. 15, 2:00-5:00pm Barnes & Noble (150 Silhavy Rd, Valparaiso) Join the Jewish Federation for a Chanukah Celebration and bookfair at Barnes & Noble in Valpo! Drop in anytime from 2–5pm to join us for storytime, crafts, and a scavenger hunt! Find out more about PJ Library®, a unique program that sends free, award-winning books to Jewish children and their families each month (co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation).
Make a purchase in-store (including the Cafe!) anytime from 9am–10pm on Dec. 15, show this flyer or mention the Jewish Federation, and a portion of the proceeds will support Federation. See flyer for details.
Can't join us in-store? You can also visit BN.COM/bookfairs to support us online, anytime from Dec. 15 to Dec. 19. Enter Bookfair ID 12578647 at checkout, and a percentage of your Barnes & Noble purchases will benefit the Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana. |
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Partnership2Gether Western Galilee presents:
Learn2Gether Jewish Learning Program A virtual Beit Midrash experience which will introduce you to new friends across the ocean. In this program, we will go through the Jewish calendar and deal with Jewish, Israeli, or Universal texts. The program consists of two group sessions via the Zoom web app, and three Chevruta meetings that may be held by any platform at the participants' convenience.
Group sessions will take place via Zoom, two Sundays at 10am Central time: December 22 and April 19. You will receive a link to join the webinar from your home computer or mobile device.To get a feel for the program, you can watch the video of the orientation session (recorded via Zoom).
Ready to sign up? Please register at right for our records, then visit http://bit.ly/learn2g to complete your registration so that you can be paired with a partner for the chevruta study portion of the program.
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If you have more questions regarding The Learn2Gether program, please contact Erica Yakovetz at 219-301-0960 or erica@federationonline.org.
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Partnership2Gether Western Galilee presents:
A Global Virtual Book Club! The Western Galilee Partnership2Gether connects 16 Jewish communities across the USA, Budapest, Akko, and Matte Asher. The first book we will read together is Someone to Run With by David Grossman:
Readers will be connected by an open WhatsApp Group. The first Virtual Gathering of our Book Club will be on Sunday, January 5, at 10am CST.
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In Berlin, at the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. She finds her way to a renowned rabbi, but it’s his daughter, Ettie, who offers hope of salvation when she creates a mystical Jewish creature, a rare and unusual golem, who is sworn to protect Lea. Once Ava is brought to life, she and Lea and Ettie become eternally entwined, their paths fated to cross, their fortunes linked. Please read the book in advance and come prepared for lively discussion facilitated by Carol Culberg. Hardcover copies will be available to borrow or purchase through the Federation office. Call for availability.
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David Broza at City Winery
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Tickets $40-$65. A group will carpool from Federation. Please email Erica at erica@federationonline.org if you are interested in joining,
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2019-2020 "Food for Thought" Brunch Series, Session 4
Ben Mollin: "The Empowerment Project" Sunday, January 19 10:30am-12:30pm (NOTE NEW TIME) $10 per person includes brunch Celebrity hairstylist Ben Mollin is the voice of a generation of artists looking to be their best. Ben's presentation—a very uplifting message with lots of ups and downs—will span topics from minimalism to entrepreneurship, celebrity, family, and beating depression.
Ben Mollin recognized his passion for the arts early in his life, thanks in part to his parents, Jim and Gae—both teachers, musicians and theater performers. In 2007, Ben made his television debut on Shear Genius, Bravo TV’s reality competition for hairdressers, finishing second. He and his wife Angela founded Griffith’s Angel Hair Cafe/Salon in 2011. Today, Ben is an international guest stylist, award-winning speaker and internationally recognized leader in personal development and peak performance strategies. He teaches entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders, and people from all walks of life how to create the life they desire.
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Faith communities across Northwest Indiana are cordially invited to join together for this inspirational, multi-faith evening of unity.
With the recent uptick of hateful and vitriolic language in this country, Rohina Malik, a Muslim woman and storyteller, wanted to create a project to demonstrate peace and commonalities between us all. She approached Susan Stone (a Jewish woman and storyteller) and Kim Schultz (a Christian woman and storyteller) with an idea: what if we all told stories from our faiths with the goal of bringing people together and showing peace, curiosity and similarities amongst the faiths. And thus KEEPING FAITH: SISTERS OF STORY was born. Each storyteller will tell 3 stories inspired by their personal faith journey. They will be joined by a cultural musical storyteller, Lucia Thomas, on violin, oud and guitar. More about the group: sistersofstory.weebly.com |
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Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor is one Israeli’s powerful attempt to reach beyond the wall that separates Israelis and Palestinians. In a series of letters, Yossi Klein Halevi explains what motivated him to leave his native New York in his twenties and move to Israel to participate in the drama of the renewal of a Jewish homeland, which he is committed to see succeed as a morally responsible, democratic state in the Middle East. Please read the book in advance and come prepared for lively discussion facilitated by Carol Culberg. Paperback copies will be available to borrow or purchase through the Federation office. Call for availability.
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Would you help save up to three lives? Federation would like to host an American Red Cross blood drive in 2019, but we need to make sure we have enough potential donors before we can commit. Giving blood is a simple way to make a difference in someone's life.
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Blood Drive Interest Survey
Would you be interested in donating blood at our Munster location in Winter/Spring 2020? |
