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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 three 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, three Sundays at 10am Central time: November 17, December 22, 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.
2019-2020 "Food for Thought" Brunch Series, Session 2
Howard Reich: "The Art of Inventing Hope: Intimate Conversations with Elie Wiesel" Sunday, Nov. 10 NOTE NEW TIME: 10:30am-12:00pm $10 per person Event Chair: Carol Culberg
Moderator: Rosalie Levinson, Senior Professor of Law at Valparaiso University and child of Holocaust survivors Reich's 2019 book The Art of Inventing Hope offers an unprecedented, in-depth conversation between the world's most revered Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, and a son of survivors, Howard Reich. The insights on life, ethics, and memory that Wiesel offers and Reich illuminates will not only help the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors understand their painful inheritance, but will benefit everyone, young or old.
The program will be structured as a conversation between Howard Reich and our own Rosalie Levinson. This is sure to be a don't-miss, dynamic presentation with meaningful insights for everyone, young or old. Howard Reich has covered the arts for the Chicago Tribune since 1978. He is the author of five other books, including Prisoner of Her Past: A Son's Memoir (Federation's Book Club selection from August 2019). |
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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. Register by November 1! The first Virtual Gathering of our Book Club will be on Sunday, January 5, at 10am CST.
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Federation's 2019 Annual Meeting
Sunday, November 17 12:00-2:00pm - No charge to attend! Join us for a complimentary brunch as we welcome our new board members, recognize our outgoing board members, and honor our community and special service award recipients. Read our 2019 Annual Report and hear about the great things Federation has accomplished in the past year!
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Amir and his family are among the 3 million Syrian refugees stuck in a situation beyond their control. Amir wants his very young daughter to know the truth about the Syria he knew and the reason they fled, so despite being mocked for it, he begins to write his story. After a strange sequence of events, his personal account of life before and during the war becomes a worldwide phenomenon, climbing the bestseller charts. As such, the world wants to know: is it a true story, and more importantly, what happened to Amir and his family? Jacqueline, a journalist from the United States, sets out to find one refugee among millions. What she finds causes her to rethink what she thought she knew about Syria... and people in general.
Please read the book in advance and come prepared for lively discussion facilitated by Carol Culberg. Paperback copies will be available through the Federation office. A loaner copy is also available. Call for availability or to pre-order.
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2019-2020 "Food for Thought" Brunch Series, Session 3
Dr. Gunther Jikeli: "The Rising Tide of Antisemitism in Europe and the US Today" Sunday, Dec. 8 10:30am-12:00pm (NOTE NEW TIME) $10 per person Dr. Günther Jikeli is a historian and sociologist of modern Europe, with particular interests in the history of antisemitism. He was recently named the inaugural Ena B. Rosenfeld Professor at Indiana University (Bloomington)’s Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism. In 2013 he received the Raoul Wallenberg Prize in Human Rights and Holocaust Studies. In 2019 he was named to the Algemeiner's "J100" list of the top one hundred individuals who have positively influenced Jewish life this past year:
Günther Jikeli, born and educated in Germany and now a professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, conducts what may be some of the most crucial research of the post-World War II era on the persistence of antisemitism. Through a rapidly growing database of one-on-one interviews, as well as thousands of social media posts collected by his research team, Jikeli assembles his raw material directly from antisemites. He is then able to study the formation, evolution, and influence of these attitudes -- a mission of particular import today, as the world experiences an uptick in animus toward Jews. Dr. Jikeli will present an overview of what's going on in Europe (with a focus on France, UK, and Germany, where 80% of today's European Jews live) and some comparison to the current situation and trends in the US.
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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 Fall/Winter 2019? |
