Sisterhood Torah Fund: Sunday, April 19th at 11:00 AM
Cooking Around the World Brunch honoring Judy Gostl
Zimriyah: Tuesday, April 21st at 8:00 PM
Lift your voices in song to support and celebrate Israel!
Generously sponsored by the Avidor/Rezak family in memory of Arie Avidor.
Daven & Dine: Friday, April 24rd at 5:45 PM
Celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut with food from Pahal Zan
Shabbaton: Saturday, May 9th after kiddush
Spending Tikun Leil Shavuot at the Kotel Last Year
Last year, Diana Walcott, Mindy Weinblatt, and Debra Weil were in Israel for Shavuot. They had stayed in Israel after the JNF trip was over. All three went to the Kotel for Tikun Leil Shavuot and spent hours there. They will report on their experiences and what they observed that first night of Shavuot.
Diana Walcott has been an active member of FHJC for many years and has served on the Board of Trustees, many search committees, and has worked on the Transition Center Collections for several years.
Mindy Weinblatt is a retired Social worker specializing in senior care.
Debra Weil is a member of the Sisterhood Presidium and is the incoming president of BQLI Region of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism. She has been a member of the Board of Trustees and has served as a VP of FHJC. She has served on many other committees.
No reservations are required. To participate, either come to FHJC for Shabbat Services and stay after Kiddush for the presentation or join services on the Zoom link (click Zoom) and stay on the link for the program.
Email Judy Gostl or David Snyder for more information.
History Readers’ Book Club: Thursday, May 28th at 8:00 PM
Shylock’s Venice: The remarkable history of Venice’s Jews and the Ghetto
Millions of visitors flood to Venice every year. Yet many are unaware of its history – one of dramatic expansion but also of rapid decline. And essential to any history of Venice during its glory days is the story of its Jewish population. Venice gave the world the word ghetto. Astonishingly, the ghetto prison turned out to be as remarkable a place as the city of Venice itself.
With sound scholarship and a narrator’s skill, Harry Freedman tells the story of Venice’s Jews.
From the founding of the ghetto in 1516, to the capture of Venice by Napoleon in 1797, he describes the remarkable cultural renaissance that took place in the Venice ghetto. Gates and walls notwithstanding, for the first time in European history Jews and Christians mingled intellectually, learned from each other, shared ideas and entered modernity together. When it came to culture, the ghetto walls were porous. – Amazon
Harry Freedman is Britain’s leading author of popular works of Jewish culture and history. His books include Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius, Shylock’s Venice: The Remarkable History of Venice’s Jews and the Ghetto, The Talmud: A Biography, Britain’s Jews: Confidence, Maturity, Anxiety and Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul. He has a PhD on an Aramaic translation of the Bible from the University of London. He lives in London with his wife Karen.
No reservations are required. To participate, click on the Zoom link at 8:00 PM to join the discussion. Or click on it at 7:30PM to join Limud first. There is no charge for this Adult Ed event but donations are always welcome!
