Check out our community calendar below and click on the events listed to purchase tickets or for RSVP options.
Available Online June 24 - 27 1hr 26min • Documentary (released 2019) • English/Hebrew/German Love It Was Not is a tragic love story between a prisoner and her captor. Flamboyant and full of life, Helena Citron is taken to Auschwitz as a young woman, and soon finds unlikely solace under the tutelage of Franz Wunsch, […]
Back by popular demand, JFS is hosting another Drive Thru Mitzvah Mission! Help us feed the guests at St. Vincent de Paul’s shelters and provide donations of high need items for Hannah’s Treasure Chest. Prepare frozen, unbaked macaroni and cheese casseroles following the required recipe and directions below. Purchase items from the high need list […]
Join us as our ladies share uplifting stories of encouragement and positivity they have received from other Jewish Women, along with some fellowship as we share boxed lunch together. Speakers: Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz Lisa Harlan Sis Litvin Robin Melet Sunday, June 27th 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Beth Jacob Parking Lot (so we can observe […]
Available Online June 28 - 30 1hr 37min • Documentary (released 2020) • English Common cause between the Black and Jewish communities was found in the turbulent ‘60s Civil Rights era, as Jewish leaders backed Dr. King’s efforts at racial equality and harmony. Yet, the relationship has frayed in recent years, as a once mighty […]
7 - 9PM, via Zoom. $5/per household, RSVP required. Click here to register. JCRC’s Racial Justice Alliance invites you to a special screening of Shared Legacies, a documentary highlighting the civil rights movement and the relationship of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Heschel. The screening will be followed with discussion led by […]
7 – 9PM, via Zoom Cost is $5, RSVP required for Zoom link. JCRC’s Racial Justice Alliance invites you to a special screening of Shared Legacies, a documentary highlighting the civil rights movement and the relationship of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Heschel. The screening will be followed with discussion led by […]
Available Online July 1 - 4 1 hour 30min • Drama (released 2020) • Norwegian with subtitles The Crossing tells the story of the adventurous 10-year-old Gerda and her brother Otto, whose parents are in the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War. One day, just before Christmas in 1942, Gerda and Otto's parents […]
Marc Rossio rocks the house as he and Rabbi Chessin lead a creative and musical Shabbat service. Bring your candles, wine and challah. Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87047445299 Meeting ID: 870 4744 5299
Available Online July 5 - 7 1hr 41min • Comedy (released 2020) • English/German/Hebrew/Arabic Sparks fly when two families from wildly different cultural backgrounds collide to plan a same sex wedding in this screwball romantic comedy that crosses all borders. Winner: Gershon Klein Award: Special Prize for Best German Film on a Jewish Theme @ […]
Available Online July 8 - July 11 1hr 25min • Documentary (released 2019) • Hebrew Shortly before her passing, Golda Meir was interviewed for Israeli television. After shooting ended, the cameras kept rolling, recording an intimate talk with the first and only woman to ever rule Israel. As she lit one cigarette after the other, […]
Both at times of great despair and times of great joy many turn to God; to beg God for help or to thank God for good fortune. But can God really do anything to affect our situation? If not, why do we even bother with our prayers? These fundamental questions are eternal and the answers […]
Do you like to read, but don’t have time, so you prefer short stories? Have we got a new program for you! Once a month, or every so often, read a Jewish short story (and we mean short), and come to a follow-up discussion. You will make new friends, renew your current friendships, and deepen […]
THE NATURE OF FRAGILE THINGS By Susan Meissner HOSTESS Beverly Horwitz 937-890-6440 to RSVP
What happens when we apply “street smarts” – awareness, common sense, self-defense, and reading between the lines – to our spirituality? We get a deeper understanding of the Divine and a new sense of prayer. In this interactive session, Liturgist Alden Solovy will take you on a tour of some key texts using Jewish spiritual […]
Jewish prayer has foundational roots in Torah. From the word Halleluyah, perhaps the most famous single word of praise, to the structure of daily prayers, Alden will illustrate how the Bible has influenced prayer, adding his contemporary voice to ancient yearnings. Alden Solovy spreads joy and excitement for prayer. An American Israeli liturgist, poet, lyricist, […]
We will discuss the movie, The Other Story, (available on Amazon Prime, $3.99) Summary: Two rebellious young women - one fleeing the chaos of secular hedonism for the disciplined comforts of faith, the other desperate to transcend her oppressive religion - cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem, to startling consequences. Register for this event at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83313462906