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“Shared Legacies” – Screening and Discussion

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 […]

$5.00

Jewish Film Festival – The Crossing

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 […]

$10.00

Jewish Film Festival – Kiss me Kosher

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 @ […]

$10.00

Jewish Film Festival – Golda

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, […]

$10.00

Rabbi Bryna Milkow: Can God Really DO Anything?

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 […]

JCC Book Club

THE NATURE OF FRAGILE THINGS By Susan Meissner HOSTESS Beverly Horwitz 937-890-6440 to RSVP

Alden Solovy: Spiritual Street Smarts

Temple Beth Or, 525 Marshall Rd Dayton 45429

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 […]

Alden Solovy: Halleluyah: The Biblical Basis of Prayer

Temple Beth Or, 525 Marshall Rd Dayton 45429

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, […]

Jewish Movie Discussion Series: The Other Story

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

Community Conversation: Antisemitism on College Campuses: Student Voices, Parent Concerns, Hillel Response

Virtual Event Virtual Event

How is antisemitism impacting our college students in the classroom, among their friend groups, student organizations, walking around campus? Where do they go to feel safe? What concerns do our parents have when they know their students may be in vulnerable situations? This JCRC Community Conversation will provide a space for students to have their […]

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