October 3, 2014 / 9 Tishrei 5775
Candle Lighting: 6:24 PM

NEWS & NOTES

Federation's weekly e-news to keep you informed, inspired and connected to Jewish life in Delaware and the Brandywine Valley.

Message from the CEO...

On Sunday, Community Shlicha, Lior Ron, visited with the Jewish War Veterans of Delaware and on Wednesday afternoon helped build the sukkah at our beneficiary agency, UD Hillel. Next week Lior will accompany students from Albert Einstein Academy to visit with the residents of The Kutz Home and assist in decorating their sukkah as well. Our community is privileged to have Lior with us who is building a living bridge with our spiritual homeland.

By now, you should have already received the printed edition of the October Jewish VOICE, our "Generations: From Baby to Bubbe" issue. You can always view the online digital edition through the Federation website or simply by clicking here. Special acknowledgement to our Editor, Jaidy Schweers, Committee Chair, Meredith Rosenthal, and designer, Carolyn Katwan, for their ongoing support in elevating our monthly publication to new heights.

Please find below links to this week's news and commentary from a variety of media sources;

Kerry said to be planning peace talks under Arab auspices (Times of Israel)

Netanyahu at UN: Peace possible with fresh approach from Israel's neighbors (HAARETZ)

Obama Meets with Netanyahu at White House (Washington Post)

Israel Okays New Homes for Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem (Times of Israel)

Iran taking advantage of the focus on ISIS (Washington Times)

Gmar chatima tova: May you be inscribed for a year of peace, a year of health and renewed vision

TOGETHER We Are Federation.

Shabbat Shalom,

Seth J. Katzen

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Did you ever feel like throwing your regrets, sins or painful memories from this past year and tossing them off a cliff? Come on over to AEJDS's dedicated eScapegoat page. Let the program guide you on a brief walk through the desert, then offload your sins to a virtual goat. Everyone's anonymous atonements will show up on our page.

If you have any questions please, feel free to email me or give me a call (302) 478-45026.

L'Shana Tova!

Rabbi Jeremy Winaker

Head of School

Albert Einstein Academy

The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film

TCM proudly presents The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film, a weekly showcase of movies focusing on Jewish history and heritage as portrayed on screen. An extension of TCM's popular Race and Hollywood franchise, this showcase features introductions by Dr. Eric Goldman, an expert on Yiddish, Israeli and Jewish film; and founder and president of Ergo Media, a video publishing company specializing in Jewish and Israeli video. Goldman is also the author of The American Jewish Story Through Cinema (2013) and Visions, Images and Dreams: Yiddish Film Past and Present (2011). Read More

Congregation Beth Shalom Men's Club

"Chasing Dreams: Baseball & Becoming American"

National Museum of American Jewish History

Sunday, October 19th -

Guided Tour begins at 2:30PM

The community is welcome to join the CBS Men's Club for a private tour of this fascinating exhibit at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. Tickets are only $18/adult $15/Youth 13-21 $11/Children Under 13. Click on banner to order.

For questions or more information, please email David Fruchtman at DFruchtman@gmail.com

Voices of the Generations: This is Your Life

November 8, 2014 | 2:00 P.M.

Biggs Museum of American Art, 406 Federal Street, Dover DE 19901

The Biggs Museum (Dover, DE) is proud to host a lecture and screening by Julie Kohner entitled Voices of the Generations on November 8, 2014 at 2 PM on the museum's first floor .

After the war, the speaker's parents, Hanna and Walter Kohner of Czechoslovakia, were reunited in California where Walter found work on This is Your Life, a popular TV program recounting the lives of guests through surprise visits with their friends and families. Hanna, a survivor of five concentration camps, was featured on a 1953 episode of This is Your Life and made history as the first Holocaust survivor to share her story on American national television.

Julie Kohner will play her mother's episode during this program and discuss the impact of this artistic medium on America's growing understanding of the Holocaust. Her parents went on to write a book about their unique experience of survival and reunion, as debuted on This is Your Life, entitled Hannah and Walter, A Love Story which will also be discussed.

For more information, visit www.biggsmuseum.org

General Assembly

November 9-11, 2014

National Harbor, MD

Jennifer Steinberg, Delegation Chair

Before you start mapping out your holiday logistics, take a moment now to register for the GA!

Confirmed speakers include: Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer, award-winning political correspondents Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell, Academy Award winning actress and activist, Marlee Matlin and more. They will be there, will you?

Our fantastic program is up and ready for perusal on our website and new speakers and exciting events are being added all the time.

Get ready to be inspired. What are you waiting for? Register today.

Go to www.generalassembly.org to get the latest program info and to register now!

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