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weekaheadThe Week Ahead

NCSY Fridays for teens

Friday, March 29

 

Schaarai Zedek Passover Hike

Saturday, March 30

 

Talmud study

Saturday, March 30

 

Schaarai Zedek Torah Study

Saturday, March 30

 

Kol Ami Sisterhood Passover BBQ Lunch

Sunday, March 31

 

TampaBay-Job-Links Workshop

Monday, April 1

 

Schaarai Zedek Passover Yizkor Service

Monday, April 1

 

Beth Am 7th Day Pesach & Yizkor Services

Monday, April 1

 

Schaarai Zedek Sisterhood Book Club

Monday, April 1

 

Schaarai Zedek Hebrew for Adult Beginners

Monday, April 1

 

Memory Stories

Tuesday, April 2

 

Kol Ami Sisterhood Needleworkers

Tuesday, April 2

 

Mah Jongg Lessons

Tuesday, April 2

 

Senior Adult Book Group

Wednesday, April 3

 

Kol Ami Wednesday Torah Talk w Rabbi Bob

Wednesday, April 3

 

Canasta Lessons

Wednesday, April 3

 

Parsha Class

Wednesday, April 3

 

Hebrew, Kabbalah & Parsha

Wednesday, April 3

 

Schaarai Zedek SchZFTY Youth Open House

Wednesday, April 3

 

Poker Lessons and Games

Wednesday, April 3

 

Kol Ami: The Practice of Jewish Meditation

Wednesday, April 3

 

Practical Kabbalah

Wednesday, April 3

 

Schaarai Zedek Rogue Movements in Judasim: Part II

Wednesday, April 3

 

Kol Ami Formal/Informal Learning with Rabbi Bob

Wednesday, April 3

 

Beth Am Talmud Study w/Rabbi Rosenberg

Thursday, April 4

 

Art Appreciation Virtual Lecture Series

Thursday, April 4

 

Mommy and Me

Thursday, April 4

 

Kol Ami- Talmud Berachot with Rabbi Bob

Thursday, April 4

 

Schaarai Zedek Brotherhood Mitzvah Project

Friday, April 5

 

NCSY Fridays for teens

Friday, April 5

 

Rodeph Sholom Jammies and Jeans

Friday, April 5 

 

Rodeph Sholom's 110th Birthday Dinner

Friday, April 5

 

   monthThe Month Ahead

highlightsTampa JCC & Federation
Spring Book Festival The Jewish Book Festival Continues
Thursday, April 18th and Saturday, April 20th
This Spring, we're welcoming two authors to the Tampa Bay area in celebration of Jewish books
. Join us for two events: April 18th, an evening with Sharon Potts, author of thriller novel The Devil's Madonna and April 20th, an evening with radio personality Carol Miller, author of Up All Night. Cost: $3 members; $6 non-members.
Learn more here.  

IIDIsrael Independence Day Community Festival 

Sunday, April 21, 1:00-5:00pm 

Celebrate Israel's 65th Year of Independence at the Tampa JCC & Federation's annual Israel Independence Day Community Festival at the David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts Outdoor Riverfront Pavilion along the downtown Tampa Riverwalk. Learn more.

Wine and cheese YAD Rosh Chodesh Wine & Cheese Event
Wednesday, April 10, 6:30pm  
Join the women of YAD Rosh Chodesh for a delightful evening of wine, cheese and sweet delicacies at Whole Foods Market in Carrollwood. For women ages 21-45. Learn more here.
The Cardozo Society Of Tampa BayCardozo 
Thursday April 25, Bank of America, 200 Central Ave, St. Petersburg
6:30pm Cocktails; 7:15 Program

The Cardozo Society of Tampa Bay and Co-Chairs, Nat Doliner and Jim Soble, cordially invite all community members to attend a reception and program with guest speaker Amos Guiora, Professor of Law, The S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah. Mr. Guiora will be speaking about Legal Aspects of Counter-Terrorism. Learn more and register here: jewishtampa.com/Cardozo  

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YAD Fridays: Not Your Ordinary Shabbat 

Friday, April 12, 6:30pm
This month's YAD Shabbat experience will be hosted at Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 2713 Bayshore Blvd, Tampa. Every month, young adults (ages 21-45) celebrate Shabbat together at different synagogues and temples throughout Tampa. Register here.  

Golf Tourney 2nd Annual Golf Tournament  

Sunday, May 19, noon   

Presented by FleischmanGarcia 

Join us on the greens at the luxurious Westchase Golf Club on Sunday, May 19 for a fun-filled day with friends and business associates. Learn more and register here. 

Talk of the Town
Trifecta 2013 Tampa Trifecta:
An Evening of Food, Wine & Auction

Benefiting Tampa Jewish Family Services

Sunday, April 28, 2013, 5-8pm, Congregation Schaarai Zedek 

Tampa Jewish Family Services (TJFS) will present the fifth annual Tampa Trifecta: An Evening of Food, Wine and Auction event, featuring 16 area restaurant and wine establishments who have generously donated all food and beverage served at the event. The 2012 Tampa Trifecta raised more than $50,000 for the agency, which serves individuals and families of all faiths in Hillsborough County.

The 5 p.m. Patron Cocktail Party features delectable food and wine pairings from Ceviche Tapas Bar & Restaurant, Cheese Please and Bern's Fine Wines and Spirits
.The 6 p.m. Main Event features restaurant, wine and beer tastings from area establishments, including: Columbia; Cru Cellars; Dina's Kitchen; doormet; fitlife foods; First Watch; Greek Lemon; Little Greek Restaurant; Lynn's Catering of Tampa; Pizza Fusion; The Patio; Village Inn and Yummy House. The Silent Auction is one of the event's featured attractions, featuring more than 150 items for purchase. 
Learn more and register here.
JNF 2013 Jewish National Fund
Tree of Life Dinner
 

Tuesday, April 30, 6:00pm, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Tampa 

Join Jewish National Fund for the 2013 Tampa Bay Tree of Life™ Award Dinner Tree of Life™ Award Dinner. The Tree of Life™ Award is recognizes outstanding community service, professional leadership, and dedication to humanitarian causes. Register here. 

 

Reprinted with permission from Jewish Humor Central: www.jewishhumorcentral.com

Earlier this month forty students from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance took a classical approach to the flash mob as they flashwaltzed Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers at the new Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower in Jerusalem. Doctors, patients and passers-by joined in the fun. Watch it here.

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Now on display at the Cohn Campus:
Ringling College Hillel student artwork 

Finding of Moses Hillels of the Florida Suncoast and Ringling College Hillel are pleased to announce that the student artwork from the Third Annual Ringling College Hillel Judaic Art Scholarship Competition is on exhibit at the Maureen and Douglas Cohn Jewish Community Campus from Monday, March 18th through Monday, April 15th. The students' artwork is based on "The Book of Exodus" - the theme of this year's competition. View all of the artwork here. All competition entries are available for sale to the public through the end of the exhibition period. For more information, contact Linda Wolf, Assistant Director, Hillels of the Florida Suncoast at (813) 899-2788 or shalom@suncoasthillels.org.   

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The Latest:
How to Live to be 120

Every couple years there's that brief TV interview with someone who's lived to 114. If you want to be that guy, you have to give your brain something to chew on every day. Old age spunk isn't luck: it's made. Read more.

Better than Bubbe is part of a global outreach and engagement initiative made possible by the Schoenbaum Family Foundation, and the Tampa-Orlando-Pinellas Jewish Federation Alliance.
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Jews in the News, Brad Garrett, Steven Spielberg & Joe Weider. Read the latest about your favorite Jews in the News.

FactFact of the Week
JDC Baby program
Lucrecia, a three-year resident of the LeDor VaDor senior complex in Buenos Aires, Argentina, garners strength from the weekly intergenerational activities with "her kids" at JDC's Baby Help nursery and day care.
Jewish Federations Enhance Life for Young Families in Argentina 
Programs supported by Jewish Federations offer essential support for vulnerable young families in Argentina. The Baby Help program, developed by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), provides nearly 600 Argentinian babies and children with formula, vitamins, medicine, clothing, diapers, baby equipment, parental counseling and other services. By situating the Baby Help Daycare Center at the new senior citizens' home and community complex in Buenos Aires, JDC has also created an intergenerational programming model benefiting young and old. Learn more about
 JDC's Baby Help program. JFNA Facts in the Fact of the Week archive.
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Located on the Maureen and Douglas Cohn Jewish Community Campus, the Tampa Jewish Community Center and Federation was created to establish, coordinate, plan, support, and deliver social, educational, cultural, health and housing services to the local Jewish Community through its own efforts and those of its affiliated agencies and organizations. One of the main goals of the Tampa Jewish Community Center and Federation is to raise, collect and allocate funds from the community for the support of those services and to preserve a vibrant Jewish life in the United States, Israel and throughout the world. 

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Alissa Fischel, Director of Development, 813.769.4726, alissa.fischel@jewishtampa.com

Lisa Robbins, Director of Outreach & Engagement Initiatives, 813.769.4723, lisa.robbins@jewishtampa.com  

 

Jack Ross, Executive Director of the Tampa Jewish Community Center, 813.769.4727, jack.ross@jewishtampa.com