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CALENDAR St., Roswell, at 7:30 p.m.; tkcrabbi@ gmail.com, 770-641-8630 or www. kehillatchaim.org.
ONGOING Through Feb. 22. The comedy play “Bad Jews” runs through Sunday at Actor’s Express, 887 W. Marietta St., Suite J-107, Atlanta. Tickets are $26 to $46; actors-express.com or 404-607-7469.
SATURDAY, FEB. 21 Bet on the IDF. Friends of the Israel Defense Forces holds its youngleadership casino night at 8:30 at the Westside Cultural Arts Center, 760 10th St., Midtown Atlanta. Tickets are $50 in advance, $70 at the door; 678-250-9027, Jamie.perry@ fidf.org or www.fidf.org/Southeast.
Through March 31. EthiopianIsraeli artist Hirut Yosef presents “Chalom Yashan — A Journey Back Home” at the Marcus JCC’s Katz Family Mainstreet Gallery, 5324 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Admission is free; www.atlantajcc.org or 678-812-4071.
SUNDAY, FEB. 22 Virtual dementia tour. Stop by the Cohen Home, 10485 Jones Bridge Road, Johns Creek, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to experience what having dementia feels and sounds like. This interactive experience helps improve care and communication with those who have dementia; 770-475-8787 or info@ cohenhome.org.
THURSDAY, FEB. 19 Young-adult happy hour. The free monthly third-Thursday happy hour at Smash Kitchen & Bar, 804 Town Blvd., Brookhaven, starts at 6:30 p.m.; 678-812-4055 or roey. shoshan@atlantajcc.org.
FRIDAY, FEB. 20
Kicking for Autism. The teen-run nonprofit group offers free soccer clinics from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. for children ages 7 to 14 who have highfunctioning autism or Asperger’s at the Norcross Soccer Academy, 4541 S. Berkeley Lake Road. Pizza, water, snacks and other supplies are provided; kickingforautism@gmail.com.
Disability awareness Shabbat. Eric Jacobson, the executive director of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, discusses “Creating a Welcoming Community for All” during Jewish Disability Awareness Shabbat at Temple Kehillat Chaim, 1145 Green
AJA grad brings “Son” home. Atlanta Jewish Academy graduate David I. Stern attends the 2 p.m. opening performance of AJA’s winter musical, “Disney’s My Son Pinocchio Jr.,” which he wrote, for a post-show discussion. Additional performances will be Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 4 p.m. and Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m., all at the AJA auditorium, 5200 Northland Drive, Sandy Springs; www.showtix4u.com for tickets and tcarmona@atljewishacademy.org or 404-843-9900 for information. Mikvah kickoff with Anita Diamant. The “Red Tent” author speaks at 7 p.m. about reimagining ritual in the modern age at the inaugural event for the Metro Atlanta Community Mikvah (MACoM), which will be at Congregation B’nai Torah. The free event is at The Temple, 1589 Peachtree St., Midtown; info@ atlantamikvah.org or www.atlantamikvah.org.
MONDAY, FEB. 23 Anita Diamant book discussion. The “Red Tent” author talks about her latest novel, “The Boston Girl,” about growing up Jewish in the early 20th century, at 7:30 p.m.
at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Tickets are $10 for center members, $15 for nonmembers; www.atlantajcc.org or 678-8124002.
TUESDAY, FEB. 24 Flying, playing and speaking for Israel. Noam Gershony, an Israeli helicopter pilot who overcame war injuries to win a tennis gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympics, speaks at Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave., Buckhead, at 7 p.m. in a free event co-sponsored by Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. Advanced registration is required for security purposes; fidf.org/Atlanta_ATLGershony or 678-250-9027.
THURSDAY, FEB. 26 Chevra Kadisha dinner. The annual gathering of Atlanta’s Chevra Kadisha societies for a seudah on the Seventh of Adar, the traditional yahrzeit for Moses, starts at 6 p.m. at Young Israel of Toco Hills, 2056 LaVista Road. The speaker is Rabbi Joshua Einziq, the headmaster of Torah Day School of Atlanta. The event is free for Chevra Kadisha members and their spouses. RSVP to fredglus@comcast.net.
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