April programs

Reneé Bialek, Program Director

We have a new website! To see our top programs, go to the 4th blue tab near the top of the home page, ‘Calendar and Events,’ to view our new visual calendar, which is below the weekly events list. Click on an event of your choice and register. And for the detailed calendar of all community events, go to the drop-down menu and choose 'Calendar,' which has not changed.

Book festival

Jewish Book Festival concludes with “The Lioness of Boston” by Emily Franklin on Wednesday, April 3 at 10:30 a.m. I want to give a huge thank you to Robin Mintz for chairing the Jewish Book Festival this season. A big thank you goes out to all the JBF Committee members as well. Thank you to all the attendees and all of you who emailed me back after each event. Kudos to all of you for another successful year! The JBC conference is in May, and we look forward to presenting another amazing line-up in the months to come.

Power of Community Celebration

Join us at the Power of Community Celebration on Sunday, April 7 at 11 a.m. There are many people who will receive one of the following awards: Human Needs Award, Stand Up For Justice Award, Patricia J. Adkins Award and a Power of Community Award.

“My Son the Waiter”

The “My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy” show with the actor, Brad Zimmerman, will take place Monday, April 8 beginning with a wine and cheese reception at 5:45 p.m. The show is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Purchase your tickets today!

“A Tree of Life”

“A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting” film will be shown at the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center on Monday, April 15 at 11 a.m. When registering for this free program, you can choose to view at home or with us in our building.

Senior housing

Come learn about your senior housing solutions with Bruce Rosenblatt on Wednesday, April 17 at 10 a.m. This is a free program.

New classes!

On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, join Fitness Instructor Shari Greenberg for Sit and Stand with Poles and Bands, the fun way to greater strength and better balance. More information can be found on our website.

Weekly free games!

Join us for Scrabble every Monday at 1 p.m. Please email Michelle, mcunningham@ jewishnaples.org, to let her know you will be playing with the group.

The Super Samba card game happens on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. Please email Leslie at tennislbow5549@gmail.com. Chess, Rummikub and monthly summer bingo are coming soon!

Jewish singles

We are looking for Jewish singles who are in their 40-50s. Please email Michelle for more information.

The Singles Social Group offers monthly events for Federation members who are 55 and up. Please email Michelle at mcunningham@jewishnaples.org to let her know you are a JFGN member, Jewish, single and ready to meet new friends.

Please register for all events at www.jewishnaples.org, then click on programs. Dates and times of upcoming events are announced on our website homepage. If you aren’t receiving our weekly Monday e-blast, please email me at rbialek@jewishnaples.org.

We have a variety of groups and committees at Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, such as PJ Library, Cardozo Legal Society, Catholic-Jewish Dialogue, Israel and Overseas Committee and Jewish Community Relations Council. Please join the group and/or committee that best fits your needs.