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Federation Star
Celebrating Jewish Life in Collier County, Israel and the World
Federation Star
JEWISH FEDERATION
June 2022
Something for everyone this month
Published by the Jewish Federation of Collier County serving Naples, Marco Island and the surrounding communities
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2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201 Naples, Florida 34109-0613 Phone: 239.263.4205 Fax: 239.263.3813 www.jewishnaples.org Email: info@jewishnaples.org Officers Board Chair: Jane Schiff Vice Chairs: Karen Deutsch (Chair Elect), Marc Saperstein, Beth Wolff Secretary: Rosalee Bogo Treasurer: Elliot Lerner Immediate Past Chair: Alvin Becker
Board of Directors Frank Baum, Patti Boochever, Harvey Cohen, Marcia Cohodes, Amanda Dorio, Paula Filler, Cheryl Ginsburg, Larry Israelite, Tammy Katz, Merlin Lickhalter, Robin Mintz, Les Nizin, William Petasnick, Joel Pittelman, Stuart Price, Nat Ritter, Michael Rubenstein, Steve Strome, Jay Weiss, Jeff Zalasky, Board Member Emeritus: Phyllis Seaman
Reneé Bialek Program Director
Two author book talks
Everyone is invited to attend two free author book talks in June! Roy Schwartz will present his book, “Is Superman Circumcised?” on Monday, June 13 at 1 p.m. via Zoom. On Wednesday, June 22 at noon, Roberta Rosenthal Kwall will discuss her book, “Remix Judaism” via Zoom. Information on these two authors and books is found in this issue of the Federation Star. Please register at www. jewishnaples.org so you can receive the Zoom link two hours prior to the start of each program.
Mix and Mingle
The Mix and Mingle group will come together at Jewish Federation of Greater
Naples on Monday, June 20 at 12:30 p.m. for a Potluck Lunch. This group is for Jewish singles ages 55 and up. When you RSVP, let me know what kosherstyle food you will bring to share with the others.
Jewish Young Professionals
The Jewish Young Professionals group has been meeting! If you are in your 20s or 30s and are not getting the specific JYP emails, please let me know so I can add you to the roster.
PJ Library
PJ Library and Jewish Families with Young Children are invited to Tumbles for activities and fun on Sunday, June 26 at 3:30 p.m. Please make a reservation with Alicia at programs@jewishnaples.org.
Other programs
Everyone is invited to the various programs offered by Jewish Federation of Greater Naples. Get out of the heat and
come to Federation to enjoy some classics. Puzzles, chess and board game programs are scheduled throughout the summer. Read our weekly Monday e-blast for upcoming game programs. If you have an idea for a program or want to be a guest speaker or facilitator, please contact me at rbialek@ jewishnaples.org. Please read our weekly e-blast that comes out every Monday for any changes to these programs and, of course, to learn about additional programs being offered to the community. We have a variety of groups and committees at Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, such as PJ Library, Jewish Families with Young Children, Cardozo Legal Society, Catholic-Jewish Dialogue, Israel Advocacy Committee and Jewish Community Relations Council. Please join the group and/or committee that best fits you. A taste of each one can be found throughout our website at www.jewishnaples.org.
Past Board Chairs Gerald Flagel, Dr. William Ettinger, Ann Jacobson (z”l), Sheldon Starman, Bobbie Katz, Rosalee Bogo, Judge Norman Krivosha (z”l)
Synagogue Representatives Stan Alliker, Cantor Donna Azu, Rabbi Ariel Boxman, Steve Chizzik, Rabbi Ammos Chorny, Rabbi Mendel Gordon, Rabbi Mendy Greenberg, Rabbi Mark Gross, Rabbi Howard Herman, Rabbi Adam Miller, Charles Flum, Rabbi James Perman, Dr. Arthur Seigel, Len Teitelbaum, Rabbi Fishel Zaklos
Staff Jeffrey Feld: Federation CEO/President Reneé Bialek: Program Director Alicia Feldman: PJ Library Coordinator Marcy Friedland: Capital Campaign & Planned Giving Director Janine Hudak: Admin. Coordinator Teresa Zimmerman: Finance & Operations Manager
Federation is the central Jewish community-building organization for Greater Naples, providing a social service network that helps Jewish people locally, in Israel and around the world. As the central fundraising organization for Jewish communal life in our area, strength is drawn from organized committees of dedicated volunteers. Programs include: • Annual Campaign & Endowment Fund • Celebrate Israel • Educational & Cultural Programs • Israel Advocacy Committee • Israel Scouts • Jewish Book Festival • Jewish Community Relations Council • Jewish Young Professionals • Jewish Russian Cultural Alliance • Men’s Cultural Alliance • PJ Library • Publication of the Federation Star, Connections and Community Directory • Women’s Cultural Alliance • Women’s Philanthropy • Youth Activities Committee – sponsoring youth education and scholarships for Jewish Summer Camp and Israel Experience
The need for remixed Judaism By Roberta Rosenthal Kwall
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These conversations need nterest in Jewish practice to be spearheaded by both and ritual is waning for clergy and Jewish organizamany American nontions. Studies of the AmeriOrthodox Jews. And younger Jews seem to have less intercan Jewish community are clear that we are moving est than their parents, even far too quickly into a world in moderate observance. strongly divided between Left unchecked, this realthe deeply religious and the ity will sink the future of Roberta American Judaism. Jewish “nones.” This is not a Rosenthal Kwall world in which our current Absent a sustained, deep connection to various elements of Jewish Jewish organizational structure can survive, tradition, increasingly fewer Jews will support synagogues and other important let alone thrive. philanthropic initiatives of the American Roberta Rosenthal Kwall is a law profesJewish community. But we can turn sor at DePaul Univerthis around by helping non-Orthodox sity College of Law. Jews find personal meaning in selected practices and, thereby, deepen their She is the author of “Remix Judaism: connection to Judaism. Preserving TradiReligiously liberal Jews do not nection in a Diverse essarily respond to the idea of Divine command, but they will observe rituals World” (Roman & Littlefield, 2020, they find personally meaningful. I call updated 2022), this “remixed” Judaism and it is of vital and “The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture importance if Judaism is to remain more than just a matter of ancestry for the and Law in Jewish Tradition” (Oxford U. majority of American Jews. Press, 2015).
REMIX JUDAISM Jewish Federation of Greater Naples is hosting Roberta live on Zoom, where she will discuss her book. When: Wednesday, June 22 at noon (ET) Where: Zoom Register for this free program at www.jewishnaples.org. You don’t have to have read the book to come and benefit from the program. To purchase her book, “Remix Judaism: Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World,” go to https://amzn.to/2kY8gFo.
FEDERATI N MEMBERSHIP According to the bylaws of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, members are those individuals who make an annual gift of $36 or more to the Annual Federation Campaign in our community.
For more information, please call the Federation office at 239-263-4205.
