No need to miss a thing

Reneé Bialek Program Director

We have many events to offer this month. Check them out below and make sure you don’t miss something you’re interested in seeing. Dates and times of upcoming events are announced on our website homepage.

Naples Jewish Film Festival

The Naples Jewish Film Festival begins! There are five films you don’t want to miss:

• “Running on Sand”

• “The Glory of Life”

• “Bad Shabbos”

• “Pink Lady”

• “Soda”

Book discussion

Catholic-Jewish Dialogue invites everyone on Sunday, March 2 at 2:30 p.m. for Readers & Thinkers discussion of the book, “The Sunflower.” Read it in advance and come discuss.

U.S.-Israel relations

The Israel and Overseas Speaker Series continues with Akiba Covitz who will speak on Wednesday, March 12 at 4 p.m. The topic will be “Ultimate Allies: Current Tensions and Future Prospects in U.S.-Israel Relations.”

Winter series continues

The Elliott Katz lecture winter series hosts events on March 7, 17 and 28. You can now purchase tickets to watch via Zoom or attend in person.

Jewish Book Festival

The Jewish Book Festival continues with Talia Carner author of “The Boy with the Star Tattoo” on Monday, March 10. This event is sponsored by Bua-Bell Group. Daniel Schulman, author of “The Money Kings,” will present on Friday, March 21, and author Lauren Grodstein will present on her book, “We Must Not Think of Ourselves” on Thursday, March 27.

Donate blood

It’s a Mitzvah to give blood. The NCH Bloodmobile will be parked in front of Jewish Federation of Greater Naples on Wednesday, March 19, 2-4 pm. Please register for your specific time slot.

Beginner Pilates

Everyone is welcome to join Pilates on Tuesday, March 25 at 10 a.m.

Celebrate our community

The Power of Community Celebration is the Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration. Stand Up For Justice Awards, Human Needs Awards and Patricia J. Adkins Leadership Awards will be given out on Sunday, March 30 at 1 p.m. Come learn who all the recipient winners are!

Register to attend

Please register for ALL events at www.jewishnaples.org, via our e-blast or website calendar. There will be a QR code that will take you directly to the Programs & Events Webpage. All you need to do is open your camera app, point directly at the QR code, then click on ‘qrco.de’ button. Once you are on the landing page, you will see three featured events, then Series of Events (Elliott Katz Lectures, Jewish Book Festival, and more), followed by a few more upcoming events listed by dates.

Save the dates

Please save these dates for these upcoming programs:

Sunday, April 27: Community Yom HaShoah Program at 4 p.m.

Sunday, May 4: Community Yom Ha’Atzmaut Musical Celebration at 3 p.m.

Make sure to read our weekly Monday e-blast to view new programs and click on the registration links for all the above programs as well as the new programs being added.

If you aren’t receiving our weekly Monday e-blast, please email me at rbialek@jewishnaples.org.