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Reneé Bialek Program Director

What a busy season we had with Naples Jewish Film Festival; Jewish Book Festival; Elliott Katz Lecture Series; Catholic-Jewish Dialogue programs, including Kristallnacht; Yom HaShoah Commemoration; Israel and Overseas Speaker Series; a comedian; and a variety of other programs. Thank you to all who attended any of these events! We will start May off with a Community Yom Ha’Atzmaut Musical Celebration. The Israeli group Hashayara will perform on Sunday, May 4 at 3 p.m. Come to this free program and sing with us.

Everyone should join us on Wednesday, May 28 for American Dissonance, a musical performance and dialogue with a pianist and a saxophonist at 6:30 p.m. You don’t want to miss this at just $18 per person.

Dr. Chander will talk about memory loss on Wednesday, June 11 at 2 p.m. Come to this free program and hear what he has to say about your memory.

Dale Artis Hackerman will present “A Look at Famous Logos and the Art of Visual Identity” on Monday, June 16 at 2 p.m. His presentation will explore the evolution of some of the world’s most recognized logos and discuss how important logos are in our brand-driven society. This is a free program.

Unsolved Jewish Mysteries presentations take place in June and July. “Where Is King David’s Tomb?” will be presented by Jewish educator Jason Harris on Thursday, June 26 at 4 p.m. “Who Killed Chaim Arlosoroff?” is scheduled for Thursday, July 10 at 4 p.m. Both programs are offered via Zoom. Each presentation is $10 per household.

The RSVP Bone Builders program continues to be offered for free at Jewish Federation of Greater Naples in June and July.

Connections, Conversation & Coffee with Sue Abrams, the social coach, will continue via Zoom and in-person gatherings over the summer.

Save the dates

Israel Friendship performers are coming to Naples! The Israeli teen singers and dancers will entertain us Wednesday, July 23 and Thursday, July 24. Come sing and dance with us! If you would like to host two or more students, please contact me today. Stay tuned to find out more!

Please make sure to register for all programs via our e-blast or the website calendar at www.jewishnaples.org.

Make sure to read our weekly Monday e-blast to view new programs and click on the registration links for the above programs as well as new programs being added. Dates and times of upcoming events are also announced on our website homepage. If you aren’t receiving our weekly Monday e-blast, please email me at rbialek@jewishnaples.org.