JEWISH FEDERATION
Federation Star
October 2021
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Thought provoking program with Dina Kraft “The Branch” By Jeff Margolis, IAC Committee Member
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he Israel Advocacy Committee of Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, in conjunction with the Collier/Lee chapter of Hadassah, is pleased to present a Zoom program featuring Dina Kraft on Monday, Oct. 25 at 10:30 a.m. Kraft hosts “The Branch,” a podcast that features stories of friendships between Jews, Arab-Israelis and Palestinians. She
has been a foreign correspondent based in Tel Aviv and has reported for The Christian Science Monitor as well as the Jerusalem bureau of The Associated Press. The Branch is a project of the Education and Advocacy Division of Hadassah. Kraft’s program will highlight two recent podcasts from “The
Dina Kraft
Branch.” One examines the success of the Rana Choir of Jaffa. The group of dedicated singers, comprised of Jewish, Christian and Muslim members, proves that music has the power to transcend their differences. The other episode will focus on Ram and Roni —
two advocates for peace from each side of the Israel-Gaza border. The cost for this thought-provoking event is $18 per household. Please register at www.jewishnaples.org. For more information on the IAC or about the work of the committee, upcoming events or to suggest topics for future programs, please contact IAC chair Harvey Cohen at hwcohen@gmail.com.
Rabbi Micah Greenstein speaks at Kristallnacht service By Ginny Segaloff, Chair Kristallnacht Commemoration Program
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he Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County invites the community to its annual Kristallnacht Commemorative Service on Sunday, Nov. 7, 3 p.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church, 7775 Vanderbilt Beach Rd. The event is free and open to the public. Stay tuned as to whether this program will be live, live-streamed and/or on Zoom. The CJD is affiliated with Jewish Federation of Greater Naples and the Collier County Parishes of the Diocese of Venice Florida. Its purpose is to engage Catholics and Jews in understanding our history and advancing the cause of mutual understanding and appreciation of our differences as well as our commonalities. “Kristallnacht” or the “Night of Broken Glass” recounts the attacks on Jewish communities throughout Germany
on Nov. 9 and 10, 1938. Our Association. He was recognized as Memphis Magaupcoming event will memorialize the 6 million Jews and millions zine’s first “Memphian of the Year” in 2013. He was of others who were exterminated the first rabbi to preach at during the Holocaust and as part of “The Final Solution.” Washington Cathedral on a major State day for TennesWe remember and honor those who perished, the survivors and see in 2005. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, their families. Rabbi Greenstein served Over 80 years later, the HoloRabbi Micah Greenstein on the Clergy COVID-19 caust still challenges our ability to Task Force with bishops and adjudicacomprehend man’s inhumanity to man. Our guest speaker will be the esteemed tory heads of Catholic, Protestant and Muslim faith leaders. Rabbi Micah Greenstein, who has served Rabbi Greenstein was named among almost three decades at the historic 167-yearAmerica’s Top Rabbis in 2012 and old Temple Israel in Memphis, Tennessee, sustaining its position as the largest syna2013 by Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Since the 1990s, Rabbi Greenstein has gogue in Tennessee and the Deep South. published in Southern Rabbis and Black Rabbi Greenstein is two-time past Civil Rights, and facilitated interfaith president of the Memphis Ministers
and interracial dialogue with international delegations. He also received the Dr. Martin Luther King Junior “Be the Dream Legacy” Award in 2016. He served at the Memphis Theological Seminary, where he taught future ministers about Judaism. The rabbi currently serves on the board of directors of the National Civil Rights Museum and the national board of the NAACP. Rabbi Greenstein is a Cornell University National Scholar and Harvard University Kennedy Fellow. Rabbi Greenstein’s address is entitled, “Interfaith Relations 83 years after Kristallnacht: What Have We Really Learned?” He will discuss Kristallnacht and its call to action for social justice today. For more information, contact CJDialogue@naples.net.
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