Jewish Historical Society of SWFL events

By Marina Berkovich

Please join us at the following events open to all.

Antisemitism: From Babi Yar to Your Backyard

This educational commemorative program marks the 84th anniversary of Babi Yar massacre, examining the lasting effects of war-crimes against Jews. Join us Monday, Sept. 29, 3-4 p.m. at the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center for this joint event by The Jewish Historical Society of Southwest Florida (JHSSWF) and Jewish-Russian Cultural Alliance (JRCA). Free attendance. Register at jewishnaples.org/ BabiYar25

Jewish History Film Festival

The fourth annual Local Jewish History Film Festival (LJHFF) highlights the following films.

Day 1

Oct. 21 – Helen Weinfeld: Naples’ First Jewish Historian. The Weinfelds move to Naples in the late 1960s. Segregation still existed.

Day 2

Oct. 28 – The Labodas of Fort Myers. The Labodas move to Fort Myers in 1965 and start Jewish Federation of Lee and Charlotte Counties and a Hadassah Chapter.

Day 3

Nov. 4 – Chief Plager. Sanibel Island’s Police Chief, Richard Plager, retired from Miami-Dade police and Sanibel police to become a volunteer policeman in the Old City of Jerusalem

The Greensteins of Marco Island. Lenore Greenstein tells her husband, Howard’s, story. The first Marco rabbi, Rabbi Howard Greenstein started the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at FGCU, and the Catholic-Jewish Dialogue.

Day 4

Nov. 12 – Elena Rosner, When Destiny Calls. Holocaust survivor achieved the granting of a plot to start a Jewish temple.

Becoming JFGN: Growing Community, as recalled by David Willens

Day 5

Nov. 18 – New Film – Premiere