Celebrating Jewish Life in Collier County
Federation Star Published by the Jewish Federation of Collier County serving Naples, Marco Island and the surrounding communities www.JewishNaples.org Y info@jewishnaples.org
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
4A Community Relations Comm. 6A Jewish Family Services 9A Community Focus 16A Tributes 18A Focus on Youth 20A Commentary 22A Synagogues 25A Organizations 30A Community Calendar 1B Arts & Culture 4B Women’s Cultural Alliance
7A High Holy Days Food Drive
13A Stand With Israel Florida events
17A SWFL welcomes Consul General Chaim Shacham
19A Temple Shalom Preschool Trike-A-Thon
November 2011/5772 Y Vol. 21 #3
IMAGINE Rosalee Bogo President
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receive the equivalent of our Federation Star newspaper from my hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This month’s article by their incoming campaign chair, who used the theme word IMAGINE, gave me food for thought. I quote from his article. “It has taken me a long time to IMAGINE how important our Federation is to our community and to our entire Jewish world. I never realized all the incredible activities and programs that go into making the lives of our international Jewish family better each day.” He had just returned from a mission to Russia and Israel. This made me think of my vision of the work that is still to be done by our Jewish Federation. IMAGINE being in a larger office facility where all 650+ members of the Women’s Cultural Alliance could gather for their programs. This additional space could also be used by different groups from our Jewish community for their educational and cultural programs. It would be a place where youth groups from all of our synagogues or unaffiliated youth could gather and just be involved collectively in Jewish programs and socializing. IMAGINE if we could subsidize missions to Israel for all ages so participants could see this wonderful country which means so much to the Jewish people. This would help develop our young leadership and educate them in the importance of our life-saving support for Israel. What would our community be without Jewish Family Services (JFS)? IMAGINE if we could not support its efforts to relieve the burdens of those in need. IMAGINE if our Jewish Family Services could have a large space for a food pantry for the food they distribute weekly to the needy
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Jews in our community. IMAGINE having a van with a driver to carry seniors or those who are ill and need transportation to and from medical appointments. IMAGINE a volunteer coordinator who can take advantage of the many who volunteer from our community, but who need guidance in the effort. Space for JFS programs, which requires confidentiality, would also be wonderful to have. On the other hand, I couldn’t help but IMAGINE what our Jewish community would be if we did not have our Federation. We provide this community with cultural, educational and social programs. We support the synagogues with grants for religious education, provide camp scholarships and help send youth to Israel, and support the Jewish Film Festival and Saul I. Stern Cultural Series at the Jewish Congregation on Marco Island. IMAGINE our community without
the Holocaust Museum, which we helped to establish and continue to support. Or without our Community Relations Committee, which is our voice out into the general community with activities that include the Israel Affairs Forums, partnership with the Catholic/Jewish Dialogue of Collier County, the Human Needs grants, and Educator Awards program in our public schools. What if you did not receive the Federation Star newspaper, which brings you important information regarding all things Jewish in this community, and our annual Connections resource guide, not to mention our website and the email blasts that get sent out weekly or with important messages as needed? What if we were not able to support the ADL, which has helped us in critical times, or the Jewish Council
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THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO ATTEND THE NINTH ANNUAL
KRISTALLNACHT MEMORIAL CONVOCATION
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2:00 PM Temple Shalom
4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples
GUEST SPEAKER
Rev. Dennis D. McManus
Theologian to Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York Moderator of Jewish Affairs for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) This important community event is co-sponsored by: Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Collier County Catholic/Jewish Dialogue of Collier County Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida Temple Shalom of Naples
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