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Calendar 2021
from Connections 2021
by jewishnaples
Major community events plus select events from area temples and organizations open to the entire community.
Please note that event details are subject to change. For up-to-date information on these and other community events, please check the Federation Star newspaper, Federation e-blasts and the individual temple and organization websites. For a full calendar of community events, check www.jewishnaples.org.
January 2021
Jan. 5 - May 23 “Girl Power … How Women Impacted the Holocaust and Beyond” exhibit www.HMCEC.org 239-263-9200
Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m.
“Jewish Composers of Broadway” JCMI Saul I. Stern Cultural Series www.MarcoJCMI.com 239-642-0800
Jan. 17, 3:30 p.m.
Dr. David Danoff, “Books Not Included in the Biblical Canon” Beth Tikvah Speaker Series www.BethTikvahNaples.org 239-434-1818
Jan. 19, 10:30 a.m.
The Genius of Women From Overlooked to Changing the World by Janice Kaplan Jewish Book Festival www.JewishBookFestival.org Reneé Bialek, rbialek@jewishnaples.org
Jan. 25, 1 p.m.
The Last Train to London by Meg Waite Clayton Jewish Book Festival www.JewishBookFestival.org Reneé Bialek, rbialek@jewishnaples.org
Jan. 27, Noon
International Holocaust Remembrance Day The Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center www.HMCEC.org 239-263-9200
Jan. 28, 7 p.m.
June Sochen and Joyce Schrager discuss current issues Beth Tikvah Speaker Series www.BethTikvahNaples.org 239-434-1818
February 2021
Feb. 3, 10:30 a.m. Red Sea Spies by Raffi Berg Jewish Book Festival www.JewishBookFestival.org Reneé Bialek, rbialek@jewishnaples.org
Feb. 4, 7 p.m.
“Spirituality in Laughter” featuring Rabbi Bob Alper Naples Jewish Congregation www.NaplesJewishCongregation.com
Feb. 4, 7 p.m.
Dr. Mark Poznansky: “All Things COVID-19” Dr. Dulcie Poznansky memorial lecture Beth Tikvah Speaker Series www.BethTikvahNaples.org 239-434-1818
Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m.
The Naples Philharmonic Brass Quintet JCMI Saul I. Stern Cultural Series www.MarcoJCMI.com 239-642-0800
Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m.
Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier by Alan Zweibel Jewish Book Festival www.JewishBookFestival.org Reneé Bialek, rbialek@jewishnaples.org
Feb. 10, 1 p.m.
Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Trials of Palestine by Steven Zipperstein Jewish Book Festival www.JewishBookFestival.org Reneé Bialek, rbialek@jewishnaples.org
Feb. 11, 7 p.m.
June Sochen and Joyce Schrager discuss current issues Beth Tikvah Speaker Series www.BethTikvahNaples.org 239-434-1818
Feb. 15, 1 p.m.
Night of the Assassins: The Untold Story of Hitler’s Plot to Kill FDR, Churchill and Stalin by Howard Blum Jewish Book Festival www.JewishBookFestival.org Reneé Bialek, rbialek@jewishnaples.org
Feb. 19
Scholar-in-Residence: Dr. Sandra Lilienthal Beth Tikvah www.BethTikvahNaples.org 239-434-1818
Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m.
The Last Kings of Shanghai by Jonathan Kaufman Jewish Book Festival www.JewishBookFestival.org Reneé Bialek, rbialek@jewishnaples.org
Feb. 24
Hidden Children Program The Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center www.HMCEC.org 239-263-9200
Feb. 25, 6:15 p.m.
Erev Purim party and Megillah Reading Beth Tikvah www.BethTikvahNaples.org 239-434-1818
Feb. 26, 27 & 28
“They Ain’t Ready for Me” Naples Jewish Film Festival presented by Beth Tikvah www.NaplesJewishFilmFestival.org 239-434-1818
March 2021
Early March Triumph 2021 with special guest speaker The Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center www.HMCEC.org 239-263-9200
March date TBD
“Inside Hanna’s Suitcase” discussion The Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center www.HMCEC.org 239-263-9200
March 3, 7:30 p.m.
Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best by Neil Bascomb Jewish Book Festival www.JewishBookFestival.org Reneé Bialek, rbialek@jewishnaples.org
March 5, 6 & 7
“The Crossing” Naples Jewish Film Festival presented by Beth Tikvah www.NaplesJewishFilmFestival.org 239-434-1818
March 6, 7:30 p.m.
Entertainer-comedian Frank Del Pizzo JCMI Saul I. Stern Cultural Series www.MarcoJCMI.com 239-642-0800
March 7, 2 p.m.
Jewish Community Day of Learning Jewish Federation of Greater Naples www.JewishNaples.org 239-263-4205
March 10, 7 p.m.
Jewish Community Evening of Learning Jewish Federation of Greater Naples www.JewishNaples.org 239-263-4205
March 11, 1 p.m.
When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains by Ariana Neumann Jewish Book Festival www.JewishBookFestival.org Reneé Bialek, rbialek@jewishnaples.org
March 11, 7 p.m.
Sam Geist Beth Tikvah Speaker Series www.BethTikvahNaples.org 239-434-1818
March 12, 13 & 14
“Broken Mirrors” Naples Jewish Film Festival presented by Beth Tikvah www.NaplesJewishFilmFestival.org 239-434-1818
March 15, 1 p.m.
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story by Bess Kalb Jewish Book Festival www.JewishBookFestival.org Reneé Bialek, rbialek@jewishnaples.org
March 18, 7 p.m.
Pre Pesach Study Beth Tikvah Speaker Series www.BethTikvahNaples.org 239-434-1818
March 19, 20 & 21
“A Starry Sky Above the Roman Ghetto” Naples Jewish Film Festival presented by Beth Tikvah www.NaplesJewishFilmFestival.org 239-434-1818
March 21, 11:30 a.m.
Celebration Brunch Jewish Federation of Greater Naples www.JewishNaples.org 239-263-4205
March 30, 7:30 p.m.
America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today by Pamela S. Nadell Jewish Book Festival www.JewishBookFestival.org Reneé Bialek, rbialek@jewishnaples.org
April 2021 April 11
Annual Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration The Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center www.HMCEC.org 239-263-9200
April 14
Israeli Night at Beth Tikvah www.BethTikvahNaples.org 239-434-1818
June 2021 June 6 - late Oct.
Ken Regele World War II photography collection exhibit The Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center www.HMCEC.org 239-263-9200
October 2021 Oct. 19
The Federation Cup Golf Tournament Jewish Federation of Greater Naples www.JewishNaples.org 239-263-4205
November 2021 Nov. through Dec. 31
“Vedem Underground” traveling exhibit www.HMCEC.org 239-263-9200
Nov. 29, 5 p.m.
Community-wide Chanukah Celebration www.JewishNaples.org 239-263-4205
