Happy Passover!

Reneé Bialek, Program Director

Let’s begin the month of April with (drumroll) … Rabbi Skorka!

Rabbi Skorka, the Pope’s rabbi, will be in Naples Sunday, April 3 at 3 p.m. The Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County proudly presents Rabbi Abraham Skorka, who will describe his 25-year “deep and sincere friendship” with Jorge Bergolio, the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires, who is now Pope Francis.

Please purchase your tickets in advance ($18) or at the door on Sunday, April 3 ($25), if seats are still available.

The Annual Community-Wide Commemoration of Yom HaShoah will take place at Temple Shalom and be livestreamed on Sunday, April 10 at 10 a.m. (ET).

You are all invited! Please join us on Zoom for Federation’s Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 12 at 7 p.m. This event is free.

More information on all of these events can be found in this issue of the Federation Star and on our website homepage, www.jewishnaples.org.

Calling all Jewish Young Professionals (JYP)! This group will start having in-person events. Please make sure to get on the JYP roster by sending me your email. This group is for Jewish Young Professionals ages 20 to 30 years old.

PJ Library and Jewish Families with Young Children are invited to the park for activities and fun on Sunday, April 10 at 3 p.m. Please make a reservation with Alicia at programs@ jewishnaples.org.

If you have an idea for a program, or want to be a guest speaker or facilitator, please contact me at rbialek@ jewishnaples.org.

Please read our weekly (Monday) e-blast for any changes to these programs and, of course, to the additional programs being offered to the community.

Please register at www.jewishnaples. org or via our weekly e-blast for each of these programs. The Zoom link will be emailed two hours prior to the start of each program.

We have a variety of groups and committees at the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, such as PJ Library, Jewish Families with Young Children, Cardozo Legal Society, Catholic- Jewish Dialogue, Israel Advocacy Committee and Jewish Community Relations Council. Please join the group and/or committee that best fits you. A taste of each one can be found throughout our website, www.jewishnaples.org.