2
Federation Star
JEWISH FEDERATION
December 2021
Construction has begun
O
2 SEASON 21/2 Shows
ays Home for the Holid 21 December 10-12, 20
I Love My Wife January 13-23, 2022 ht Star Steve Martin’s Brig 22 February 10-20, 20 melot Lerner & Loewe’s Ca March 10-20, 2022 ison County The Bridges of Mad April 21-May 1, 2022
rts! Conce
Simon & Garfunkel: , revisited Live in Central Park JANUARY 17, 2022 & ROSELLI: THE FEUD. SINATRA N KE 2 GUYS FROM HOBO January 29, 2022 s, The Mersey Beatle es” “Favorites of Napl FEBRUARY 22, 2022 Mack is Back y Darin” “The Music of Bobb FEBRUARY 24, 2022 Larry Alexander: Broadway and Back MARCH 14, 2022
n Oct. 27, 2021, the construction fence went up around the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center site. This can only be a moving sight when there have been four years of daily, weekly, monthly and ad hoc meetings preceding the fence installation. By the time you read this article, the land should be cleared, a deceleration lane should be under construction and more work should be underway farther east of Temple Shalom on Pine Ridge Road. Construction, at long last, has begun on your new Jewish home, the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center. Rephrasing Sally Field, “It’s really happening, it’s really, really happening!” The past 18 months have not been average for anyone. Just recently, we reopened our current office for games, classes, movies, meetings and all sorts of other events. We are not stopping our Zoom presentations, as many of us are still being cautious and the space in our current office is severely limited. Hopefully, by next season, we will all feel like going back to “normal.” Some of us are here all year-round; some are here for over or under 6 months; and some are here for shorter periods of time. No matter the length of time you spend in our paradise, you will have a new hangout for your time here next season. The Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center will have places to sit and relax. It will have a large hall for the many times when up to 400 of us gather to listen to an author, watch a movie or listen to a special speaker. There will be space to gather before the event, at a break during the event and after the event — different spaces for different times and needs.
Jane Schiff and Jeffrey Feld Do you want to play cards or mah jongg? Do you need to go to a meeting? Do you want to take tai chi or yoga? How about a class on genealogy, Spanish, journaling or an article in The New Yorker magazine? Are you in a WCA or MCA book club? We have rooms for all those activities and more, and many activities can be happening at the same time! Parking? No problem. You have an electric vehicle? Plug it in while you attend an activity. The Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center will be your new home. Comfortable and welcoming, it will be a place for all of us to enjoy and be proud of what we have accomplished. The construction fence was the very first sign of our new home. The groundbreaking was the exciting start of the project. A year from now, when we cut the ribbon and open our doors, we want to invite each person reading this paper to come join us and bask in the glow of the accomplishments of Jewish Federation of Greater Naples through you! It is for our community and because of our community that we are growing and reaching a new time with a new space for the Jewish community of Greater Naples. See you all at the ribbon cutting in about 12 months!
THIS MONTH’S ADVERTISERS This publication is brought to you each month thanks to the support of our advertisers. Please be sure to use their products and services, and mention that you saw their ad in Federation Star. AdviniaCare...................................9A Jewish National Fund..................10 & 22 AFMDA..........................................9A Kaye Lifestyle Homes..........................3 Alison Craig Home Furnishings....16A
Kirsch Dermatology............................5
Ameriprise Financial Services.........15A Kotler Law Firm, P.L. ......................15A Anago Cleaning Systems..................10 Men’s Cultural Alliance......................12 Beth Tikvah.....................................4A Moorings Park................................15 Carlisle Naples, The.........................5A Naples Daily Money Manager............14 Casual Connection........................16A
Naples Community Orchestra............6
Chellie Doepke, Premiere Plus Realty.9A Naples Envelope & Printing Co......14A Collier/Lee Hadassah..............21 & 12A Naples Jewish Film Festival...............19
TICKETS www.theatre.zone ON SALE 888-966-3352 x1
NOW!
STEVE MARTIN’S BRIGHT STAR SPONSORED BY
LERNER & LOEWE’S CAMELOT SPONSORED BY
LINDA WALSH
LIVE
TRE PROFESSIONAL THEA
Deborah Zvibleman, John R. Wood.14 Seascape at Naples............................17 Fuller Funeral Home.....................10A Senior Housing Solutions................20 Ginsberg Eye...................................18 Temple Shalom Sisterhood.........6A Hilton Naples.................................20A The Terraces of Bonita Springs.............9 Hodges Funeral Home......................14 TheatreZone................................2
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY SPONSORED BY
GARAGE DOORS N A P L E S
2021-22 CONCERT SERIES SPONSORED BY
THE MERSEY BEATLES SPONSORED BY
SUSAN OWENS
James Knafo Architect & Builder.......12A Top Jewish Foundation...................14A JCMI.........................................15A Truly Nolen......................................7 JCMI Film Festival..........................11A Wynn’s Market................................6A
WWW.GARAGEDOORSOFNAPLES.COM
TZ17_JewishFed_Dec21.indd 1
Comfort Keepers..............................13 Prefered Travel of Naples....................24
11/8/21 12:45 PM
