JEWISH FEDERATION
February 2024
Federation Star
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Ninth Annual Day of Learning in two parts Plan to attend Monday, March 11 By Jeff Zalasky, JCRC Chair
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His articles have appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Ottawa Citizen, Maclean’s, Haaretz, the New Republic and many other outlets in English and Hebrew. He has been a frequent guest commentator on Israel’s Army Radio and has lectured at dozens of universities, synagogues and community centers nationwide. His books include “Jewish Power: Inside the American Jewish Establishment,” which was listed by the PhilaPart I: The Palestinians delphia Inquirer among the “100 Most Important Books” of 1996 as well as in Israel, 1948-Present Part I of our program will feature a pre“Builders and Dreamers,” a history of sentation by nationally known author, Labor Zionism in America. syndicated columnist and frequent lecSchreier has been a resident of Southturer J.J. Goldberg, who west Florida since 2015. will provide insight into He is the president of the complex reasons leadthe Schreier Group, ing to the decision of the which provides consultPalestinians living inside ing services to nonprofit the border of what became organizations and philIsrael to leave their homes in anthropic foundations. 1948 and why they did not Fr o m 1 9 8 6 - 2 0 0 7 , return. He will also discuss Schreier served as conhow the Palestinians that sultant and senior vice remained within the borders president of the Ameriof Israel have been treated in can Technion Society. comparison to the rest of the He was responsible Jewish population in Israel. for the conceptualJ.J. Goldberg ization, creation and Part II: Difficult implementation of a comprehensive develIssues Facing opment structure and Israel In Part II of our Day of program throughout the United States. He Learning program, Goldberg will be joined by Stephen has also served in execuSchreier to co-host a modertive positions in Jewish Federations and as a ated panel discussion on the community and camlatest difficult issues confronting Israel. The modpaign consultant for erator and members of the the Council of Jewish Federations. Schreier audience will be encouraged to ask these two highly is a frequent speaker Stephen (Steve) and lecturer on topics knowledgeable Israeli experts Schreier about issues related to Israel. related to Israel to memGoldberg is one of America’s most bers of Jewish organizations in Southwest Florida. respected, award-winning observers of This event will take place on MonAmerican Jewish-Israeli relations and the day, March 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. at internal politics of both communities. In 40 years of journalism, he has served as the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center. The cost to attend this event is $18 and editor-in-chief of the Jewish Daily Forincludes refreshments. This will be an ward, U.S. bureau chief of The Jerusalem in-person event only. To register for this Report, a nationally syndicated columnist and metro beat reporter for a Los Angeles event, go to https://JFGN.regfox.com/ day-of-learning. Hebrew-language weekly.
his year, the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Israel and Overseas Committee of Jewish Federation of Greater Naples will jointly sponsor the Ninth Annual Day of Learning. The purpose of the Annual Day of Learning is to educate and discuss important and significant issues to Jews with members of the Jewish community. This year, we are excited to present a unique two-part program.
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