Happy Purim! Chag Sameach!

Reneé Bialek, Program Director

Here is a quick rundown on some of the upcoming events sponsored by Jewish Federation of Greater Naples.

Calling all Jewish Young Professionals to Zoom with us for a Meet and Greet on March 14 at noon. If you are in your 20s to 40s, this group is for you!

The JCRC’s Jewish Community Evening of Learning will take place on Tuesday, March 22 at 7 p.m.

The Israel Advocacy Committee presents Avi Melamed, who will speak about his latest book on Wednesday, March 23 at 7 p.m.

Dale Artis Hackerman will speak about architecture on Monday, March 28 at noon.

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

The Jewish Book Festival has two more book festival events this season — March 7 and March 17. Thank you to all the sponsors, patrons and individual ticket holders for supporting the Jewish Book Festival this season! Thank you to Gayle Dorio, the amazing volunteer Jewish Book Festival chair.

PJ Library and Jewish Families with Young Children are invited to the park for activities and fun on Sunday, March 20 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, for the additional programs being offered to the community.

Please register at www.jewishnaples. org or via our weekly e-blasts for each of these programs. The Zoom link will be emailed 2 hours prior to the start of each program.

These programs are advertised in the Federation weekly e-blast sent out on Monday mornings. If you are not getting them, please let me know so we can help you stay connected.

We have a variety of groups and committees at 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 your needs. A taste of each one can be found throughout our website at www.jewishnaples.org.