Reneé’s community program & events corner

By Reneé Bialek, Program Director

We have been Zooming along these past few months, and I will continue to offer a wide variety of programming via Zoom. If you have any questions or need help with the use of Zoom, please do not hesitate to ask me.

Some important October programs

• Learn about Religious Traditions of the World on Oct. 13, 20 and 27. Each lecture begins at 3 p.m.

• Movies That Matter - Watch the specified movie in advance and join us Oct. 14, 21 and 28 for discussions from 7 to 8 p.m.

Save the upcoming program dates

• Sunday, Nov. 8 is the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht, “The Night of Broken Glass.” The Catholic Jewish Dialogue of Collier County invites the entire community to the annual commemoration service at 2:30 p.m.

• Thursday, Dec. 10 is the communitywide Chanukah Celebration. Let’s light our menorahs together. The program begins at 5 p.m.

• The Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival begins on Thursday, Dec. 3. You can find more information on the Jewish Book Festival throughout this Federation Star issue.

All of these virtual programs will take place on Zoom. Some programs are free, while others have a fee. More information on all of the above can be found throughout this Federation Star and in our Monday weekly e-blast.

Please make sure to register via the link that is provided in the weekly e-blasts. If you need help registering, please ask me. A confirmation email will be sent to you, immediately after you register. The Zoom link is emailed to you about 1 to 2 hours prior to the start of each program.

If you are not receiving the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples e-blast every Monday, please let me know. It is important that you read the updated news on a weekly basis.

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I look forward to Zooming with you at the next program. Please contact me, Reneé, Program Director, at rbialek@ jewishnaples.org with any questions.