JEWISH FEDERATION
October 2021
MEN’S CULTURAL ALLIANCE
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www.MCANaples.org / 516.356.2897
Welcome back to a new MCA season By Jeff Margolis
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o those Men’s Cultural Alliance members and their families who have returned to Greater Naples, welcome back! Members of MCA have been diligently working throughout the spring and summer months to plan exciting and engaging programs for the coming season. With all of our hope for a “normal” season, caveats remain due to COVID19 and some programming will continue to be broadcast via Zoom. It is our great hope to be able to proceed with in-person programs. Stay tuned to MCA e-blasts for updates. That being said, here are some of the upcoming planned activities.
Ongoing activities The very popular MCA travelogue series with Jim Sernovitz continues Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 2:30 p.m. via Zoom. The topic will be “Japan – Cherry Blossoms and Mt. Fuji.” Be sure to register via the MCA portal on Wild Apricot. The Jewish Genealogy group continues its monthly program (via Zoom) on Oct. 12 at 10 a.m. To register and for more information, contact program chair, Arthur Sissman. For members who would enjoy sightseeing via bicycle, you are invited to a cycling event on Sunday, Oct. 31. There are two routes — a coastal ride that leaves
from Waterside Shops at 10:30 a.m. and the inland route, which departs from Logan Blvd. and Immokalee Road at 9 a.m. The rides are approximately 15 miles long. For more information, contact Michael Sobol for the coastal route, and Larry Israelite for the land route (larry.israelite@gmail.com). MCA’s monthly book discussion selection for October is “The Septembers of Shiraz,” by Dalia Sofer. This work is a critically acclaimed historical novel that narrates the lives of a prosperous Jewish family who remained in Iran after the Islamic Revolution. The program will be via Zoom on Thursday, Oct. 14 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, contact program chair, Stan Farb, at stan4mignon@earthlink.net. Tuesday morning breakfasts at Patio Cafe in Naples are continuing. No reservations are required. Want to go out to lunch with fellow MCAers? Join ROMEOs (retired old men eating out). They meet for lunch every Wednesday, noon, at Jason’s Deli on Immokalee Road.
Upcoming major events Documentary film guru Steve Brazina and his committee have put together a stellar program of thought-provoking films. The season begins on Tuesday, Nov. 2 with a
MCA Monthly Luncheons MCA/WCA Documentary Film Series MCA Comedy Night and Candle Lighting MCA Sweetheart's Dance
If you like sports, MCA offers: • • • • • •
Pickleball Biking Bocce Kayaking Shooting Fishing
If you like to learn, MCA offers: • • • •
Just a reminder It’s time to renew your membership. MCA dues are $90 and include membership in Jewish Federation of Greater Naples. Please visit the website at www. MCAnaples.org. Click on the MCA membership form and complete it. You can pay by credit card or check. MCA welcomes new members to join in the numerous events and activities planned for the coming season. For more information regarding MCA and its activities, or to suggest new ones, please contact MCA president, Les Nizin, at mcanaplespresident2021@gmail.com. There are 3 Ways to Join the MCA!
There are 3 Ways to Join the MCA! 1. Visit the website at www.MCAnaples.org. Click on
1. Visit the website at www.MCAnaples.org. Click onmembership the MCA membership the MCA form and complete it. You pay by card or check. form and complete it. You can pay by creditcancard orcredit check.
2. Send an email with your name, email address and
2. Send an email with your name, email address and phone number to phone number to joinMCA@MCAnaples.org. joinMCA@MCAnaples.org.
3. Mail your name, email address and phone number
to Larry Israelite, Savona Court, Naples, 3. Mail your name, email address and phone number to8820 Larry Israelite, FL 34119. 8820 Savona Court, Naples, FL 34119.
Dues for current year are $90 and include membership in the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples.
Dues for the current year are $90 and include membership in Jewish Federation of Greater Naples.
MCA Has something for everyone! Here are some examples of what you can expect during the 2021 - 2022 season.
If you like MCA Signature Events: • • • •
showing of “Mendelsson, The Nazis, and Me.” All films are tentatively scheduled to be shown at Temple Shalom, subject to COVID guidelines. Our highly popular monthly luncheon program is scheduled to resume in person on Nov. 11, 11:30 a.m. at the Audubon Country Club. Featured speaker, Michael Farr, will discuss “Climbing Walls of Worry – Economic Forecasting in the Post Pandemic World.” The cost of the luncheon is $35. Reservations are required and can be made through the MCA website and the Wild Apricot portal. Please refer to future e-blasts for any changes to this event.
MCA Speaker Series (live) Virtual Speaker Series (Zoom) * Israel Update (twice a year) Men’s Medical Seminars
If you like to talk, MCA offers: • • • • •
Men’s Discussion Group Book Discussion Group Israel Discussion Group * Financial Health Discussion Group * Science Discussion Group
If you like to tours MCA offers tours of the: • • • • •
The Holocaust Museum The Bird Garden of Naples The Guadalupe Center Revs Institute for Automotive Research Art Basel (in Miami Beach) *
If you like to play games, MCA offers: • • • • •
Canasta Bridge Poker Pool Bingo
* - New in 2021-2022
For additional information or to join (or renew), go to: www.mcanaples.org
