Happy New Year!

Reneé Bialek Program Director

This month is filled with Book Festival events, Zoom meet and greets and more!

Catholic-Jewish Dialogue will discuss “On Heaven and Earth,” a book written by Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Pope Francis. Everyone is invited to attend this free book discussion event on Sunday, Jan. 16.

Save the date: Rabbi Skorka will give a live presentation on Sunday, Feb. 20 at 3 p.m. $18 tickets can be purchased via our website at www.jewishnaples.org.

The MLK Jr. Parade will be a virtual program on Monday, Jan. 17.

The Jewish Book Festival will offer a wide variety of genres, with something for everyone! The month of January, there are four virtual and in-person events — Jan. 6, Jan. 12, Jan. 19 and Jan. 25.

PJ Library and Jewish Families with Young Children are invited to the park for activities and fun on Sunday, Jan. 30 at 3 p.m. Please make a reservation with Alicia at programs@jewishnaples.org.

The People of the Book Jewish Book Festival is next month, Wednesday, Feb. 2. Tickets are being sold on the website. If you would like to be a patron for People of the Book, please contact me. As a POB Patron, you will enjoy dinner with author Joshua Greene before the presentation.

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

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

If you have an idea for a program or want to be a guest speaker or facilitator, please contact me at rbialek@ jewishnaples.org.