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Adult Education & Program Guide 5781 2020-2021
Temple Emanu-El
of Palm Beach

Adult
Education &
Program
Guide
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5781
2020-2021

From the Jerusalem 3000 windows that
greet us as we walk into the Sanctuary,
we bring you Shalom from Jerusalem to
our homes and a furthuring of our
education of Judaism and Israel.

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Adult Education & Program Guide 5781 2020-2021
Temple Emanu-El of Palm Beach
                                            Adult Education
                                                  5781

                                                 Welcome!
                     Welcome to Adult Education in the time of Coronavirus.

                     We have been trying to keep you both entertained and informed over the summer with
                     various programs. So I hope that you have been able to download Zoom and be part
                     of our burgeoning community.

                     In this brochure you will find a mix of entertainment and education, mostly on
                     Wednesday nights. These lectures will be conducted on Zoom so please tune in. Some
                     fan favorites are returning: Dr. Robert Rabil, Dr. Matt Levitt and Dr. Jodi Magness
                     as well as Roger Ward. There are some new and exciting speakers well worth our time.

                     As we continue to be locked down, more speakers will be added from April onwards so
                     keep an eye on your email and the Temple website.

                     Wednesday morning classes will be conducted via Zoom and we have changed it up a
                     little with Rabbi Resnick teaching at 11am for the first semester. Enjoy, sample one
                     or many.

                     Stay safe, wear your masks. Hopefully we will be able to see each other again in person
                     by Pesach.

                                                                                                  B’Shalom
    In This Issue:                                                                           Vivienne Ivry
                                                                                        Adult Education Chair
    Cinema Emanu-El                       3, 4

    Sunday Speaker                           4

    Shabbat Speakers                         5
    Wednesday Night Live                 6, 7
    Speakers
    Adult Education Classes               8, 9
    & Faculty
    Rabbi’s Round Table &              10, 11
    Cultural Arts
    Class Schedule                         11

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Cinema Emanu-El
                                                  Chairs: Hana Siegelstein & David Ginsberg
                     Award-winning feature length films are selected to explore issues pertaining to Jewish life and thought.
                                     Via Online Streaming at 7:00PM (subject to change)
                                     Followed by a Discussion on Zoom (details to follow)
                                                         All are welcome. No charge.

                     Wednesday, October 14, 2020                                                      Wednesday, February 24, 2021
                     NORA’S WILL                                                                      FELIX AND MEIRA
                    Despite their divorce, José Kurtz                                                 A young married woman finds freedom
                    (Fernando Luján) and his ex-wife, Nora                                            from the Orthodox Jewish community
                    (Silvia Mariscal), never stopped caring for                                       through a relationship with a young
                    one another. So it's no surprise that,                                            man mourning his father's death.
                    when she commits suicide, José is
                    charged with overseeing her funeral. Set
                    among Mexico City's Jewish community,
this comedy focuses on the complications involved with
organizing a memorial while others are preoccupied with
Passover. Also complicating matters are José's status as a                                             Wednesday, March 10, 2021
nonbeliever and the unexpected contents of Nora's will.                                                RED TENT
                                                                                                 In his apartment in Rome in the 1960s,
                                                                                                 the elderly and guilt-stricken Gen.
                     Wednesday, November 18, 2020                                                Umberto Nobile (Peter Finch) recalls
                     FILL THE VOID                                                               the tragic airship expedition he led to
                                                                                                 the Arctic 40 years earlier and the
                     After a young Hasidic woman dies in
                                                                                                 equally catastrophic rescue effort that
                     childbirth, her 18-year-old sister (Hadas
                                                                                                 followed. The story is told through
                     Yaron) is asked to cancel her upcoming
                                                                                                 flashbacks to the original voyage and a
                     marriage to a promising young man and
                                                                           present-day trial of Nobile by the angry ghosts of the men
                     marry her widowed brother-in-law
                                                                           who died in the debacle, including the stern specter of the
                     (Yiftach Klein) instead.
                                                                           legendary explorer Roald Amundsen (Sean Connery).

                      Wednesday, January 13, 2021
                      CONSPIRACY                                                                        Wednesday, April 14, 2021
                     In January 1942, as the United States                                              RASHEVSKIE’S TANGO
                     enters World War II, a conference                                                  Members of an integrated Jewish
                     assembles near Berlin. SS Gen. Heydrich                                            family gather for a funeral and realize
                     (Kenneth Branagh) and his associate, Lt.                                           love conquers all but death.
                     Eichmann (Stanley Tucci) call the
                     meeting to discuss the "evacuation" of
                     Germany's Jews and other undesirables,
                     a code word for their extermination in
                     concentration camps. To begin this Final
Solution, they must change the mind of a small group of men
opposed to the idea, led by Chancellor Kritzinger (David
Threlfall).

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Cinema Emanu-El Summer Movies
                                           Chairs: Hana Siegelstein & David Ginsberg
              Award-winning feature length films are selected to explore issues pertaining to Jewish life and thought.
                           Via Online Streaming at 1:00PM (subject to change)
                            Followed by a Discussion on Zoom (details to follow)
                                                All are welcome. No charge.

                       Wednesday, May 12, 2021
                       WOMEN’S LEAGUE SELECTION

                       Wednesday, June 9, 2021
                       LA PETITE JERUSALEM
                       Laura (Fanny Valette), a young philosophy student, lives with her immigrant family in a
                       Jewish enclave in Paris, and is beginning to question the strict dictates of her religion.
                       She feels bad for her sister Mathilde (Elsa Zylberstein), who is married to a
                       philanderer and believes Judaism compels her to stay with him. When Laura meets an
                       attractive Muslim named Djamel (Hedi Tillette de Clermont-Tonnerre), her sexual
                       desire erodes her commitment to her faith even more.

                       Wednesday, July, 2021 (date to be announced)
                       JOJO RABBIT
                       Jojo is a lonely German boy who discovers that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl
                       in their attic. Aided only by his imaginary friend -- Adolf Hitler -- Jojo must confront
                       his blind nationalism as World War II continues to rage on.

                       Wednesday, August, 2021 (date to be announced)
                       THE FLAT
                       Cleaning out an apartment leads to unexpected discoveries and repressed family
                       emotions coming to the surface.

    SUNDAY SPEAKER
                     Sunday, December 13
                     10:00AM via Zoom
                     Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz
                     Jewish Theological Seminary Chancellor
                     Meet the newly appointed eighth chancellor of JTS on a Zoom call for Temple Emanu-El
                     of Palm Beach members.
                     Shuly Rubin Schwartz, a groundbreaking scholar of American Jewish history and a visionary
                     institutional leader, is the eighth chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary. As dean of two
                     schools and most recently as provost, she has shaped and strengthened JTS’s academic programs
                     while teaching and mentoring countless students. She is the first woman to serve as chancellor of JTS
                     in its 134-year history.
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SHABBAT SPEAKERS
          Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 9:15AM via Zoom (unless circumstances change)
          Dr. Ori Z. Soltes
          “Searching for Oneness with the One: Mysticism in the Abrahamic Traditions”
          This brief talk will consider a few fundamental questions: What is mysticism and how does it differ from
          everyday religion? What are some of the elements that tie Jewish, Christian and Muslim mysticism
          together and how do they differ from each other? Are there mystics today, in our secularized world?
          Ori Z. Soltes teaches at Georgetown University across a range of disciplines, from art history and
          theology to philosophy and political history. He is the former Director and Curator of the B’nai B’rith
          Klutznick National Jewish Museum, and has curated more than 90 exhibitions there and in other venues
          across the country and overseas. He is also the author of over 280 books, articles, exhibition catalogues,
          and essays on diverse topics. Among his books are The Ashen Rainbow: Essays on the Arts and the
          Holocaust; Our Sacred Signs: How Jewish, Christian and Muslim Art Draw from the Same Source;
          Searching for Oneness: Mysticism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; Untangling the Web: Why the
          Middle East is a Mess and Always Has Been; Jews on Trial: from Jesus to Jonathan Pollard; Tradition and
          Transformation: Three Millennia of Jewish Art and Architecture; and most recently, Magic and Religion in
          the Greco-Roman World: The Beginnings of Judaism and Christianity.

          Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 9:15AM
          Dr. Robert Rabil
          “How Covid-19 is Affecting the Political Balance in the Middle East”

          Dr. Robert Rabil received his Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from Massachusetts College of
          Liberal Arts, his Masters on Government from Harvard University Extension School and his Ph.D. in
          Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University. His area of research includes Political Islam,
          Terrorism, Transnational and Revivalist Movements, U.S.-Arab Relations, Arab-Israeli Conflict, reform in
          the Arab world, and Contemporary Middle Eastern and Southern Politics.

          Friday, March 19, 2021 at 7:00PM & Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 9:15AM
          (*will not be Zoomed, in person only if circumstances permit)
          Hazzan Dr. Ramon Tasat
          Friday - “Music of the Past in Liturgy”
          Saturday - “Hallel ve Zimrah: Religious Poems for Shabbat from Around the World”

          Hazzan Dr. Ramón Tasat is the Cantor of Shirat HaNefesh (Song of the Soul), an emerging Jewish
          congregation in southern Montgomery County, MD. He is also the president of Shalshelet: The
          Foundation for New Jewish Liturgical Music. In addition, he is the musical Director of Kolot HaLev, a
          Jewish Community choir in the Greater Washington area. Born in Buenos Aires, Ramón learned Ladino,
          the language of the Sephardic people, at his grandmother’s knee; his style reflects the rich history and
          drama of this extraordinary culture. Trained in five different countries, he received a doctorate in voice
          performance from the University of Texas at Austin. His doctoral dissertation is entitled “The
          Cantillations and Religious Poems of the Jews of Tangier, Morocco.”

          Friday, April 10, 2021 at 9:15AM
          Randi Posner
          “Next Generation in Commemoration of Yom HaShoa - Holocaust Memorial Day”

          Randi Posner is the President of Next Generation. Next Generation’s hope is that through knowledge,
          they will raise awareness of the realities of the Holocaust and its aftermath. Next Generation seeks to
          inspire all children by shining a light on the courage of the survivors and the selfless acts of righteous
          people who put themselves in danger by helping Jews. Mrs. Posner is from Boynton Beach and has been
          president since April of 2018. Randi Posner taught Holocaust studies at a middle school in Blackwood,
          New Jersey for 25 years. The school was one of the first New Jersey State Holocaust teaching sites.
          Mrs. Posner is especially passionate about helping Holocaust survivors, many who are frail and in their
          90s, live the rest of their lives with dignity.

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE!
             Wednesday, October 21, 2020
             7:00PM via Zoom
             “Masada”
             An Evening with
             Dr. Jodi Magness
             Jodi Magness holds a senior endowed chair in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of
             North Carolina at Chapel Hill: the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early
             Judaism since 2002. She is an archaeologist and the President of the Archaeological Institute of America.
             Professor Magness specializes in the archaeology of ancient Palestine (modern Israel, Jordan, and the
             Palestinian territories) in the Roman, Byzantine, and early Islamic periods. Her research interests include
             Jerusalem, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient synagogues, Masada, the Roman army in the East,
             and ancient pottery.
             November 11, 2020
             7:00PM via Zoom
             "Culture as Victim: The Fate of L'viv and Dresden in World War II"
             An Evening with
             Dr. Roger Ward
             Dr. Roger Ward is widely acknowledged as an expert in the field of Nazi-era provenance research and the
             world’s leading authority on the drawings of Baccio Bandinelli. From July 2011 through March 2013, he was
             a consultant to the Department of Homeland Security on the restitution of artworks looted during the
             Nazi era in Europe. Dr. Ward was the President and CEO of the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens and has
             served as curator and director of a variety of art museums domestically and abroad. He sits on the board
             of the American Friends of the Courtauld Institute of Art and is a member of numerous professional,
             academic, and civic organizations in the United States, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

             Wednesday, December 16, 2020
             7:00PM via Zoom
             “Iran in a Post-Pandemic World”
             An Evening with
             Dr. Michael Rubin
             Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he researches Arab
             politics, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran, Iraq, the Kurds, terrorism, and Turkey. He concurrently
             teaches classes on terrorism for the FBI and on security, politics, religion, and history for US and NATO
             military units. A former Pentagon official, Dr. Rubin has lived in post-revolution Iran,Yemen, and both pre-
             and postwar Iraq, and he spent time with the Taliban before 9/11.

             Wednesday, January 6, 2021
             7:00PM via Zoom
             “The Book of Lost Names”
             An Evening with
             Kristin Harmel*
             Kristin Harmel is the #1 international bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names,The Winemaker’s Wife,
             The Room on Rue Amelie, and a dozen other novels that have been translated into numerous languages and
             sold all over the world. A former reporter for PEOPLE magazine, Kristin has been writing professionally
             since the age of 16, when she began her career as a sportswriter, covering Major League Baseball and
             NHL hockey for a local magazine in Tampa Bay, Florida in the late 1990s. After stints covering health and
             lifestyle for American Baby, Men’s Health, and Woman’s Day, she became a reporter for PEOPLE while still
             in college and spent more than a decade working for the publication. Her favorite stories at PEOPLE,
             however, were the “Heroes Among Us” features—tales of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
             One of those features—the story of Holocaust-survivor-turned-philanthropist Henri Landwirth. Kristin
             Harmel returns this summer with another surefire hit, The Book of Lost Names, which takes readers to
             the heart of World War II France—and the heart of the French Resistance—where a Parisian graduate
             student fleeing the Nazis stumbles upon a forgery ring and realizes that she has the means to save the
             lives of hundreds of Jewish children.
             *Books are available at the Classic Bookshop for purchase
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
7:00PM Via Zoom

“The Tehran Children: Rediscovering Iran’s Role in a Holocaust Rescue ”
An Evening with
Mikhal Dekel*
Mikhal Dekel teaches Comparative Literature and Middle East Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center
and the City College of New York, where she is also Director of the Rifkind Center for the Humanities
and Arts. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mellon
Foundation and the Lady Davis Foundation, among others. In addition to Tehran Children: A Holocaust
Refugee Odyssey, she is the author of The Universal Jew: Modernity, Masculinity and the Zionist Moment and
the Hebrew monograph Oedipus in Kishinev. Tehran Children was named finalist for the National Jewish
Book Awards, the Sami Rohr Prize, and the Chautauqua Institution Prize. It was reviewed and featured in
the New York Times, The Guardian, C-Span, Journal of Foreign Policy, the NY Daily News, and the BBC,
among other venues.
*Books are available at the Classic Bookshop for purchase

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
7:00PM

“Hezbollah in South America”
An Evening with
Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi*
Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi is a senior fellow at FDD and an expert at FDD’s Center on Economic and
Financial Power (CEFP) focused on Hezbollah’s Latin America illicit threat networks and Iran’s history of
sanctions evasion. His research has examined Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including its
links to the country’s energy sector and procurement networks. His areas of expertise also include the
EU’s Middle East policymaking, transatlantic relations, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Israel’s domestic
politics. Prior to joining FDD, Emanuele headed the Transatlantic Institute in Brussels and taught Israel
Studies at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University.

He is author of The Pasdaran: Inside Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran: The Looming Crisis, and
Under a Mushroom Cloud: Europe, Iran and the Bomb. Emanuele blogs at The Hill. His columns have also
appeared in leading outlets including The Wall Street Journal,The New York Times, and London’s The Sunday
Times. He obtained his PhD in political theory at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, preceded by
undergraduate studies in political science at the University of Bologna.
*Books are available at the Classic Bookshop for purchase

Wednesday, March 17, 2021
7:00PM

“Hezbollah in Israel & Europe”
An Evening with
Dr. Matthew Levitt
Matthew Levitt is the Fromer-Wexler Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of its Jeanette and
Eli Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. From 2005 to early 2007, he served as
deputy assistant secretary for intelligence and analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In that
capacity, he served both as a senior official within the department's terrorism and financial intelligence
branch and as deputy chief of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, one of sixteen U.S. intelligence
agencies coordinated under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. During his tenure at
Treasury, Dr. Levitt played a central role in efforts to protect the U.S. financial system from abuse and to
deny terrorists, weapons proliferators, and other rogue actors the ability to finance threats to U.S.
national security. In 2008-2009, he served as a State Department counterterrorism advisor to the special
envoy for Middle East regional security (SEMERS), General James L. Jones.

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ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES & DESCRIPTIONS

                             10:00AM-11:00AM
                             Rabbi Mark Staitman,
                             Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
                             Rabbi Mark Staitman is well known in the Pittsburgh Jewish Community and in the Soviet Jewry
                             advocacy movement. Rabbi Staitman served the Rodef Shalem congregation as Rabbi until 2003.
                             Rabbi Staitman is a Licensed Professional Counselor and he maintains a small private therapeutic
                             practice which specializes in therapy for clergy who suffer from the effects of trauma.

    December 2, 9 & 16, 2020
    Winter Class - Bible, the Talmud and the contemporary movements. How do we understand rituals during a
    crisis?
    Abraham, generally thought of as the first Monotheist, is the first of our Patriarchs. We refer to him as Avraham Avinu,
    Abraham our Father. The way Abraham is understood in the Torah is different from the way he is understood by the
    Rabbinic Texts and Rabbinic Philosophers. For this class we will step away from the text of the Torah and look at the
    Midrash and Jewish Philosophic texts to see how the traditional scholars understood Abraham. We will ask difficult
    questions about our Patriarch. Was he a great man? Was he honest? Was he an ethical man? Was he a good husband?
    Was he a good father? Was he a model for us today?

    February 10, 17, 24 & March 3 &10, 2020
    Spring Class - How has the coronavirus changed life for us as individuals and as a community?
    Jewish history recounts many instances of plagues, wars, suffering, pogroms and of course, the Holocaust. A people who
    has suffered as we have and still survived must have some knowledge of how we survive and recover from tragedy. We
    will look at Traditional Jewish texts, Modern Jewish texts and the record of those who suffered to see the lessons which
    can help us to endure and recover from the latest of our plagues, Covid-19.

                            10:00AM-11:00AM
                            Rabbi David Blumenfeld, Ph.D
                            January 6, 13, 20 , 27 & February 3, 2021
                            "The Wide World of Jewish Mysticism”
                           Rabbi David L. Blumenfeld, Ph.D. was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is a graduate of
                           Brandeis University, and studied Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He received
                           his Ph.D. degree from New York University and was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree, Honoris Causa,
    from JTS. He taught courses on the subject of Jewish Mysticism at Long Island University.
    Rabbi Blumenfeld served as spiritual leader of Congregation Tifereth Israel in Glen Cove, N.Y. Afterwards, he served with distinction
    as the Founding Executive Director of the New York Holocaust Memorial Commission that created the Museum of Jewish Heritage
    in Battery Park (N.Y.C.).

    Wednesday, January 6, 2021
    “Mysticism’s Strong Influence in the Tanach”
    The realm of the mystical experience is shared worldwide and is reflected in a number of places in the Bible. It is the basis of later
    Jewish exegesis and practice on the assumption that the Torah contains a secret knowledge of the world that surrounds us. Does
    Jewish mysticism speak to us today? Does it apply to the human condition that exists in the 21st century? Discussion. All are
    welcome.

    Wednesday, January 13, 2021
    “Jewish Mysticism as Found in the Talmud”
    “Four men entered the ’Pardes’ (a mysterious orchard). They were Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, Acher and Rabbi Akiva. Ben Azzai looked
    and died; Ben Zoma looked and went mad; Acher destroyed the plants; Akiva entered in peace and departed in peace.” (Babylonian
    Talmud, Hagigah14b). From the above we learn that the study of mysticism was deemed as being somewhat dangerous. No problem
    though. “Have no fear – Rabbi Blumenfeld is here!” All welcome.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
“Messianism”
Many world religions express a hope in a future when a mysterious heroic figure will rescue the righteous, judge and defeat the
wicked, and bring about a universal peace. Hinduism Krishna; Buddhism Maitreya; Islam Mahdi; Christianity Jesus. We will focus
on Judaism’s belief in the Mashiach. What in our religion motivates such a powerful belief? Is it still relevant to us today? Discussion.

Wednesday, January 27, 2021
“Kabbalah and The Zohar”
Kabbalah is the most prominent form of Jewish mysticism. Its teachings and practice took hold in Spain during the 13th century
with the appearance of a written work called the Zohar. Its focus is a description of the divine world as it affects our world and
our own existence. In contemporary times, Kabbalah has become popularized. Why this sudden interest? How real is it?

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
“The Rise of Hasidism and Its Practice Today”
Hasidic Judaism was a spiritual revivalist movement that emerged in Eastern Europe in the 18th century. Followers of Hasidic
Judaism today (known as Hasidim, or “pious ones”) draw heavily on the Jewish mystical tradition in seeking a direct experience of
God through ecstatic prayer and other rituals that are uniquely theirs.

                        11:00AM-12:00PM
                        Dr. Haviva Langenauer
                        January 6, 13, 20, 27 & February 3, 10, 17, 24 & March 3 &10, 2021
                        "King David, his wives and children”
                        The Many Faces of King David
                        King David is difficult to understand. A shepherd boy annointed as king, remarkable poet, warrior,
                        husband, father, and suddenly sinner, adulterer, murderer, he repents and yet suffers the most tragic
                       family life. Goliath, Jonathan, Saul, Bathsheba, Nathan, Samuel, Absalom, Michal are some of the
                       characters in David's life. The story of David has been called one of the greatest single narratives
                       of antiquity. Join this discussion and discover why the Jewish people love King David so much.

Dr. Haviva Langenauer earned her B.A. from Brooklyn College, A Bachelor of Religious Education from the Jewish Theological
Seminary, and advanced degrees in science, M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Langenauer is a dedicated
member of Temple Emanu-El where she innovated numerous programs, including the Veterans History Project, and Treasures of the
Temple, a study of the Temple’s stained glass windows and Judaica.

                                                                              Are you interested in learning to
                                                                                     Read Hebrew
                                                                                     in only 6 short weeks?

                                                                   Temple Emanu-El is offering a crash course that will enable
                                                                   you to master reading skills so you can follow along with our
                                                                   services and Torah readings in Hebrew. Classes will run for
                                                                   6 consecutive Thursday nights at 7pm and will be taught by
                                                                   Renee Seal who holds a Bachelor's Degree in Jewish
                                                                   Education from McGill University and The Hebrew
                                                                   University of Jerusalem.
                                                                          Please contact the synagogue's office if you are interested.
                                                                                  Specific dates will be announced shortly.
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Rabbi’s Round Table
                                              Torah Study

                                               Mondays & Wednesdays
                                                  11am via Zoom
                                               Now through December 16th

                                        Please join Rabbi Michael Resnick as he
                                     continues the Zoom Torah Study about Genesis.

                       For Zoom information, check emails or call the Temple office at 561.832.0804

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 CULTURAL
   ARTS
                                         Cultural Arts Series
                                               Sunday, January 10, 2021
     SERIES                                              3pm
                                             Movie Defiant Requiem Showing
                                         followed by discussion with Murry Sidlin

      Murry Sidlin is President and Creative Director of The Defiant Requiem Foundation and creator of the
      concert-dramas Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín and Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer,
      and the play Mass Appeal, 1943. He began developing the film Defiant Requiem in 2006 to share the legacy
      of Terezín and its unique message of courage and hope during the Holocaust.

                                    Defiant Requiem
                                    Defiant Requiem is a feature-length  documentary film that tells the extraordinary,
                                                            Defiant Requium
                                    untold story of the brave acts of resistance by Jewish prisoners at Theresienstadt
                                    (Terezin) during World War II. The Film highlights a dramatic example of
                                    intellectural and artistic courage: the remarkable story of Rafael Schachter, a
                                    brilliant young Czech conductor who demonstrated moral leadership under
                                    brutal circumstances by sustaining hope and courage for his fellow prisoners by
                                    creating a prisoner choir and “singing to the Nazis what they dared not say.” This
                                    is a film about how a rare form of courage sparked compelling determination to
                                    survive by answering the worst of mankind with the best of mankind. Defiant
                                    Requiem was nominated for two Documentary Emmy Awards in 2014 for best
                                    writing and best feature length documentary. The film is the recipient of
                                    numerous awards and has been broadcast on PBS, BBC4, French TV and
                                    Globostat in Brazil.

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GUEST SPEAKERS SCHEDULE           (see pages 4-5)
Sunday Speaker, December 13                   Friday, February 20, 2021            Saturday, April 10, 2021
10am                                          9:15am                               9:15am
Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz                      Dr. Robert Rabil                     Randi Posner
Jewish Theological Seminary
SHABBAT SPEAKERS                              Friday, March 19, 2021 at 7pm &
Saturday, January 16, 2021                    Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 9:15am
9:15am                                        Hazzan Dr. Robert Tasat
Dr. Ori Z. Soltes

                                                                  Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 7pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE SPEAKERS SERIES (see pages 6-7)              Kristin Harmel
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 7pm
Dr. Jodi Magness                                                  Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 7pm
                                                                  Mikhal Dekel
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 7pm
Dr. Roger Ward                                                    Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 7pm
                                                                  Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 7pm
Dr. Michael Rubin                                                 Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 7pm
                                                                  Dr. Matthew Levitt

WEDNESDAY ADULT EDUCATION CLASS SCHEDULE (see pages 8-9)
December 2, 2020                            January 20, 2021                    February 24, 2021
10am Rabbi Mark Staitman                    10am Rabbi David L. Blumenfeld      10am Rabbi Mark Staitman
11am Rabbi Michael Resnick                  11am Haviva Langenauer P.h.D.       11am Haviva Langenauer P.h.D.
December 9, 2020                            January 27, 2021                    March 3, 2021
10am Rabbi Mark Staitman                    10am Rabbi David L. Blumenfeld      10am Rabbi Mark Staitman
11am Rabbi Michael Resnick                  11am Haviva Langenauer P.h.D.       11am Haviva Langenauer P.h.D.
December 16, 2020                           February 3, 2021                    March 10, 2021
10am Rabbi Mark Staitman                    10am Rabbi David L. Blumenfeld      10am Rabbi Mark Staitman
11am Rabbi Michael Resnick                  11am Haviva Langenauer P.h.D.       11am Haviva Langenauer P.h.D.
January 6, 2021                             February 10, 2021
10am Rabbi David L. Blumenfeld              10am Rabbi Mark Staitman
11am Haviva Langenauer P.h.D.               11am Haviva Langenauer P.h.D.

January 13, 2021                            February 17, 2021
10am Rabbi David L. Blumenfeld              10am Rabbi Mark Staitman
11am Haviva Langenauer P.h.D.               11am Haviva Langenauer P.h.D.
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PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33480                                                                                 West Palm Beach, FL
                                                                                                           Permit No. 1819

                                      OR CURRENT RESIDENT

                               TEMPLE EMANU-EL OF PALM BEACH
                  Rabbi Michael Resnick                     Hazzan David Feuer
            President: Steven M. Horowitz      Synagogue Administrator: David Schreier
           190 North County Road • Palm Beach, FL 33480 • T 561-832-0804 • F 561-832-0811• www.tepb.org
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