Café L'mida
Invites you to join us for

Electricity... From Amber to Edison
A presentation on the understanding and 
harnessing of electrical energy by Rick Sheffer

Sunday, September 25 at 3:30 PM


This presentation takes the audience through the discoveries that resulted in the invention of electromechanical devices, such as the electro-magnet, electric motor, the telegraph, telephone and the electrical system we enjoy today.

Refreshments and babysitting will be available for a low cost. Reservations are required for planning purposes. To RSVP please contact (574) 233-1164. You can also contact Monika by email to [email protected] for more information.
Rosh HaShanah Lunch
Wednesday, September 28
12:00 to 1:00 PM

Join us for our September High Holiday and Birthday Lunch. We'll be celebrating the fall holidays with round raisin challah, apples 'n' honey, honey cake, and other traditional dishes. Our entertainment for our lunch will be the musical talents of Don and Mike lerman.

Cost for this lunch is $5 per person. RSVPs are requested for this, and all programs held at the Jewish Federation. You can make a reservation by calling 574-233-1164 or emailing [email protected]. 
Save the Date! 
April 22 - May 1, 2018

Travel to Israel with the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, Temple Beth-El, and Sinai Synagogue - you'll be so glad you did.
We will experience Israel through the lens of the arts, culture, and great food. Of course the amazing sights and sounds of this incredible country will be on the agenda also.

More details to come. If you're interested, please call or e-mail Ben Davis at 574-233-1164 x102 or [email protected] .


In Case You Missed It

On Wednesday evening PBS aired the Ken Burns documentary 
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War.  You can view the documentary by visiting  www.pbs.org/video/2365845819/ .

Our local WNIT station hosted a panel discussion on this documentary, and invited our Executive Director Ben Davis and our Community Relations Committee Director Bob Feferman to join. You can view the panel discussion with them, and other local faith leaders at
A note from our friends at Notre Dame

Notre Dame Welcomes 
Professor Pól Ó Dochartaigh
Registar and Deputy President of the
National University of Ireland, Galway.
Friday, September 23 at 3:00 PM
McKenna Hall Room 100

Prof Ó Dochartaigh will discuss six autobiographies, written by, among others, a Belfast-born President of Israel (Chaim Herzog), a Cork-born literary editor and novelist (David Marcus), and a Dublin-born Zionist IRA man (Robert Briscoe). These works contain significant reflections on what it means to be both Irish and Jewish and his talk will consider their accounts in the context of ever-evolving Irish identity.

Sponsored by the Department of History, the Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures, and the Centre for the Study of Languages and Cultures at Notre Dame University, the lecture will be chaired by Prof. Tzvi Novick, Abrams Chair of Jewish Thought and Culture. It takes place at 3pm in McKenna Hall Room 100.

Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley
574-233-1164 | www.thejewishfed.org