March 10-17
New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival
Tuesday, March 15, Reception 5:30 PM; Dinner & Program 7:00 PM
Friends of the IDF Annual Gala
Waldorf Astoria 301 Park Ave. NYC
Tuesday, March 15, 8:00 PM
Yifa Segal, Esq., Director of The International Legal Forum (ILF) presents an update on how the ILF is fighting BDS, the issue of labeling Israeli goods made in Judea and Samaria, and terrorism and incitement in the international arena.
The ILF is a global legal coalition dedicated to fighting the de-legitimization of Israel and promoting human rights through legislation, litigation, and position papers with the help of over 1300 members from all faiths and backgrounds throughout the world.
At the Young Israel of Hillcrest:
169-07 Jewel Avenue,
Flushing (Queens)
,
NY
Wednesday, March 16, 7:30 PM
Rochester, NY
AFSI Rochester Chapter presents: Daniel Luria from Ateret Cohanim
Topic: Reclaiming Yerushalayim.
LIGHT OF ISRAEL
1675 MONROE
AVE.
ROCHESTER NY 14618
Thursday, March 17
AFSI presents: Daniel Luria from Ateret Cohanim
Topic: Reclaiming Yerushalayim.
7:30 - 9 PM - Congregation Ohab Zedek - 118 West 95th St., NYC
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Sunday, March 20
Please donate books and magazines to the Edyth Geiger English-language library in Tsefat (Safed), Israel. Several years ago, our AFSI mission visited this unique, volunteer-run library, which serves all readers, observant to secular, in Tsefat and around the Galil. (Check out geigerlibrary.org).
The library needs current paperback fiction books printed from 2014 onward, and women's and home magazines dated 2016. You can drop off books and magazines on Sunday, March 20, 10 AM - 1 PM, at Lincoln Square Synagogue's clothing drive, 180 Amsterdam Avenue (68th Street), Manhattan.
Or you can drop them off when you come to the AFSI program on March 17th at Ohab Zedek.
AFSI member Glenn Richter is arranging transportation for the books and magazines.
Questions? Contact glennrik@aol.com.
Sunday-Tuesday, March 20-22
AIPAC Policy Conference, 2016, Washington D.C.
Wednesday, March 23, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Yossi Kuperwasser, JCPA, speaking on: "Similarities and Differences Between Antisemitism and the Contemporary Delegitimization of the Democratic Nation State of the Jewish People"
Thursday, March 24, 12:30 PM
Join AFSI along with Glenn Richter and Larry Domnitch at the UN Isaiah Wall and celebrate Purim with an outdoor MEGILLAH READING!
Sunday, March 27, 10 AM - 3 PM
"A Jew in the Newsroom"
Conference on the experience of a Jewish journalists reporting on or commenting about news involving Jewish themes (Israel, anti-Semitism, scandals in which Jews are implicated, Jewish political and financial influence, to name a few)
Noted speakers; morning and afternoon sessions with lunch
At the East Midwood Jewish Center 1625 Ocean Ave. Brooklyn, NY
Info:
718-339-0230
Monday, March 28, 8 PM
The Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University presents:
"Where do we go from here? The U.S.-Israel relationship after Obama"
614 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia U.
RSVP: iijs@columbia.edu; walk-ins ok
Wednesday, March 30, 7:30 PM (VIP entry 6:15 PM) - Boca Raton, Florida
An evening with Mosab Hassan Yousef: "Son of Hamas";
and honoring Dr. Jeffrey Zipper
Temple Beth El of Boca Raton 333 SW 4th Ave. Boca Raton, FL 33432
Thursday, March 31, 6:00 PM
Benjamin Weinthal, European Affairs Correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD); speaking on:
"Europe's Economic War on Israel:
The Role of Antisemitism in BDS and Product Labels"
Sunday, May 22, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Jerusalem Post Annual Conference
At the Marriott Marquis Hotel, NYC (West 47 St. & Broadway)
HOLD YOUR RESERVATION FOR JUNE 1-8 CHIZUK MISSION WITH $500
NON-REFUNDABLE PAYMENT DUE NOW
Come to Israel with AFSI on our Spring 2016 Chizuk Mission.
Celebrate Yom Yerushalayim in Israel with AFSI.
