CU Jewish Weekly Announcements
Friday, November 20, 2020
Candlelighting 11/20 at 4:15 pm • Shabbat ends 11/21 at 5:15 pm
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The Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation and Jewish Endowment Foundationcordially invite you to attend the
2020 Virtual Annual Campaign Dinner
Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm CT
This is a virtual Zoom event, no cost to attend.
Register online at cujf.org or call (217) 367-9872 to receive access information. RSVP required by Thursday, December 3, 2020
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Featuring our speaker: Daniel Shapiro, Champaign native and former U.S. Ambassador to Israel.
Daniel B. Shapiro is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Israel and on the National Security Council staff at the White House during the Obama Administration. He has also held numerous senior advisory positions in the U.S. Congress. His commentary and analysis is featured in numerous publications, including The Atlantic, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Haaretz, and Jerusalem Post. Daniel is a native of Champaign and his parents have been active in CUJF during many years.
Ambassador Shapiro will survey the Middle East as the United States transitions from the Trump to the Biden Administration, exploring U.S.-Israel relations, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israeli-Arab normalization, and the Iranian nuclear issue, and decisions awaiting the new administration.
Also, join us as we honor Mitch and Frances Harris for their many years of service to the Champaign-Urbana Jewish Community.
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You can purchase a delicious dinner from Michael’s Catering.
Both cRc kosher and non-kosher meals are available.
CUJF and CUJEF aid those in need, educate through scholarships and community outreach, and celebrate our Jewish culture with outreach and events.
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We will continue the conversation about food, its social and cultural aspects, and the work and lives of Hovav, Ottolenghi and Atamna-Ismaeel. This is a stand-alone event that does not require participating in the previously suggested activities. Please register to get access information.
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CU Jewish Federation and CU Jewish Endowment Foundation are excited to invite you to a musical event series with musician Zach Mayer during the week of December 6-12.
Teen Event: Pop, Hip-Hop and Rap… They Are Jewish music!
December 6 @ 1:30 pm CT
Chai Seniors Special Lunch: Nigunim, the Soul of Jewish Music
December 10 @ 12:00 pm CT
Community Celebration: Hanukkah Sing-Out Community Party
December 12 @ 7:30 pm CT
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November 16, 2020
Joint Statement of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Jewish United Fund Chicago, Illini Hillel, Hillel International, Illini Chabad, Arnold & Porter, and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
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Adult Education with Rabbi Alan
Monday @ 10:00 am
Thursday @ 12:00 pm
Rabbi Alan will be offering an adult education class twice weekly, on Mondays at 10:00 am and on Thursdays at noon. The overall topic will be the same for each of these sessions, but it is possible that some different material will arise depending on the flow of the discussion. You are encouraged to attend one or both sessions, as your schedule permits.
Recognizing that some do not have any availability to attend on weekdays, sessions will also be recorded for later viewing. The links to the recordings will be posted in the following week's email blast. All recorded Adult Education sessions can be found by clicking here for access to our Adult Education archive.
On Monday, November 23, we will discuss, "What's Jewish About Thanksgiving?" Due to the holiday, we will not meet on Thursday, November 26.
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The Interfaith Alliance of Champaign County (IFACC) will host its Fourth Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Program on Sunday, November 22. Throughout the day, members of the community are encouraged to visit the IFACC Facebook page and post thoughts and messages of gratitude. Additionally, as we prepare to celebrate and give thanks for all of the blessings we enjoy, we recognize those in our community who may be struggling. Please consider a donation at this season to CU@Home Emergency Shelters.
We will conclude the day on Zoom at 5:00 pm with an Interfaith Program of prayer and Thanksgiving.
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Camp Ben Frankel Online:
Winter Edition 2020
Save up to $49 per camper by registering early for CBF Online: Winter Edition. Registering early has multiple benefits: you get a discount and we get help with advance planning. It's a perfect win/win.
EARLY BIRD PROMOTION DETAILS
BOTH SESSIONS: $349 per camper (versus $398 regular rate)
SINGLE SESSION: $179 per camper (versus $199 regular rate)
At CBF Online: Winter Edition we'll offer chugim (Hebrew for "electives") from our catalog of summer 2020's greatest hits. We'll also introduce new winter camp chugim like Create-Your-Own-Boardgame, Science!, and Tik Tok. Campers select two chugim early week from dozens of options. Click here for more information.
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COV-Course: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Pandemic
Higher Education
November 22
Introduction:
Antoinette Burton (Professor of History and Director, Humanities Research Institute)
Speakers:
James Anderson (College of Education), Robb Lindgren (Curriculum & Instruction)
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The Nation’s Largest Yiddish Culture Festival Returns Online
December 26-30, 2020
Can’t travel over winter break? Yiddish New York, this country’s largest Yiddish culture festival, is going online this year from December 26-30! YNY offers daytime educational and arts workshops, evening concerts, and a visual arts exhibition. Be part of this amazing intergenerational community, local and international, with plenty of programs for young, old, and everyone in between.
Do you play an instrument, any instrument, and want to give klezmer a try? Consider signing up for “New 2 Klezmer” with violinist Abigale Reisman. Don’t play an instrument? No worries. Offerings range from “Folklore of Jewish Holidays” and “The Lost World of African-American Cantors” to “1000 Jewish Cookbooks” and “Wexology,” with brilliant Yiddish humorist Michael Wex.
And there’s more! Check out the great selection of dance classes, Yiddish song classes (knowledge of Yiddish not required), and Yiddish language classes. Lunchtime and evening concerts feature the best of the best. For those who saw Veretski Pass here in October 2019, you’ll have an opportunity to see Cookie and Josh perform again at YNY.
Participants can register a la carte or for the whole Yiddish New York experience. Special festival pass rates are available for kids, teens, and scholarship recipients. For more information, contact Frances Harris at franceyfidl at gmail.com.
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Free Chair Yoga Class
RESTORE: Chair Yoga and Mindfulness with Robin
In stressful times your body, mind and spirit deserve a chance to feel restored. Robin Goettel invites you to free weekly yoga and mindfulness sessions, sponsored this month by The Urbana Free Library.
Take 15-20 minutes at your own convenient time to calm and re-center with gentle stretching and meditation. Wear comfortable clothing and plan to be seated in a chair (preferably firm) that has no arms. This relaxing practice requires no special equipment and can be adapted to your own abilities.
These events can be viewed on the Library's Facebook page and will continue to be viewable after each session.
Click here to watch the first session.
Robin is a certified Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga instructor and has practiced and studied a variety of styles of yoga for 40 years. She also participated in the UI Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy course. She has a passion for promoting health and wellness and teaches chair yoga throughout the CU area.
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Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation seeks to represent a variety of views and opinions on subjects of interest to the extremely diverse and well-educated community of which it is a part. The events announced and the views presented do not necessarily represent the opinion of CUJF, its officers, board, or members of the Champaign-Urbana Jewish community.
Your support helps us continue our mission to serve the Jewish Community! Please send donations and land mail to CUJF's mailing address: Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation, 503 E. John St., Champaign, IL 61820.
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