CJFS Senior Grocery Delivery
Sunday, November 14 @ 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
CJFS
Senior Grocery Delivery
TravelStorys Launch Event: Jewish Birmingham and Civil Rights with TBE and TEE
Sunday, November 14 @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Temple Beth-El and Temple Emanu-El
Join us for a “soft launch” of the Beth El Civil Rights Experiences’ Jewish Birmingham + Civil Rights audio tour! For our “soft launch” event we’ll be previewing the first five stops of the tour, which will be complete Fall 2022. And we’ll be partnering with Temple Emanu-El so that we can enjoy engaging with our history as a whole Birmingham Jewish community.
You must register for a timed slot to attend and plan to arrive at that time. We will be putting participants in groups to embark on this self-guided audio tour together. This tour will take place in downtown Birmingham and the walking route is approximately 1.5 miles round trip. Participants who register will receive a map, arrival information, and detailed instructions about accessing the audio tour before the event.
A Courageous Conversation of Healing
Tuesday, November 16 @ 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Jewish Community Relations Council
Join the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute for a courageous conversation of healing for our Birmingham Black and Jewish communities. The event will be moderated by CBS42 News reporter Sherri Jackson and feature a dialogue between BCRI Interim President and CEO, DeJuana Thompson, and Danny Cohn, CEO of the Birmingham Jewish Federation. The event will be live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube.
Lunchtime Torah Study
Wednesday, November 17 @ 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Temple Emanu-El
This Torah study meets via Zoom and will cover that week’s Torah portion. All levels are welcome.
Beit Midrash: Subversive Sequels in the Bible
Thursday, November 18 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Temple Beth-El
Rabbi Norry’s virtual Beit Midrash will focus on Judy Klitzner’s book Subversive Sequels in the Bible: How Biblical Stories Mine and Undermine Each Other. Each class will focus on a chapter of this book. The book will not be required, though students are encouraged to read along!
Threads of the Past:
Recreating Clothing of Holocaust Survivors
Thursday, November 18 @ 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Birmingham Holocaust Education Center
Heidi Damsky is a talented knitter, a devoted grandmother, and a globetrotter, well-versed in the history of the Holocaust. All of these characteristics converged serendipitously when a friend of Heidi’s shared a pattern for a very special child’s sweater. The pattern replicates a green sweater worn by Krystyna Chiger while hiding from the Nazis in the sewers of Lvov, Poland, from 1943 to 1944. Knitted by her beloved grandmother before the war, the sweater survived Krystyna’s harrowing experience, which is now housed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). Heidi knitted a beautiful replica of the sweater and generously donated it to Birmingham Holocaust Education Center’s archives.
Join us in conversation with Heidi as we explore how these beautiful pieces are teaching tools and reminders of life, hope, and the wartime Jewish experience.
Birmingham Hadassah Book Club: The Fox Hunt: A Refugee’s Memoir of Coming to America – Mohammed Al Samawi – facilitator Diane Slaughter
Sunday, November 21 @ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Birmingham Chapter of Hadassah
New participants are warmly invited.
Temple Beth-EL Sisterhood Bake Sale
Sunday, November 21 @ 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Temple Beth-El
Drive-by pick up
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service with
Southside Faith Communities
Tuesday, November 23 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Temple Beth-El
On Tuesday, November 23rd join Rabbi Norry and our Southside faith neighbors for this annual coming together in prayer. Capacity is limited and attendees are expected to follow TBE’s current COVID policy.
You can also watch the service virtually on the Temple Beth El Facebook or YouTube.
Temple Beth El is pleased to be hosting this year’s Interfaith Thanksgiving Service!
Lunchtime Torah Study
Wednesday, November 24 @ 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Temple Emanu-El
This Torah study meets via Zoom and will cover that week’s Torah portion. All levels are welcome.
45th Annual Sam Lapidus Montclair Run
Thursday, November 25 @ 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Levite Jewish Community Center
Please join us for the 45th annual Sam Lapidus Montclair Run on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 25th at the Levite Jewish Community Center. Registration is open now for this extremely fun and rewarding, family-friendly, community event.
The Sam Lapidus Montclair Run honors the short but very full life of Sam Lapidus, who died of Ewing’s sarcoma, a form of childhood cancer, in November 2008 – just nine days before his 15th birthday. Funds raised from the run will be donated to the Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s of Alabama and the Levite Jewish Community Center.