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Birmingham Jewish Federation & Foundation Community Grants Meeting
Birmingham Jewish Federation & Foundation Community Grants Meeting
Grants Committee Meeting to review community grant applications.
5 events,
Women’s Philanthropy Community Service Program – Food Bank
Women’s Philanthropy Community Service Program – Food Bank
Women's Philanthropy Community Service Program - Food Bank
Spousal Loss Grief Support Group
Spousal Loss Grief Support Group
CJFS and Community Grief Support partner to facilitate an 8-week Spousal Loss Grief Support Group. The group closes to new participants after the second session on February 26. Snacks and waters provided. Registration required Caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101.
Hebrew School – TEE
Hebrew School – TEE
4th, 5th, & 6th Grade Hebrew School As students begin 4th grade, we teach Hebrew through prayer. We focus on strengthening their decoding skills (mainly in 4th grade), Hebrew vocabulary within the prayers, and the themes, concepts, and meaning of different prayers during Tefillah on Sundays and Wednesdays. Our goal is to help develop our students’ capability to participate in Jewish prayer services. In 5th and 6th grade, students begin mastering the Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) and Shabbat morning prayers that they will chant for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah services.
Torah on Tap
Torah on Tap
Join us for Torah on Tap! Each month, we’ll meet at a different local brewery for socializing and learning with Rabbi Steven Henkin of Temple Beth-El. First round is on us! Please contact Rabbi Henkin at rabbihenkin@templebeth-el.net for specifics about each month’s topic.
1 event,
Kesher
Kesher
Kesher: A Jewish Teen Experience for teens 8th through 12th Grades The Kesher program promotes community learning for our High School students in grades 8th – 12th. The students get to know each other by meeting twice a month, for twelve sessions, beginning in October, at the N. E. Miles Jewish Day School to share dinner and learn. During each session, students will participate in an elective class along with an all-group content-based activity. Each elective will be a current topic of interest. In addition, students will participate in two community mitzvah projects to be done on a Sunday. The students will be part of the decision about what they will do. We also hope to take a community trip if possible.
4 events,
CJFS-LJCC HOP daytime Shabbat service
CJFS-LJCC HOP daytime Shabbat service
Join CJFS, LJCC, and community members to welcome Shabbat through this daytime multigenerational service and lunch. RSVP to caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101 to be included in lunch, sponsored by the LJCC. Volunteers welcome, please contact Caleigh.
Farewell Shabbat for Danny Cohn
Farewell Shabbat for Danny Cohn
Please RSVP by March 3rd to: federation@bjf.org Those wishing to make donations in Danny's honor, can do so to: The Birmingham Jewish Foundation Jewish Camp Scholarship Fund
Musical Shabbat Ruach
Musical Shabbat Ruach
5:15 - “Pre-neg” - Enjoy a drink and enter the service feeling relaxed, closer to one another, and truly at home. 5:45 - Kabbalat Shabbat - Welcome the joy and beauty of Shabbat with an intimate, song-filled service.
Prayer Gathering for the Release of Captives – TEE
Prayer Gathering for the Release of Captives – TEE
It is a custom in Judaism to pray for the release of captives. On Friday evenings, we will gather in the Hess Chapel to read the over 200 names we have of those being held since October 7, and offer a prayer for their release. All are welcome.
3 events,
Love, Pray, & Eat Shabbat Service – TEE
Love, Pray, & Eat Shabbat Service – TEE
Join us for our new once-a-month Shabbat morning experience at Temple Emanu-El, Love, Pray, & Eat! The Rabbi &/or Cantor will lead this casual Saturday morning service focusing on lessons from the Torah. Our worship will be interactive, engaging, and uplifting. A delicious catered lunch will follow the service. 10:00 AM - Shabbat service in Hess Chapel Followed by a catered lunch in Weil Hall. RSVP to Jan Hirsch, 972-358-6399 or cookiemom88@gmail.com
Tot Shabbat with Robin Berger
Tot Shabbat with Robin Berger
Families with children aged 5 and younger are invited to join us at 10:30 am on the 2nd Saturday of every month in the Halpern-Levitt KidZone for a fun and interactive musical Shabbat service, followed by a kid friendly kiddush lunch. September 14 - Rosh Hashanah Tot Shabbat November 9 – Thanksgiving Tot Shabbat December 14 – Chanukah Tot Shabbat January 11 – Dino Tot Shabbat February 8 – Tu B'Shevat Tot Shabbat March 8 – Animals Tot Shabbat May 10 – “Princess/Superhero” Tot Shabbat
Shabbat B’yachad with Rabbi Matt Dreffin
Shabbat B’yachad with Rabbi Matt Dreffin
Shabbat prayers, music, and learning for 3rd to 6th graders and their families.
3 events,
Purim Celebration – TEE
Purim Celebration – TEE
10:30 AM - Purim Spiel 11:00 AM - Purim Carnival All ages are invited and welcome! Put on a costume and join us for some Purim fun!
Movie-Talk Village: Menashe
Movie-Talk Village: Menashe
We are viewing the film Menashe, followed by a discussion. Potluck nosh.
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6 events,
N.E. Miles Jewish Day School Campaign!
N.E. Miles Jewish Day School campaign. Stay tuned for additional information
CJFS HOP field trip to AHEC
CJFS HOP field trip to AHEC
Join Collat Jewish Family Services Honor Our Parents for a field trip to the Alabama Holocaust Education Center. What is Honor Our Parents? Also known as HOP, Honor Our Parents is outreach programming with a special focus on persons of retirement age. HOP strives to include all individuals but especially persons who may live in retirement facilities, may be homebound, or reside alone. Volunteers needed to help with transportation.
Questions with the Rabbi
Questions with the Rabbi
Do you have questions about Jewish law, tradition, or history? Join Rabbi Yossi Friedman for an open conversation about all things Jewish as part of our new lunchtime series that explores pretty much whatever you've ever wanted to know about the world of Judaism. Complimentary tickets include lunch. RSVP Here
Israel after a Year of War: External Enemies, Internal Strife and No End in Sight
Israel after a Year of War: External Enemies, Internal Strife and No End in Sight
Join Times of Israel political correspondent Sam Sokol to discuss how Israel is managing a year into its most brutal war in decades. While tens of thousands of Israelis remain displaced and more young men die in combat in Gaza and Lebanon, Israelis have turned on each other, fighting political battles over hostage deals, ultra-Orthodox enlistment and the morality of war. It is a confusing time, even for Israelis, and Sokol is here to answer all your questions as Israel enters its second year of war. RSVP to monika@ourtemple.org
5 events,
Spousal Loss Grief Support Group
Spousal Loss Grief Support Group
CJFS and Community Grief Support partner to facilitate an 8-week Spousal Loss Grief Support Group. The group closes to new participants after the second session on February 26. Snacks and waters provided. Registration required Caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101.
Hebrew School – TEE
Hebrew School – TEE
4th, 5th, & 6th Grade Hebrew School As students begin 4th grade, we teach Hebrew through prayer. We focus on strengthening their decoding skills (mainly in 4th grade), Hebrew vocabulary within the prayers, and the themes, concepts, and meaning of different prayers during Tefillah on Sundays and Wednesdays. Our goal is to help develop our students’ capability to participate in Jewish prayer services. In 5th and 6th grade, students begin mastering the Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) and Shabbat morning prayers that they will chant for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah services.
Intro to Judaism
Intro to Judaism
For those interested in deepening their Jewish learning or converting to Judaism. Class runs annually, beginning each fall.
3 events,
Interfaith Grandparenting Lunch – TEE
Interfaith Grandparenting Lunch – TEE
Join us for lunch as we discuss various topics we may tackle in interfaith relationships with our children, grandchildren, or others.
8 events,
CJFS Senior Grocery Initiative (SGI) community service: unload and pack groceries
CJFS Senior Grocery Initiative (SGI) community service: unload and pack groceries
If you are looking for community service that is quick and efficient, then you've come to the right place! Join CJFS volunteers to *unload and pack groceries for Sunday SGI delivery day. Please contact Caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101 to join the SGI signup genius email list. Corporations and groups welcome. Typical volunteer need: 10-12 individuals. Youth 6+ welcome. *Do you have a truck or large vehicle and want to help transport grocery boxes from Community Foodbank of Central Alabama (Homewood) to our CARES site (Cahaba Heights)? Please let Caleigh know! Todah rabah
Tot Shabbat – TEE
Tot Shabbat – TEE
Join us for a fun Shabbat service with Cantor Wittner and Elizabeth Bloch followed by a yummy pizza dinner and play time in our play room! RSVP for dinner to kathryn@ourtemple.org.
Prayer Gathering for the Release of Captives – TEE
Prayer Gathering for the Release of Captives – TEE
It is a custom in Judaism to pray for the release of captives. On Friday evenings, we will gather in the Hess Chapel to read the over 200 names we have of those being held since October 7, and offer a prayer for their release. All are welcome.
Shabbat Family Service – TEE
Shabbat Family Service – TEE
Join us for a fun Shabbat Family Service with our 5th & 6th grade Religious School students followed by a yummy oneg!
1 event,
6 events,
Birmingham Hadassah Book Club – New Members Always Welcome
Birmingham Hadassah Book Club – New Members Always Welcome
Zoom event - Discussion of The Women by Kristen Hannah
CJFS Senior Grocery Initiative Delivery Day
CJFS Senior Grocery Initiative Delivery Day
CJFS is celebrating our 5-year partnership with Community Foodbank of Central Alabama to provide The Senior Grocery Initiative food deliveries directly to client's doorsteps. One Sunday a month, volunteer's transport groceries and have the opportunity to provide a wellness visit! Please contact Caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101 to complete volunteer intake & receive the signup genius emails. Todah rabah Shift 1 2-3 volunteers needed 11:50-1:15 to transfer groceries into delivery volunteers vehicles Shift 2 Volunteers sign up for as few or as many deliveries as they are interested in. Pickup opens at 12:15 and ends at 1:15. Volunteers have opportunity to provide a friendly visit during delivery--friendships encouraged!
TEE Sisterhood Mezuzah Class
TEE Sisterhood Mezuzah Class
Sisterhood will be in a professional artist's studio to learn to make a glow-in-the-dark fused glass mezuzah
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1 event,
6 events,
Spousal Loss Grief Support Group
Spousal Loss Grief Support Group
CJFS and Community Grief Support partner to facilitate an 8-week Spousal Loss Grief Support Group. The group closes to new participants after the second session on February 26. Snacks and waters provided. Registration required Caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101.
Southern Jewish Voices
Southern Jewish Voices
Southern Jewish Voices present stories about Jewish life in Birmingham. The program is presented through a series of interviews conducted in front of a live audience. Videos of all sessions are archived online.
Hebrew School – TEE
Hebrew School – TEE
4th, 5th, & 6th Grade Hebrew School As students begin 4th grade, we teach Hebrew through prayer. We focus on strengthening their decoding skills (mainly in 4th grade), Hebrew vocabulary within the prayers, and the themes, concepts, and meaning of different prayers during Tefillah on Sundays and Wednesdays. Our goal is to help develop our students’ capability to participate in Jewish prayer services. In 5th and 6th grade, students begin mastering the Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) and Shabbat morning prayers that they will chant for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah services.
BJF Executive Committee Meeting
BJF Executive Committee Meeting
Bi-Monthly Meeting of The Birmingham Jewish Federation's Executive Committee
3 events,
Kesher
Kesher
Kesher: A Jewish Teen Experience for teens 8th through 12th Grades The Kesher program promotes community learning for our High School students in grades 8th – 12th. The students get to know each other by meeting twice a month, for twelve sessions, beginning in October, at the N. E. Miles Jewish Day School to share dinner and learn. During each session, students will participate in an elective class along with an all-group content-based activity. Each elective will be a current topic of interest. In addition, students will participate in two community mitzvah projects to be done on a Sunday. The students will be part of the decision about what they will do. We also hope to take a community trip if possible.
2 events,
Prayer Gathering for the Release of Captives – TEE
Prayer Gathering for the Release of Captives – TEE
It is a custom in Judaism to pray for the release of captives. On Friday evenings, we will gather in the Hess Chapel to read the over 200 names we have of those being held since October 7, and offer a prayer for their release. All are welcome.
1 event,
2 events,
Women’s League Conservative Judaism Regional Convention
Women's League Conservative Judaism Regional Convention
2 events,
Spousal Loss Grief Support Group
Spousal Loss Grief Support Group
CJFS and Community Grief Support partner to facilitate an 8-week Spousal Loss Grief Support Group. The group closes to new participants after the second session on February 26. Snacks and waters provided. Registration required Caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101.
Intro to Judaism
Intro to Judaism
For those interested in deepening their Jewish learning or converting to Judaism. Class runs annually, beginning each fall.
0 events,
1 event,
Prayer Gathering for the Release of Captives – TEE
Prayer Gathering for the Release of Captives – TEE
It is a custom in Judaism to pray for the release of captives. On Friday evenings, we will gather in the Hess Chapel to read the over 200 names we have of those being held since October 7, and offer a prayer for their release. All are welcome.
1 event,
Shabbat Hike – TEE
Shabbat Hike – TEE
Join Rabbi Wright &/or Cantor Wittner for a light hike and Shabbat service at Red Mountain Park.
2 events,
Bubbie’s STEM Kitchen – Candy Seder
Bubbie’s STEM Kitchen – Candy Seder
PJ Library and NEMJDS preschool event for ages 2 – 5 years old. Experience a Passover seder with candy, a unique preschool haggadah, coloring, singing and a lot of fun!
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2 events,
Community Speaking Across Conflict with Resetting the Table (hosted by the JCRC)
Community Speaking Across Conflict with Resetting the Table (hosted by the JCRC)
Resetting the Table (RTT)—a nationally-renowned organization that “equips and activates leaders from all corners of American life to transform toxic political divides and build a shared future”—is coming to Birmingham. The Birmingham Jewish Federation and Jewish Community Relations Council are hosting, and would love for YOU to apply for a seat at the table. Applications are due February 24th. Who it’s for: We’re seeking an ideologically and politically diverse group of participants who are passionate about gaining, practicing, and sharing relationship- and community-building skills. Whether you’re wanting to connect with your children, parents, coworkers, friends or fellow Jews around Israel, US politics or something else, this workshop is for you. Resetting the Table’s celebrated workshop offers communication skill-building for charged conversations and a forum for dialogue across disagreement. Participants will exchange views and experiences, surface differences and commonalities, and practice engaging differences directly and constructively. The workshop builds community capacity to explore disagreements while strengthening relationships, trust, learning, and collaboration.
TRIGGERED: FROM COMBAT TO CAMPUS
TRIGGERED: FROM COMBAT TO CAMPUS
Join Students Supporting Israel, a student-led club at UA, for a special program on April 1! See the flyer for details.
4 events,
Spousal Loss Grief Support Group
Spousal Loss Grief Support Group
CJFS and Community Grief Support partner to facilitate an 8-week Spousal Loss Grief Support Group. The group closes to new participants after the second session on February 26. Snacks and waters provided. Registration required Caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101.
Professional Development Communication Skill Building with Resetting the Table (hosted by the JCRC)
Professional Development Communication Skill Building with Resetting the Table (hosted by the JCRC)
This two-part skill-focused workshop provides community leaders and professionals with tools to build a culture of productive dialogue on charged political issues even in the face of strong differences. Participants will exchange views and experiences, and practice the communication skills of Following Meaning and Demonstrating Understanding to help address disagreement constructively. The workshop will be practice-based and experiential, teaching skills that can be used in political conversations and other areas of difference or divides, including, but not limited to, in conversations about Israel. This full-day workshop includes lunch. Contact Margaret at margaretn@bjf.org for more details.
Hebrew School – TEE
Hebrew School – TEE
4th, 5th, & 6th Grade Hebrew School As students begin 4th grade, we teach Hebrew through prayer. We focus on strengthening their decoding skills (mainly in 4th grade), Hebrew vocabulary within the prayers, and the themes, concepts, and meaning of different prayers during Tefillah on Sundays and Wednesdays. Our goal is to help develop our students’ capability to participate in Jewish prayer services. In 5th and 6th grade, students begin mastering the Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) and Shabbat morning prayers that they will chant for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah services.
Torah on Tap
Torah on Tap
Join us for Torah on Tap! Each month, we’ll meet at a different local brewery for socializing and learning with Rabbi Steven Henkin of Temple Beth-El. First round is on us! Please contact Rabbi Henkin at rabbihenkin@templebeth-el.net for specifics about each month’s topic.
5 events,
CJFS-LJCC HOP daytime Shabbat service
CJFS-LJCC HOP daytime Shabbat service
Join CJFS, LJCC, and community members to welcome Shabbat through this daytime multigenerational service and lunch. RSVP to caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101 to be included in lunch, sponsored by the LJCC. Volunteers welcome, please contact Caleigh.
Tot Shabbat – TEE
Tot Shabbat – TEE
Join us for a fun Shabbat service with Cantor Wittner and Elizabeth Bloch followed by a yummy pizza dinner and play time in our play room! RSVP for dinner to kathryn@ourtemple.org.
Musical Shabbat Ruach
Musical Shabbat Ruach
5:15 - “Pre-neg” - Enjoy a drink and enter the service feeling relaxed, closer to one another, and truly at home. 5:45 - Kabbalat Shabbat - Welcome the joy and beauty of Shabbat with an intimate, song-filled service.
Prayer Gathering for the Release of Captives – TEE
Prayer Gathering for the Release of Captives – TEE
It is a custom in Judaism to pray for the release of captives. On Friday evenings, we will gather in the Hess Chapel to read the over 200 names we have of those being held since October 7, and offer a prayer for their release. All are welcome.