Birmingham Jewish Federation Women’s Philanthropy announces plans for an unforgettable four-night Women’s Mission to Havana, Cuba, where we will meet and learn about the vibrant Jewish community, explore Cuba’s deep historical roots and unique cultural traditions.The trip is open to Women’s Philanthropy Lion of Judah and Pomegranate members only.
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Community wide Mishloach Manot Project at Temple Emanu-El Our Gail and Jeffrey Bayer Family Religious School of Temple Emanu-El strives to provide students with meaningful and positive experiences that promote a passion for lifelong Jewish learning and living. Program Overview: Our Religious School is centered on Building Community, Tefillah, Hebrew, Judaic study, and Ahavat Yisrael – Love of Israel. Religious School Hours: K – 3rd grade Sundays 9:30 – 12:00 4th – 6th grade Sundays 9:30 – 12:00 & Wednesdays 3:45 – 5:15 7th grade Sundays 9:30 – 12:00 & Cantor appointments for B/M training Learn more and register at Gail & Jeffrey Bayer Religious School: K-7 – Temple Emanu-El
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Join us for our annual Purim Spiel performed by the 7th grade Religious School Class, followed by a fun carnival! We will also have a community mishloach manot project for our Kesher students! 9:30 AM - Religious School 10:30 AM - Purim Spiel 11:00 AM - Purim Carnival
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Get in the Purim spirit with You Belong in Birmingham! Isa Dorsky will be showing us how to make delicious hamantaschen and snacks and drinks will be provided. *RSVP to rivac@bjf.org for location
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NEMJDS monthly executive board meeting. Co-presidents: Sarah Kunin & Valerie Thompson |
5 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
Held virtually to accommodate your demanding role, our groups create community and provide emotional support while offering guidance and strategies to cope with stress, manage difficult behaviors, and prioritize self-care. Click here for more information.
Free
Join us for for a hands-on quilting class led by Bib & Tucker Sew-Op. Throughout the 4-week course, participants will help create a Levite JCC community quilt which will be proudly displayed in our building. No prior quilting experience is needed, and all materials are included in the class fee. $75 for members $100 for non-members |
4 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
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The AHEC invites you to join us for the second screening of our 13th annual Holocaust in Film Series: Rescue, Escape and Liberation, sponsored by the Perlman Donor Advised Fund. On March 3rd at Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema, we will screen the award-winning classic film “Life is Beautiful.” This film explores how Jewish parents during the Holocaust struggled to shield their children from Nazi brutality and how all Jewish individuals found ways to mentally and emotionally escape the brutality and deprivations they experienced in concentration camps, labor camps, and ghettos. Following the screening, Michele Forman—a second-generation Survivor, award-winning documentarian, and UAB media studies professor—will lead a discussion about the film to deepen audience understanding of the various ways people escaped or found freedom during the Holocaust. Tickets are $10 per person. Buy your tickets today!
$10
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4 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
The largest section of the TaNaKh, our most central Jewish text, is Nevi’im, the Prophets. In the numerous books of this section, we encounter the prophets of our tradition. The prophets in this text are passionate and moral people who desperately want to pass the word of God onto the Israelite people. The task of these figures is to be a compelling microphone of God, and help the chosen people find the best way to live according to God’s laws. Each prophet strives to make the world a better place. In the course, we will dive deeply into the Prophets, learning how to apply the text to our modern lives as well as examining the text itself through a lens on the Hebrew and commentary.
Free
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4 events,
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Monet to Matisse: French Moderns at Birmingham Museum of Art
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
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For those interested in deepening their Jewish learning or converting to Judaism. Class will be in-person on Thursdays at Temple Beth El, approx. two times each month. Begins August 7th 2025. $180/individual and $300/couples
$180.00
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NEMJDS monthly board meeting. Co-presidents: Sarah Kunin & Valerie Thompson |
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2 events,
Join TBE’s Intentional Walking Village on the first Saturday of every month. Participants are invited to meet in the upper parking lot, and can join for all or part of the walk. More exercise Questions? Reach out to sheribkrell@gmail.com or eitaliaander@gmail.com |
2 events,Our Gail and Jeffrey Bayer Family Religious School of Temple Emanu-El strives to provide students with meaningful and positive experiences that promote a passion for lifelong Jewish learning and living. Program Overview: Our Religious School is centered on Building Community, Tefillah, Hebrew, Judaic study, and Ahavat Yisrael – Love of Israel. Religious School Hours: K – 3rd grade Sundays 9:30 – 12:00 4th – 6th grade Sundays 9:30 – 12:00 & Wednesdays 3:45 – 5:15 7th grade Sundays 9:30 – 12:00 & Cantor appointments for B/M training Learn more and register at Gail & Jeffrey Bayer Religious School: K-7 – Temple Emanu-El
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Experience a preview of Resetting the Table’s “Community Speaking Across Conflict” workshop, hosted by the Jewish Community Relations Council. Resetting the Table is a nationally renowned organization that “equips and activates leaders from across American life to transform toxic political divides.” Following the success of our April 2025 workshop, we’re excited to welcome Resetting the Table back to Birmingham this spring (April 15–16) to engage both new and returning participants in meaningful conversation across political difference. At this March 8 preview workshop, participants will learn more about Resetting the Table, hear from community members who have previously taken part in the training, and participate in an interactive activity designed to build skills for more constructive dialogue across difference. Brunch included. RSVP at https://ourtemple.shulcloud.com/form/reset2026
Free
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2 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
Held virtually to accommodate your demanding role, our groups create community and provide emotional support while offering guidance and strategies to cope with stress, manage difficult behaviors, and prioritize self-care. Click here for more information.
Free
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3 events,"See how food goes from donation to delivery by helping us sort and inspect donated food items, prepare the sorted product for our agency partners, and assemble food boxes for our programs." -Community Foodbank of Central Alabama Join CJFS volunteers every 2nd Tuesday of the month from 9-11am to help close the meal gap. "Over 246,000 of our neighbors and 68,000 children in central Alabama live in homes without access to adequate food (2023 numbers). That’s 1 in 5 children and 1 in 6 people who experience hunger regularly. Additionally, many children fall within the meal gap – they do not qualify for federal nutrition aid (SNAP), and they would fall through the cracks without help from the Community Food Bank."-https://feedingal.org/find-food-near-you/ CJFS and the Jewish community are ready to step it up and show our support to the foodbank and our neighbors who face food insecurity. Please contact caleigh@cjfsbham.org with interest and questions.
Free
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
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A lighthearted but deep dive into mitzvot: Are they divine commandments, cultural practices, or spiritual tools? Learn alongside members of the LJCC and Birmingham community in this conversational talk with Rabbi Friedman. While there is a specific monthly theme, Rabbi Friedman is open to any and all questions about Jews and Judaism.
Free
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5 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
The largest section of the TaNaKh, our most central Jewish text, is Nevi’im, the Prophets. In the numerous books of this section, we encounter the prophets of our tradition. The prophets in this text are passionate and moral people who desperately want to pass the word of God onto the Israelite people. The task of these figures is to be a compelling microphone of God, and help the chosen people find the best way to live according to God’s laws. Each prophet strives to make the world a better place. In the course, we will dive deeply into the Prophets, learning how to apply the text to our modern lives as well as examining the text itself through a lens on the Hebrew and commentary.
Free
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2 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
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3 events,
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
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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.
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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
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Tot Shabbat with Robin Berger & Shabbat B'yachad with Rabbi Matt Dreffin. Lunch immediately following |
5 events,Our Gail and Jeffrey Bayer Family Religious School of Temple Emanu-El strives to provide students with meaningful and positive experiences that promote a passion for lifelong Jewish learning and living. Program Overview: Our Religious School is centered on Building Community, Tefillah, Hebrew, Judaic study, and Ahavat Yisrael – Love of Israel. Religious School Hours: K – 3rd grade Sundays 9:30 – 12:00 4th – 6th grade Sundays 9:30 – 12:00 & Wednesdays 3:45 – 5:15 7th grade Sundays 9:30 – 12:00 & Cantor appointments for B/M training Learn more and register at Gail & Jeffrey Bayer Religious School: K-7 – Temple Emanu-El
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PJ Library, NEMJDS and LJCC preschool event for ages 2yrs - Pre-K. Join us for a fun and engaging preschool seder with a special haggadah, candy and lots of singing.
Free
CJFS is celebrating our 6-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!
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This 90-minute, in-person gathering invites you to slow down and honor a loss or adversity of any kind, personal or collective. Using flowers, leaves, and natural materials, we’ll create small mandalas as a way to honor and reflect on what we've lost or lived through.
Free
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3 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
Held virtually to accommodate your demanding role, our groups create community and provide emotional support while offering guidance and strategies to cope with stress, manage difficult behaviors, and prioritize self-care. Click here for more information.
Free
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Join us for a night of storytelling with Dara Kosberg and our very own, Rebecca Rothman. More about Dara's story, "Homecoming:" Dara is on the adventure of her life studying art in Australia when she gets that call-- her mom is dying, and she has to come home. Suddenly, their already difficult mother/daughter relationship becomes a lot more complicated. How do you make amends with a dead mom? What follows is a winding journey through the awkward, painful, unexpectedly hilarious process of finding yourself again after loss. More about Rebecca's story, "Gifted:" We spend our lives trying to figure out exactly who we are. Some things we get from our families, and some things are purely us, right? Join comedian and storyteller Becca on a journey about a surprise gift that changed everything as she knew it. This is a hilarious and gripping adventure about growing up and the mysteries that we discover - and sometimes even solve - along the way.
$20
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3 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
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The AHEC invites you to join us for the third screening of our 13th annual Holocaust in Film Series: Rescue, Escape, and Liberation, sponsored by the Perlman Donor Advised Fund. On March 17, at Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema, we will screen the powerful and deeply moving documentary “No Place on Earth.” Based on the memoir of Holocaust survivor Esther Stermer, this documentary tells the shocking story of three Jewish families—38 people in total—who escaped the Nazis and survived the Holocaust by hiding in a cave in Ukraine. Following the screening, Michele Forman—a second-generation Survivor, award-winning documentarian, and UAB media studies professor—will lead a discussion about the film to deepen audience understanding of the extreme strength and sacrifices needed to escape the Nazi regime and survive the Holocaust, as well as the role documentaries must play in preserving Holocaust memory. Tickets are $10 per person. Purchase your tickets today!
$10
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5 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
The largest section of the TaNaKh, our most central Jewish text, is Nevi’im, the Prophets. In the numerous books of this section, we encounter the prophets of our tradition. The prophets in this text are passionate and moral people who desperately want to pass the word of God onto the Israelite people. The task of these figures is to be a compelling microphone of God, and help the chosen people find the best way to live according to God’s laws. Each prophet strives to make the world a better place. In the course, we will dive deeply into the Prophets, learning how to apply the text to our modern lives as well as examining the text itself through a lens on the Hebrew and commentary.
Free
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A panel with CJFS will speak on navigating caregiving for children and parents for those adults in the "sandwich generation" for the community Please join Tammi Calwell-Horn and Dalia Abrams for the newest TBE Village: the Rosh Hodesh Circle, based on materials published by At The Well (link to https://www.atthewellproject.com/). At each evening meeting we will explore the themes of the month through meditation, crafting projects, movement/dance, torah study and food. No experience necessary. Meetings will be monthly, on Rosh Hodesh (so days of the week will vary), at our homes. So, please join us for sisterly bonding through the Jewish wisdom of our ancestresses. All who identify as sisters are welcome. |
3 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
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For those interested in deepening their Jewish learning or converting to Judaism. Class will be in-person on Thursdays at Temple Beth El, approx. two times each month. Begins August 7th 2025. $180/individual and $300/couples
$180.00
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2 events,
Join CJFS, LJCC, local clergy, and community members to welcome Shabbat through a daytime multigenerational service and lunch. RSVP to caleigh@cjfsbham.org or 205-278-7101 to be included in lunch, sponsored by the LJCC. Transportation volunteers needed, please contact Caleigh.
Free
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Join your Birmingham Hadassah Zoom book club as we delve into the intricacies of one special book a month. This month's book: We Should All Be Birds by Brian Buckbee. For more book information and the zoom link contact Sherrie Grunfeld 205-249-7154.
Free
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2 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
Held virtually to accommodate your demanding role, our groups create community and provide emotional support while offering guidance and strategies to cope with stress, manage difficult behaviors, and prioritize self-care. Click here for more information.
Free
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1 event,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
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1 event,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
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2 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
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1 event,
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Join Rabbi Wright &/or Cantor Wittner for a light hike and Shabbat service at Birmingham Botanical Gardens |
1 event, |
3 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
Held virtually to accommodate your demanding role, our groups create community and provide emotional support while offering guidance and strategies to cope with stress, manage difficult behaviors, and prioritize self-care. Click here for more information.
Free
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2 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
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The AHEC invites you to join us for the final screening of our 13th annual Holocaust in Film Series: Rescue, Escape, and Liberation, sponsored by the Perlman Donor Advised Fund. On March 31 at Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema, we will screen the emotional and thought-provoking film “Everything is Illuminated." The film follows Jonathan, whose grandfather was a Holocaust survivor, as he struggles to uncover his family’s history and learn the lessons this history has to teach him. As Jonathan’s journey unfolds, the story asks what escape or liberation truly means to those who survived the Holocaust yet remain haunted by memories of their trauma and immense losses. Following the screening, Michele Forman—a second-generation Survivor, award-winning documentarian, and UAB media studies professor—will lead a discussion about the film to deepen audience understanding of the struggles survivors and the descendants of survivors continue to face, as well as how we can work together to build a better and brighter future. Tickets are $10 per person. Purchase your tickets today!
$10
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2 events,
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
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3 events,The Office of the Birmingham Jewish Federation & Foundation will Closed for Passover
Providing group respite care for people living with memory and/or movement disorders while giving caregivers a much-needed break. Click here for more information.
$45
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Adult Temple Members - $36 Adult Non-Temple Members - $45 Children 9 and Under - Free! Special thanks to the Karen & Joel Piassick Programming Fund for making this event possible. |
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3 events,
Join TBE’s Intentional Walking Village on the first Saturday of every month. Participants are invited to meet in the upper parking lot, and can join for all or part of the walk. More exercise Questions? Reach out to sheribkrell@gmail.com or eitaliaander@gmail.com
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Join Rabbi Wright &/or Cantor Wittner for a light hike and Shabbat service at Birmingham Botanical Gardens |
