Calendar for the week of Aug. 5, 2011

Aug. 7
Colel Chabad breakfast
COLEL CHABAD, the social welfare arm of Chabad in Israel is holding its 27th annual benefit breakfast at the home of Adam & Arielle Parkoff, located at 985 Browers Point Branch in Hewlett Neck. The event is chaired by Lawrence resident Dr. Richard Berry. The guest speaker will be Ambassador Ron Prosor, who represents Israel at the United Nations. The event begins at 9 a.m. For more information, contact 800-531-8001 or visit www.colelchabad.org

Aug. 7
FIDF Speaker
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES is holding a public fundraiser speaker at 12 Waverly Place in Lawrence. The event is hosted by Jay & Malky Spector, and Steven & Marilyn Garber. Lt. Col. Chezy Deutsch, the IDF Military Attache to Washington, will speak on the topic of the shifting Middle East and its impact on Israel. The event begins at 8 p.m. For more information, contact Jay Spector at  jspector@optonline.net.

Aug. 9
Tisha B’Av Webcast
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY and Rabbi Dr. Jacob J Schacter will be hosting a day full of learning and kinnot recitation and explanation on the fast of Tisha B’Av through a live webcast. The webcast, dedicated by Shuli and Avi Rockoff in memory of Helen Kuflik z”l, is free with no registration required to participate. The webcast will be available at www.yutorah.org/tishabav.

Yizkereim Screening
RABBI LEIB GELIEBTER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION is presenting Yizkereim, a documentary on famed holocaust rescuers Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl and Rabbi Shlomo Schonfeld. The free screening will be presented at Congregation Kneseth Israel, at 728 Empire Avenue in Far Rockaway at 2:30 p.m.; Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, at 150-05 150 Street in Kew Gardens Hills at 6:30 p.m.; and at Plainview Synagogue, at 255 Manetto Hill Road in Plainview at 5:30 p.m. For more information on this film, contact info@yizkereim.com

Mending our Relationships
CHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION is screening a video lecture featuring renowned leading Rabbis Yissocher Frand, Aron Leib Shteinman, and Shmuel Kamenetzky, among others, speaking on the topic of “mending our relationships, building our world.”