Jewish Star Calendar

Posted Wednesday, November 13, 2013 12:00 am

Chanukah at Barclays Jewish Heritage Night is expected to draw as many as 5,000 people to the western end of Long Island on Dec. 3, as the Brooklyn Nets face off against the Denver Nuggets. Special $35 tickets are available from Chabad synagogues and affiliated organizations. The evening

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THURSDAY NOV 14

LUNCH & LEARN. With Rabbi Shalom Axelrod of Young Israel of Woodmere. Traditions Restaurant, 302 Central Avenue, off Rockaway Blvd., Lawrence. 12:30-1:30 pm. Buy a $12 lunch, eat and learn. Alan Stern 516-398-3094.

FRIDAY NOV 15

Parshat Vayishlach. Candle lighting 4:18

LIDO RABBI. The Orthodox Lido Beach Synagogue invites the community to meet its new rabbi and rebbetzin. 7:30 pm. No RSVP — just come. 1 Fairway Road, Lido Beach.

SATURDAY NOV 16

NAFTALI BENNETT IN WOODMERE. The Young Israel of Woodmere will be hosting live and in person Knesset Member and Minister Naftali Bennett. Mr. Bennet is head of the Bayit HaYehudi (Religious Zionist) political party, an MK, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor, Minister of Religious Services, and Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs. Everyone is welcome to hear him address current issues and Israel’s future on the topic of “Not by the Sword Alone — Israel’s Security and Economy in a Changing Middle East.” 7:15 pm.

2 ISRAELI HEROS. Tuvia Book, author of “For the Sake of Zion,” discusses two heroes of the State of Israel, at Young Israel of Hewlett. 8:30 pm, followed by music and refreshments. 1 Piermont Ave., Hewlett.

SUNDAY NOV. 17

NEFESH B’NEFESH and the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, Jewish Agency, Jewish National Fund and KKL, presents “Think Israel,” a conference for students and young professionals to promote Aliyah to Israel, featuring Minister of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver, Israel Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor, and NBN Co-Founder and Executive Director Rabbi Yehoshua Fass. 12:30 to 4:30 pm. Convene Conference Center, 730 Third Ave., Manhattan. For more infoL NBN.org.il/jnbncal/main/2/5609.

WEDNESDAY NOV. 20

CRC HOLIDAY PARTY. Jewish Community Relations Council of Long Island event features “Four Artists Exploring Identity”— Stanley L. Covington Jr. (African-American), Paul Koker (Jewish), Lisbeh Herrera (Latino) and Manu Kaur Saluja (Sikh). $18 ($25 at door). 6:30–8:30 pm. Chelsea Mansion, 34 Muttontown Lane, East Norwich. 516-677-1866, NewmanD @jcrcli.org.

THURSDAY NOV 21

MIKVAH MYTHS. “Ten Myths That Stand Between You and the Mikvah,” a discussion with Lisa Septimus, Five Towns Yoetzet Halacha. 8:30 pm in Social Hall of Congregation Beth Shalom, 390 Broadway, Lawrence. Ms. Septimus may be contacted confidentially at 516-900-2109 from 3–5 and 8:30–9:30 pm.

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