Jewish Star Calendar

THURSDAY DEC. 19

HEALTH SCREENING. 10 am to 2 pm, free health screenings will be performed by St. Francis Hospital medical personnel at the Inwood Senior Community Service Center in the Five Towns Community Center, 270 Lawrence Ave., Lawrence, (516) 239-6244.

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

MAKING THE CHALLAH. Everyone loves to eat, and what yummier thing is there to eat than challah? Chabad Kinder World Preschool challah baking event, 7:30 pm, Chabad Jewish Learning Center, 210 Forest Drive, East Hills, NY. Make a challah for yourself or a friend. Suggested donation $18. RSVP to Morah Miri: morahmiri08@gmail.com.

YIDDISH FARM. Registration closes for this winter’s program (Jan. 6-16), a 10-day Yiddish Ulpan with Columbia University faculty (equivalent to one semester at Columbia). $350–$500. 71 Dzierzek Lane, New Hampton (near Middletown), NY. 845-360-50234.

FRIDAY DEC 20

OU IN WEST HEMP. Orthodox Union Executive VP Rabbi Steven Weil leads an OU Community Weekend at the Young Israel of West Hempstead. He will speak at the Oneg Shabbat on “After the Pew.” 630 Hempstead Ave.

SATURDAY DEC 21

OU IN WEST HEMP. Orthodox Union Executive Vice President Rabbi Steven Weil continues YI West Hempstead’s OU Community Weekend with a morning shiur on the parsha, “Anatomy of the World’s First BDS Movement,” and a sermon on “Don’t Jew Me.” In the afternoon before Mincha he will discuss “Nurture, Nature and Destiny: What Ingredients Produced The World’s Most Perfected Human Being.” Between Mincha and Maariv, Rabbi Weil discusses “Men Are From Mars, Women From Venus: A Look at The State of Marriage in the Orthodox Community.” 630 Hempstead Ave.

KULANU annual scholarship dinner. Honoring three of the organization’s founders: The Jewish Star Kitchen columnist Judy Joszef and Alyssa and Leslie Sterba. Sephardic Temple, 775 Branch Blvd., Woodmere. 8 pm. $250. 516-569-3083, ext 106.

CAHAL. 5th annual benefit concert for CAHAL, the community-wide special education program, features popular performers in Jewish entertainment — Avraham Fried, Shloime Dachs, and Benny Friedman accompanied by The Shloime Dachs Orchestra and Zemiros Choir. 8 pm, Lawrence HS, Reilly Rd, Cedarhurst. Purchase tickets ($36, $50, $72) through CAHAL office, 540-A Willow Ave., Cedarhurst, or at Judaica Plus, 445 Central Ave., Cedarhurst. 516-295-3666 Sheldon@cahal.org.

SUNDAY DEC 22

BREAKFAST SPEAKER. Elana Stein Hain, community scholar, Lincoln Square Syangoague. Sponsored by Hiller Family in memory of Susie and Leonard Hiller and Sonia Hiller. 9 am. Congregation Beth Sholom, 390 Broadway, Lawrence. 516-569-3600.

WEDNESDAY DEC 25

KOSHER GOSPEL. Joshua Nelson, Prince of Kosher Gospel Music, performs with his choir at Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. $35 adults, $25 students and seniors,online at www.mjhnyc.org or by calling the box office at 646.437.4202. 36 Battery Place, Manhattan.

THURSDAY DEC. 26

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

WEDNESDAY JAN. 8

BEIT OROT annual dinner, honoring Aaron Liberman and Marsha and Jeffrey Schreiber. Master of Ceremonies will be Jewish radio personality Nachum Segal; dinner chair Seth Schreiber. Crowne Plaza, Times Square, NY. 6 pm. 201 530-0210. info@beitorot.org.