What’s Happening
Calendar 02-17-2012
MORNING AND EVENING MINYANS (Call synagogue to confirm time.)
Chabad of South Orlando—Monday and Thursday, 8 a.m. 407-354-3660.
Congregation Ahavas Yisrael—Monday – Friday, 7 a.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m., 407-644-2500.
Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona—Monday, 8 a.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m., 904-672-9300.
Congregation Ohev Shalom—Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-298-4650.
GOBOR Community Minyan at Jewish Academy of Orlando—Monday – Friday, 7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Ahavas Yisrael—Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown.
Share the Care—A respite care group meets in the senior lounge of the Jewish Community Center Maitland campus Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Activities include sharing Shabbat with JCC preschoolers in the morning and a program with Jewish content provided by the Jewish Pavilion in the afternoon. Info: Mary Ellen Grant, executive director of Share the Care, at 407-423-5311 or email her at megrant@helpforcaregivers.org.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19
Congregation Beth Sholom—“Bach to Broadway” is a concert to benefit the Leesburg synagogue and a Leesburg food bank. Rabbi Karen Allen of Beth Sholom and violinist Zoriy Zinger will perform at 3 p.m. at the Melon Patch Theater, 311 N. 13th St., Leesburg. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased by calling Elly Rothbard at 352-753-9065. Info: BethSholomFlorida.org.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20
Israeli Folk Dancing—7-7:30 p.m. beginners, 7:30-8:15 p.m. instruction, 8:15-10 p.m. requests. Cost: $4.50 JCC members, $5 nonmembers. Info: 407-645-5933.
THUSDAY, FEBRUARY 23
Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando—Eighth Annual Bruce Gould Poker Invitational at 7 p.m. at Home Builders Association, 544 Mayo Ave., Maitland. Texas Hold ’Em tournament and casino games. Cost: Poker, $125; casino games, $50. Proceeds benefit the JCC’s Marvin Friedman Children’s Scholarship Fund. Info: Eli Bercovici, 407-645-5933 or EliB@orlando.jcc.org.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Ahavas Yisrael—Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown.
Share the Care—A respite care group meets in the senior lounge of the Jewish Community Center Maitland campus Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Activities include sharing Shabbat with JCC preschoolers in the morning and a program with Jewish content provided by the Jewish Pavilion in the afternoon. Info: Mary Ellen Grant, executive director of Share the Care, at 407-423-5311 or email her at megrant@helpforcaregivers.org.
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