What's Happening - Friday, May 3 - Friday, May 10

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.

Temple Israel—Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-647-3055.

FRIDAY, MAY 3

Light Shabbat candles at 7:44 p.m.

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, MAY 5

Congregation Beth Am—The Sunday Connection presents “Laughter in the Wings—Great Jewish Celebrities” at 9:30 p.m. Facilitator: Arnold N. Bremen, an author, retired impresario and arts administrator. The show is free and open to the community. Coffee and a nosh will be provided. For more information: 407-862-3505.

MONDAY, MAY 6

Israeli Folk Dancing—7-7:30 p.m. beginners, 7:30-8:15 p.m. instruction, 8:15-10 p.m. requests. Cost: Free for JCC members, $5 nonmembers. Info: 407-645-5933.

TUESDAY, MAY 7

Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida—Religion 101 is a new adult education series on understanding the community’s major religious groups co-sponsored by the Holocaust Center and the Interfaith Council of Central Florida. The series is free, open to the public and begins at 7 p.m. at the Holocaust Center. The ninth of nine presentations will be a panel consisting of all presenters. Reservations are recommended: contact 407-628-0555 or info@holocaustedu.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8

Jerusalem Day

Congregation of Reform Judaism—“Cardiology Through the Years,” honoring Dr. Norman M. Wall at 7 p.m. at the synagogue, 928 Malone Drive, Orlando. Keynote speaker: Ron Waksman, M.D., associate director, Division of Cardiology at MedStar Washington Hospital. Guest speakers: Leonard S. Dreifus, M.D., former president of American College of Cardiology, and Daniel Layish, M.D., chair of Maimonides Society of Greater Orlando. RSVP by May 6 at http://bit.ly/DrWall or 407-645-0444. The event will be streamed live online at http://www.crjorlando.org.

FRIDAY, MAY 10

Light Shabbat candles at 7:44 p.m.

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.