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MORNING AND EVENING MINYANS (Call synagogue to confirm time.)

Chabad of South Orlando—Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; Saturday, 9:30 a.m .; Sunday, 8:15 a.m., 407-354-3660.

Congregation Ahavas Yisrael—Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m .; Saturday, 9:30 a.m .; Sunday, 9 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, FEBRUARY 17

Light Shabbat candles at 6:00 p.m.

Ahavas Yisrael—Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18

Jack & Lee Rosen JCC—Decades Party: Rockin’ the ‘80s! at the Rosen JCC Event Center, 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Tickets are $80; rosenjcc.org/decades. For more info, call 407-387-5330.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19

J.O.IN. Orlando—Hosts an interactive discussion titled: The Joy of Jewish Holidays” at 8 a.m. Shacharis at Orlando Torah Center, 8591 Banyan Blvd., Orlando. Breakfast included.

Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center—Exhibition: Anne Frank: A History for Today, through March 17. Learn about the events leading up to WWII, and choices people made. Photos of the Frank family and other occupants of the secret annex.

Holocaust Center—Writing Workshop: Live Life Inspired, 2 p.m. In collaboration with the Literary Arts Partnership at UCF, this workshop challenges participants to look anew at the words of famous diarists and integrate them into narratives for future generations.

For info: 407-628-0555.

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: Free for JCC members, $5 nonmembers. Info: 407-645-5933.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Torah & Tea—Women’s study group meeting weekly from 9:30—10:30 a.m. in the Conference Room at the Chabad Center of Jewish Life, 7347 W. Sand Lake Road, Orlando. The group is open to all women. Admission is free and no previous Jewish education is required.

Kinneret Apartments—Zei Gezunt—Be Healthy! Program 11:45 a.m. a program to ensure that ongoing health and wellness of the elderly is addressed through programs to educate, diet and exercise.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Jewish Learning Institute—Five-week Hebrew reading crash course, 7:30 p.m., Nate’s Shul, 1701 Markham Woods Rd., Longwood. Cost: $85.

Williamsburg Hadassah—Jewish food origins discusses at monthly meeting, 1 p.m. at the Parkview Point Clubhouse in Williamsburg, which is near Sea World. Info: Marian Bromberg, 407-354-4622.

AIPAC—Community briefing featuring Ambassador Robert Ford, last U.S. ambassador to Syria, 7 p.m. at the Winter Park Racquet Club, 2111 Via Tuscany, Winter Park. Cost: $10, RSVP http://www.aipac.org/orlandobriefing.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Temple Israel Sisterhood—Artist workshop led by Renee Schwadron Lewis, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. in Temple Israel’s Roth Social Hall. RSVP Temple Israel office, 407-647-3055. Cost: $10.

The Roth Family JCC—“The Fantasticks,” presented by Theater at the J, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Cost: $10-$20.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Light Shabbat candles at 6:05 p.m.

Ahavas Yisrael—Kabbalat, 30 minutes before sundown.

SPARK, Women’s Division of JOIN Orlando—A weekend to relax, rejuvenate and reconnect at Reunion Resort in Kissimmee. Info: Sarah at sgittleson!joinorlando.org or 917-804-6191.

 

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