Artwork by Leon Skolnick - Chavurat Shalom Participant
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Chavurat Shalom is a welcoming community in Southwest Florida
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Artwork by Ellen Feingold - Chavurat Shalom Participant
Chavurat Shalom (Fellowship of Peace) is an informal group from every Jewish religious tradition that meets to worship and learn together. We welcome people of all faiths from Sanibel, Fort Myers, and other Southwest Florida locations, including visitors to the area and guests. We are not affiliated with any Jewish organized movement. Our group is community-led. Each person has an equal voice in it and may participate to whatever extent desired.
Chavurat Shalom commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January 2022 by hosting three special educational programs during the Thursday 11 a.m. class and discussion sessions.
To celebrate Chanukkah, forty Chavurah members enjoyed an in-person potluck luncheon outdoors on Sanibel on December 5. We hope to gather for other in-person events in the Sanibel/Ft. Myers area when health conditions permit.
Rabbi Myra Soifer continues via Zoom from Reno, Nevada to teach her “Text of the Month Club” at 11:00 a.m. on the third Thursday of the month, except for March, when it will be on March 24. She selects texts from the Hebrew Bible, Haftorah, Talmud or other Jewish sources and emails the study text in advance of the session to class participants. In February, her topic will be “Reform Responsa in the Time of Covid (and What’s Responsa Literature, anyway?)”. For her March and April topics, visit the Events and Program page. To join the class, send an email request to chavuratshalom@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link.
We are planning special programs for the Passover season. Check this website for further information or email the above address.
An additional special Chavurat Shalom project is the collection of donations by our Tzedakah committee. Last year the committee members voted to donate these funds to non-profit organizations aligned with the demands of the COVID pandemic. This year the focus for distribution of funds is the well-being of women and children in our local community of Fort Myers, our national community, and in Israel.
Everyone is welcome to join all Chavurat Shalom events. Send an email request to chavuratshalom@gmail.com to receive Zoom links.
Chavurat Shalom commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January 2022 by hosting three special educational programs during the Thursday 11 a.m. class and discussion sessions.
- On January 6, Margot Lobree spoke about escaping the Nazis by being sent away from her family as a pre-teen to England in her talk titled “Kindertransport Survivor”.
- On January 13, Louis Schmidt related his experiences as an interviewer of Holocaust survivors for film director Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation in his presentation “The Untold Story of How the Stories were Told”.
- On January 27, Robert Hilliard related his experiences of caring for Holocaust survivors immediately after the war in his talk “Surviving the Americans”.
To celebrate Chanukkah, forty Chavurah members enjoyed an in-person potluck luncheon outdoors on Sanibel on December 5. We hope to gather for other in-person events in the Sanibel/Ft. Myers area when health conditions permit.
Rabbi Myra Soifer continues via Zoom from Reno, Nevada to teach her “Text of the Month Club” at 11:00 a.m. on the third Thursday of the month, except for March, when it will be on March 24. She selects texts from the Hebrew Bible, Haftorah, Talmud or other Jewish sources and emails the study text in advance of the session to class participants. In February, her topic will be “Reform Responsa in the Time of Covid (and What’s Responsa Literature, anyway?)”. For her March and April topics, visit the Events and Program page. To join the class, send an email request to chavuratshalom@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link.
We are planning special programs for the Passover season. Check this website for further information or email the above address.
An additional special Chavurat Shalom project is the collection of donations by our Tzedakah committee. Last year the committee members voted to donate these funds to non-profit organizations aligned with the demands of the COVID pandemic. This year the focus for distribution of funds is the well-being of women and children in our local community of Fort Myers, our national community, and in Israel.
Everyone is welcome to join all Chavurat Shalom events. Send an email request to chavuratshalom@gmail.com to receive Zoom links.
Outstanding Thursday class and lecture topics led by both Chavurat Shalom participants and prominent outside speakers include:
Kabbalah
Spinoza
The Jews of China: Keifung, Harbin and Shanghai
The Other Peace Process: Interreligious Dialogue in Israel and Palestine in the Service of Peace
What Tisha B’Av Means to Us Today
A Rabbi’s Work with the Vatican
IsraAID: Israeli Humanitarian Aid Around the World
Kristallnacht was the "End of the Beginning" of German Nazi terror
and "The Beginning of the End” for Jews in Europe
The Journey to Preserve the History of Small-Town Jewish Communities
For a complete listing of all past Chavurat Shalom Thursday programs, CLICK HERE
Kabbalah
Spinoza
The Jews of China: Keifung, Harbin and Shanghai
The Other Peace Process: Interreligious Dialogue in Israel and Palestine in the Service of Peace
What Tisha B’Av Means to Us Today
A Rabbi’s Work with the Vatican
IsraAID: Israeli Humanitarian Aid Around the World
Kristallnacht was the "End of the Beginning" of German Nazi terror
and "The Beginning of the End” for Jews in Europe
The Journey to Preserve the History of Small-Town Jewish Communities
For a complete listing of all past Chavurat Shalom Thursday programs, CLICK HERE
For more details about our group or upcoming events, or to join us for any or all of these events,
contact us at chavuratshalom@gmail.com or write to
Chavurat Shalom of Southwest Florida, PO Box 722, Sanibel, FL 33957.
Chavurat Shalom is a 501(c) 3 non-profit tax-exempt organization. Your tax-deductible contributions to Chavurat Shalom may be directed to the Tzedakah Fund, Speaker’s Fund, or General Fund. Please make your contributions payable to Chavurat Shalom of Southwest Florida and mail to:
Chavurat Shalom of Southwest Florida
P.O. Box 722
Sanibel, FL 33957
contact us at chavuratshalom@gmail.com or write to
Chavurat Shalom of Southwest Florida, PO Box 722, Sanibel, FL 33957.
Chavurat Shalom is a 501(c) 3 non-profit tax-exempt organization. Your tax-deductible contributions to Chavurat Shalom may be directed to the Tzedakah Fund, Speaker’s Fund, or General Fund. Please make your contributions payable to Chavurat Shalom of Southwest Florida and mail to:
Chavurat Shalom of Southwest Florida
P.O. Box 722
Sanibel, FL 33957
OFFICERSPresident: Leonard Minsky FIrst Vice-President: Ellen Feingold Second Vice-President: Cheryl Fulmer Secretary: Irene Skolnick Treasurer: Barry Alan Roth Contact our officers using the email link below
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COMMITTEESPublic Relations & Website Shabbat Service Coordination Speaker Series Special Events Fund Raising Tzedakah To join a committee please email us below
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