From sprost82 at gmail.com Sun Apr 21 20:38:35 2024 From: sprost82 at gmail.com (Stewart Prost) Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 16:38:35 -0400 Subject: [NFBJ] Pesach Sameach To All! Message-ID: Greetings everyone, First and foremost, I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Chag Sameach-Happy Passover. I also want to take this opportunity to let everyone know about future activities of the NFB in Judaism Group: - Please mark your calendars for Sunday, May 19, 2024 for our next gathering via Zoom, starting at 2 PM EDT, 1 PM CDT, 12 Noon MDT, 11 AM PDT, and 9 PM Israel time. I am pleased to announce that newly ordained Rabbi Gabi Cohen will be talking about the life and role of people who are blind and/or have low vision in biblical times. You may wish to let your non-Jewish friends know about this presentation. I expect the meeting to last for about 2 hours. Zoom link details to follow. - Our annual in-person meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 4, 2024 during the annual convention of National Federation of the Blind in Orlando, FL. The meeting will run from 7-9 PM EDT. The meeting room is to be determined. We will have two speakers; Rabbi Lenny Sarko, who will show his Braille Sefer Torah and Livia Thompson, Executive Director of JBI International. If you cannot be there in person, we will plan on having the meeting on Zoom as well in person. - On Friday, July 5, 2024 from 5:45-7:00 PM EDT we are planning a Shabbat Celebration. This will be a chance for people to get together, have a little wine and Challah to start Shabbat. Rabbi Sarko is willing to lead a short service. This has been something that has been talked about since I became the chair of this group in 2022. *I would appreciate assistance in putting this event together. Anyone interested in helping out, please contact me privatly. My contact information appears at the end of this message.* I hope that everyone will make it a priority to come to our events. Once again, I hope everyone has a happy Passover celebration! Chag Sameach and Shalom *Stewart Prost, Chair, NFB in Judaism* Phone: 757-572-6891 Fax: 757-210-7504 Email: sprost82 at gmail.com