Philanthropist Stephen Saks, a retired Miami-Dade County car wash owner who now calls Naples home, has made a transformative, $20 million donation to local nonprofits serving both the Jewish community and greater Southwest Florida. The lead contribution is a $10 million endowment gift to the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, the largest donation in the.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples invites the public to the Jewish Community Relations Council’s 10th Annual Day of Learning on Sunday, Feb. 16, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center at 4720 Pine Ridge Road in Naples. This year’s program is entitled “The Joys of Jewish Arts and.
A capacity crowd of more than 200 friends, family, co-workers, community members and unabashed admirers packed the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center on Dec. 15 to celebrate the career and legacy of Jeffrey Feld, retiring president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples. A decade ago, Feld assumed leadership of what was then.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples has hired a career educator, nonprofit leader and former Texas charter school founder as its new president and CEO. Nammie Ichilov joins the organization after nearly five years as president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of San Antonio. His tenure in Texas’ second largest city was marked by.
The Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County invites the community to attend its annual Kristallnacht commemoration. This year’s event takes place on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2:30 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 625 111th Ave. North in North Naples. The free public event memorializes the six million Jews and millions of others who.
Amid the backdrop of Israel’s ongoing war with the terror group Hamas and a weekend drone and missile attack on the Jewish state by Iran, an annual Holocaust Remembrance Day program returns to the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples in early May. The event is scheduled for Sunday, May 5, from 4-5:15 p.m. at the.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples is honoring a slate of local residents making a difference with it annual Power of Community awards, presented at a celebratory brunch on Sunday, April 7. “These awards truly celebrate the life-changing impact we can make on both our local community and the wider world when we join together,”.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples has appointed five new board members and a new board vice president, while re-electing its remaining board members and all other members of its slate of officers, including returning board chair Dr. Nat Ritter. Ritter, who assumed the board leadership role in spring 2023, is a retired orthodontist and.
As Israel’s war with Hamas grinds toward the half-year mark, noted journalist and syndicated columnist J.J. Goldberg shared an overview of the conflict’s historic and geopolitical roots before an overflow local crowd at the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples’ annual Day of Learning. More than 250 attendees filled the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center’s Schiff.
Jewish Federation of Greater Naples celebrates one-year anniversary of Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center New center emerges as a hub of Jewish communal life in Southwest Florida NAPLES, Fla. (Jan. 8, 2024) – From daily gatherings and seasonal galas to an historic rally in solidarity with Israel, it’s been a year to remember at the.