Thank you to those who attended last week’s celebration of the Beth El Civil Rights Experience’s official opening. It was a fantastic evening, and the perfect event to formally launch this project after years of development.
We hope that the “taste” you experienced on Thursday has inspired you to want to take our full, docent-led tour, which includes additional background on the Birmingham Jewish community, insights on the contemporary Alabama Jewish experience, and our full set of character suitcases to explore.
We have two ways to book!
1). We are running select open slots in November that are open to individuals or small groups at a discounted rate of $8/per adult.
Those slots are listed below, and you can sign up here: https://www.templebeth-el.net/form/cre-tour.
Sunday, November 12, 12-1 p.m.
Thursday, November 16, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 16, 6 -7 p.m.
Thursday, November 30, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
2). We are also open to groups by appointment. If you are interested in booking a group tour of the Beth El Civil Rights Experience, please fill out this intake form and we will contact you regarding scheduling and pricing (https://form.typeform.com/to/KYQezEHO).
Group tours are available for groups of ten or more during regular business hours (last tour begins at 4:30, M-F) and for groups of fifteen or more after hours (after 6 p.m M-TH, Sundays). We are not offering Shabbat tours currently, though guests are welcome to join us for Friday or Saturday services. Pricing can be viewed on our website. We are committed to keeping this experience accessible and have scholarship funds available for groups with financial barriers.
I hope you will join us and share with others in your networks who may be interested in participating! I am always happy to answer questions.
Best,
Margaret Norman Director of Programming and Engagement
Temple Beth El, Birmingham, AL 35205
205.933.2740 ext 318
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From plastic straws to the thermostat in your own home, some people want to control every aspect of your life. America was founded to combat this dark side of human nature that seeks power over others, including what you're allowed to say, do, and even think. But liberty is a value, not an instinct. If we don’t continue to uphold our American ideal of freedom, we may end up losing it.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Who are you? Why are you here? Why am I here? +++ The first photo below is of Biden and his national security team, discussing the situation in Israel/Gaza. Notice anything different between that photo and the other photo, showing a preceding president in their situation rooms? Makes you wonder who leads Biden to his seat?
If you missed it, the nameplates are all facing Biden, rather than the individuals. +++++++++++++++++++++
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In Case You Missed It | | Please consider sponsoring an EMET webinar featuring top experts offering critical insights impacting Israel and U.S. national security. Policymakers and the general public need to hear these voices. Your support is essential for these webinars to continue. Sponsor a webinar here. | |  | | While many people are focusing on Israeli intelligence failures that helped lead to the massacre of 1400 Israeli Jews and the kidnapping of over 200 hostages by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists, Iranian-funded and enabled terror proxies have been preparing and planning their invasion of Israel for quite some time, all while the U.S. and international community have empowered the Islamic Republic’s brazen aggression and disregard for humanitarian norms. Iran’s involvement in this war cannot be ignored much as the Biden administration would like to pretend it played no part. The U.S.’s policy of appeasement also cannot be ignored beginning with the early days of the Obama administration through the current term of the Biden administration leading to the conclusion that the U.S. too bears some responsibility for the atrocities committed against Israel’s citizens. Join us for an in-depth conversation with the always brilliant and insightful Caroline Glick to discuss U.S. policy failures in the lead-up to the October 7th atrocities and current policy failures that are already playing out as the State of Israel fights for its life.
About the Speaker: Caroline B. Glick is senior contributing editor at JNS and a senior columnist at JNS and Newsweek. She is also a diplomatic commentator at Israel’s Channel 14. Glick also serves as senior fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Center for Security Policy in Washington, DC and a lecturer at Israel’s College of Statecraft in Jerusalem. Glick is the author of The Israeli Solution: A One State Plan for Peace in the Middle East and Shackled Warrior: Israel and the Global Jihad. A widely sought-after lecturer, Glick has briefed policymakers from Washington to Canberra, military commanders in Israel and the U.S. and general audiences worldwide. She has received multiple awards for her journalism. As a captain in the IDF from 1994-1996, Glick was a core member of Israel’s negotiating team with the PLO and served as assistant foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from 1997-1998. She is the author of The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East, and Shackled Warrior: Israel and the Global Jihad. Glick lives in Efrat with her husband Shimon Suissa and their sons Yoav and Shilo. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Wars are fraught with surprises and unexpected tragedies but, so far, the IDF is proceeding in a way that will be studied by military forces of most other nations. It is methodical, classical and, so far, highly successful. +++ |
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