In the Community
You
have a unique opportunity to triple your
donation to STEP. The Acacia
Chapter Order of the Eastern Star in St. Louis Park is raising money for STEP
during February. Any funds they
raise by February 24 will be triple matched by the Masonic Foundation.
All you need to do is send a check, made out to Acacia Chapter #272 OES,
with STEP noted in the memo line.
Mail to: Leslie O'Donnell, 3321 Yukon Ave. S., St. Louis Park, MN 55426.
Checks must be received no later
than February 24 to receive the matching grant.
The
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
presents David Scheffer, who will speak about his new book,
All
the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals, at
7:00 pm, Wednesday, February 8, McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak Street SE.
David Scheffer had an insider's seat at the creation of the most
important human rights institution of our era, the International Criminal Court.
Representing President Clinton as head of the U.S. delegation to
negotiations establishing the Court, Scheffer drew on his previous experience
spearheading efforts to create war crimes tribunals for the former Yugoslavia,
the Balkans, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia.
Scheffer is the Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law and
Director of the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University
School of Law.
The
fifth Not OUR Kids! conference will
be held 12:30 - 4:30 pm, Sunday, February 26, at Temple Israel.
This conference is for anyone (including parents, grandparents,
educators, clergy, youth workers, professionals) interested in raising healthy
youth. This year's conference will
feature special youth programming for kids in grades 7-12, and a performance of
dis-Or'dEred,
thy name is teenager, by blank
slate theatre, a play about teen ADHD, OCD, ODD, eating disorders, and more.
For more information or to register, go to
www.wix.com/jfcsmpls/notourkids,
or contact Brittany Beck, bbeck@jfcsmpls.org,
952-542-4835.
The
Yeshiva of Minneapolis would like to
keep the entire Minneapolis Jewish community informed of the ongoing progress of
the Yeshiva's setup. If you are
interested in receiving updates please email us at
yeshivaofminneapolis@gmail.com,
or leave a message at 952-583-0235.