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Sarasota News Leader December 13, 2013 Page 124 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF JEWS IN SARASOTA-MANATEE TO BE MARKED On Friday, Dec. 20, at 7:30 p.m., the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (CHJ) will welcome Kim Sheintel, president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Southwest Florida, to speak on the topic, The Jews of Sarasota-Manatee: 100 Years. Though Jews have never made up more than 3 percent of the local population, "the role they have played in creating businesses, charitable organizations and cultural assets is enormous," a news release notes. Kim Sheintel/Contributed photo donation for non-CHJ members attending the Sheintel, who is the author of The Jews of program is $5. Sarasota-Manatee, will display her many photographs as well as talk about the surpris- CHJ meets at Unity, located at 3023 Proctor ing historical record she has found through Road in Sarasota. For more information visit her research, the release adds. The suggested CHJ-Sarasota.org or call 929-7771. TEMPLE EMANU-EL TO HOST INTERNATIONAL SHABBAT SERVICE International Jewry will be celebrated Friday evening, Dec. 20, at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El, located at 151 McIntosh Road in Sarasota, the Temple has announced. Speaking from the pulpit will be Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor, vice president of the World Union of Progressive Judaism, which serves more than 1,400 liberal Jewish congregations and 1.8 million Jews in 47 countries, a news release says. The Shabbat service will also have an international flavor, with Temple Emanu-El members reciting the traditional Sabbath prayers not only in Hebrew and English but also in Dutch, Spanish, French, German, Russian and Portuguese, the release notes. A reception featuring homemade desserts from around the world will conclude the evening. Members of the community are warmly invited to this special event. For more information, call 371-2788. % Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor, vice president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, will speak at Temple Emanu-El's International Shabbat Service on Dec. 20. Contributed photo