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Sarasota News Leader January 10, 2014 Page 124 EMBRACING OUR DIFFERENCES TO BE FOCUS OF PROGRAM Embracing Our Differences, the annual art/ quote exhibit that graces the Sarasota bayfront each year, is not something that springs up in a matter of days — nor is it something that disappears when it is gone, a Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (CHJ) news release points out. What happens behind the scenes to make the exhibit possible will be the focus of a program hosted by CHJ at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 11, the Congregation has announced. Special guests will be Carol Poteat Buchanan, who co-chairs Embracing Our Differences, now in its 10th year; and Bernadette Bennett, program specialist for social studies in grades K-12 in the Curriculum Department of the Sarasota County Schools, the release adds. The Humanaires will be featured in the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism's Jan. 11 service. Contributed photo by Barney Sack In 2012, student entries for the exhibit grew to more than 23,000 from 186 schools. In 2013, art and quotation submissions came from 52 countries, the release says. "Come and hear why Embracing Our Differences makes an impact — for the peoThe recipient of numerous local and national ple who work on it and the people who see awards, Buchanan serves on a variety of it," the release adds. boards in Sarasota. She was selected by ABC7 in Sarasota as One of the Seven Who Care in Additionally, The Humanaires, the chorus of the CHJ, will be singing at the Jan. 11 2012, the release notes. service, the release notes. The Humanaires As part of her duties, Bennett creates learn- is now under the direction of conductor ing opportunities in character and diversity Robert Lischetti. education for both teachers and students, the release continues. Among those are work- CHJ meets at Unity, located at 3023 Proctor shops in creative writing and art teachers' Road in Sarasota. The suggested donation for retreats, the release notes. non-members attending the program is $5. RABBI ADAM CHALOM TO PRESENT FOUR LECTURES AT CHJ Rabbi Adam Chalom, dean for North America of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, will present four lectures on Women in Jewish Life over the weekend of Jan. 24-26 at the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (CHJ), the Congregation has announced. A national leader of Humanistic Judaism, Chalom has a doctorate in Hebrew and Jewish cultural studies and serves as rabbi of Kol Hadash in suburban Chicago, a news release says. A regular contributor to the Chicago Times Religion Blog, he is on the Advisory Council of the Humanist Institute, the release