The Jewish Star Calendar

THURSDAY NOV 6

LUNCH & LEARN with Rabbi Shalom Ax- elrod of YI Woodmere. Traditions Restaurant, 302 Central Ave., Lawrence. 12:30-1:30 pm. $12 lunch. Alan Stern 516-398-3094. 

SATURDAY NOV 8

YIW-AIPAC SHABBATON with Ambassador Dore Gold. Drasha following Mussaf in the main shul. A conversation with Rabbi Billet and Dore Gold at 4:45 pm. Motzei Shabbos at 7 pm, an insider briefing on “Iron Dome: How the Election Impacts Critical Aid to Israel.” Young Israel of Woodmere, 859 Peninsula Blvd., Woodmere. 516-295-0950.

J STREET CHALLENGE: The Movie. Join an educaitsonal screening of one of the year’s most talked about and provocative films, about the American Jewish Community and its relationship with Israel. The film presents commenetary and analyses from a wide political spectrum. Discussion following the film with producer, co-writer and co-director Ilya Feoktistov and ZOA Long Island’s Liz Berney Esq. Co-sponsored by Camera and ZOA. Free admission, $10 suggested donation. 8 pm. Young Island of Lawrence-Cedarhurst, 8 Spruce St., Cedarhurst.

FATHER-SON MELAVEH MALKA at Five Towns Chabad. Program geared to boys in grades K-3. Pizza dinner. Mad science show: Fire & Ice. $12, $36 max per family. 7:15 pm. 74 Maple Ave., Cedarhurst. RSVP Rabbi Meir, 516-295-2478 x19. 

SUNDAY NOV 9

WEST HEMPSTEAD JCC Kristallnacht Commemoration Program will feature Manny Bekier, son of Holocaust survivors, born in a displaced persons camp in Munich. Bekier has been a lifelong Jewish activist, a “Nazi hunter” in the United States; he conducted video interviews with Holocaust survivors for the Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation. Sponsored by the Elmont Jewish Center, Franklin Square Jewish Center, Malverne Jewish Center, the Jewish Community Center of West Helpstead, Valley Stream Jewish Center, and Congregation Beth Israel. Light collation will follow program. Free. 2 pm. JCC, 711 Dogwood Ave. 516-000-0000.