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Prayers go out to Darfur victims at Sunday service

By Times Staff
Published January 23, 2008

SAFETY HARBOR

People in the Tampa Bay area will gather at 3 p.m. Sunday at Espiritu Santo Catholic Church, 3405 Philippe Parkway, for "Standing in Solidarity: An Interfaith Prayer Service for Victims of Violence in Darfur."

The service coincides with Holocaust Remembrance Day. Its goal is to raise awareness about the atrocities in the Darfur region of Sudan and prevent future acts of genocide.

The guest speaker will be from Catholic Relief Services, which provides food, shelter, clean water, sanitation, education and agricultural support to more than 150,000 refugees.

To get information or register, contact Sabrina Burton Schultz at 727 344-1611, ext. 325, or e-mail sab@dosp.org">href="mailto:sab@dosp.org" mce_href="mailto:sab@dosp.org">sab@dosp.org

A collection will be taken for Catholic Relief Services' aid work in Darfur. For more information, go to sudan.crs.org.

ST. PETERSBURG

Jewish leader to discuss future

Arnold M. Eisen, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, will discuss "Commandment, Community and the Future of American Judaism" in his first public address in the Tampa Bay area. The town hall-style meeting will take place at 8 p.m. Jan. 31 at Congregation B'nai Israel, 300 58th St. N.

Eisen has worked for the past 20 years with synagogue and federation leaders to address the issues of Jewish identity, revitalization of Jewish tradition, and redefinition of the American Jewish community.

The program is free. Reservations are requested. Call Carolyn Kantor, director of the Florida region of the Jewish Theological Seminary, at (561) 852-3454 or Congregation B'nai Israel at (727) 381-4900.

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