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Sun-Sentinel
March 29, 2008

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Convocation of Florida Peace and Justice Community, three days starting 6:30 p.m. Friday at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton, 2601 St. Andrews Blvd. Keynote: Jeff Milchen, founder of ReclaimDemocracy.org. Topics: Democracy vs. global corporations, control and accountability for corporations, ending the war in Iraq. Cost: $60 for the weekend, $50 for Saturday only, including lunch. Register at fcpj.org.

Wellesley College Choir, 8 p.m. today at Plantation United Methodist Church, 1001 NW 70th Ave. Wellesley is a liberal arts college for women in Wellesley, Mass. Free; offering collected.

Sue Sommer, Christian contemporary singer and guitarist, 10:45 a.m. Sunday at Parkway Christian Church, 1200 S. Flamingo Road, Davie. Admission free.

Easter Taize Prayer, 6 p.m. Sunday at 441 NE Third Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Liturgy of sung prayer and meditation from French monastery. By Ecclesia Christi community.

Charles L. Bailey, author and sexual abuse survivor, 6 p.m. Sunday at Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables. Bailey is the author of In the Shadow of the Cross, about his abuse as a boy at the hands of a priest. Admission free.

The Devil's Arithmetic, film, 7:30 p.m. Monday at B'nai Torah Congregation of Boca Raton, 6261 SW Eighth St. About a modern American teenager who finds herself transported from her family Seder into a concentration camp. Cost: $5.

Learn to Meditate in a Half-Day, 9:30 a.m. April 5 at Drolma Buddhist Center, 140 W. Prospect Road, Fort Lauderdale. Teacher: Kadam Nick Gillespie. Cost: $35 for adults, $25 for students/limited income, including vegetarian lunch. Call 954-537-9191 or visit meditationinflorida.org.

Zia Rinpoche, Tibetan monk and founder of Emaho Foundation of Scottstale, Ariz., 10 a.m. April 2 on Point of Life Internet radio show. Visit blogtalkradio.com/pointoflife.

Being the Hands of God: Jewish Social Justice at a Time of Crisis and Opportunity, lecture, 7 p.m. Thursday at Temple Beth El, 2815 N. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach. Speaker: Rabbi David Saperstein, director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. Admission free. Dessert reception afterward.

The Moses Code, film, 7 and 9 p.m. April 5 and 1:30 p.m. April 6 at Hollywood Center for Positive Living, 501 N. 14th Ave. On spiritual transformation from ancient writings. Tickets: $10. For information, call 954-929-8959.

The Armenian Genocide as a Prototype, lecture, 7 p.m. Wednesday at Live Oak Pavilion of Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. Also: The Changing Landscape of Historic Western Armenia, 4 p.m. April 6, Grand Palm Room, Student Union Building. Speaking: Richard G. Hovannisian, professor of Armenian and Near Eastern history, UCLA. Address: 777 Glades Road. Admission free.

The Magic of Jewish Music, from the Bible to Broadway, presented by Joshua R. Jacobson, scholar-in-residence, Friday through April 5 at B'nai Torah Congregation, 6261 SW 18th St., Boca Raton. Jacobson is professor of music at Northeastern University, Boston, and director of Zamir Chorale of Boston. Lecture times: at dinner 7 p.m. Friday, then at 8:45 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. April 5. Cost: Free for Saturday programs, but $38 for dinner and $18 for April 5 luncheon. Call 561-392-8566, ext. 307.

Annual Community Women's Seder, 6:30 p.m. April 9 at Posnack Jewish Community Center, 5850 S. Pine Island Road, Davie. With special Haggada written for women. Local entertainer Mindy Lofgren singing. Cost: $30. Reservations: 954-434-0499.

The Creation, Haydn oratorio, 4 p.m. April 13 at First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach, 33 Gleason St. With 65-voice choir and Delray Festival Orchestra. Tickets: $20 for adults, $5 for students. Call 800-984-7282.

Wellspring, three-day weekend retreat for people who have suffered loss from divorce or death, starting 7:30 p.m. April 18 at Sacred Heart Center of St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, 8005 Miramar Parkway, Miramar. Cost: $150, due by April 16. Call Jean Duda, 305-762-1142.

Young Israel of Deerfield Beach is offering financial assistance to needy people to help them prepare for Passover. Membership in the synagogue is not required. For information, call 954-571-3904.

 
 

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