The Purim Superhero
February 2, 2013, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Next@19th
137 NE 19th Street
Miami, Florida 33132
http://www.nextat19th.org/
 
Please join Next Families for a party to celebrate the release of the groundbreaking book, The Purim Superhero
 
Saturday, February 2, 6-8pm. FREE.
Havdallah, dinner, book reading, live music and a mitzvah project – fun for all ages
At
Next@19th
137 NE 19th St
Miami, Florida 33132
 
Please RSVP to Roz@nextat19th.org  or 305-642-7732.
 
The Purim Superhero is a children’s book about conviction, courage, space aliens, and a Jewish family with two dads.
 
Published by Kar-Ben Publishing, an award-winning publisher of Jewish children’s books, the story is the winner of a Keshet writing competition that inspired manuscripts from around the world.
 
The Purim Superhero is the first ever LGBT-inclusive Jewish children’s book in English.
 
For ages 4-9, Grades: Pre K-3, 32 pages.
Books available for sale at this event.
 
Next@19th aims to engage South Florida’s diverse community in fresh culture, experience and discourse through a Jewish lens. NEXT Families, an initiative of Next@19th, is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive community for all Jews. Grounded in the Jewish principles of treating others with civility and humanity (derekh eretz), and mercy and kindness (chesed), NEXT Families works to create programs that reflect the diversity of the Miami Jewish community and that are as inclusive and pluralistic as possible.
 
Keshet is a national grassroots organization that works for the full equality and inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Jews in Jewish life. Led and supported by LGBT Jews and straight allies, Keshet strives to cultivate the spirit and practice of inclusion in all parts of the Jewish community.