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Some good news for a change... I just read this in the World Jewish Congress (WJC) digest and pass it along to you: "Anti-Semitic incidents in France decreased by 64 percent in the first half of 2016 compared to a year ago, according to GILLES CLAVREUL, France's interministerial delegate for the fight against racism and anti-Semitism. He credited the decline to his government's policing around Jewish institutions. Following the murder at a kosher supermarket in January 2015, some 12,000 have... Full story
A tiny drop of light dispels even the greatest darkness; this is the true message of Chanukah. Rabbi Yosef Konikov, founder of Chabad of South Orlando, delivered an inspiring message on the power of light over dark, and good over evil to a crowd of over 400 people at the community Chanukah party at Chabad on Sand Lake. The celebration, which had crafts for the kids, snow cones, cotton candy and a 10-foot snow slide in addition to other things, was special because of its truly warm atmosphere.... Full story
NETANYA, Israel (JTA)-One fit young soldier scales a rope. Two others practice hand-to-hand combat. A large group marches across the sand. But those were just the inspirational photographs on the walls. The actual soldiers crowded in the one-room building here on the Orde Wingate army base were mostly paunchy middle-aged officers. On a Tuesday morning before sunrise, several dozen of them stood around in socks and workout gear as they prepared to weigh in for a session of Changes in Shape, the... Full story
(Kveller via JTA)—The Holocaust is unthinkable. To be a witness to its horrors takes strength. My children, ages 12 and 13, are too young to grasp it, so it made sense not to bring them with me on a recent trip to Eastern Europe. Instead my mother was my travel companion. Together we would go through seven countries, walking in a daze through concentration camps and ghettos. The experience would be profound in ways I can’t explain, particularly our visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Because I am a mother. I didn’t expect to stand where 1.5 milli... Full story
(JTA)-Rachel Freier of Brooklyn officially became the first Hasidic woman to be sworn in as a judge in the State of New York. Freier, a mother of six and former lawyer who practiced commercial and residential estate law, was sworn in Thursday as the Civil Court judge in Kings County's 5th judicial district, CBS reported. Freier won in September the vote in the district, which encompasses the Brooklyn communities of Kensington, Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace, among others. The Hasidic performer... Full story
Norman Posner, age 85, of Clermont, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, at Tuskawilla Nursing and Rehab in Winter Springs. Born to the late David and Mollie Marder Posner on Oct. 26, 1931, in Brooklyn, Norm was a sales manager in the hosiery industry. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict and attended college earning an associate’s degree. He was married for over 58 years to the late Gilda Posner who passed away in November 2011. They relocated to the Central Florida area from New Jersey in 1998 are were members of Temple S... Full story
NEW YORK (JTA)-Some couples argue over movies, others disagree about how to squeeze the toothpaste. But one of the earliest debates Yaelle Frohlich and Yair Shahak had was over which biblical figure was the most tragic. Shahak chose Jeremiah, the ridiculed and ignored prophet of doom. Frohlich picked Leah, Jacob's neglected wife. Nine years later, on a chilly Monday night in Manhattan, the couple sat in the library at Yeshiva University engaged in another spirited discussion-this time about Sams... Full story
Political correctness came under attack in Jerusalem Dec. 19 at a public policy summit convening conservative leaders from Israel, India, the European Parliament and the U.S. Congress. At the same time, the conservatives eagerly looked forward to the “new day” that would accompany Donald Trump’s forthcoming U.S. presidential administration. Joel Anand Samy—co-founder of the International Summit Leaders think tank, which co-hosted the Jerusalem Leaders Summit at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Israel’s capital—emphasized a new battlefront... Full story
Argentine court rules ex-president may have covered up Iranian bombing of Jewish center (JTA)—The appeals court in Buenos Aires has cleared the path to a criminal probe into former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner’s motives in cooperating with Iran on the investigation of the deadly 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center. In a 249-page ruling handed down Thursday, three judges wrote that the evidence presented “does not permit a justified dismissal of possible illicit actions” by Kirchner in connection with a deal between her and her adm... Full story
