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(JNS) — A hostile environment toward Jews and Israelis has been growing for years at American University, in Washington, D.C., “but has intensified following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israelis,” according to a 26-page complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Students “have been threatened, marginalized, shunned and made to feel unwelcome in their dormitories, classrooms and social spaces throughout the campus, which has become a hostile environment,” per the complaint, which The Louis D. Brandeis Ce...
(JNS) — Medicines destined for Israeli hostages, but most of which will end up serving the Hamas terrorist organization, arrived in Egypt on Wednesday and are on the way to the Gaza border. “A senior Hamas official said that for every box provided for the hostages, 1,000 boxes would be sent in for Palestinians,” AP reported. Israel also agreed to allow more aid trucks into the Gaza Strip. A controversy has arisen within Israel over the terms of the deal, which allow the shipment to pass through without IDF inspection. According to Chann...
Mrs. Bernice Wexler Diamond, 97, Altamonte Springs, Florida passed away peacefully Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at Advent Health Hospice Care following a brief illness. Mrs. Wexler Diamond was born Aug. 20, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York to the late Louis and Esther (Berner) Landau. She and her late husband Paul Wexler of blessed memory moved to the Altamonte Springs, Florida area in 1972 from Brooklyn, New York. She retired as an office manager for a lumber company. Mrs. Wexler Diamond is survived by her loving sons, Alan Wexler (Peggy) of Lakeland,...
Robert “Bob” Paul Kahn, 78, passed away on Jan. 17, 2024. He was born July 23, 1945 in Orlando, Florida, to teacher and dietician Tybell Kahn, and jeweler and artist Wolf Kahn. Bob graduated from Edgewater High School (Class of ‘63) and then attended Baylor University. After graduating, he started working for MGM Studios and then began his entrepreneurial journey that continued for over 50 years. Bob was a successful business owner of Truck Brokers Inc, which was a transportation logistics compa...
Mrs. Ruth H. Kuntz, 72, Orlando, Florida passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, at Advent Health Hospice Orlando following a brief illness. Mrs. Kuntz was born May 2, 1951, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the late Morris and Dorothy (Blieman) Shugerman. Mrs. Kuntz retired as a data processor of the Broward County School System and moved to Orlando in 2016 after her retirement. Mrs. Kuntz is survived by her loving children; daughter, Abigail (Derrick) Smith of Rockville, Maryland; son,...
Mr. Rand Laden, 67, passed away peacefully Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, at his Oviedo, Florida surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Laden was born May 16, 1956, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey to the late Joseph Jack and Flora (Neiss) Laden. Mr. Laden was a retired Sales Representative for TaylorMade Golf. He moved to the Oviedo, Florida area in 1993 from New Jersey. Mr. Laden is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Susan (Sklar) Laden of Oviedo, Florida; devoted daughter, Amanda Laden of Oviedo, Florida; and son, Eric Laden of Oviedo, Florida;...
Submitted by the family George (Geff) David Myers, 60, passed away Jan. 11, 2024. Geff was born Feb. 5, 1963, in Hyannis, MA to Henita and Stuart Myers. He married Toby Feinberg Myers, his love and wife of 26 Years, in November 1997. They raised their two sons, Ian (23) and Will (21) in Orlando, FL. Geff is survived by his three brothers Scott and Liz Myers (Cotuit, MA), Andrew and Lori Myers (Jupiter, FL), Eric and Jen Myers (Phoenix, AZ) and their respective sons. Geff graduated from Babson...
Mr. Ronald (Ron) Shader, 91, passed away peacefully Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, at his Longwood, Florida home surrounded by his family. Mr. Shader was born Oct. 9, 1932, in Orlando, Florida to the late Ben and Bessie (Joseph) Shader and was a lifelong resident of Central Florida. Mr. Shader was a retired developer and builder of Mini Storage facilities. He was a member of Congregation Ohev Shalom and the JCC. Mr. Shader is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 58 years, Mardi (Rubelow) Shader of Longwood, Florida; son, Ben Shader of...
Ms. Sandra M. Vogin, 85, Longwood, Florida passed away Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at Advent Health Hospice Care following a brief illness. Ms. Vogin was born June 6, 1938, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the late Edward and Bertha (Donolow) Macks. She moved to the Winter Springs, Florida area from Broomall, Pennsylvania with the late husband of 49 years Stanton L. Vogin of blessed memory. Ms. Vogin is survived by her loving children, Marc (Traci) Vogin of Oviedo, Florida, David Vogin of Frederick, Maryland and Ellen (Andy) Farber of South Port,...
Ebon Moss-Bachrach in ‘The Bear’ wins Emmy for Best Supporting Actor (JNS) — The performance of Ebon Moss-Bachrach as divorced father Richie in the TV series “The Bear” has so far collected the two top entertainment awards of the year. On Monday, Moss-Bachrach, who is 46 and Jewish, received an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a comedy-drama series, repeating his victory at the Golden Globes on Jan. 7. On the program streamed by Disney+, Moss-Bachrach portrays a chef who takes over his brother’s Chicago sandwich restaurant. The show tied w...
An interview with Harold Rhode (Elder of Ziyon via JNS) — The key to discussing the Middle East is understanding the cultures and languages. In Hebrew, you have the root “P-T-Ch,” corresponding to “F-T-Ch” in Arabic. The root has the general meaning of “open.” But in Arabic, there is an additional meaning: opening up a land to Islam. So the leader in battle is called “fatih” and the man who conquered Istanbul was called Mehmed Fatih. Similarly, there is Fatah, the organization. The name is a reverse acronym of the Organization for...
(JNS) — Hamas’s network of terror tunnels in the Gaza Strip is even more extensive than previously thought, The New York Times cited senior Israeli defense officials as saying on Tuesday, with new assessments indicating it has upwards of 5,700 entry shafts. In the wake of intensive counterterror combat operations in the southern Hamas stronghold of Khan Yunis during recent weeks, Israel now believes the Islamist group built between 350 and 450 miles of subterranean terror infrastructure, up from a previous estimate of 250 miles. While the fig...
(JNS) — Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) gave the annual Martin Luther King Jr. sermon at Central Synagogue in Manhattan, lashing out at American indifference or even enthusiasm in response to the brutality of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas in Israel. Calling it “the moral crisis that we’re facing in a post-Oct. 7 world,” Torres said on Jan. 12 that he was “profoundly shaken not only by Oct. 7 but by the aftermath. I found it utterly horrifying to see fellow Americans openly cheering and celebrating the deadliest massacre of Jews since the...
(JNS) — Israeli officials denounced a Hamas propaganda video, which claimed that two hostages who the terror group held captive in the Gaza Strip were killed in an Israeli Air Force strike, on Monday night as psychological terror. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israel Defense Forces spokesman, said during a press conference that Israel had not targeted nor attacked the building in which Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itai Svirsky, 38, were held. “This is a lie of Hamas,” Hagari insisted. “We do not attack a place where we know there may be hostage...
(JTA) - Israeli-American celebrity chef Michael Solomonov's renowned hummus has only been available in his Philadelphia and New York City restaurants - until now. Hummus using the recipe from Zahav, Solomonov's flagship Philadelphia restaurant, is now available at over 150 Whole Foods stores. The packaged hummus, like that at Zahav, doesn't use oil - just a lot of tahini. Unlike the hummus at Zahav, however, it is certified kosher, bringing the recipe to a new cohort of customers. The Whole...
(New York Jewish Week) — Picture a group of children having fun at summer camp, learning archery, swimming and playing tug of war, all while the Nazi flag flies next to the American flag. Or a packed crowd at Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden, where men and women of all ages give the Hitler salute. These are some of the real-life disturbing images depicted in “Nazi Town, USA,” a new documentary about the German American Bund (organization) — a pro-fascist, pro-Nazi organization that, at its peak, had some 100,000 members in the United St...
