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Can a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip and a Jewish American from New York find a common bond through music? Temple Shir Shalom of Oviedo invites the community to participate in a special Friday Night Shabbat service on March 7. Spiritual Leader Beth Schafer, who recently produced the celebration of Women of Reform Judaism’s Centennial Anniversary at the URJ’s Biennial Convention, (featured in URJ Top Ten Moments for 2013), has organized another evening of meaningful music and spiritual exploration with visiting artists Michael Ochs and Ala...
On Jan. 21, the previous co-chairwomen of Choices gathered for a luncheon. The ladies enjoyed reminiscing about the past and hearing details of this year's event. Shown here are back row, (l-r) Monique Eyal, Rene Brent, JoAnne Kane, Rene Roberts, Rhonda Forest; front row, (l-r) Shari Klafter, Marcie Greenberg, Susan Bierman, Ellen Snyder, Rita Isaak, Barbara Chasnov, Loren London, and Devorah-Leah Dubov....
"The walls are closing in on me", said one elderly woman. "I got tired of eating alone... I was still driving but less and less often, my friends had all moved away or into assisted living and I had lost my Mah Jongg game." These are valid reasons for making a life changing decision to move at the age of 88. While one person enjoys the privacy and familiarity of her own small condominium another person feels isolated and lonely, even frightened to be alone in case of an emergency. Fortunately fo...
Jacob Isaac Senderowitz, the son of Robin and Phillip Senderowitz of Maitland, will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, at Congregation Ohev Shalom in Maitland. Jacob is in the seventh grade at Trinity Preparatory School. His hobbies and interests include art, reading, guitar, agility training with his dog Cooper, and spending time with family and friends. Sharing in the family's simcha will be Jacob's brother, Noah; grandmothers, Joan Wagner of Altamonte Springs,...
photos by Exulting Images The Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando's Women's Division gave community supporters a night they will never forget. Replete with singing, dancing and acrobats, the Broadway-style showcase of Jewish life in Central Florida was a smash hit. Here are just a few glimpses of the evening....
The students and teachers at the Steinmetz Family School of Chai at Congregation of Reform Judaism recently celebrated the Jewish birthday of the trees Tu B'Shevat with an art expo and seder. As a mid-year culmination of the lessons taught by art specialist Judith Lazev, the expo highlighted the works of the students based on this year's school theme "Tree of Life." From the likes of such artists as Kandinsky and Klimt to the truffala trees from the Dr. Seuss story "The Lorax" and the apple...
On Jan. 19, almost 50 middle-school students attended a dance at the Roth Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando's Harriett Lake auditorium. The dance featured a ceiling-to-floor bounce house with enclosed basketball, digital photo booth with printouts, and Junction 88 Productions DJ, emcee, and games. Seven local Jewish organizations worked together to promote this event: BBYO Connect, Congregation Beth Am, Congregation of Reform Judaism, Congregation Ohev Shalom, Jewish Academy of...
On Feb. 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Roth Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando will hold its second annual Move It Monday-a day of health and fitness marking Presidents' Day. The day will featured a slate of group exercise classes, all of which are free and open to the community. Classes will include JCC favorites, like LesMills Sh'Bam™, Body Pump™, cardio cycling, yoga, and SilverSneakers. Classes for kids will be held all morning, including one Physical Fitness Fun class presented by...
The recent unveiling of the Holocaust Memorial at Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation (SOJC), an Eagle Scout service project led by Max Waldor, is giving Jewish youth at the SOJC Religious School a way to investigate and learn about the Holocaust, tolerance, and civic responsibility. Last year, commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass, SOJC's Religious School invited Holocaust survivor, Erica Kanter, to speak to their third- through fifth-grade students...
Under construction at Temple Israel is the upgrading of the Roth social hall which will be ready for rental by community members in April. Updates will be forthcoming. For more information, please contact John-Patrick Alexander, office administrator, at 407-647-3055 or office@tiflorida.org....
On a weekly basis, many of the same faces pass between the Jewish Academy of Orlando (JAO) and the Roth Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Maitland. For more than three decades, the two Jewish agencies have supported one another on multiple levels. From early childhood, after-school, youth, teen, sports to fitness programming, JAO and JCC have made an impact on the Jewish community of Orlando that goes beyond an excellent education. Just last month, students at the JCC's Early Childhood Learning...
There is something special about Taglit-Birthright Israel: Mayanot trips to Israel https://mayanotisrael.com After many months of anticipation, we were finally on our way on our trip to Israel through Taglit-Birthright Israel: Mayanot. When word spread that our flight to Israel was delayed about 10 hours, a wave of frustration spread through our group. Israel was having its worst snowstorm in decades-at the very same time as our scheduled flight. There was talk that we'd be stuck at Kennedy...
Matthew and Jessica Klein of Orlando are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Jennifer Taylor Klein on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. Jennifer was born at Winter Park Memorial Hospital. She weighed 5 pounds, 7 ounces and was 18 inches long. Also welcoming Jennifer are her proud grandparents, Jeff and Marci Gaeser of Chuluota, and Marc and Jill Klein of Boca Raton; great-grandparents, Ruth Miller of Winter Park, Joan Manes of Pembroke Pines and Marvin and Myrna Klein of Boca Raton; aunts,...
Mark B. Hara, 59, passed away on Jan. 1 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, Calif. Mark was born in Chicago, Ill., on Dec. 12, 1954 to his loving parents Anita and Joseph Hara. At the age of eight the family moved to Orlando, where he was a longtime resident of the community. It was in Orlando where he was fortunate enough to meet the woman of his dreams, his wife Ellen. Mark and Ellen decided that it was in Chicago that they would continue their life together, as well as start a family. For 13...
Graveside funeral services for Sondra Carey, age 77, of Spring Hill, Fla., who passed away on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, were held Thursday, Jan. 30, at Congregation of Reform Judaism Cemetery. Ms. Carey is survived by her sons, Robert (Caryn) Winter and Steven (Tere) Winter; and four grandchildren. Arrangements entrusted to Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel, Orlando....
Lucy Estrin of Orlando, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at Florida Hospital – Orlando. She was 90 years old. Mrs. Estrin, a native of Brooklyn, was one of three daughters born to the late Samuel and Eva Pizer Bookshin. She was a psychotherapist in family counseling, earning her master’s degree from the University of Tennessee. She maintained a client list until just recently. Mrs. Estrin is survived by her sons, Mark (Karen) of Maitland, and Eric (Linda) of Oak Park, Calif.; and five grandchildren. She was predeceased by her sisters, Mar...
Helen Goldberg of Orlando, passed away on Jan. 9, 2014, at Westminster Towers in Orlando. Mrs. Goldberg graduated college with honors and was a dedicated JHS math teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y., for many years. She was a world traveler with Sam, who was her partner in life and husband for 73 years. He survives her as does her daughter Diane Alexander and son-in-law Mark Arisohn, daughter Randy Stills, granddaughters Dianne Laura and Deborah Stills and her sister Eleanor Salmanowitz. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved...
Michael Levine of Oviedo, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, at the Oviedo Hospital emergency room. He was 63 years of age. Mr. Levine was born on Aug. 10, 1950, in New York, N.Y., to the late Philip and Phyllis Pressman Levine. He was a graduate of the Valley Forge Military Academy and attended Sullivan County, N.Y., Junior College and was a captain in the Army Reserves. On May 22, 1976, in Silver Spring, Md., Mr. Levine married the former Harriet Newman and in 1981 the couple relocated to the Orlando area. In addition to being a...
Paulette R. Rosenberg of Altamonte Springs, passed away after a long battle with cancer on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at home with her family surrounding her. She was born Jan. 24, 1934, in Commercy, Meuse France, to Aline Berger Reppert and Paul Urbain Reppert. Raised Catholic, she met and fell in love with an American G.I. while working on the military base near her home in Nancy, France. Phil Rosenberg was not only an American, but a Jew. Paulette convert to Judaism. She and Phil were married by...
Daniel Stein passed away Jan. 23, 2014. He was 92 years of age. From the time he was 13, Daniel Stein almost always worked six days a week, a pace he kept up for 44 more years. In 1998, when he retired at 57, Stein decided to enjoy himself spending time with his beloved wife, Betty, and their family and traveling all over the world. At the time of his death, Stein had visited nearly 30 foreign countries. Born in Boston on Dec. 24, 1921, to the late Abraham and Anna Rotberg Stein, Stein was a World War II veteran and a member of the JWV. He and...
Jerry Wasserman of Orlando, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at The Bridge Assisted Living in Orlando. He was 87 years old. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Wasserman was born on May 18, 1926, to the late Louis Wasserman and Anna Soloman Wasserman. He attended Case Western Reserve University and served in the United States Army. He spent the majority of his working career as a sales consultant for Doubleday Books. Jerry and his wife, the late Gloria Wasserman, relocated to the Orlando area from Columbus, Ohio, in 1994. Mr. Wasserman is...
If someone were to say "Have you been doin' the 'Hubbly Bubbly'?" Locals near Edgewater and Par would know this is referring to the newest healthy-fast-food shop in the area. Owners Mark and Heather Unger and her father, George Joubran, opened Hubbly Bubbly last September and they have not slowed down since the doors opened. The concept is not new-a falafel shop. But the unique way the food is prepared and served makes it decidedly different-and the constant flow of customers proves it. The...
This is a big month for Jeff Berger. He will be celebrating his 15th anniversary as a general contractor and owner of Petretti Group, a Winter Park-based company that builds and renovates private residences, commercial buildings, restaurants and coffee shops. He has built more than $15 million in custom and spec homes in Orlando, Longwood and the Orlando area in addition to major renovations on Winter Park’s Chain of Lakes. Among many popular restaurants his company has built or renovated are Winter Park’s Cocina 214, a 350-seat Mexican res...
Raymond James recently recruited veteran financial advisers S. Benjamin Weiner, CFP®, CIMA®, who will be operating as the Winter Park Wealth Group, an independent firm, in Winter Park. "We are delighted to welcome yet another accomplished team of advisers to Raymond James," the company said. "Ben and his partners have demonstrated a history of providing excellent client service, consistent with the culture and values at Raymond James. Their decision to affiliate with us reflects their...
Barbara Friedman with Fannie Hillman + Associates has been awarded the Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE®) designation by the Real Estate Negotiation Institute (RENI). The CNE® is earned by real estate professionals after successfully completing formal negotiation training from the Real Estate Negotiation Institute. Agents who receive this certification are in the top one percent of all agents nationally....
