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Ms. Merle Bellinkoff, 92, Lake Mary, Florida died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023 at Advent Health Hospice following a brief illness. Ms. Bellinkoff was born May 22, 1930 in Canada and moved to Miami, Florida in 1953 before coming to the Orlando area in 1983 from Miami, Florida. Ms. Bellinkoff is survived by her loving son, Irwin (Donna) Bellinkoff of Casselberry, Florida; grandsons, Ira (Lindsey) Bellinkoff of Winter Park, Florida and Brian (Sarah) Bellinkoff of Inglewood, California; great grandson, Benjamin Bellinkoff. Funeral Services for Ms....
Norma Jane Kusnetz, MD, 59 of Winter Park, Florida, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023 at her Winter Park home following her brave battle with breast cancer. Norma was born March 3, 1963 in Southfield, Michigan, a small suburb of Detroit, to Harold & Phyliss (Kurtz) Kusnetz. She had many friends growing up, many of whom she kept in touch with through the years. Norma was a loving and caring person. Norma graduated Country Day High School and subsequently attended the University of Michigan...
Aaron Liberman, 83, of Orlando, Florida passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Feb. 5, 2023. Mr. Liberman was born in Gary, Indiana to Irwin and Anne Liberman on Aug. 25, 1939. He went to school at Horace Mann High School, received his B.A. in Psychology from Baylor University, M.S. in Psychology from Indiana University, and an M.S. and PhD in Hospital Administration from the University of Iowa. He married Joan Schwartz Liberman on July 4, 1964, in Waco, Texas. During his long and ecle...
Dr. Jack N. Shorr, age 72, of Tavares, Florida lost his battle to cancer on Feb 4, 2023. Dear brother of the late Fred (Eileen) Shorr and the late Gayle (Lee) Poulos; fond uncle of Larry Shorr, Mandy (John) Bogner, Adam (Kristen) August, Lauren (Rudy) Wolf and great uncle to Justin Bogner, Jason Bogner, Cora Wolf, Maya Wolf, Jacob Shorr and Jasper Shorr. Cherished son of the late Ida Shorr-Levy-Witkin and the late Lawrence Shorr. Optometrist to many and friend to all. Graveside Services were held at Menorah Gardens (2630 S. 17th Ave.,...
Ms. Mary Stout, 92, Winter Springs, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023 at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital following a brief illness. Ms. Stout was born May 14, 1930 in Englewood, New Jersey to the late Julius & Daisy (Binder) Bernstein. She is predeceased by her husband Lynn F. Stout and her son Richard Ritz. Ms. Stout is survived by her loving son; Dr. Stephen (Angela) Ritz of Stone Mountain, Georgia; and grandsons — Anthony, Joshua and Adam. Funeral Services for Ms. Stout were held in the Chapel of Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel (835 Lee Road, O...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The resolution is called “Recognizing Israel as America’s Legitimate and Democratic Ally and Condemning Antisemitism,” and its cosponsors are a who’s-who of the pro-Israel Democrats, including leading Jewish lawmakers. Also on the sponsor list: Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has been one of Israel’s harshest critics in Congress and who Republicans on Thursday kicked off the Foreign Affairs Committee for past comments that Jewish groups have said were antisemitic. In a press release sent out just an hour ahead of a successful...
(JTA) — The Brooklyn Nets traded Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks, a team whose Jewish owner had spoken up about the star guard’s antisemitism controversy last year. Mark Cuban, known as one of the NBA’s most outspoken team owners and as a star of the hit TV show “Shark Tank,” did not comment on the trade that was the talk of the league on Sunday. But in the fall, after Irving promoted an antisemitic film on his Twitter account and at first refused to apologize for the tweet, Cuban said the eight-time All-Star was “not educated about the i...
(JNS) - "It started as a hobby." That's what most of the winemakers said, ranging from the Ben Ami Winery in the Jordan Valley, which sells 3,500 bottles per year and holds tastings in the owner's Ma'aleh Ephraim yard, to Amichai Luria from Shiloh, who produces 300,000 bottles that are exported and enjoyed all over the world. What started as a hobby turned into a passion, a natural one for many who live in the hills of Samaria or Binyamin, where the weather, soil and altitude are just right for...
(JNS) — On Feb. 2, John Podhoretz, editor of Commentary, shared a joke on his magazine’s podcast riffing on Hunter Biden’s laptop—what Miranda Devine has called the “Laptop from Hell.” So, have you heard the one about the Jew who returns 40 years later to pick up a pair of shoes from the cobbler? “The shoe store owner says, ‘Was they wing tips?’ ‘Yes. They were wing tips.’ ‘Were they black with a brown trim?’ ‘Yeah. You have them?’” Podhoretz said, exaggerating the cobbler’s accent. “‘They’ll be ready Tuesday.’” Clearly, the original owner...
Israel passes important hurdle to enter US visa waiver program (JNS) — Fiscal year 2022 saw a significant drop in the number of Israelis refused visas to enter the United States, for the first time falling under the 3 percent threshold to qualify for the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, the U.S. Embassy in Israel said in a statement. “Israel has made one huge step toward the visa waiver program,” U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides tweeted on Monday. However, he continued, much work remains to be done. The U.S. Visa Waiver Program allows citizens o...
(JNS) — In 2021, a University of Michigan music professor showed a 1965 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Othello,” which featured a white actor in blackface, in class. The professor apologized and stepped down, yet a dean at the university stated that the experience “was hurtful and upsetting to the students in the class,” and the professor’s actions “do not align with our school’s commitment to anti-racist action, diversity, equity and inclusion.” When someone distributed racist fliers on the school’s Ann Arbor campus five years prior, the...
