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Samantha (Sami) Keimach, daughter of David and Hope Keimach of Longwood, will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Congregation Beth Am in Longwood. Sami is in the seventh grade at Rock Lake Middle School where she is in the gifted program, a member of the National Junior Beta Club and Advanced Chorus. Her hobbies and interests include singing, participating in plays, ice skating, volunteering for the Gliding Stars organization, writing and reading novels. She...
Kaylah Mack, daughter of Robert and Andrea Mack of Clermont, Fla., will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on March 7, 2015, at Congregation Sinai in Minneola. Kaylah is in eighth grade. She loves acting, drawing, reading, and cooking. She does improv at Moonlight, the local theater. Her group is called the Moonlight Lunatics. She spends her free time searching up new recipes, creating a new piece of artwork, or spending time with her friends. For her mitzvah project, Kaylah is collecting...
All year long, Brown's Deli in Maitland offers freshly baked apricot and raspberry hamentashen, but now is the time for a Purim plethora of varieties. The traditional three-pointed hat-of-Hamen-shaped cookie in not-so-traditional flavors like reverse chocolate peanut butter, s'mores, almond coconut delight, cherry pie, and cinnamon apple, to name a few. Of course, there will be poppy seed and prune for delicious nostalgia. The bakery at Brown's serves a wide variety of Kosher Parve desserts....
The entire community is invited to attend the annual Purim Carnival at Temple Israel on Sunday, March 8, beginning at 10:30 a.m. This year's games and activities have been greatly increased and will include activities such as Shave Haman, goldfish ping pong, target golf, sack races plus many others. An obstacle course is being provided by My Gym of Waterford Lakes (www.mygym.com/ waterford lakes). Temple Israel is located at 50 S. Moss Road in Winter Springs. For more information, please visit...
As Purim is around the corner, it’s time once again for the Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation’s (SOJC) annual Purim Carnival, which is happening on Sunday, March 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at SOJC. This annual event has always been fun for the whole family. It’s a time to get together with friends and family, to eat, enjoy the Florida weather, and act like a kid again. After all, acting like a kid is not restricted by actual age. Grandparents, parents, and kids all find the opportunity to let their hair down and enjoy the day. Eating is al...
Congregation Beth Israel of Ocala invites the public to a festive Purim celebration and Game Day on Sunday March 8, from noon to 3 p.m. at On Top of the World, Arbor Conference Center, rooms E&F. We will have the traditional megillah reading of the story of Esther followed by lunch. The lunch includes turkey or roast beef sandwiches, coleslaw, potato salad, fruit salad, beverages and desserts, which will include hamantashen. Card and board games will follow lunch and attendees are asked to bring their favorite game. Tickets are $5 and are...
Congregation Beth Sholom invites the community to a Purim Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 28. Festivities will begin with a potluck dinner at 4:45 p.m., followed by fun and games for the children. This year, the children will be donating their prize tickets to the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of Leesburg. The reading of the Megillah, the scroll of Esther, which tells the story of Purim, will begin at approximately 6:30 p.m. Costumes are encouraged. The synagogue is located at 315 North 13th Street in Leesburg, with the entrance on Center Street. Res...
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has become a rising star in the Democratic Party through her focus on economic and social issues like income inequality and taking on Wall Street banks, triggering a groundswell of progressive support and calls for her to run for president. But less is known about her views on foreign policy and, by extension, Israel. Two recent moves by Warren may shed light on her outlook regarding issues prioritized by the Jewish state. She was one of four Democrats on the...
Netanyahu, citing IAEA report, incredulous that Iran nuke talks are advancing JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it “astonishing” that nuclear talks with Iran are proceeding despite a report saying that Iran is hiding military components of its nuclear program. On Sunday, Netanyahu at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting also reiterated his intention to travel to the United States next week to deliver an address on the Iran talks to Congress that has stirred controversy. The U.N. atomic watchdog, the Inter...
When members of the pro-Israel community think of populations in need of relief, Syrian refugees are probably not one of the first groups coming to mind. After all, the proverbial elephant in the room is that the Syrian civil war is a conflict between two enemies of Israel: Iran-supported President Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah on one side, and jihadists linked with the al-Qaeda and Islamic State terror groups among the Assad regime's opponents. But as the fourth anniversary of the Syrian civil...
NEW YORK (JTA)-Hamantaschen talk is always about the filling: prune, poppy, apricot and strawberry, just to name a few favorites. I love being creative with the fillings, but this year I wanted to change up things with a flavored dough rather than just a fun filling. And what better ingredient to include than chocolate. Once you have made your chocolate dough, you can still be creative with the fillings, although I recommend two combinations below: triple chocolate, which is filled with nutella...
On Wednesday, March 4, Congregation Ohev Shalom will welcome Purim country style. The entire community is welcome to join the country themed Purim Carnival from 4:30 p.m. -6:30 p.m. and then stay for Megillah reading at 6:30 p.m. Cowboy hat toss, cow milking, horseshoe, hayride, learn to line dance, petting zoo, pony rides, hay bale obstacle course, bounce house prizes and more. A one-time fee of $8 in advance or $10 at the door allows access to all the games. Food will be sold separately. But...
Seventh grader Aubrey Stern has always loved animals. As she approaches her 13th birthday, Aubrey has been preparing to become bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in Winter Springs. So, it's no surprise that when Aubrey was told one of the requirements of becoming bat mitzvah is to perform community service, she chose to support a local no-kill animal rescue organization. To do this, she is holding a dog fashion show as a fund-raiser and education event for Pet Rescue by Judy. Pet Rescue by Judy is a local 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the rescu...
