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The American Hebrew Academy recently extended invitations to a select number of students worldwide for admittance into the esteemed American Hebrew Academy Honor Society. Now in its sixth year, the American Hebrew Academy Honor Society, modeled after the National Honor Society, is an international honor society that acknowledges exceptional 8th and 9th grade students who have demonstrated excellence in academics, athletics, the arts, leadership and service to their communities. Last year, six students from the Central Florida area were...
In celebration of the 21st anniversary of the Women's philanthropy event, the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando is shaking things up again at this year's Choices. On Tuesday, April 14, at Congregation Ohev Shalom, Choices will show the Jewish women of Orlando how "It Takes A Woman" to strengthen the Jewish community. The planning for Choices 2015 is underway with a fabulous and inspiring program at 7 p.m. followed by a one-of-a-kind Kentucky Derby-themed cocktail party. Kentucky Derby hats ar...
Recently, the Heritage received a phone call from the mother of a young woman attending the University of South Florida. She was alarmed at what her daughter was telling her about the bullying tactics of the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). The mother is a member of the Congregation of Reform Judaism and gave the Heritage her daughter’s email address to learn what exactly was happening on campus. The daughter, who did not want her name to be mentioned, (and therefore the Heritage also did not want to give the m...
The Jack and Lee Rosen Jewish Community Center, Inc., is now officially a legal entity of its own. This marks a change in direction from the Roth Family JCC of Greater Orlando and a renewed focus on Southwest Orlando. Their story began in 1994 when the JCC of Greater Orlando (JCCGO) opened an Early Childhood Learning Center on property belonging to the Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation. After 14 years of renting space for the Early Childhood program, the community's dream became a reality...
Originally published in Breitbart.com. A study titled "National Demographic Survey of American Jewish College Students 2014," conducted in the spring of 2014 by Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, revealed that over half of Jewish college students have experienced anti-Semitism on campus. Trinity professors Barry Kosmin and Ariela Keysar led the research project, under the guidance of Kenneth L. Marcus, president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and past head of...
Unity in Paris, France... I’ve been lucky enough to spend time with my spouse in Paris a few years ago, although a single glass of diet coke at a Paris sidewalk café cost us $9 American. (Oy vay.) It might be higher today. I recently received this story from the World Jewish Congress digest (WJC) and I pass it along to you: “World Jewish Congress CEO ROBERT SINGER and other WJC leaders joined with heads of state from some 40 nations, leaders of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF), European Jewish Congress and marc...
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech, in the end, was about reminding Americans that the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy. He may have lost some friends in the process. Netanyahu spoke before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday following a six-week buildup that spurred questions about the propriety of an Israeli prime minister using Congress as a platform for his views two weeks before elections in his country and resulted in a rupture, for now, between the O...
Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's much-debated March 3 address to a joint session of Congress about the Iranian nuclear threat, former U.S. secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld said that the focus on protocol and the speech's venue, rather than on the content of Netanyahu's message, "plays into the hands" of the U.S.-Israel relationship's opponents. "I find it stunning to see the comments out of the White House on this issue," Rumsfeld said in an interview with Israel Hayom,...
On Monday, March 16, Chabad of Lake Mary will host an evening with Dan Alon, one of five Israeli athletes who survived the Munich Massacre over 40 years ago during the Olympics of 1972. The event will be held at the Westin Lake Mary at 7:30 p.m. Alon recently authored a book on his harrowing experience in Munich and its lasting effect on his life, titled "Munich Memoir." In the summer of 1972, Palestinian terrorist group Black September killed 11 Israelis who had travelled to Munich to...
"Teaching the Historical Jesus: A Teaching Lesson" will be the topic of the March 24, lecture by Prof. Zev Garber at UCF as part of the Judaic Studies Distinguished Lecturers Series. Dr. Zev Garber, Emeritus professor and chairman of Jewish Studies and Philosophy at Los Angeles Valley College, will speak at the UCF main campus in the Business Administration Building (BA1) Room 221 at noon. Garber has devoted his prodigious teaching and writing energies to many important subjects: the Holocaust,...
This month, the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando will launch its new Jewish Business Network. JBN is a group of Jewish business and professional men and women who are dedicated to this community and want to make it stronger. JBN meetings will create new opportunities for connection and involvement with Jewish community members to form social and business relationships, network, and make referrals. JBN got its start with the help of five enthusiastic “charter” members: Nancy Hecht-Faracchio, Gale Milgrim, David Brenner, Lawrence Kolin, and...
Love, as the song goes, is in the air. If the latest media reports are accurate, the United States and the Iranian regime are rapidly closing in on a deal over the mullahs’ nuclear ambitions. Admittedly, the source of this nugget of hope was Joseph Cirincione—a former Capitol Hill operative who now serves as the president of the Ploughshares Fund, a liberal foreign policy think tank, having gotten there via the Center for American Progress, another think tank that serves as a reliable echo chamber for the Obama administration’s edicts, both...
Freedom of speech. What is it worth? Without it we can lose everything including our lives. Imagine what life would be like if radical Islam eliminates free speech. You will not be able to express your opinion. According to Wikipeda the Pakistan Penal Code (295 and 298) prohibits blasphemy against any recognized religion. This includes defaming the Muslims’ prophet Muhammad. The penalty ranges from a fine to death. Danish Palestinian poet, Vahya Hassan, said, “Muslims love to take advantage of free speech. As soon as there is someone say...
Barack Obama is not a Muslim, but he shows signs of a Wannabe. He emphasizes his middle name and his father’s origins when talking to Muslim audiences. That’s not a sin, but an effort to establish identity. He’d be a lousy politician if he didn’t play that game. However, he also contributes to the delusion of himself, and others with his frequent assertion that the war against terror is not about Islam. He says, “They are not religious leaders; they are terrorists.” No doubt that they are terrorists, but they are also religious leaders, ca...
Alisa Robbins Doctoroff, president of the UJA-Federation of New York, the largest local philanthropy in the world leads an organization whose mission is to “care for people in need, inspire a passion for Jewish life and learning, and strengthen Jewish communities in New York, in Israel, and around the world.” She was appointed to this position on July 1, 2013—and until today no one has researched her background. Unfortunately for her, that time is over. Research reveals that Doctoroff is a donor to New Israel Fund (NIF) as revealed in their ann...
Why did I go to Washington? Because, as prime minister of Israel, it’s my obligation to do everything in my power to prevent the conclusion of a bad deal that could threaten the survival of the State of Israel. The current proposal to Iran would endanger Israel. It would enable Iran to build its first nuclear device within an unacceptably short time. And it would allow Iran to build an industrial capability to enrich uranium that could provide the fuel for many bombs in the coming years. A regime that openly calls for Israel’s destruction wou...
Dear Editor: I found the recent interview with Mr. Hassan Shibly in the Orlando Sentinel dated Feb. 11, 2015, to be quite enlightening and informative. I was interested in what Mr. Shibly had to say. However, I was much more interested in what Mr. Shibly didn’t say. For instance, Mr. Shibly forgot to disclose the relationship between the organization he represents, Council on American-Islamic Relations, and The Muslim Brotherhood. It is well known that CAIR is a subsidiary of The Muslim Brotherhood that has been considered a terrorist o...
MORNING AND EVENING MINYANS (Call synagogue to confirm time.) Chabad of South Orlando—Monday and Thursday, 8 a.m. 407-354-3660. Congregation Ahavas Yisrael—Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-644-2500. Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Daytona—Monday, 8 a.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m., 904-672-9300. Congregation Ohev Shalom—Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-298-4650. GOBOR Community Minyan at Jewish Academy of Orlando—Monday – Friday, 7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Temple Israel—Sunday, 9 a.m., 407-647-3055. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 Congre...
Rabbi Karen Allen of Congregation Beth Sholom in Leesburg will lead a Torah roundtable on Thursday, March 12 at 1 .pm. at the Sumter County Administration Building (with the golden dome) at 7375 Powell Road (near Pinellas Plaza and 466A), Wildwood. The roundtable provides a unique opportunity to talk with the rabbi as she leads an informal and interactive discussion focusing on topics of contemporary Jewish interest suggested by the Torah portion of the week. The public is also invited to join the Congregation for Friday evening Sabbath...
JFS Orlando will host its ongoing Sharsheret programming to help raise awareness for breast and ovarian cancer at an interactive seminar hosted by local art therapist, life coach, and professor, Marietta Miller. Participants will learn how to integrate art therapy into their lives as a positive therapeutic tool. The event will take place at Crealde School of Art in Winter Park Wednesday, March 18 at 6 p.m. Admission is free, however, it is limited to 25 people. This program is a continuation of JFS’ health and wellness cancer prevention s...
Morty Foxson of Orlando, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at Health Center of Windermere. He was 90 years old. Mr. Foxson was born in Brooklyn, New York, on Feb. 26, 1924, to the late William and Sarah Pianin Foxson. He was a high school graduate and a veteran of World War II. He spent his working career as a salesman in retail department stores. Mr. Foxson is survived by his son, Glenn, of Orlando. A graveside funeral service was held Cedar Park Cemetery in Westwood, New Jersey. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Beth Shalom Memorial...
Mildred T. Sokolow passed away peacefully in Tallahassee, Fla., on Jan. 31, 2015, with her son, Gary, daughter-in-law, Wendy, and grandson, Andrew, at her bedside. She was 87 years old. Mrs. Sokolow went to join her husband, David, and daughter, Cheryl, under the sheltering wings of the All Merciful. She will always be remembered for her sense of humor and hospitality. Even on her deathbed, she reminded Gary and Wendy to offer drinks to the visiting nurses, doctors, and social workers. Up until the end, when she was asked, “Are you c...
Robert Talley passed away on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, at Florida Hospital – Orlando. He was 85 years old. Mr. Talley was born on July 2, 1929, at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, to the late Benjamin and Grace Lattner Talley. In 1942, his parents sent him to Northwestern Military School on Lake Geneva where he developed his love of sailing. While at the school he participated in the band. The following year he was enrolled in Castle Heights Military School where he learned to fly—his second love. At age 16, he got his first sai...
On Sunday, Feb. 22, ESP entertainer and mentalist, Mark Stone, wowed the crowd at the Jewish Pavilion Gala with a jaw-dropping demonstration of mental gymnastics. Stone entertained the packed ballroom with a mind-boggling numeric demonstration, dividing the number "46" six ways from Sunday on a Sudoku-like grid in less than a minute's time. Then, the event co-honoree shared some additional numbers of note with the 264 Gala attendees gathered at Lake Mary's Westin Hotel. "Here are some numbers...
On Thursday, Feb. 12, the Holocaust Center hosted an education forum titled Using Political Cartoons to Teach about Human and Civil Rights. More than 30 teachers and local residents joined with Mitch Bloomer, the Center's resource teacher, as he facilitated a discussion about using political cartoons to teach about the struggle for human and civil rights in the Holocaust era and during the modern Civil Rights Movement. The Holocaust Center's Education Forums provide an ongoing opportunity for te...
