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The book “The Balancing Act of Stress Management” by Valerie Chestnut defines stress as a situation or change that causes physical, emotional, or psychological strain. Stress triggers your body’s automatic reaction, similar to a reflex, and manifests in various symptoms. These symptoms are often magnified in seniors, and proper stress management requires additional diligence as we or our loved ones age. Stress can be caused by: Work-related issues, Financial struggles, Parenting challenges, Relationship troubles, Health concerns, Careg...
Ione Goodless Elkins, 97, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at Harbor Chase assisted living facility in Orlando, after a long illness. She was a long-term resident of Hollywood, Florida since the mid-1950s. Ione Goodless Elkins was born July 7, 1927, in Flushing, NYC, the daughter of Charles and Myrtice Miggues. She married Maxwell Goodless Jan. 20, 1956, who predeceased her in 1967; and Herbert Elkins April 20, 1968, who predeceased her in 2015. Ione worked her way through nursing school and advanced to the position of head surgical nurse and... Full story
Mrs. Marcia Hollett, 93, of Windermere, Florida passed away peacefully Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, at the Mike Conley Hospice House following a brief illness. Mrs. Hollett was born Feb. 12, 1932, in Newark, New Jersey to Benjamin and Ida (Sklon) Jaffe of blessed memory.... Full story
Mr. Louis Paul Kairys, 80, passed away peacefully Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, at AdventHealth Hospice Altamonte Springs following a brief illness. Mr. Kairys was born July 30, 1944, in New York City, New York. Mr. Kairys was a Computer Technician for the City of New York and upon retirement he and his wife moved to the Orlando area in 2000. Mr. Kairys is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 44 years, Barbara (Pomp) Kairys of Lake Mary, Florida; brother-in-law, Howard (Suzanne) Pomp of Lake Mary, Florida. Graveside Service for Mr. Kairys... Full story
Eden Leah Wiltz, of DeBary, Florida was born on Feb. 22, 2025, and passed away peacefully Feb, 22, 2025, surrounded by family. Eden Leah Wiltz is survived by her loving parents, Matthew and Angela (Iglesias) Wiltz of DeBary, Florida; maternal grandparents, Virna and Randy Cardona of DeBary, Florida; paternal grandparents, Ofelia Wiltz of Key Largo, Florida and Henry Wiltz of Miami, Florida. Graveside service of Eden Leah Wiltz was held at All Faiths Memorial Park (1390 Park Drive, Casselberry, FL) with Rabbi David Kay officiating. May she rest... Full story
(JNS) — Shaya Feiner may not communicate with words, but his face tells a story. His mother, Aviva, has learned to recognize the joy in his expressions—the pride that lights up his face when she tells others that “Shaya was born in Jerusalem.” The 17-year-old’s story began in Israel, where he was born healthy. But complications quickly arose, leaving him with a severe neurological condition and complex medical needs that have shaped his daily life ever since. All this time, Aviva and her husband, Rabbi Eytan Feiner, have devoted themselves to m...
(JNS) - The Empire State Building was lit orange on Wednesday night in memory of Shiri Bibas and her sons Ariel and Kfir, whom Hamas killed in captivity and who were buried earlier in the day in Israel. Some four-and-a-half miles north in Manhattan, anti-Israel Barnard College students took over an administrative building on campus. Classes were canceled, and a Barnard staff member was assaulted and hospitalized, Jewish Insider reported. Kassy Akiva, a reporter for Daily Wire, wrote that Barnard spokesperson told her that “a small group of m...
Winter storm Coral: Hermon turns white, rare snow in Mount Carmel (JNS) — The winter storm “Coral” peaked in Israel on Monday morning, covering Mount Hermon in snow and bringing light snowfall to northern and central Israel. Light snow fell in the Galilee, the Jerusalem area, and, for the first time in nine years, Mount Carmel. The last time Israel’s capital saw the white stuff was in January 2022. Unusually cold temperatures were recorded nationwide, dropping below freezing in the north and reaching 32 degrees Fahrenheit in Jerusalem. The coa...
(JNS) — The New York State Education Department wrote in English and Yiddish to two Chassidic schools in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 11, notifying them that they will no longer receive public funding and directing the schools to tell parents that the institution “is no longer deemed a school, which provides compulsory education fulfilling the requirements of Article 65 of the Education Law.” According to section 3204 of state law, “instruction given to a minor elsewhere than at a public school shall be at least s...
(Israel Hayom via JNS) — A pro-Israeli Hollywood collective known as “The Brigade” has issued a strongly-worded response to a campaign urging Oscar attendees to wear red pins in support of Gaza. In a statement shared on Monday night, the collective—comprising approximately 700 producers, actors, agents and filmmakers—criticized the symbolism and timing of the Artists4Ceasefire initiative, which was sent to Hollywood celebrities on Feb. 20, the same day Hamas returned the bodies of the Bibas children. “In 2000, Palestinian terrorists...
