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(JTA)-The American toy company that created the Barbie doll announced a new doll honoring Iris Apfel, the 96-year-old Jewish fashion guru. The Apfel doll wears the same green Gucci suit and jewels that the real-life Apfel wears on the cover of her latest book, "Accidental Icon," the New York Post reported Thursday. "Her long-spanning career makes her the perfect subject of a one-of-a-kind doll, the highest honor Barbie bestows," a Mattel representative told the Post in a statement. The new Apfel...
When an Iranian drone was shot down in a field this past February, news focused on the ensuing Israeli plane shot down in Syria, and on the long-term implications for the United States' involvement in Syria. But what of the Israelis who heard the drone fall almost literally in their backyard? What of the thousands of Israelis who were awakened at 4 a.m. just after Shabbat, in a panic about the siren that was going off? "I awoke, dressed in my uniform, and comforted my neighbor next door, who...
Theresa Frankel Bernstein, age 70, passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at Florida Hospital—Waterman. Mrs. Bernstein, was born in New York City, on Sept. 26, 1947, a daughter of the late Jack and Lucy Ashkenzi Frankel. She earned her master’s degree and worked as an educator for the New York Public School System prior to her retirement. Funeral services were held at New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon, New York. Arrangements entrusted to Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando 32810. 407-599-1180....
Charlotte F. Nathan, age 99, of Winter Park, passed away on Monday, March 19, 2018, at her residence in Westminster Towers—Winter Park. Mrs. Nathan was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Aug. 17, 1918, the second daughter of four children born to the late Frank and Pauline Lipscher Friedman. In New York, she met and on June 14, 1949, married, Murray Nathan, the man who would be her life’s partner for 69 years. Charlotte was a high school graduate and worked for many years as the office manager in her late husband’s medical practice. Reloc...
(MyJewishLearning via JTA)-Making your own Haggadah is not just a money saver, but also a great way to educate yourself about the Passover seder, add a unique twist to the festive meal and have a more meaningful and satisfying holiday. For generations, enterprising seder leaders have been sticking Post-It notes in their favorite parts of existing Haggadahs, adding in photocopied readings, or even cutting and pasting from multiple Haggadahs and combining it all in a loose-leaf binder. The Interne...
NEW YORK (JTA)-I have roamed the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptian wing many times, marveling at sarcophagi, statues of Horus and Ra, and portraits of young men on ancient panels who gaze back at visitors, looking shockingly familiar and contemporary. But on a Sunday just before Passover, I viewed the artifacts as I'd never before seen them: through the lens of the Exodus story, which we retell each year through reading the Haggadah. Nachliel Selavan, a Jewish educator and self-taught...
Slain Paris Holocaust survivor was targeted because she was Jewish, French police say (JTA)—Prosecutors investigating the slaying of a Holocaust survivor in Paris said the two suspects in custody targeted her because she was Jewish. The development in the investigation of the March 23 slaying of Mirelle Kanol came with the arrest of two men on Monday, Le Figaro reported, citing a police source. “The supposed or actual belonging of the victim to a religion was a grounds” for the attack, the source told Le Figaro, in addition to her being “vuln...
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The Trump administration in a statement said it “sympathizes deeply” with the families whose lawsuit against the Palestine Liberation Organization may soon be considered by the Supreme Court, but continues to maintain that the lawsuit does not meet the standards for review by the high court. “The United States condemns acts of terror in the strongest terms and the Department of Justice is committed to prosecuting those who commit terrorist attacks against innocent human beings to the fullest extent that the law allows,...
BOSTON (JTA)-When Deborah Bodin Cohen immersed herself in rabbinical school in the early 1990s, she expected to spend a year in Israel as part of her studies with Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. What she didn't know was that a decade later, the experience of living in Jerusalem would spark her inspiration for a children's book that has become a popular award-winning series. "Engineer Ari and the Passover Rush," Bodin Cohen's fourth book in Kar-Ben's "Engineer Ari" series, is...
(JTA)-Even during Jewish holidays, when food is so abundant, it is possible to eat well. My cookbook, "Great Meals with Greens and Grains," highlights many of my favorite plant-based, vegetarian recipes that not only are healthy but delicious. And many of its recipes are kosher for Passover or can be easily modified by removing or substituting a single ingredient. The following three recipes would be great when served as a light dairy lunch following a traditionally heavy seder. They are colorfu...
