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Congregation Beth Israel of Ocala will sponsor a Passover seder on Friday, April 22, at 6 p.m. at the Royal Oaks Golf Club, 11220 SW 69th Circle at Oak Run, in Ocala. The seder will feature a short service followed by a traditional meal of matza ball soup with entrée choices of London broil, honey crusted cod, or chicken with tomatoes and vegetables, sweet potato kugel, sautéed vegetable, sponge cake with strawberries, chocolate covered macaroons and beverages. Price for members is $30; nonmembers, $35. Your check is your reservation. Please m...
It's long overdue... I read this in the new issue of World Jewish Congress (WJC) digest and with all the news about terrorism and terrorist attacks lately, I decided to pass it along to you: "According to the state-run Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Arabia has formed an anti-terror coalition of 34 Muslim nations, a new Saudi-led 'Islamic military alliance,' to fight terrorism with a joint operations center based in the capital city of Riyadh. The statement released stressed that terrorism 'should be...
On Thursday, March 24, Jewish Academy of Orlando students spent the afternoon participating in Purim activities, which included face-painting, games, dancing and making masks for the holiday. The students also participated in the reading of the Megillah and ate delicious hamantaschen. The teachers put on a little Purim Spiel, which was called "A Frozen Purim." It was really a lot of fun seeing their teachers in princess costumes. The students also participated in the mitzvah of "Mishloach...
Laurie Cardoza-Moore, president and founder of Proclaiming Justice to The Nations (PJTN) was awarded as one of the Algemeiner's "100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life in 2015" at the organization's annual gala dinner in New York on March 28th, 2016 (algemeiner2015list). Cardoza-Moore was recognized in the Activism and Innovation category, for her tireless nationwide campaign against BDS and global anti-Semitism, in addition to her humanitarian work on behalf of minorities and women as a...
WASHINGTON—Today, Hillel International announced the 20 Hillels across North America that will host the first cohort of Springboard Fellows next fall. From urban centers in New York and Los Angeles to smaller towns in Urbana, IL and State College, PA, these Hillels represent a cross section of Jewish life on campus, and the perfect laboratories to train the next generation of Jewish professionals. Approximately 20 fellows, who will come to these campuses next fall, will receive hands-on mentorship, competitive compensation and dynamic p...
Carol Stein, Cantor Allan Robuck and Kimberly Shader were the highlights of a combination Purim party and 96th birthday celebration for Rabbi Rudolph Adler held at Sutton Home where retired Rabbi Rudolph Adler resides in Dr. Phillips. Other residents attending included Lillian Feldman. Many of Rabbi's dear friends from Congregation Ohev Shalom made the trip to share in the celebration. Shader also brought Shomer, her pet therapy dog, who is well known to the rabbi and Feldman. The event was...
(JTA)-When Jews visit the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, they can learn about the two most celebrated members of the tribe who have been inducted into the hallowed museum: Hank "The Hebrew Hammer" Greenberg and Sandy Koufax. Now they'll have the chance to find out about the dozens of other Jews who played in the major leagues or made contributions to the game. Thanks to the effort of a dedicated memorabilia collector, clearly taking Theodor Herzl's legendary words to hea...
OCALA—The Chabad Jewish Center of Ocala and The Villages plans to distribute hand-made Shmurah Matzah this year to help local Jews participate in the upcoming Passover holiday. Passover, celebrated this year from Friday night, April 22, until after nightfall on Saturday, April 30, commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt in 1313 BCE. Directed by G-d to leave Egypt hastily, the people of Israel could not wait for their dough to rise, and thus ate unleavened crackers called matzah. Round, kneaded and shaped by hand, present day ...
"Every week there is an attack at the U.N. against Israel," Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon told me at the recent American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference. In the week that followed our interview, the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) appointed a Canadian legal expert who has expressed anti-Israel views to the post of special rapporteur on Palestinian human rights. The UNHRC also adopted a measure that calls for the creation of a database-or what Danon...
NEW YORK—Known as the most coveted season in Israel, spring boasts cool breezes, wild flowers blooming and savings on EL AL Israel Airlines nonstop flights from all USA gateway cities. The special roundtrip airfare is $899 on nonstop flights from New York (JFK/Newark) and Boston for departures from May 11 through June 15, 2016. From Los Angeles, the roundtrip fare is $1,069 and is available for travel May 8-June 7, 2016. (Prices include all taxes & carrier imposed surcharges.) For Matmid as well as Executive and Premium Tier Frequent Flyer C...
Israel has had extraordinary success in developing relations with powerful emerging countries such as India and China and re-engaging with the African nations. The understandings achieved with the Russians, despite their involvement in Syria, are nothing short of amazing. Alongside his tactical intervention ensuring the survival of Assad in Syria, Putin has simultaneously developed an unprecedented positive relationship with Israel. His Bolshevik antecedents would turn in their graves if they were aware of the almost surreal scenario in which t...
UN censors exhibit on Israel set for NY headquarters (JTA)—The United Nations has censored an exhibition about Israel set to go on display at the organization’s headquarters in New York. Three of the 13 panels in the exhibition “Israel Matters,” which is set to open Monday, will be deleted, the U.N. decided over the weekend. The censored panels deemed “inappropriate” are on the subjects of Zionism, Jerusalem and Arab-Israelis. The exhibit was created by Israel’s permanent mission to the United Nations with the organization StandWithUs....
WASHINGTON (JTA)-You get to listen to Jews yelling at you. You get to listen to mandarins tell you why they won't listen to Jews. You get to emcee a cappella competitions. Who wouldn't want to be White House Jewish liaison? Matt Nosanchuk lasted nearly three years in a post-officially titled associate director of public engagement-that may be the apotheosis of thanklessness. He stepped down last week. Notably, Nosanchuk wound it up with plenty of thanks from some of those who made clear their...
