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Phylis S. Amsterdam, age 93, passed away peacefully at LindenLea Assisted Living in DeLand on Saturday, March 28, 2020. Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Phylis was one of two daughters born to the late Louis and Nettie Cohen Seder. She was a high school graduate and took nursing classes at the Jewish Hospital in Pennsylvania. On Aug. 8, 1945, in Philadelphia, she married Dr. Gerald H. Amsterdam, her husband of 71 years when he passed away in 2016. They relocated to the Orlando area from Sarasota in 2008. Mrs. Amsterdam is survived by her sons,...
Sheryl Blaiwes Asarnow, age 48, of Maitland, passed away peacefully at AdventHealth Hospice—Orlando, on Saturday, March 28, 2020. A native Floridian, Sheryl was born in Winter Park on March 27, 1972, to Arthur and Carolle Shapiro Blaiwes. She received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and her master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Central Florida. On May 26, 2002, in Orlando, she married Jeffrey Steven Asarnow, her husband of nearly 18 years, who survives her. Sheryl was the devoted mother to her son, Zacha...
Phyllis H. Zunk, age 77, of Orlando, passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at OrlandoHealth—Orlando Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Zunk was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1942, to the late Louis and Frieda Levine Block. During her career, she worked as a controller in the photography industry. On April 4, 1983, she married Ronald Zunk, her husband of nearly 37 years who survives her. In 1993, they relocated to Orlando and became involved with Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation where they continue to be members. Phyllis was a c...
(JTA)-Randi Bergman isn't sure of her Passover plans yet, but there's a good chance she'll be spending the holiday alone. Bergman, a 34-year-old freelance fashion writer, lives alone in what she calls a junior one-bedroom apartment in downtown Toronto. The setup-desk, bed, couch, TV, kitchenette but no dining table-fits her usual busy lifestyle, which doesn't involve a ton of cooking and eating meals on her couch or at her desk. But it's not ideal for conducting a Passover seder, the festive...
(JTA)-As the coronavirus continues to spread, synagogues, Jewish centers and other organizations that serve as gathering places for the community around the world have closed. But even while communities cannot come together physically, some are still organizing projects to provide support to those who are suffering or at perilous risk amid the pandemic. From phone counseling to sewing face masks to buying kosher food for Jewish doctors and nurses, there's no shortage of ways to help. Here's a li...
Israelis could face random coronavirus tests at supermarkets By Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel’s Health Ministry and the Weizmann Institute of Science will conduct random sample coronavirus tests in supermarkets to determine where the virus is spreading. The tests had been scheduled to start Monday in branches of three major supermarket chains, but were delayed after the locations of the tests leaked to the public. That raised fears of people with COVID-10 symptoms rushing to the supermarkets in order to get a test, potentially inf...
(JTA)—There are about 250,000 Jews in the United Kingdom. They account for only 0.3 percent of its population. But the coronavirus has killed 44 known Jewish victims so far—about 2.5 percent of the total U.K. tally. That means British Jews are overrepresented by a factor of eight in their country’s death toll from COVID-19. The statistics are compiled, released and updated periodically by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, an umbrella group representing British Jewry. The stats are unique because they are the first centralized attem...
The coronavirus crisis is first and foremost about people. People stuck at home, people out of work. People sick with the virus, people caring for them. People canceling dream weddings and vacations, people deciding public-health policies. Technology is also about people. Here in Israel, a powerhouse of innovative technology, people are busy inventing and adapting technologies to ease the corona burden. “Technology has a great role to play in solving and helping us get through this crisis, from diagnosis, mitigation, patient tracking, c...
