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Dorothy R. Kirschenbaum, age 98, of Altamonte Springs, passed away at Life Care Center of Altamonte Springs on Saturday, April 9, 2016. Mrs. Kirschenbaum was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 14, 1917, to the late Jacob and Rachel Lazarus Roden. She was a homemaker and the widow of the late Louis Kirschenbaum who passed away in 2008. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Jackie and Ken Levitt, formerly of Orlando and now living in Oracle, Arizona. Graveside services were held at Beth Moses Cemetery in Pinelawn, New York....
Irene Lamnin, age 86, of Windermere, passed away on Monday, April 11, 2016, at Mike Conley Hospice House in Clermont. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., on Aug. 3, 1929, she was a daughter of Joseph and Sadie Unger Belman. Mrs. Lamnin was a homemaker, marrying Milton Lamnin in Philadelphia on Dec. 24, 1949. They relocated to the Orlando area in 2010 to be closer to their daughter. Irene and Milton were married for over 66 years when he passed away on Feb. 25, 2016. Mrs. Lamnin is survived by her daughters, Sharon (Sam) Shafir of Windermere, and Elayne...
Kenneth Mandell, age 77, of Ocala, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at the Ted and Diane Brandley House of Hospice of Marion County. He was born on Aug. 20, 1938, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to the late Benjamin and Rebecca Dombar Mandell. Mr. Mandell was the owner/operator of a wholesale produce company. Graveside funeral services and interment were held at Adath Israel-Price Hill Cemetery in Cincinnati. Arrangements entrusted to Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel. 640 Lee Road, Orlando 32810....
LOS ANGELES (JTA)-Can the essence of Passover fit into a box? Fans of Manischewitz and Streit's will undoubtedly answer, "Yes, in a matzah box." But a successful Kickstarter campaign called Hello Mazel aims to reinvent that box, promising a package filled with Passover-related "Jewish awesomeness" that will be delivered to your door (or someone else's). The project was a smash on Kickstarter, to the tune of more than $152,021 with 1,395 backers. Investors who pledged a minimum of $45 will...
(Kveller via JTA)—So I’m just going to come right out and say it: We don’t keep kosher for Passover. I feel a bit like a party-pooping high school senior who chooses not to go to the prom revealing that. After all, we moved to Israel to bring our kids up Jewish and live close to our Israeli family. But we are secular Jews and the simple truth is that we pick and choose how we observe in line with our beliefs about what’s important for us and what’s not. I’ve read on Kveller about how Mayim Bialik makes her Passover meaningful, how Amanda Bradle...
Netanyahu vows to keep Golan Heights forever JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel will never give up the Golan Heights, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, a day after the Israeli leader said he delivered the same message to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The meeting was held for the first time on the land captured from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War. “I chose to hold this festive Cabinet meeting on the Golan Heights in order to deliver a clear message: The Golan Heights will forever remain in Isr...
(JTA)-You know Lily. You do. She's that chipper, slyly witty girl who works at the AT&T store-not a real one, but the one you see in those ubiquitous TV ads. What you may not know is that the actress who plays her, Milana Vayntrub, is a nice Jewish girl. She's a former Soviet refusenik who, between acting gigs, stand-up spots and the comedy webisodes she writes and produces, is trying to change the world. Can't Do Nothing is a new social-media-driven movement to raise awareness and funds to ease...
