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By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA)—In the weeks after it became clear that the coronavirus pandemic would spark a lasting economic crisis, the Jewish world’s leading funder group put together a memo with some back-of-the-envelope projections for how much Jewish nonprofits stood to lose. The tally: at least $650 million, according to the internal document from the Jewish Federations of North America, which was based on estimates from several American Jewish umbrella organizations, such as the Foundation for Jewish Camp and the JCC Association of North...
Vera Amar, age 64, of Valdosta, Ga., and formerly of Orlando, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. She was born in Satu Mare, Romania, to the late Same and goldie Pearl Lax. Vera was an educator for many years, receiving her master’s in psychology from Monmouth University in New Jersey. She was the wife of Mark Amar, who survives her. In 1994, they relocated to Orlando from New Jersey and joined Congregation Ohev Shalom. They recently moved to Valdosta to be closer to family. In addition to her husband, Vera is s...
Stanley Magath, (Zalman ben Avraham Yitzhak v’Sarah), age 87, of Clermont, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at South Lake Hospital in Clermont. Stanley was born on Nov. 15, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York, to the late Abraham Jack and Sarah Kaplan Magath. He was a high school graduate and served in the United States Army. On Jan. 27, 1952, in Brooklyn, he married the former Leah Franklin, his wife of over 68 years who survives him. Stan was the owner/operator of a retail electronics business in New Jersey. In 2017, he and Leah relocated t...
(JTA)-The new TV show based on Philip Roth's novel "The Plot Against America," helmed by David Simon, the Jewish creator of "The Wire," has premiered on HBO and made a splash with critics and fans. The eerily captivating series, which borrows details from the iconic Jewish author's life and a crucial moment in American history, depicts an alternative reality in which isolationist Charles Lindbergh defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election and encourages anti-Semitic...
Danish Bible Society’s translation omits dozens of references to Israel By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA)—The Danish Bible Society has omitted dozens of references to Israel from translations of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Defending the deletions, the society said they prevent confusion with the modern-day country. The omissions occurred in a project titled “Bible 2020” that was published earlier this year under the society’s supervision, the 24NYT news site reported Sunday. It’s the first translation into Danish in more than 20 years. Jan...
By Eric Berger Growing up in Los Angeles, Elyse Forman always tried to take the highest-level science courses she could, like A.P. physics and chemistry. Forman often found she was the only female in those classes. "You can't help but feel that you don't belong when you're not like everyone else in the class, when people don't think that you have the right answers to questions, when they look at you weirdly if you participate," the 18-year-old said. What Forman didn't realize is that the issue...
(JTA)—Simmy Cohen has hardly read from the Torah since his bar mitzvah. When he’s not working at his marketing job from his home in Queens, New York, Cohen spends far more time these days reading children’s books to his 13-month old daughter. But with a spark of comedic genius and perhaps a little quarantine-induced imagination, he put the two together in a video of himself reading—no, chanting—the classic board book “Goodnight Moon” set to the Torah trope. “For those missing the sound of leyning,” he wrote in his post of the video to Twitter,...
