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A future without cancer?... I received this letter from Tel Aviv University and will share it in part: "Imagine a future without cancer... a world where remedies exist for all breast cancers... where even the most aggressive tumors can be stopped as easily as the common cold. This is not science fiction. This could soon become reality because of research you (all of us) have made possible as an American friend of Tel Aviv University (by our support). One example of how Tel Aviv University...
As the parsha (portion of the Torah) for the Shabbat of April 28 was about all sorts of skin diseases, Rabbi Arthur Grae of Congregation Ohr Chayim decided instead to talk about the Schlissel (Key) Challah, which is traditionally baked the week after Passover. Its significance is as a 'segula' or propitious sign for a good livelihood (parnassa). There are various ways of making this challah-some make an impression of a key on top of a regular challah, some bake a key inside one, and some, like...
WASHINGTON (JTA)-In an appearance on Al Jazeera, Bernie Sanders defended Israel's right to exist, rejected BDS as a tactic and assailed the United Nations for singling out the country for condemnation. The Vermont senator's interview Wednesday on the Qatar-based network, known for its often hypercritical coverage of Israel, was consistent with a style that Americans came to know last year during his run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination: Sanders does not modify his messaging...
(JTA)—All 100 members of the U.S. Senate signed a letter to the leader of the United Nations urging a comprehensive effort to remedy the organization’s “anti-Israel agenda.” The letter, which was sent April 27 to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, praised his recent decision to disavow an anti-Israel report from the U.N.’s Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia and identified four specific areas where further action could be taken to rectify the “unacceptable” treatment of Israel at the world body. The senators urged Guterres to elimi...
(JTA)—The Center for Jewish Life at Princeton University denied space to the local chapter of J Street U for an exhibition created by the left-wing Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence. The J Street U chapter decided to go forward with the exhibit, to be held Tuesday and, in another campus space, despite the possibility of causing a rift with the Center for Jewish Life, or CJL, which is affiliated with Hillel International, the Daily Princetonian student newspaper reported. “We do not take this step lightly,” J Street U Princeton wrote in a state...
Michael Brener, age 89, of Oviedo, passed away on Saturday, April 29, 2017, at Longwood Health and Rehab Center. Born in Samosz, Poland, on Sept. 1, 1927, to the late Abraham and Rebecca Levinsbaum Brener, he and his sister and parents made their way to the United States, arriving in 1950. Michael worked as a pattern maker and tailor for many years before purchasing a resort motel in the Poconos. On July 12, 1970, in Queens, N.Y., he married the former Annette Kahan, his wife of 47 years who survives him. Mike and Annette spent their winters...
Arthur H. Diamond, age 88, of Oviedo, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, surrounded by his family. A native of New York City, he was born on Feb. 11, 1929, to the late Lupa and Teresa Diamond. A pianist, he attended the Conservatory of Music and performed at Carnegie Hall. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and received a business degree from Cornell University. During his working career he was a specialist on the New York Stock Exchange. On May 26, 1963, in New York, he married the former Susan...
Lillian M. “Barbie” Heller, age 83, of Altamonte Springs, passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at Brookdale Lake Orienta. Barbie was born in Portland, Maine, on April 30, 1933, to the late Louis and Ida Wilensky Baker. She attended local area schools and received her master’s degree in social work from the University of Maine. Barbie was the widow of the late Bernard Heller, who passed away in 2003. They relocated to the Orlando area from Cherry Hill, N.J., in 1976. Barbie was involved with Jewish Family Services in Orlando from its earli...
Michael Schulman, age 74, of Apopka, passed away on Saturday, April 29, 2017, at Consulate Health Care of West Altamonte. He was born on Feb. 5, 1943, in Yonkers, New York, to the late Jacob and Hilda Sable Schulman. Mr. Shulman served in the U.S. Army and was a draftsman. He relocated to the Orlando area in 2007 from South Florida. He is survived by his son, Karl of Groveport, Ohio; and his sister, Rhoda Albebet. Arrangements entrusted to Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel. 640 Lee Road, Orlando 32810....
TEL AVIV (JTA)-They were part of the problem. Now they are spearheading a solution. A Tel Aviv-based startup run by young American Jewish immigrants to Israel, or olim, has taken on the largely fraudulent binary options industry centered in this country that has been estimated to generate as much as $10 billion a year. Owned and staffed in part by former binary options employees, Wealth Recovery International has used its insider knowledge to its advantage. "Because I worked in the industry, I...
New York State Police enlist public’s help to find cemetery vandals (JTA)—The New York State Police have called on the public to help find the vandals who defaced a Jewish cemetery with anti-Semitic graffiti. The brick wall surrounding the Beth Shalom Cemetery in Warwick, a suburban town located about 90 minutes north of Manhattan, was vandalized with black spray-paint including the words “Heil Hitler,” swastikas and SS lightning bolts. The attack occurred in October, just days before the observance of Yom Kippur. A Catholic cemetery across...
(JTA)—We Americans use the phrase “the greatest generation” to describe those who grew up during the Depression, prevailed in World War II and contributed to America’s postwar prosperity and influence. But on a visit last week to Jewish communities in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and Belarus’ Minsk and Bobruisk, I came to realize that elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union deserve this recognition as well. In many ways they are the other “greatest generation,” whose quiet heroism is inspiring and humbling. While their American Jewish counte...
