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Robert C. Klein, age 73, of Maitland, passed away on Friday, May 5, 2017, at VITAS at Orlando Lutheran Towers. Born in New York City on May 23, 1943, he was the son of the late David and Sylvia Weiser Klein. A college graduate, he came to the Orlando area some 35 years ago from Michigan and worked as a scenic set designer and painter for Walt Disney World. He was predeceased by his wife, Florence, in 2009. He is survived by his sons, Josh of Michigan and Benjamin of Maitland; his daughters, Yael of Maitland, Darcy (Michael) Banks of Denver,...
Ike Fallas, age 95, passed away on Friday, May 5, 2017, at Brookdale at Island Lake in Longwood. Ike was born in New York on March 9, 1922, to the late Abraham and Molly Menaged Fallas. He spent his working career in textile manufacturing and relocated to the Orlando area with his late wife of 74 years, Esther, in 2013. He is survived by his children, Mona (Joey) Marliev of Brooklyn and Corrie (Al) Mosseri of Lake Mary. He is also survived by five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; and his sister, Celia Rubinstein of Trenton, N.J. A...
Peter A. Weisberg, age 61, of Longwood, passed away at home surrounded by his family of Saturday, May 6, 2017. A native of Boston, he was born on Feb. 5, 1956, to Jean Lieberman Weisberg of Delray Beach and the late Robert Weisberg. Peter graduated from Boston College and was an avid Boston Red Sox fan. On Aug. 19, 1979, in Nadick, Mass., he married the former Karen Wilcon, his wife of nearly 38 years who survives him. The family lived in the Orlando area during the 1980s, returning permanently in 2008 from Chicago. During his working career, P...
NEW YORK (JTA)-On the morning of June 5, 1967, as Arab armies and Israel clashed following weeks of tension, Rabbi Irving "Yitz" Greenberg sat anxious amid his congregants at daily prayers-fearful that the Jewish people would face extinction for the second time in 25 years. "One of the people said, 'They're going to wipe out Israel. What's going to be?'" recalled Greenberg, then the spiritual leader of a synagogue in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. "I said, 'They're not going to wipe out...
White House: Trump staffer’s Western Wall comment do not reflect administration policy WASHINGTON (JTA)—Reported remarks by a Trump administration official rejecting Israel’s claim to the Western Wall were “unauthorized” and do not represent the position of President Donald Trump, the White House said. “The comments about the Western Wall were not authorized communication and they do not represent the position of the United States and certainly not of the president,” a White House official told JTA. The remark that the Western Wall “is not...
By Adam Abrams JNS.org As French citizens voted Sunday, their eventual president-elect reiterated previous statements ruling out unilateral French recognition of Palestinian statehood and committing to support for a two-state solution. On the eve of the election, pro-Europe centrist Emmanuel Macron of the En Marche party—who went on to win the presidential race with 64 percent of the vote, defeating far-right populist Marine Le Pen of the National Front party—said unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state would create instability and dam...
(The Nosher via JTA)-I can't eat borscht that comes from a jar that's been sitting on a supermarket shelf for who knows how long. So sue me. Tell me I'm a snob. I just can't. It's the wrong color, it's too thin and has these shimmering chopped-looking things on the bottom that I suppose are beets but remind me of pocket lint. But I do love borscht, all kinds. Years ago I was surprised when a friend served me a version that wasn't at all like the simple beet soup so familiar to Ashkenazi Jewish...
PARIS (JTA)-French Jews may have voted en masse for Emmanuel Macron in the final round of France's presidential elections, but that doesn't make him their dream president. Like many other supporters of the 39-year-old former investment banker, who on Sunday became the youngest French president in recent history, Jews voted for Macron mainly to block his far-right opponent, Marine Le Pen. The centrist won with 65 percent of the vote to 34 percent for Le Pen. Leaders of French Jewry said they...
