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Rachel Meller, age 101, of Miami Beach, passed away at her residence on Thursday, June 09, 2016. Mrs. Meller, one of four children, was born in Chicago, Ill., on March 28, 1915, to the late Elias and Esther Levy Chiprut. She was a homemaker and was the widow of the late Irving Meller who passed away in 1972. In the early 1980s she relocated to Miami Beach from New York. Mrs. Meller is survived by her sons, Albert (Thea) Meller of Connecticut and New York, and Murry (Meryl) Meller of Lake Mary; and by her daughters, Esther (Yankel) Hauptman of...
PARIS (JTA)-When David Harroch moved from his native Morocco to France 12 years ago, he found a vibrant Jewish scene with a plethora of activities for young adults like himself. The social circle was something of a lifeline for Harroch, 30, an introverted finance executive who left home to study in France. With neither childhood friends nor family here, he relied on community events to find companionship and the occasional date. But he arrived at a time of change for Parisian Jewry, as many...
KRAKOW, Poland (JTA)-For the sixth year in a row, the seven synagogues in Krakow's historic Jewish district, Kazimierz, opened their doors for 7@Nite-or the Night of the Synagogues, a one-night mini-festival aimed at bolstering Jewish pride and promoting Jewish awareness among the public. Each synagogue-from the Gothic Old Synagogue, now a Jewish historical museum, to the ornate 19th century Tempel Synagogue, used for both services and cultural events-hosted an exhibit, concert, film or other...
Maroon 5’s Adam Levine offers to pay funeral expenses for slain singer Christina Grimmie (JTA)—Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine has offered to pay for the funeral for slain singer Christina Grimmie. Grimmie’s brother, Marcus, announced Monday in a post on his Facebook page that Levine—Grimmie’s coach on the sixth season of “The Voice”—had offered to pay for the cost of the funeral and flying her body home from Orlando, Florida, where she was killed Friday by a deranged fan while she was signing autographs following a concert. He also said a GoF...
(JTA)-They say the best stories happen when a writer gets pushed out of his or her comfort zone. Since the "they" in this case was my editor, this is how I found myself readying to post a topless photo of myself online-all in the name of good journalism. But this isn't a story about-well, whatever you're thinking it's probably about. Rather, this was an investigation into a legit Israeli startup, Brayola, a social network for lingerie shopping. The site, which also sells and ships bras, just...
ISRAELI21c-Israeli cookbook authors won four awards at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2016 including top prize, Best in the World Wines & Drinks book. Mira Eitan's "Happy Hours-Famous Bar Stories and Cocktail Recipes" book, which is in Hebrew, was chosen out of nine finalists in the Drinks category. "It is not taken for granted that a book in Hebrew would triumph over eight award-winning books and take first place," Eitan, an editor and writer on the subject of Israeli wines, told Yediot...
