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(JTA)—Summer’s here, and whether from the heat or the humidity or the harrowing election cycle, we bet you could use an escape. So take our advice: Whether you’re lucky enough to be lazing on a beach or packed in like a pickled herring on a subway car, take some time to retreat into a good, Jewishy book. Here are seven fresh reads on the lighter side—because it’s too hot out there to get too heavy. “A Book About Love” (Simon and Schuster) By Jonah Lehrer OK, you will probably hate this book—which is totally why you’ll have so much fun reading...
Stanley Gordon, age 83, of Clermont, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at Health Central Park in Winter Garden. A native of Bronx, New York, Stanley was born on July 2, 1933, to the late Charles and Ethal Nalbak Gordievsky and was a graduate of Boy’s High School in Brooklyn. Following his service in the U.S. Army from 1953-1955, Stanley completed his university studies at Baruch College in New York and received his BBA in accounting. He then became a certified public accountant and worked in New York. In 1972, Stan and his family r...
The "Seeking Kin" column aims to help reunite long-lost relatives and friends. (JTA) – Discovering a Jewish past of which she was wholly unaware, Danette Devlin of Little Rock, Arkansas, has also found family. Devlin was raised without any religious affiliation. As an adult she attended Catholic and Episcopalian churches seeking a spiritual home. "There were lots of nice people, they were very welcoming, but it just wasn't right. It wasn't me," she said. In 2013, Devlin went online in an effort...
BOSTON (JTA)-After 32 years at Middlebury College, the last 11 as its president, Ron Liebowitz is calling Brandeis University his new academic home. On July 1, the 59-year-old New York native took the reins as the ninth president of Brandeis, a Jewish-sponsored, nonsectarian research university in suburban Boston with an enrollment of 3,600 undergraduates and more than 2,000 graduate students. Liebowitz was appointed to the position last December. "Yeah, I'm nervous in some ways," Liebowitz ackn...
Tim Kaine, accepting VP slot, cites Holocaust survivor who died in shooting massacre PHILADELPHIA (JTA)—Sen. Tim Kaine, accepting Hillary Clinton’s invitation to join her as running mate, cited as an inspiration a Holocaust survivor who died protecting others during a shooting massacre. Kaine, D-Va., appeared Saturday with Clinton at Florida International University in Miami a day after she announced her pick. Kaine pledged he would continue to press for gun control and recalled the trauma his state underwent during the Virginia Tech mas...
NEW YORK (JTA)-Voters who have their hearts set on supporting a left-wing secular Jew running an insurgent campaign still have a candidate. Jill Stein, the 2012 Green Party candidate, is making another run. And this year, with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both earning historically low popularity ratings, she hopes she can attract at least some of Bernie Sanders' 13 million Democratic primary voters. With a far-left platform, Stein advocates government-guaranteed full employment, a national...
The names of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher are familiar as prominent symbols of strong female leadership in times when women heads of state were rare. By 2015, however, the number of female leaders of nations reached 19, according to the United Nations. On July 13, British Home Secretary Theresa May joined the club by replacing outgoing U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, becoming the U.K.'s second female prime minister after Thatcher. As...
