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In June, the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando held the first of a series of meetings for invited leaders in the Central Florida Jewish community. “Jewish Orlando: The Next 100 Years” was led by scholar Dr. Steven Windmueller and tackled issues related to the current state of the Jewish community in the United States as well as in-depth, cross-organization discussions on a variety of topics. Federation has planned a second invitation-only Community Leadership session for Sept. 19. Based on the June session and a follow-up survey by its par...
The refugee crisis, escalating terrorism and dissatisfaction with the political elite are blamed for the current rise of Europe's far-right political parties. Such a revival has not been seen since World War II. What's uniting the parties is an "imagined Muslim enemy in Europe," and a desire to support and connect with Israel, according to Farid Hafez, a sociology and political science professor at Austria's Salzburg University. The ideology of Europe's far-right parties is rooted in several...
LOS ANGELES (JTA)-There is a remarkable moment in "Maestro," Hershey Felder's one-man show about Leonard Bernstein, when the late famed conductor-composer is shown in an old film clip on a giant screen and the two perform a seamless piano duet from Richard Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde." The tour de force characterizes the fusion between Bernstein, who died in 1990 at 72, and Felder, very much alive and lively at 48. "Maestro" opens off-Broadway (59E59 Theaters) on Sept. 1 for a six-week run and...
JERUSALEM (JTA)-Israel and Turkey ought to be friends, geopolitically speaking. As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put it in January: "Israel needs a country like Turkey in this region. We, too, should admit that we need a country like Israel." But the regional powers often can't seem to make it work. In 2010, Turkey cut ties with Israel over its deadly military raid of the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara flotilla. And this week, days after the Turkish parliament ratified a reconciliation agreeme...
Dot Becker passed away peacefully on Aug. 29, 2016. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on Nov. 6, 1916, Dot and her beloved husband Harry (z”l) moved to Orlando in 1946 to establish a successful clothing store on Church Street. Dot was a founding member of Temple Israel, and she was active in Temple Israel Sisterhood and Hadassah serving as president of both organizations. She also served as PTA president of Concord Elementary School. She was an avid tennis player until her late 70s and an excellent bridge player (both duplicate and contract) u...
(JTA)-When Vladimir Putin grabbed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, the Russian president claimed it was to protect minorities from anti-Semitic fascists whom Putin maintained were behind the revolution that year that ousted his ally in Kiev, former President Viktor Yanukovych. But a physicist named Josef Zissels, who heads one of the groups representing Ukraine's fractured Jewish community of 350,000, wasn't buying it. In hundreds of media briefings and interviews, Zissels called the revolution "an...
2 dead, 5 missing in collapse of Tel Aviv construction site JERUSALEM (JTA)—At least two construction workers are dead and five reportedly are missing following the collapse of a tiered parking structure under construction in Tel Aviv on Monday morning. Two workers who had been trapped under the rubble for hours were pulled out early Monday evening. The search-and-rescue effort for the missing workers, who are believed to be trapped, was expected to last through the night, The Times of Israel reported. At least 24 workers, Israelis and P...
By Toby Axelrod BERLIN (JTA)-In a corner of former East Berlin, where shabby, red brick buildings meet cobblestone streets, lies a new Promised Land. Kanaan-a casual, vegetarian Middle Eastern restaurant named for the biblical lands before they were conquered by the Israelites-is something of a dream come true. And that's not just because its hummus is "oh yes," as one German blogger recently described it. Rather it's the result of a unique partnership between its 30-something owners, Oz Ben...
Russia's unprecedented move last week of dispatching warplanes to bomb targets in Syria through an Iranian airbase may have Israeli officials worried. The move shows growing cooperation between Russia and Iran, Israel's biggest foe in the Middle East in recent years, and a regime that, like Russia, has been working to maintain the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. On Aug. 22, Russian and Iranian officials announced that Russia's use of the Iranian base has ended. Iran's Foreign Ministry...
PARIS (JTA)-Twenty-five years after he graduated from a public high school in the French capital, Stephane Tayar recalls favorably his time in one of the world's most thorough education systems. As for many other French Jews his age, the state-subsidized upbringing has worked out well for Tayar, a 43-year-old communications and computers specialist. Eloquent but down to earth, he seems as comfortable discussing the complexities of French society as he is adept at fighting-curses, threats and...
