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This story originally appeared in The Nosher. When people deny themselves food for an extended period of time, they’re usually ravenously hungry and find themselves thinking about consuming huge amounts of food. But it’s not a good idea to pack it in too quickly. It’s too hard on your digestive system. So when Yom Kippur comes to a close, I make it easier for my family and friends and follow the age-old wisdom of transitioning from the fast to the main meal by offering my guests a light nibbl...
This story originally appeared in The Nosher. In “Full Moon Feast,” Jessica Prentice guides us through 13 lunar months and the foods grown and prepared within them in traditional cultures. At its core is the idea that food connects people to one another, to themselves and to the natural world. Prentice describes the lifecycle of Pacific salmon, who in early autumn are born in freshwater streams, spend their lives in the ocean and then journey back upstream to their birthplace to spawn the next generation. The salmon’s natural life cycle provi...
(JNS) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says it is in the country’s national security interest “to waive the imposition of sanctions” on Iran and transfer $6 billion to the Iranian Republic in exchange for five detained Americans. Candidates vying to be the next U.S. president, as well as other politicians and activists, disagree vehemently and say they didn’t appreciate the Biden administration’s announcement of the decision on Sept. 11 of all days. “While Americans mourn 9/11, [President Joe] Biden lines the pockets of the Iranian a...
Mr. Allen Charles Abramson, 86, of Orlando, passed away peacefully at Aidan Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center in Fort Pierce, Florida on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Mr. Abramson was born March 9, 1937, in New York, New York to the late Samuel and Lillian (Feinberg) Abramson. He and his late wife, Justine (Newman) Abramson, of blessed memory, moved to the Orlando area in 2006 from Cliffside, New Jersey. He was a proud United States Army veteran. Mr. Abramson is survived by his devoted children — son, Neil (Melissa) Abramson of Ocoee, Florida; and d...
Ms. Harriet Cooperstein, 76, of Orlando, passed away peacefully at Orlando Health Dr. Phillips Hospital following a brief illness on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Ms. Cooperstein was born Dec. 14, 1946, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the late Louis and Anna (Shenker) Blavat. She and her husband, Dr. Mark Cooperstein, of blessed memory, moved to the Orlando area in 2018 from Naples, Florida. Ms. Cooperstein is survived by her devoted children - son, Matthew (Katie) Cooperstein of Cocoa Beach,...
Miss Renee Beth Kessler, 46, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, at her Haines City, Florida home following a brief illness. Miss Kessler was born Jan. 11, 1977, in Newburgh, New York to the late William and Adele (Simpkin) Kessler and moving to the Central Florida area in 2021 from Maryland. Miss Kessler is survived by her loving and devoted sister, Cheryl Kessler of Haines City, Florida. In keeping with Miss Kessler’s wishes, she will be cremated and at a later date placed with h...
Dr. Ronald S. Posner was born Feb. 22, 1943, in Burbank, CA, as the oldest of three boys born to Abraham Posner and Rose Block. He is survived by his wife, Jill; his two brothers, Fred and Harris; his two sons, Donny and Jonathan (Tricia); his two daughters, Allison (Eli Bolin) and Meredith (Matt Schuh); and six grandchildren - Jacob, Mila, Walter, Harry, Carter and Amelia. Dr. Posner received his education at UCLA in Los Angeles, earning a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. He moved to Burlington...
Mr. Harvey Stephen Pensky, 80, of DeLand, Florida passed away peacefully at Villa Health & Rehab Center on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, surround by his family. Mr. Pensky was born Feb. 7, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Michael and Florence (Schutzmann) Pensky. Mr. Pensky is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Ellen (Levin) Pensky of DeLand, Florida; beloved daughter; Fara (Hunter) Gold of Apopka, Florida; and his grandchildren, Marin Gold and Riley Gold. Funeral Services for Mr. Pensky were held Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 in the Chapel of...
(JTA) — For almost nine months, Israelis have been fighting over the future of their Supreme Court. Today, that battle has moved into the Supreme Court itself. In July, Israel’s hardline right-wing governing coalition passed a law to weaken the court. Opponents of the law then filed legal challenges against it. That put the court in the uncomfortable, and unprecedented, position of ruling on itself: It can decide to uphold the law, strike it down, or send it back to parliament to be amended. When Israelis on both sides of the debate warned tha...
(JTA) – At least two more synagogues in the United States evacuated their congregants over the weekend following bomb threats, the latest in a series of such calls that have put dozens of congregations on high alert heading into the High Holidays. One of the synagogues was threatened during the pre-Rosh Hashanah Selichot services on Saturday night, in a sign that the perpetrators of the wave of attacks are paying careful attention to when synagogues are holding events before calling in their threats. Since mid-July, at least 49 synagogues in 1...
List names 3,000-plus Jews protected by Catholics in Rome during World War II (JNS) — From September 1943 through June 1944 during the Second World War, more than 150 women’s and men’s religious orders, as well as other Catholic groups, protected 4,300 people. Information has now revealed the names of those offered shelter, with the majority of them identified as Jews. Compiled by Italian Jesuit Gozzolino Birolo, the list uncovered in the archives of the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome names 3,600 people. Through comparing the names...
(JTA) - A film being billed as the first co-production by Israeli and Iranian filmmakers debuted at the Venice International Film Festival after a secretive production process that included a trip to Israel by the Iranian co-director. "Tatami," which received a standing ovation at the prestigious film competition, tells the story of a female Iranian judoka champion who is ordered to fake an injury to avoid facing an Israeli opponent at a judo championship. The story is loosely based on the 2019...
(JTA) - An historic wartime photography partnership from the 1940s - often credited as the first to capture many of the horrors of the Holocaust - is getting the Hollywood treatment. Kate Winslet stars in "Lee" as model-turned-wartime-photojournalist Lee Miller, who often worked alongside David E. Scherman, a Jewish photographer portrayed in the film by Jewish actor and comedian Andy Samberg. The film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last weekend. Miller, then employed by...
In mid-2021, as the COVID pandemic raged, high school student Lily Messing noticed that the social ills plaguing her native Tucson, Arizona - including domestic violence, drug abuse and homelessness - all seemed to be getting worse. Meanwhile, Jake Hammerman, a teenager in Lafayette, California, a suburb in the San Francisco Bay area, saw firsthand how the pandemic exacerbated the challenges facing homebound seniors, many of whom were isolated to begin with. Determined to do something to help,...
(JTA) — Before the Holocaust, the population of the town of Chmielnik, Poland, was around 80 percent Jewish. Sephardic Jews, having been expelled from Spain during the Inquisition, settled in Chmielnik and eventually built a synagogue in 1638. After the war, only four Jews remained. Today, the building houses a museum of the town’s Jewish life and history. Now another Jewish heritage site has been discovered, in an unlikely place. A few years ago, Marian Zwolski, a businessman from Chmielnik, purchased a former nightclub that has been clo...
