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This weekend the Jewish Pavilion is hosting its fifth annual A Walk in the Park and family festival honoring Bunny Rosen. The Walk takes place at Crane's Roost Park on Sunday, Oct. 26, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. "The Walk is Pavilion's biggest annual fundraising event, and delivers a message to the community about the importance of remembering our cherished seniors in long-term care. Come out and walk with us, and bring the whole family. Everyone benefits when the community comes together, and our...
JFGO's Jewish Teen Education Network continues its launch this November with the inaugural communitywide Teen Education Day. On Nov. 9, teens will gather at the Maitland Jewish Community Campus for "Justice: What will you do today?" The program, open to all 8th through 12th graders will feature Naomi Ackerman, who is a nationally acclaimed Jewish artist and activist. Ackerman is an experienced actress whose credits include theater, musicals, films and television. She was born in the U.S. and...
The success of a program can best be measured by how it has affected its participants. Entering its seventh month of operation, RAISE (Recognizing Abilities and Inclusion of Special Employees) has proven to be on track with its goal to offer its participants the chance to recognize their self-worth by contributing to their own success and the satisfaction of being a participating member of society. And now the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando is proud to announced that the RAISE program has...
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has issued a security alert to Jewish institutions across the country concerning a potential uptick in the number of online attacks by foreign hackers targeting the websites of synagogues and other Jewish organizations, which could compromise synagogue membership lists and financial data. The latest attack was reported last week. As Jews were celebrating the festival holiday of Sukkot, a hacker group calling itself “Team System Dz” attacked the website of a South Florida synagogue, redirecting visitors to a pag...
ISRAEL21c-In response to urgent pleas from the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the U.S. government and other countries, Israel is sending more than a million shekels' worth of medical equipment, as well as expert personnel to fight the spread of the African Ebola epidemic that has claimed 3,400 lives since March and has infected almost 7,200 people. Gil Haskel, deputy director general of MASHAV-Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation of the Foreign Ministry,...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (JTA)-Harvard senior Rachel Sandalow-Ash scanned the exuberant crowd that packed a campus auditorium on Saturday night. "Wow," she said, speaking to an audience of some 350 composed primarily of American college students. "This is amazing. This is really cool." Sandalow-Ash, 21, went on to discuss the importance of nurturing a pluralistic and intellectually diverse Jewish community. "We believe that no one should be excluded because of their views on Israel-Palestine, or really...
In conjunction with the JCRC's Bagels and Grits Brunch, over the next few weeks, The Heritage is running a series of articles about local Jewish community members who made an impact on the Civil Rights movement. This is the second in the series. The magnanimous, community-minded Wolf Kahn did not wait until the Civil Rights movement started to take a stand for African-Americans. According to his son, Robert, while serving in World War ll Wolf noticed the black soldiers were treated like...
Temple Israel will present a 12-week course titled “Boundless Judaism” beginning on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. and each Wednesday thereafter as will be indicated in the course syllabus, which will be provided to participants at the first class. If you’ve ever felt lost in the beautiful woods of Judaism, the “Boundless Judaism” program will help you fit it together. Judaism is hands-on. It is practical and detail oriented. As a Jew, you want to know what to do and how to do it. We love our history and rituals. Our culture and art are every...
