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Mrs. Mildred “Millie” Smith, 90, Winter Park, Florida passed away peacefully Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Advent Health Orlando following a brief illness. Mrs. Smith was born Nov. 18, 1933, in Elizabeth, New Jersey to the late Julius and Rose (Kaplowitz) Wilpon. Mrs. Smith was a retired secretary and office manager for Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando. She and her husband Meyer Smith of blessed memory moved to the Orlando area in 1966 from Beltsville, Maryland and later to Winter Park. Millie as she was known as, was a dedicated wif...
Marshall Stoltz passed away on Sept. 12, 2024. Born in Philadelphia, Marshall attended Central High School (204th class) and Temple University where he received a bachelor's degree in education. After receiving an associate's degree in physical therapy from the University of Pennsylvania, he taught science for almost 20 years at Haddon Heights High School in New Jersey. Beginning in his early teens, Marshall had a great love for the art of Norman Rockwell and together with his brother, Don,...
By Asaf Elia-Shalev (JTA) — After Canadian tax authorities revoked the charitable status of the Ne’eman Foundation in August, the organization, which distributes funds to various causes in Israel, began instructing prospective donors to contribute through another recently formed Canadian charity. Six weeks later, Canadian officials imposed a one-year suspension on that charity, called the Emunim Fund, according to its listing on the Canada Revenue Agency website. CRA regulators had previously raised concerns about particular Ne’eman Found...
Damage from Iran’s Oct. 1 missile barrage tops $40m (JNS) — The Islamic Republic’s Oct. 1 ballistic missile attack inflicted an estimated 150 million to 200 million shekels ($40 million-$53 million) in damage, according to an initial Israel Tax Authority assessment published on Sunday. Since the attack, approximately 2,500 compensation claims have been submitted to the Israeli government, including some 2,200 instances of damage to buildings and 300 claims of damage to vehicles and their contents. The Jewish state has vowed a significant respo...
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA) - In "White Bird," a long-anticipated film about a Jewish girl who is rescued by her classmate in Nazi-occupied France, the Holocaust is fertile ground for teaching children how to be good. The movie is a spinoff of "Wonder" (2017), a modern-day story about a middle schooler seeking to fit in despite his facial differences. "White Bird" opens with that boy's bully, Julian (Bryce Gheisar), but the real hero is his grandmother Sara (played in the present day by Helen...
