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The Orlando Chapter of Hadassah presents A Book and Author, featuring author Stuart Omans on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 11:30 a.m. at Congregation Ohev Shalom. Omans will captivate and delight attendees with tales from his recently published book "Ol' Man on a Mountain." A buffet lunch will be served. Omans is professor emeritus and former chairman of English at The University of Central Florida. He is the founding artistic director of the nationally acclaimed Orlando Shakespeare Theater, created in pa...
Dr. Jonathan Matusitz, associate professor at the Nicholson School of Communication at UCF, will conduct a lecture on “Female Terrorism: Symbolic Meanings” on Nov. 7, 6:30 p.m. at UCF’s Business Administration Building 1, room 119. The address is 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando (close to Paraking C). This lecture will cover in part, the statistics of female terrorism; female terrorists as architects of hatred; Palestinian and German female terrorists; female terrorists as revenge and restoration of honor; and beautiful female terro...
Long-term Jewish Pavilion volunteer Ellen Hrabovsky leads services for Sukkot as Mayflower Retirement Community resident Gloria Shapiro watches and waits her turn to shake the lulav. Shabbat services are held each month in the Country Kitchen and all residents are invited to attend....
Forming a triangle at Emeritus Ocoee, a Brookdale Senior Living community, are Program Director Gloria Green (rear), who performed Broadway and other "classics" on the piano, accompanied by Paul Stewart, a volunteer vocalist. Five-year-old volunteer Emma Jacobson handed out and played percussion instruments. Emma is in kindergarten and looks forward to visiting "seniors." Her signature song has become "How Much is that Doggy in the Window" which most in the audience remember and sing along. To...
LAKE MARY—When Israeli-born psychologist Tal Ben-Shahar began teaching a class called Positive Psychology at Harvard in 2006, a record 855 undergraduate students signed up for his class. Droves of students at the academically intense university came to learn, as the course description puts it, about “psychological aspects of a fulfilling and flourishing life.” Speaking to the Harvard crimson, Prof. Ben-Shahar attributed the class’ high numbers to one simple factor: “…People want to be happy. Whether it is at Harvard or any other place, people w...
When the Jewish Teen Education Network (JTEN) was created last spring by the Jewish Federation, one of the three main areas of concentration was community-wide Jewish learning for Central Florida teens. While the Hebrew High model was no longer working, the one thing many families expressed concern about was the ability for their teens to have time with other Jewish teens outside of their own synagogue. Having a day (or two) each year where all teens could come together and learn together was important to both the parents and teens. On Sunday,...
Rabbi Joshua Neely of Temple Israel will continue his series from 2013, "Conversations with the Rabbi," back by popular demand, on Sunday, Nov. 9, 4 p.m., at Brown's New York Deli in Maitland. The entire community is cordially invited to attend. No RSVP is necessary and there is no charge. Rabbi Neely has presented numerous topics of conversation at various locations throughout Central Florida. Brown's New York Deli is located on the corner of 17-92 and Lake Avenue in Maitland. For more...
Although physically Horizon Bay is in Altamonte Springs, the residents’ souls were transported to Vienna when world-renowned concert violinist Mati Braun performed a collection of pieces from that region, accompanied by equally gifted Holly Small. Sponsored by The Jewish Pavilion and Horizon Bay Lake Orienta, Julie Levitt, a program director for the Jewish Pavilion, organizes monthly musical Sunday afternoons. “Not only do the artists show such passion within their music, but what makes these more meaningful is that they bring such joy to the...
Rina Avner knew she had found something special when she hit the large stone during an excavation outside the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City. The stone, weighing one ton, had a well-preserved Latin inscription. Researchers say this is among the most important Latin inscriptions ever found in Jerusalem. “First I had a wave of adrenaline surge through me, and then I got all sweaty when I saw the inscription,” Avner told The Media Line as she stood near the giant stone on display in front of the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem for the first time....
Netanyahu reportedly OKs housing plans for Jewish neighborhoods in E. Jerusalem JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly approved planning for at least 1,000 new housing units in Jewish neighborhoods of eastern Jerusalem. At least 600 of the apartments will be in Ramat Shlomo and 400 in Har Homa, according to Israeli media reports citing unnamed officials. The approval is only for the planning of the housing units, not the building of them. Netanyahu also reportedly ordered the advancement of infrastructure projects in J...
The skeleton of a woman with a dove-shaped pendant was discovered under the tiles of a collapsed roof by archeologists from the University of Haifa during this excavation season at Hippos-Sussita. They also found a large muscular marble leg and artillery ammunition from some 2,000 years ago. "The data is finally beginning to form a clear historical-archaeological picture," said Dr. Michael Eisenberg, head of the international excavation team. The past 15 excavation seasons at Hippos-Sussita,...
Carlyne Gilbert presents The Beat Goes On band, featuring Robert Whittaker, at the Clermont Community Center on Montrose Avenue. The Beat Goes On band is a variety dance band with legendary songs by Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow and the Bee Gees, big band and country music. The band also plays classic rock, standard ballads, Latin beat, and 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s tunes. In addition to singing, Robert and his partner Martha perform exhibition and ballroom dances. The event is a fundraiser for...
