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Mrs. Muriel Polan Lap, 99, Palm Bay, Florida passed away peacefully Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, at Life Care Center of Palm Bay surrounded by her family following a brief illness. Mrs. Lap was born Aug. 25, 1924, in Montreal, Canada to the late Benjamin and Beatrice (Roseman) Polan. Mrs. Lap is survived by her devoted sons, Benjamin Lap of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Perry (Jo) Lap of Stuart, Florida. In keep with Mrs. Lap’s wishes she was cremated and will be scattered at sea. May she rest in p... Full story
Mrs. Sheila Miller, 89, of Maitland, Florida passed away peacefully Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, at Advent Health Hospice surrounded by family following a brief illness. Mrs. Miller was born Jan. 15, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York to the late Murry and Lillian (Sidetsky) Cohen. She retired as CFO of Charles B. Crystal Imports and is predeceased by her loving husband of 69 years, Sheldon Miller of blessed memory. Mrs. Miller is survived by her devoted children; daughter, Naomi (Howard) Slansky of Ocoee,... Full story
Mrs. Shawn K. Ornstein, 78, formerly of Clermont, Florida passed away Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, in Chesapeake, Virginia following a brief illness. Mrs. Ornstein was born March 25, 1945, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the late Charles and Edna (Wagner) Faulhaber. She and her husband moved to the Clermont area in 2007 from Boynton Beach, Florida. Mrs. Ornstein is survived by her devoted husband, Stuart Ornstein of Chesapeake, Virginia; son, David (Denise) Ornstein of Clermont, Florida; daughter, Deborah (Joseph) Bruno of Orlando; grandchildren,... Full story
Mrs. Libby Schores, 96, of Fern Park, Florida passed away peacefully Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, at Strive ALF following a brief illness. Mrs. Schores was born May 17, 1927, in Ratner Saskatchewan, Canada to the late Paul and Sarah (Taback) Schores. She moved to the Orlando area in 1992 from Miami, Florida. She was a retired surgery technician. Mrs. Schores is survived by her nephew, Irwin Bellinkoff. Graveside Services for Mrs. Schores were held at Congregation Ohev Shalom Cemetery (6034 Old Winter Garden Road, Orlando) with Rabbi Mendy Bornstein... Full story
Mr. Charles B. Silverman, 92, formerly of Orlando, passed away peacefully Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, in Seattle, Washington following a brief illness. Mr. Silverman was born Oct. 28, 1930, in Norfolk, Virginia to the late Samuel and Grace (Fine) Silverman. Shortly after graduating from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, he served in the Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. He married his beloved, Ellen (Sinsley) Silverman, in 1961 in Miami Beach, Florida shortly afterward they made... Full story
(JNS) — Israel Defense Forces’ ground forces made significant gains in northern Gaza on Oct. 31, as Israeli Air Force fighter jets, acting on Shin Bet intelligence, launched a large-scale strike on Hamas’s Jabaliya Battalion and killed its commander, along with a large number of other terrorists, the military stated. IDF troops commanded by the Givati Brigade operated in a Hamas military stronghold in the northern Gaza Strip and killed approximately 50 terrorists, while in parallel, ground troops in Gaza are continuing counterterrorism activ...
(JNS) — The Jewish state is fighting a war against “the forces of barbarism” for itself and for all decent countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told foreign reporters on Monday. “It is a time for everyone to decide where they stand,” he said. Netanyahu hopes that the world will back Israel, because “Israel’s fight is your fight,” and should “Hamas and Iran’s axis of evil win, you will be their next target,” he said. The “horrors of Hamas” show that the 21st century has not moved “beyond the barbaric horrors of the past” toward...
Bolivia severs ties with Israel over war in Gaza By Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Bolivia’s foreign ministry announced Tuesday that it is severing diplomatic ties with Israel over what it called Israel’s crimes against humanity in its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Bolivia had previously cut ties with Israel in 2009 under President Evo Morales over another violent conflict in Gaza, but President Jeanine Anez restored relations in 2020. Bolivia’s current president, Luis Arce, is a member of the country’s left-wing socialist party and was formerly...
(JNS) — Eden Zechariah had told her family she was coming home when terrorists started shooting at the outdoor music festival she attended Oct. 7. Her boyfriend, Ofek Kimchi, was killed trying to protect her and she was dragged off to Gaza alive. Her mother, Orin Ganz Zecharia, talks about her on video: “If there’s something you can’t miss about Eden, it’s her smile. She used to write down thanks every day for everything she has: thanks for her job, for her parents, for her friends. She really wanted things to be good. The world can’t stand to...
(JTA) — The White House denounced “antisemitic messages being conveyed on college campuses” in a statement Thursday, condemning students groups that have praised Hamas’ attack on Israel or “call for the annihilation of the state of Israel.” The statement is the most direct critique President Joe Biden’s office has yet made about inflammatory rhetoric surrounding Israel on college campuses, which has spiked following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and Israel’s war in Gaza against the group, which the United States has designated as a terrorist o...
(JNS) — Following a series of anti-Israel protests on campus—some which have turned violent—and a lack of adequate responses by university administrations, Jewish students are now turning to the U.S. legal system. “There has been an explosion of antisemitism on college campuses around the country and we had been looking at this issue prior to the massacre on Oct. 7,” said Mark Ressler, the Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP lawyer leading the effort. “We’re going to show that the universities had notice of acts of hatred and bigotry towards Jewis...
(JTA) - In 1941 Sarajevo, a Muslim woman hid her Jewish friend from fascist roundups. Half a century later, that same Muslim woman was trapped in the besieged capital during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War - and her Jewish friend made sure she got out. These real events inspired "Sevap/Mitzvah," a short film directed by Sabina Vajrača that won the 2023 Humanitas Prize, among other awards, and has qualified to be considered for the 2024 Oscar for best live action short. The film has been shown across...
(JNS) - The Gaza Strip is a complex piece of land that has been at the center of disputes in the Land of Israel dating back thousands of years. The roughly 40-kilometer-long (24.9 miles) coastal enclave lies at the core of the current war between Israel and Hamas. The roots of the conflict can be traced back to the foundation of the State of Israel; now at a boiling point, it is causing myriad deaths. The population of Gaza has risen from around 185,000 in 1948 to more than 2 million today - a...
(JTA) - Israel's Ministry of National Security is urging parents to report any pro-Palestinian harassment their children experience on the video game platform Roblox. As Israel's war with Hamas is set to enter its fourth week, rallies and protests in support of both Israelis and Palestinians have been held everywhere from the White House to college campuses to the streets of Europe. Roblox is different because it has more than 65 million daily active users - around 45 percent of whom are 12...
