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High school girls BBYO chapter, Waldflowers BBG #326, met for a chapter meeting in October. They read out loud the menorah pledge principles and covered old and new chapter business. Shown here are (l-r) Emily Weinstein, Maddie Gordon, Sari Misek, Janna Gluck, Danielle Benghiat, Rylie Breiner, and chapter advisor Lyla Halikman.... Full story
High school teens in Oviedo met on Sunday, Oct. 20, for a fall festival. They baked pumpkin pie, held a canned food drive and discussed upcoming programs for Speak UP week, when Jewish teens all around the world connect, discuss and celebrate Israel in their own way. Speak UP week is over Nov. 4-8.... Full story
BALTIMORE (JTA)-For Carla Greenspan, the news was upsetting: A relative by marriage of the man who saved her mother's life during the Holocaust was spurning an award from Yad Vashem. "It's a sad legacy for him if this is truly how they feel," Greenspan said from her home on Manhattan's East Side. "Their great-uncle went out of his way and risked his life to save my mother." Mohamad Helmy, an Egypt native who worked as a physician in Berlin when World War II broke out, helped hide the family of... Full story
Charlie Harrison Aronson, son of Stacy Aronson and Mark Aronson of Maitland, Fla., will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013 at Congregation Ohev Shalom. Charlie is in the seventh grade at Trinity Preparatory School where he is a member of the Blue and Gold Society. His hobbies and interests include baseball and music. Sharing in the family's simcha will be his grandparents, Laurence and Rochelle Richman of Maitland, and Judie and Joel Aronson of Hilton Head, S.C.;... Full story
Mona Bachove of Lake Mary, Fla., is pleased to announce her engagement to Barry Cook in this way: Mona Bachove and Barry Cook Met and dated-that's all it took. Engaged to be married, what a fine pair. Love led to marriage, which is only fair. The union is planned for April, the celebration of spring. Love and joy in our hearts, let the world sing.... Full story
Enough with the anti-Semitism... Frankly, I get disgusted when I hear such news as that which was reported recently by the World Jewish Congress Digest (WJC) about Turkey. I always considered Turkey to be a good friend of Israel. Here is the article in full: "The World Jewish Congress harshly criticized recent statements (this past summer) made by Turkish Deputy Prime Minister BESIR ATALAY who blamed a conspiracy of the foreign media and the Jewish Diaspora for anti-government protests... Full story
Paula Abdul's Kotel bat mitzvah HOLLYWOOD, Fla.-Better late than never, as they say. At 51 years young, former "American Idol" and "X Factor" judge Paula Abdul will celebrate her bat mitzvah at the Western Wall, The Times of Israel reports. Abdul, who was raised Jewish and has been linked recently to Chabad, arrived in Israel last Monday. In addition to marking the milestone in Jerusalem, she will also visit Tel Aviv and the Galilee. She met last week with President Shimon Peres. That all... Full story
(JNS.org) A new advertising campaign in Boston-area newspapers calls out officials in the public school system of Newton, Mass., over the alleged presence of anti-Israel materials in those schools. The Boston-based nonprofit Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT) took out the ads in the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Newton Tab, Boston Metro, and Jewish Advocate. The ads cover research by concerned parents and students that has revealed the presence of anti-Israel texts in Newton schools... Full story
(JTA)- Marla Topp of Temple Judea Mizpah in Skokie, Ill., doesn't need survey data to tell her that Reform Judaism is in decline and Orthodox Judaism is growing. She has to look no further than her own synagogue. A couple of months ago, the temple began renting out unused classroom space to an Orthodox school that had outgrown its building. Now its classrooms serve as a satellite location for the Arie Crown Hebrew Day School's early childhood program. The Orthodox preschool isn't the temple's... Full story
BOSTON (JPR)—The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) described an anti-Israel billboard campaign appearing throughout the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) System as, “intentionally designed to mislead the public.” The billboards show a series of four maps and falsely claim that Israel has systematically confiscated land from the Palestinians. The ads, which began appearing last week, are sponsored by Henry Clifford, who co-chairs the virulently anti-Israel group Committee for Peace in Israel and Palestine. “These billboards are intenti... Full story
Tigers pick Brad Ausmus, Israel’s manager in WBC bid, as new skipper NEW YORK (JTA)—Brad Ausmus, who managed the Israeli national team’s bid for the World Baseball Classic, was named the manager of the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers announced the hiring of Ausmus, 44, on Sunday, making him the only Jewish manager in Major League Baseball. Ausmus was a catcher for four teams in his playing days. His Israel team failed to qualify for the World Baseball Classic in 2012, losing to Spain, 9-7, in 10 innings in the final game of the qualifying tourn... Full story
HOUSTON (JTA)—Midway through the first quarter, Omri Casspi entered the preseason game between his Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks. A minute later, the buzzer sounded summoning Mavs rookie guard Gal Mekel into the Oct. 21 contest. Casspi took his first shot, a three-pointer that missed. On the ensuing possession, Mekel scored on a driving layup. Order was following form: Four years ago, Casspi became the first Israeli to play in the National Basketball Association. And with the new season tipping off this week, Mekel will become the s... Full story
