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Ann Bosak, age 59, of Orlando, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at Hospice of the Comforter in Altamonte Springs. Ann was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 9, 1957, to the late Herbert and Anita Snyder Kleeman. Following school and her marriage to her late husband, Barton Jack Bosak, who passed away in 2012, she worked as a bookkeeper. After the family relocated to the Orlando area from Philadelphia, Ann worked as a bookkeeper in the timeshare industry. In addition to her husband, Ann was predeceased by her son, Brandon, in...
Helene R. Rubin, age 97, of Orlando, passed away at her residence on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, on Feb. 5, 1919, to the late Victor and Sarah Milstein Halushka. She attended William Paterson College in Wayne, New Jersey, receiving her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education. Helene taught for many years in Dumont, New Jersey. She was the widow of the late Theodore Rubin who passed away in 2007. Her brothers Meyer Halushka and Mandel Halushka also predeceased her. She and her family relocated to the Orl...
Sylvia Semel, age 89, of Maitland, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, at her residence. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on April 4, 1927, to the late Philip and Ida Schneider Roberts, Sylvia loved life. She loved to dance, entertain and be with friends. She also loved art and founded Gallery 17-92 with her husband of 49 years, Nathan, who preceded her in death. She was a long-time member of Temple Israel, Femme de Coeur, Hadassah and ORT. Sylvia leaves behind her brother, Dr. Daniel Roberts (Carol) of Rockledge; her son, Gene Semel (Carol) of...
Adam Sheer, age 23, of Orlando, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Born on Aug. 19, 1993, in Baltimore, Maryland, he was one of three children born to Jeffrey A. and Karen Lynn Markowitz Sheer. The family relocated to the Orlando area when he was a child and he attended school locally, earning his associates degree. As a youngster and young adult, Adam was very involved with the youth programs at Chabad of South Orlando. In addition to his parents, Adam is survived by his brother, Justin of Washington, D.C., and his sister, Jamie of Tampa....
Kaj Munk, a Danish cleric, identified as a rightwing political and cultural figure in the Denmark of the 1930s, became the center of moral and intellectual resistance to the Nazi occupation. He was murdered by the Gestapo and Danish traitors in January 1944 as an attempt to silence the growing resistance on the part of ordinary Danish citizens who found in their church a source of moral strength to resolutely oppose the evils of the Nazis. No other clergyman has better explained why Christians...
I never knew Kristine Luken but I feel like I did. I feel that we were old friends, that I knew her well. It's strange because on one hand I know very little about her, but on the other hand I feel like I know most everything that was important. I feel like I know this because everything about her last day on this earth in so many ways personified her life. At the same time that I feel like I knew her well, I am sad and I feel a deep sense of loss at not actually having known her, and more so...
UN passes anti-settlement resolution, US abstains JTA—The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution condemning Israeli settlements, with the United States abstaining. The resolution was adopted Friday afternoon with 14 votes in favor and only the U.S. abstention. It called Israeli settlements “a flagrant violation of international law” that damage the prospects of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Sustained applause greeted the passage of the resolution. American presidents have long protected Israel from extreme censu...
NEW YORK (JTA)-Conservative Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom has been expelled from the Rabbinical Assembly, the movement's rabbis' association, for performing interfaith weddings. An ordained Conservative rabbi for 44 years, Rosenbloom was expelled last month by unanimous vote, with abstentions, after a hearing of the R.A.'s Executive Council. Since 1972, the Conservative movement has prohibited its rabbis from officiating at or even attending intermarriages. Rosenbloom told JTA a council member sugges...
