Articles from the March 22, 2013 edition
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Central Florida Hillel selects Weil as executive director
The board of directors of Central Florida Hillel has chosen Aaron Weil, a seasoned Jewish community professional, as its new executive director and chief executive officer, effective June 10. This... Full story
Distinguished professor speaks at Rollins
Professor Yudit Greenberg, Cornell endowed professor of religion and director of the Jewish Studies Program at Rollins College, is presenting a lecture by Dr. Steven Gimbel, a philosopher of science... Full story
Dawson expands Holocaust history in new book
Greg Dawson was the featured presenter at an educational forum on Feb. 21 at the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center in Maitland. His subject was his recently published book, “Judgment Before Nuremberg,” which adds to Holocaust lit... Full story
Nominate a mensch for the Heritage Human Service Award
Heritage Florida Jewish News is accepting nominations for the 2013 Heritage Human Service Award, which will be presented in August at the annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando. “For more than 25 years, individuals who have m... Full story
Central Florida Hillel to help host 1st Florida Texas Hold 'Em Tournament
MIAMI—Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus life is hosting its Inaugural Florida Texas Hold ’Em Tournament, a fundraising event, at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 29 at The Dezer Collection, 2000 N.E. 146th St., North Miami. For the last eight yea...
JCC teachers learn at seder
The Roth Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando’s Richard S. Adler Early Childhood Learning Center hosted a lively women’s seder March 7 for its entire faculty, as a means of continuing their col... Full story
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Fashion show at Bloomingdales supports Pavilion
Smiling faces, happy chatter, lively music, sparkling mimosas and delicious food! Old friends and new friends mingled, nibbled, chatted and enjoyed the ambience. It was a delightful way to spend a bri... Full story
Get a taste of freedom
To all those who lived to see America, In fond memory of all those who didn’t. The train was sliding forward, softly and noiselessly. A train is one of those few places where you are mostly left alone, to sleep or meditate or lazily watch the c... Full story
Not a Swiss watch
Politics does not operate like a Swiss watch. The image is outdated but remains useful. The overwhelming majority of watches are electronic, run by batteries and tiny programs rather than by springs and cog wheels made and assembled by skilled... Full story
A more balanced picture
I was relieved and not at all disappointed last month when neither of the Israeli entries for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards came home with the prize. I felt badly that the two films representing Israel, “The Gatekeepers” and “5 Broken Camer... Full story
David Brooks discovers the Orthodox 1-percenters
NEW YORK (JTA)—Probably no more than the top 10 percent of Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jews will ever shop at Pomegranate, the luxury kosher supermarket recently featured by The New York Times columnist David Brooks in a column titled “The Orthodox Surge... Full story
A man's world ain't nothin' without a woman or a girl
The following is the winner of the Women of Reform Judaism Centennial Essay Competition. CHARLESTON, S.C. (JTA)—I cried when I found out our new rabbi was going to be a woman. I was in ninth grade and did not like the thought of change. She would c... Full story
Remember who you stand for
This article was the winning entry in NFTY’s 2013 Wendy Blickstein Memorial D’var Torah competition. CINCINNATI (JTA)—What do you do when you get up in the morning? You probably have a morning ritual that you could do with your eyes closed. Take... Full story
What's Happening - Friday, March 22 - Friday, March 29
MORNING AND EVENING MINYANS (Call synagogue to confirm time.) Chabad of South Orlando—Monday and Thursday, 8 a.m. 407-354-3660. Congregation Ahavas Yisrael—Monday - Friday, 7 a.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m., 407-644-2500. Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Gre... Full story
Kinneret residents celebrate Purim
Kinneret residents were treated to a Purim play and celebration thanks to the Kinneret Council on Aging’s programming committee, headed by board volunteer and vice president of programming, Geanne S... Full story
Tony and Pulitzer award winner headlines museum's To Life program
ST. PETERSBURG—The Florida Holocaust Museum announced the program for its 21st annual To Life event. This year’s theme is The Power of Stories. To Life, held in benefit for the museum, is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m. April 17 at the Mahaffey The... Full story
Passover wishes from Mayor Buddy Dyer
By Richard Ries If you walk into Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s office and see a wood carved alligator, you might naturally assume it was made in Florida. However, you’d be guilty of not examining all... Full story
Obituary - MYRON BLATTNER
Myron N. Blattner, of Altamonte Springs, died on Monday, March 11, 2013. He was 77 years old. A Jacksonville native, Mr. Blattner was born on April 11, 1935, to the late Sidney and Ann Nabin Blattner. He attended area schools and the University of... Full story
Obituary - MARCELLA D. WOLGEL
Marcella D. Wolgel of Altamonte Springs, died on Monday, March 11, 2013. She was 84 years old. She was born in St. Louis to the late Abraham and Sarah Komornik Kaner on April 27, 1928. She attended school in Chicago, earning her associate’s degree a... Full story
Passover seders in Central Florida
Celebration Jewish Center CJC’s second night Passover seder dinner service will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at Celebration’s Heritage Hall under the spiritual leadership of Rabbi Dr. Richard Cowin. Cowin has selected a Haggadah tha... Full story
New haggadahs: Bronfman's and an interactive version for kids
BOSTON (JTA)—Francine Hermelin Levite and Edgar Bronfman have been using unique versions of the Passover Haggadah for years. Now both have decided to publish their versions of the Exodus story. H... Full story
Scene Around
So what else is new?... According to an international agency that studied Israel’s delivery of health care, the agency finds Israel has a quality system overall (again I repeat, what else is new?) b... Full story
Passover without wine? For Jewish addicts, sober seders are a life-saver
NEW YORK (JTA)—It’s rare that an Orthodox rabbi chooses to omit an important Jewish ritual in his holiday celebrations. But in the spring of 2000, Rabbi Yosef Lipsker cleared his living room of fur... Full story
Is Elijah, the annual Passover guest, also the 'Jewish Santa Claus'?
In millions of Jewish homes across the world each Passover, a special cup of wine is poured and the door is opened for Elijah the prophet. But how did this tradition start? Who is the prophet Elijah... Full story
From L.A., following the Egyptian signs to the Red Sea
LOS ANGELES (JTA)—If the Passover haggadah seems like hieroglyphics to you, it could be a good thing. Though the Israelites left Egypt presumably to escape the ankhs and eyes of Horus of the a... Full story
