Articles from the July 21, 2017 edition
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Obituary - AILEEN E. BERK
Aileen E. Berk, age 95, of Longwood, passed away on Sunday, July 9, 2017, at her residence. Aileen was born in Brooklyn, New York, on Sept. 19, 1921, the daughter of the late Charles and Ethel Greenstein Kaiser. She was a homemaker and the widow of... Full story
Obituary - STANLEY BRENNER
Stanley Brenner, age 92, of Kissimmee, passed away on June 24, 2017, at his residence in Solivita. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was born on May 17, 1925, a son of Morris and Tillie Bolitzer Brenner. A widower, Stanley was a college... Full story
Obituary - RICHARD JOHN FADER
Richard J. Fader, age 88, of Longwood, passed away on July 5, 2017, at his residence. Richard was born in Philadelphia on May 8, 1929, to Maxwell and Rose Abrams Fader. He was a college graduate and serviced in the U.S. Air Force. During his career,... Full story
Obituary - HARVEY SALE
Harvey Salz, age 87, of Boynton Beach, passed away on July 4, 2017, at his residence. He was born on April 27, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of the late Morris and Betty Rosenberg Salz. Harvey received his degree in electrical engineering... Full story
These American Jews are looking beyond the Western Wall-to prayer on the Temple Mount
JERUSALEM (JTA)-Liberal American Jews are feeling thwarted in their years-long campaign for the right to pray as they wish at the Western Wall. Long frustrated that the plaza in front of the wall is... Full story
Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA
Israeli soldier who shot downed Palestinian moving to house arrest JERUSALEM (JTA)—Elor Azaria, the Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting a downed Palestinian terrorist, will be released to house arrest. Azaria, who was convicted i... Full story
Lack of State Department appointments can hurt Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Carmel Shama HaCohen, Israel’s ambassador to UNESCO, is second to none in his admiration for the Trump administration’s United Nations envoy, Nikki Haley. In fact, he’d like to clone her. Shama HaCohen appreciated Haley’s... Full story
This Chicago lawyer's life was saved by two Israeli Nobel Prize winners
When Jeffrey Kriezelman first started feeling the pain in his back, he shrugged it off as the vestige of an old baseball injury. A busy immigration lawyer whose Chicago firm helps immigrants and asylum seekers gain lawful status in the United... Full story