Articles from the November 6, 2015 edition
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Haven't they suffered enough?... I read this in last month's World Jewish Congress (WJC) digest. It upset me but it is something we must be aware of. I pass it along to you: "World Jewish Congress...
Rabbinical Council of America bans ordination and hiring of women rabbis
(JTA)—The Rabbinical Council of America, the main modern Orthodox rabbinical group, formally adopted a policy prohibiting the ordination or hiring of women rabbis. The policy announced last Friday by the RCA came after a direct vote of its m...
Mega-Challah event unites community and the generations
"Tonight we are celebrating for so many reasons," shared Devorah Leah Dubov, co-director of Chabad of Greater Orlando, at the Chabad community's second annual Mega-Challah Bake, which took place on...
The great Hebrew-Yiddish rivalry
Dr. Norman Berdichevsky will be speaking on the topic of Hebrew vs. Yiddish on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation at 6:30 p.m., and at Temple Israel in Winter Springs on...
On Syrian refugee crisis, Jewish community moves from words to action
Will Recant pulls both heartstrings and purse strings for a living. As the head of the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief, a consortium of 49 national Jewish organizations, he has been at the center of the American Jewish reaction to 20 global...
Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA
1,000 gather at Rabin memorial to hear Bill Clinton, Obama TEL AVIV (JTA)—An estimated 100,000 people remembered Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at a Tel Aviv rally marking the 20th anniversary of his assassination that featured speeches by P...
An update on terrorism from UCF researcher Jonathan Matusitz
University of Central Florida (UCF) Associate Professor of Human Communication and terrorism researcher Jonathan Matusitz presented "An Update on Terrorism: Terrorism and Communication" to the...
Bar Mitzvah - Vic Adam Tauber
Vic Adam Tauber, son of Chris and Michelle Tauber of Longwood, will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, at Congregation Ohev Shalom in Maitland. Vic is in the seventh...
