Articles from the April 14, 2023 edition
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Whiskey and Wine fundraiser for cancer awareness
Did you know that three out of four adults have HPV by the age of 30, and 62 percent of freshman in college? HPV-related tonsil cancer has become an epidemic among men between the ages of 40 – 60. April is Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month. To c... Full story
Social-media users post Israeli flags for 'Dees Day'
(JNS) — They started popping up on social media one after another on Monday afternoon. Israeli flags blowing in the wind. Israeli flags with pictures of families hugging each other. Israeli flags with the image of a mother and her two daughters s...
Last surviving Nuremberg trial prosecutor dies at 103
(JNS) - Benjamin ("Ben") Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, passed away on April 7 at the age of 103. According to The New York Times, he died at an assisted-living...
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Meeting Jonathan Pollard
This article was sent to Heritage right before Passover but was too late to make it in one of the two papers that come out during Passover. Still, we felt it should be shared because it is so timely....
On the go with Seniors on the Go
The Roth Family JCC’s Seniors on the Go (formerly the 39ers) recently had a visit from a therapy dog named Honey. Meeting Honey was not only therapeutic but fun for the seniors. Seniors on the Go i...
Saturday Night Out back again at the Rosen JCC
Spring is always a busy time of year. It can be easy to forget to take time for yourself. But Saturday Night Out at the Rosen JCC is the perfect solution. Parents get a chance to plan a night for them. They can get together with friends or go to...
Nominations open for Heritage Human Service Award
Heritage Florida Jewish News is accepting nominations for the 2023 Heritage Human Service Award, which will be presented at the annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando this summer. “For more than 30 years, individuals who have m...
Now translated into 49 Jewish languages: the Jewish spring ritual of counting the Omer
(JTA) — There are 49 days between the second night of Passover and the holiday of Shavuot, but who’s counting? Jews the world over, in fact, and in languages familiar and obscure. The daily counting of the Omer is an old ritual being given new lif...
Jewish chair of Florida's Democratic Party arrested at abortion rights protest
(JTA) — Nikki Fried, who chairs Florida’s Democratic Party, was arrested at a protest for abortion rights in the state capital, along with 10 other demonstrators. The protest on April 3, which took place outside Tallahassee City Hall, was in oppositi...
ADL to open satellite office in Brooklyn to counter antisemitism
(JNS) — The Anti-Defamation League announced plans to open a satellite office in Brooklyn, N.Y., which its CEO and national director Jonathan Greenblatt calls one of the “epicenters for antisemitism in this country.” Of more than 395 antisemitic inci...
Herzog resumes judicial reform compromise talks
(JNS) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog resumed talks on Monday with Knesset factions aimed at hammering out a compromise on judicial reform. The president again hosted working teams representing the ruling coalition and the leading opposition parties...
Passover's revolt against the tyranny of Paganism
(JNS) — Over 3,000 years ago a slave revolt took place that has been repeated every year since. It was not just a rebellion against a long since vanished pharaoh whose dynasty and people have been consigned to dust along with his treasure cities that...
Biden's boycott of Netanyahu is outrageous
(JNS) — In a tactic straight out of Barack Obama’s playbook, President Joe Biden has put serious daylight between the United States and Israel with his decision not to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House. During previo...
The real meaning of 'pro-Palestinian'
(Gatestone Institute via JNS) — An anti-Israel group called Palestinian Solidarity Forum (PSF) on March 20 invited officials from the Iranian-backed Palestinian terror groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to speak at an event at the U...
Doug Emhoff's role in the woke war on free speech
(JNS) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff had never shown any interest in his Jewish identity until his wife, Kamala Harris, was elected vice president of the United States. But though it would be an exaggeration to treat him as the Biden administration’s...
What's Happening
MORNING MINYANS Chabad of North Orlando and Chabad of Altamonte Springs are holding in-person minyans. Chabad of South Orlando — Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m., 407-354-3660. C...
Family of Dizengoff attack victim donates organs to five people
(JNS) The family of Or Eshkar, 32, who died on March 20 of a bullet wound sustained during a terror attack in Tel Aviv on March 9, donated his organs to five people. Eshkar’s heart was transplanted into a 65-year-old man. A 75-year-old man r...
All the Jewish MLB players to watch in 2023
(JTA) - The 2023 MLB season is almost upon us, and it has the potential to be a historic year for Jews in professional baseball. Last year, 17 Jewish players appeared in a game - a likely record. This...
The real Jewish history behind Netflix's 'Transatlantic' and the WWII rescue mission that inspired it
(JTA) - While the United States swung its door shut to most refugees during World War II, a young American in France saved thousands, including some of the 20th century's defining artists and...
Husband, father of three murdered Jewish women calls April 10 to be 'Dees Day'
(JNS) - In a video message, Rabbi Leo Dee - whose wife, Lucy, 48, and daughters, Maia, 20, and Rina, 15, were murdered in a terrorist attack - called for the observance of April 10 as "Dees Day."...
Insights from The Orlando Senior Help Desk: Empowering patients and their loved ones
When visiting a doctor or hospital bring along a notebook or tablet and take notes. It is important to ask question of your health care provider about the benefits and side effects of medications or procedures. I suggest that you, or a loved one, res...
'Spinning Gold' movie departs from Hollywood stereotypes about Jewish music producers
(JTA) - In the hit show "The Sopranos," veteran actor Jerry Adler plays mob-adjacent Jewish businessman Hesh Rabkin, who made a fortune in the music business decades earlier. In a first season...
Cyberattack crashes websites of several Israeli universities
(JNS) - A coordinated cyberattack took down the websites of major Israeli universities on Tuesday. A hacker group calling itself "Anonymous Sudan" claimed responsibility for the attack on its Telegram account, stating that the "Israel education secto...
Obituary - NEIL LEWIS ENGEL
Mr. Neil Lewis Engel, 72, died Thursday, March 30, 2023, at his Winter Park home following a brief illness. Mr. Engel was born Aug. 25, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois to the late Albert and Miriam (Shapiro) Engel. He and his wife, the late Sharon... Full story
Obituary - DR. ALBERT H. MARCUS
Dr. Albert H. Marcus of Altamonte Springs, FL, formerly of Hingham, Mass., died in Florida at his home on Monday, March 27, 2023. He was 93 years old. Dr. Marcus was born in Quincy, Mass., to the... Full story
