Articles from the April 17, 2015 edition
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Hadassah of Williamsburg
Hadassah of Williamsburg is having a general membership meeting on Wednesday, April 29, at 1 p.m., at Parkview Pointe Clubhouse, 5650 Parkview Pointe Drive in Williamsburg. A most interesting program has been planned. Sandra Berkowitz will speak on...
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Celebrating 100-year birthdays never gets old
May 11, 2014 was a special Mother's Day for Ann Gobey of Altamonte Springs. The resident of Life Care Center celebrated the national holiday and her 99th birthday all on the same day. This year...
Meet Omer Mei-Dan: Israeli BASE jumper, stuntman and orthopedic surgeon
BOULDER, Colorado (JTA)-Omer Mei-Dan has jumped off more cliffs than he can count-not to mention helicopters, skyscrapers and bridges. Just don't call him a skydiver. An orthopedic surgeon and...
Free-spending Miami Marlins? Sabbath-observing exec says it makes sense
MIAMI (JTA)-For Joel Mael, the Shabbat-observing vice chairman of the Miami Marlins, the team's free spending in the offseason was wise from a financial perspective. Signing Giancarlo Stanton, 25, to...
Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA
White House steps up Iran pitch to Jewish leaders, donors WASHINGTON (JTA)—President Barack Obama will attend two meetings with Jewish leaders in his bid to persuade the Jewish community to back the Iran nuclear deal. Obama and Susan Rice, his n...
Q&A with Jorma Kaukonen on Jefferson Airplane and Judaism
Jorma Kaukonen, who played guitar in classic rock bands Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, has just released "Ain't In No Hurry," his first solo album since 2009. While Kaukonen's guitar skills are...
Meet the new 'Jewish Oprah'
(JTA)—On April 1, Naomi Firestone-Teeter became executive director of the Jewish Book Council, which promotes the reading, writing, publishing and distribution of English-language Jewish books. Firestone-Teeter, whose predecessor Carolyn Hessel h...
