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JFS Orlando's 40th Anniversary Gala was held on Sunday April 29th at Rosen Plaza. Guests enjoyed a harpist during the cocktail reception and a Frank Sinatra impersonator during dinner as part of the evening's program. The George Wolly Community Leadership Award was presented posthumously to Barry Goodman and was accepted by Craig Pearlman. Pictured here are (l-r) Madeline Wolly, Esther Vassar, Marty Sherman, Marian Sherman, JFS Orlando Executive Director Eric Geboff, and Betty Ann... Full story
When you are a people watcher and you see residents at an assisted- living facility being brought into a group area, you see "it"-The lifeless stares are heart breaking. The program begins and some residents respond, a brief spark of life. You may not get all of them, but a few come alive. All it takes is simple change in the dreary pattern that has now become their life. Our goal at the Jewish Pavilion is to see that every resident is not forgotten in a facility where staff is unfamiliar with... Full story
Nina R. Karlinsky, age 19, of Heathrow, passed away on May 2, 2018, at UFHealth/Shands Children’s Hospital in Gainesville. Nina was born on June 10, 1998, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Erica Cohen Karlinsky and Paul R. Karlinsky. The family relocated to the Orlando area and were former members of Congregation Beth Am in Longwood. Among her many accomplishments, Nina was the Class Valedictorian of the Lake Mary Prep Middle School and the Lake Mary Prep High School. A dancer, she also earned 15 letters in various sports. In addition to her parents, Nina... Full story
haya v’Yakov, age 95, of Longwood, passed away on May 6, 2018, in her home at Village on the Green. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 62 years, Ernest Rapp, and their son, Richard Rapp. She also was preceded in death by her parents, Jacob and Martha Lehrer, her sister Greta Singer (Frank) and Ernest’s family, Oasis and Ethel Rapp and Berta and Alfred Schorr. Sylvia was born Herta Lehrer on Sept. 17, 1922, in Vienna, Austria. She lived a privileged and cultured life until the Anschluss in 1938, when the Nazis invaded Aus... Full story
Joel M. Siskind, age 49, of Windermere, passed away on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Fountain, Florida, in an automobile accident. Joel was born on July 10, 1968, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Karen Schusheim Siskind and the late Alan Siskind. He was a high school graduate and owned and operated an auto dealership in the Florida Panhandle. Joel was married to Donna Harris Siskind and the family relocated to the Windermere area in 2014. In addition to his wife and mother, Joel is survived by his son, Nathan; his sister, Lori (Steven) Rosenberg of... Full story
(JTA)—“Transparent,” the Amazon Studios television series about the Jewish transgender matriarch of a Los Angeles family, will end after its upcoming fifth season. Actor Jeffrey Tambor, who plays the lead role of Maura Pfefferman, was fired from the series in February, following an investigation into allegations that he sexually harassed two women associated with the production. In November, Trace Lysette, who plays a recurring character on the series, and Van Barnes, Tambor’s former assistant, accused him of sexual misconduct. Creator Jill So... Full story
WASHINGTON (JTA)-When President Donald Trump teased and then announced he would be pulling the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal, the next obvious question was, what next? What was Plan B? "Congress has heard nothing about an alternative," Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said at a hearing on Iran on Tuesday. That was just hours before Trump announced that he was indeed pulling the United States out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal... Full story
Turkey recalls ambassadors to US and Israel amid Gaza violence JTA—Turkey recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Israel after at least 50 Palestinian protesters were reportedly killed at the Gaza border. South Africa also recalled its envoy to Israel earlier on Monday, Agence France-Presse reported. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of “genocide” over the killings in Gaza. Tens of thousands gathered of Palestinians gathered there for protests in the hours before the dedication of the new U.S. embassy in Jerus... Full story
JNS is proud to partner with the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C., to celebrate 70 of the greatest American contributors to the U.S.-Israel relationship in the 70 days leading up to the State of Israel's 70th anniversary. (Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C. via JNS)-The New York Times is well-known for its criticism of Israel, which is what makes the work of A.M. ("Abe") Rosenthal (1922–2006) and William Safire (1929–2009) stand out all the more. When A.M. Rosenthal arrived at The New... Full story
NEW YORK (JTA)—If you’re an Orthodox Jew with a mortgage from Quicken Loans, you might be in trouble. Agudath Israel of America, a major haredi Orthodox organization, issued a Jewish legal ruling last month prohibiting Jews from taking out loans from the company because it is majority-owned by Jews. Quicken Loans, which claims to be America’s largest mortgage lender, also owns Rocket Mortgage, the online mortgage agency. Jewish law, known as halacha, forbids Jews from charging interest to other Jews. So Jews are allowed to own mortgage agenc... Full story
JERUSALEM (JTA)-Gino Bartali had already won the Tour de France once and the Giro d'Italia twice when he started taking the most dramatic bicycle rides of his life. Bartali was an Italian cyclist who grew up in a Tuscan village and whose championships in the mid-1930s were the pride of the nation-and Benito Mussolini's fascist government. But the admiration was not mutual: Bartali refused requests to dedicate his Tour de France championship to the dictator, and later began working to undermine f... Full story
It was the signature deal of Barack Obama’s presidency, and President Trump’s dramatic announcement Tuesday that he was withdrawing from it engendered very sharp reactions from both the former president and his secretary of state, John Kerry, who oversaw the negotiations with Iran. Obama reiterated the main argument he made when Congress was debating in 2015 whether to agree to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the formal name of the nuclear accord. “Without the JCPOA, the United States could eventually be left with a losin... Full story
(JNS)—Reactions from American Jewish and pro-Israel groups poured in following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision on Tuesday afternoon to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal. Among mainstream Jewish organizations came both strong support and tepid approval for the decision. World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder lauded Trump for his “unmistakable message to Iran that its threats will not be tolerated.” “Iran is a rogue nation ruled by a regime that cannot be trusted to honor its word, and even more so w... Full story
