Articles from the June 19, 2015 edition
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New memorial hall marks start of renovations at Ammunition Hill
The battle for control of Ammunition Hill was one of the most decisive of the Six-Day War. After fierce and bloody fighting against Jordanian forces in the early morning hours of June 6, 1967,...
Pacific solo rower rescued after one week
Sonya Baumstein's three-years-in-the-making goal to row across the Pacific Ocean, began and ended within one week. She arrived in Choshi, Japan, in April, her boat arrived in May, and she had been...
Teachers Institute now affordable
One of the best and most affordable teacher trainings in the state is the Teachers Institute on Holocaust Studies, presented annually by the Holocaust Center in Maitland. This professional learning...
Limited ruling on passports
WASHINGTON (JTA)-Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority in the Supreme Court decision that will keep "Israel" off the passports of Jerusalem-born Americans, begins by calling Jerusalem a...
Obama's latest wooing of Jews not working, poll suggests
WASHINGTON (JTA)-It's early days for the White House's latest charm offensive among American Jews, but a new poll suggests that the wooing effort is having little effect. The poll, published Wednesday...
U.N.-sanctioned Saudi blood libel: another obstacle to peace
Although Israel has been providing free medical treatment to Syrian refugees as well as Palestinians from the disputed territories and even from Gaza, the U.N. World Health Organization singled out...
Remembering Ravensbruck exhibit at Holocaust Center
Since its founding the Holocaust Center has provided a cultural season that includes world-class arts exhibits, important films, and community observances. With powerful images and poignant messages, these arts programs have been an effective...
Torah & Tea study group
All ladies in the community are invited to "Torah & Tea," a world-wide network of women's study groups that combines warm camaraderie with a weekly Torah insight, dedicated in loving memory of Rashi...
Religion: Understanding our tapestry of faiths
The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center is again partnering with the Interfaith Council of Central Florida with a new adult education series “Understanding Our Tapestry of Faiths.” Meetings will be held on four Wednesdays: July 15, 22,...
Get 'all fired up' on June 30
The membership committee of Temple Israel cordially invites the community to participate in an evening of crafts, wine, snacks and fun at All Fired Up, 229 West Fairbanks Avenue, Winter Park. The event starts at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30. Attendees...
Turning
Some words are laced with extra meaning, built on levels of nuance and implied messages. Words like turning. If you’re “turning a corner” in your life you’ve gotten around some obstacle and are hea...
On the Middle East, France is a tale of two countries
The French, to the casual observer, are a real enigma when it comes to foreign policy. Sometimes it seems like they can be truly helpful, whereas other times they are truly awful. Take Iran. On the question of the mullahs’ nuclear ambitions, France h...
Verbal jousting
In the background of this note is the recent one about the misadventures of great powers, and producing unintended outcomes. It could have employed Barbara Tuchman’s title, “The March of Folly.” Here the focus is on the diplomatic maneuvers, procl...
Time for a regional solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
NEW YORK (JTA)—In the last 48 hours, rockets from Gaza were again fired at innocent civilians. This cannot be tolerated. The Israel Defense Forces must respond swiftly and without hesitation. We, as the opposition, will support strong government a...
When a piece of paper meant life or death
“It is a fantastic commentary on the inhumanity of our times,” journalist Dorothy Thompson wrote at the height of the 1930s European Jewish refugee crisis, “that for thousands and thousands of people a piece of paper with a stamp on it is the diffe...
For pro-Israel advocates, it's time to be offensive
Victories aren’t usually depressing, but recent headlines about Israel include those such as: “Israel Left Off U.N. List of Parties That Kill, Injure Kids,” “Palestinians Abandon Bid to Ban Israel From FIFA,” and a couple of headlines about failed mo...
What's Happening
MORNING AND EVENING MINYANS (Call synagogue to confirm time.) 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. Congregation Ahavas Yisrael—Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m...
Ron Moody, best known for playing Fagin, dies at 91
(JTA)—Ron Moody, a British Jewish actor best known for playing a character historically considered an anti-Semitic stereotype, has died at 91. Moody, who played the Jewish criminal Fagin in the stage and film versions of “Oliver,” an adapt...
Obituary - HELENE AROST
Helene Arost, age 92, of Orlando, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2015, at Florida Hospital Orlando. She was born in Philadelphia, Penn., on May 4, 1923, to the late Joseph and Elizabeth Paclin Stein. A high school graduate, she was married to the...
Obituary - WINIFRED "WINNIE" BENJAMIN
Winnie Benjamin, age 84, of Orlando, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at Hospice of the Comforter. The youngest of eight children, she was born in Baxley, Georgia, on May 3, 1931, to the late William B. and Florence Bailey Causey, and was the...
Obituary - SYLVIA GROWMAN HERSHBEIN
Sylvia Hershbein of Winter Springs died Tuesday, June 9, 2015. She was 95 years old. Mrs. Hershbein was a retired civil servant. She was born in New York City and moved to Orlando in 1969. A Life Member of Hadassah, she served as both the president...
Obituary - JEROME LEWIN
Jerome Lewin, age 93, of Parkland, Fla., passed away on Friday, May 15, 2015, at Home Care Villa in Coral Springs, Fla. He was born in Brooklyn N.Y., on Oct. 28, 1921, to the late Harry and Ida Cutler Levy. He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High...
Fifteen Father's Day gifts for the Jewish foodie in your life
(The Nosher via JTA)-You got through Mother's Day, Memorial Day weekend and even Shavuot. But folks, it's not quite time to relax: Father's Day is almost here. Another weekend to reserve for family...
At security confab, Israeli coalition members split on West Bank policy
HERZLIYA, Israel (JTA)-When Israel's coalition government formed last month, its constituent parties all but ruled out establishing a Palestinian state in the near future. But that doesn't mean they...
Scene Around
Too close to home... I am really nervous about all the information I am sent relating to the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe. But now, after receiving this month's issue of the World Jewish Congress...
