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Marjorie “Margie” Blau, age 90, passed away on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, at Hospice of the Comforter in Altamonte Springs. Margie was born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 9, 1926, to the late Myren and Bess Popkin Landsberg. In 1948, Margie and her late husband, Martin, who passed away in 2010, relocated to the Orlando area from Detroit. Aside from her early working career as an accountant, Margie was the consummate volunteer. Following their arrival in Orlando, Margie and Martin were part of the founding families of what was then, Congregation of...
Yaffa Magier, age 96, passed away at Horizon Bay—Altamonte Springs, on Wednesday, July 31, 2016. A native of Izza, Czechoslovakia, she was a Holocaust survivor, working as a laundress in Auschwitz. Her parents, Chaim and Blima Steinberg Lindenbaum, and two of her sisters perished. Following the Shoah, Yaffa made her way to Israel where she met and married her late husband, Martin. From Israel, they immigrated to the United States and ultimately moved to the Orlando area from Brooklyn in 1990. In New York, Yaffa worked as a dressmaker and was a...
Martin David Schwam, age 76, of Altamonte Springs, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, at Cornerstone Hospice at Orlando Health. He was born on May 21, 1940, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Abraham and Bessie Goldstein Schwam. On Dec. 21, 1963, in New York, Martin married the former Joan Sharri Lowy, his wife of over 52 years who survives him. He worked as a service supervisor in the airline industry (TWA) prior to retiring to the Orlando area from Long Island in 2005. In addition to his wife, Martin is survived by his son, Adam (Dina) Schwam of...
James Cornel “Jay” Stanek, Jr., age 63, of Clermont, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, at Florida Hospital—Orlando. Jay, a native Orlandoan, was born on June 16, 1963, to Beulah Faye McDonald and the late James C. Stanek, Sr. He was the owner of a tax preparation service and was a member of the National Association of Tax Professionals. On Feb. 8, 1997, in Orlando, Jay married the former Wanda Faye Holt, his wife of nearly 20 years, who survives him. Jay and Wanda are members of Congregation Ohev Shalom. In addition to his wife, he is su...
(JNS.org)—Turkey and Israel are reportedly expected to sign a reconciliation deal before September, the Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency reported. Israel is cooperating with Arab nations, Foreign Ministry Director says Israeli diplomacy with Africa continues, Togolese president visits Israel “I think we will finalize the issue before parliament’s recess. Israel has met our terms, paving the way to normalize ties. Therefore, we must do this as soon as possible,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters on Wednesday. Conditi...
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. (JTA)-Back in the 1990s, the Fox series "Beverly Hills, 90210″ tackled eating disorders, gun safety, addiction and AIDS in a tone so earnest that it seems quaint in the era of "Girls" and "Broad City"-shows that eschew the moralizing of TV generations past. In what may be the most famous episode of the teen drama's 10-season run, West Beverly High School seniors get a lesson in student activism. The cause: overturning Donna Martin's school suspension. The movement's r...
(JNS.org) The International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem and Israel's Foreign Ministry held a seminar on the 1994 Rwanda genocide, whose anniversary took place earlier this week. Several Rwandan genocide survivors were part of delegations attending the seminar. In 1994 members of Rwanda's majority ethnic Hutu government killed an estimated 500,000–1,000,000 ethnic Tutsi Rwandans over a period of three months. The seminar at Yad Vashem continues a partnership founded in 2005, when the museum first hosted survivors of the Rwandan g...
Yitzhak Rabin’s son warns Donald Trump: Same kind of ‘incitement’ spurred murder of my father (JTA)—The son of slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said Donald Trump’s “ugly” campaign rhetoric is threatening American democracy and creating an atmosphere similar to the one in Israel leading up to his father’s assassination. In a USA Today op-ed on Sunday, Yuval Rabin wrote that the recent call by Trump to “Second Amendment people” is the same kind of “incitement” that “led to the murder” of his father in 1995. “More than one commentator...
(The Nosher via JTA)-A warm night, a balcony overlooking the Mediterranean and a big bowl of watermelon with feta cheese: If we had to take a guess, that would be our mom's definition of the perfect summer dinner. If you've never tasted watermelon and feta together before, it may sound like a strange combination. But give it a taste and you will certainly be hooked. The sweetness of the juicy watermelon meets the rich, salty feta creating an explosion of flavor on every perfect bite. Inspired...
(Kveller via JTA)—This summer, as I put my 8-year-old on the bus to sleepaway camp, he turned to his friend and said, “Let’s get on the bus quickly before our parents can say goodbye and be so embarrassing.” As they ran toward the bus, I could not help reflecting that he is breaking away, just at the moment when I want to hold on tight. But what he doesn’t know is that I have a secret weapon waiting for when he returns from camp, and that is “Harry Potter.” For the past few months, we have made our way through the first six books. Even w...
