Articles from the September 22, 2023 edition
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German star cookies for the Yom Kippur break-fast
This story originally appeared in The Nosher. When people deny themselves food for an extended period of time, they’re usually ravenously hungry and find themselves thinking about consuming huge a...
Homemade gravlax for Yom Kippur break-fast
This story originally appeared in The Nosher. In “Full Moon Feast,” Jessica Prentice guides us through 13 lunar months and the foods grown and prepared within them in traditional cultures. At its core is the idea that food connects people to one ano...
'Disgrace' for US to unfreeze $6B in Tehran's assets, presidential candidates, others say
(JNS) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says it is in the country’s national security interest “to waive the imposition of sanctions” on Iran and transfer $6 billion to the Iranian Republic in exchange for five detained Americans. Candida...
Obituary - ALLEN CHARLES ABRAMSON
Mr. Allen Charles Abramson, 86, of Orlando, passed away peacefully at Aidan Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center in Fort Pierce, Florida on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Mr. Abramson was born March 9, 1937, in New York, New York to the late Samuel and...
Obituary - HARRIET COOPERSTEIN
Ms. Harriet Cooperstein, 76, of Orlando, passed away peacefully at Orlando Health Dr. Phillips Hospital following a brief illness on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Ms. Cooperstein was born Dec. 14, 1946,...
Obituary - RENEE BETH KESSLER
Miss Renee Beth Kessler, 46, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, at her Haines City, Florida home following a brief illness. Miss Kessler was born Jan. 11, 1977, in Newburgh, New York to...
Obituary - DR. RONALD S. POSNER
Dr. Ronald S. Posner was born Feb. 22, 1943, in Burbank, CA, as the oldest of three boys born to Abraham Posner and Rose Block. He is survived by his wife, Jill; his two brothers, Fred and Harris; his...
Obituary - HARVEY STEPHEN PENSKY
Mr. Harvey Stephen Pensky, 80, of DeLand, Florida passed away peacefully at Villa Health & Rehab Center on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, surround by his family. Mr. Pensky was born Feb. 7, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Michael and Florence...
What you need to know as Israel's Supreme Court begins debating law limiting its power
(JTA) — For almost nine months, Israelis have been fighting over the future of their Supreme Court. Today, that battle has moved into the Supreme Court itself. In July, Israel’s hardline right-wing governing coalition passed a law to weaken the cou...
At least 49 synagogues have been evacuated due to bomb threats in the last 2 months
(JTA) – At least two more synagogues in the United States evacuated their congregants over the weekend following bomb threats, the latest in a series of such calls that have put dozens of congregations on high alert heading into the High Holidays. O...
Weekly roundup of world briefs
List names 3,000-plus Jews protected by Catholics in Rome during World War II (JNS) — From September 1943 through June 1944 during the Second World War, more than 150 women’s and men’s religious orders, as well as other Catholic groups, prote...
'Tatami,' a film inspired by Iran's Israeli athlete boycott, is making movie history
(JTA) - A film being billed as the first co-production by Israeli and Iranian filmmakers debuted at the Venice International Film Festival after a secretive production process that included a trip to...
Andy Samberg plays a famous Jewish WWII photographer
(JTA) - An historic wartime photography partnership from the 1940s - often credited as the first to capture many of the horrors of the Holocaust - is getting the Hollywood treatment. Kate Winslet...
2 Jewish teens harness the power of their peers to address social problems - and spark a movement
In mid-2021, as the COVID pandemic raged, high school student Lily Messing noticed that the social ills plaguing her native Tucson, Arizona - including domestic violence, drug abuse and homelessness...
Mikvah discovered in basement of former strip club in Poland
(JTA) — Before the Holocaust, the population of the town of Chmielnik, Poland, was around 80 percent Jewish. Sephardic Jews, having been expelled from Spain during the Inquisition, settled in Chmielnik and eventually built a synagogue in 1638. A...
