Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
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By Asaf Elia-Shalev (JTA) — After Canadian tax authorities revoked the charitable status of the Ne’eman Foundation in August, the organization, which distributes funds to various causes in Israel, began instructing prospective donors to contribute through another recently formed Canadian charity. Six weeks later, Canadian officials imposed a one-year suspension on that charity, called the Emunim Fund, according to its listing on the Canada Revenue Agency website. CRA regulators had previously raised concerns about particular Ne’eman Found...
Damage from Iran’s Oct. 1 missile barrage tops $40m (JNS) — The Islamic Republic’s Oct. 1 ballistic missile attack inflicted an estimated 150 million to 200 million shekels ($40 million-$53 million) in damage, according to an initial Israel Tax Authority assessment published on Sunday. Since the attack, approximately 2,500 compensation claims have been submitted to the Israeli government, including some 2,200 instances of damage to buildings and 300 claims of damage to vehicles and their contents. The Jewish state has vowed a significant respo...
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA) - In "White Bird," a long-anticipated film about a Jewish girl who is rescued by her classmate in Nazi-occupied France, the Holocaust is fertile ground for teaching children how to be good. The movie is a spinoff of "Wonder" (2017), a modern-day story about a middle schooler seeking to fit in despite his facial differences. "White Bird" opens with that boy's bully, Julian (Bryce Gheisar), but the real hero is his grandmother Sara (played in the present day by Helen...
