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  • Scene Around

    Gloria Yousha, Scene Around|Nov 6, 2015

    Haven't they suffered enough?... I read this in last month's World Jewish Congress (WJC) digest. It upset me but it is something we must be aware of. I pass it along to you: "World Jewish Congress Holocaust Memory Commissioner CHARLOTTE KNOBLOCH has called it 'intolerable' that so many Holocaust survivors today have to live in poverty and urged the world to take action. Speaking at the Wannsee Ville in Berlin, where in 1941 the Nazis decided to implement the 'final solution of the Jewish... Full story

  • Rabbinical Council of America bans ordination and hiring of women rabbis

    Nov 6, 2015

    (JTA)—The Rabbinical Council of America, the main modern Orthodox rabbinical group, formally adopted a policy prohibiting the ordination or hiring of women rabbis. The policy announced last Friday by the RCA came after a direct vote of its membership, according to the organization. The resolution states: “RCA members with positions in Orthodox institutions may not ordain women into the Orthodox rabbinate, regardless of the title used; or hire or ratify the hiring of a woman into a rabbinic position at an Orthodox institution; or allow a tit... Full story

  • Mega-Challah event unites community and the generations

    Nov 6, 2015

    "Tonight we are celebrating for so many reasons," shared Devorah Leah Dubov, co-director of Chabad of Greater Orlando, at the Chabad community's second annual Mega-Challah Bake, which took place on Oct. 22, and more than lived up to its prodigious name. "We are celebrating that tonight we made it to 400 women, between our two locations, over 200 here in Maitland at the Civic Center, and another 200 in South Orlando at the Rosen JCC. We are here, together, celebrating the power of women and we... Full story

  • The great Hebrew-Yiddish rivalry

    Norman Berdichevsky|Nov 6, 2015

    Dr. Norman Berdichevsky will be speaking on the topic of Hebrew vs. Yiddish on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation at 6:30 p.m., and at Temple Israel in Winter Springs on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 4 p.m. The community is invited to these events. Visitors to Israel can scarcely appreciate the enormous difficulties that were involved in the restoration of Hebrew as a living language. The Hebrew-Yiddish conflict in Palestine took three generations to resolve. One hundred and... Full story

  • On Syrian refugee crisis, Jewish community moves from words to action

    Eitan Arom, JNS.org|Nov 6, 2015

    Will Recant pulls both heartstrings and purse strings for a living. As the head of the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief, a consortium of 49 national Jewish organizations, he has been at the center of the American Jewish reaction to 20 global crises in the last 20 years. Of late, his focus has been on Syria. Last month, Jewish organizations across the country and denominational spectrum revved up their response to the refugee crisis plunging millions into desperate need and stumping world leaders, led by Recant in his role as an assistant... Full story

  • Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA

    Nov 6, 2015

    1,000 gather at Rabin memorial to hear Bill Clinton, Obama TEL AVIV (JTA)—An estimated 100,000 people remembered Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at a Tel Aviv rally marking the 20th anniversary of his assassination that featured speeches by President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton. On Saturday night at the plaza bearing Rabin’s name, Clinton praised Rabin’s willingness to take risks for peace and exhorted the crowd to finish his work. Clinton guided Israeli-Palestinian negotiations when Rabin was prime minister that led to the O... Full story

  • An update on terrorism from UCF researcher Jonathan Matusitz

    Caleb R. Newton|Nov 6, 2015

    University of Central Florida (UCF) Associate Professor of Human Communication and terrorism researcher Jonathan Matusitz presented "An Update on Terrorism: Terrorism and Communication" to the Central Florida Community on Oct. 29 at the Women's Club of Casselberry. His presentation covered, in the course of explaining terrorism, 15 reasons propelling it in the world today. As he stated, terrorism is more complex than to be entirely reduced to 15 reasons, with no universally accepted definition.... Full story

  • Bar Mitzvah - Vic Adam Tauber

    Nov 6, 2015

    Vic Adam Tauber, son of Chris and Michelle Tauber of Longwood, will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, at Congregation Ohev Shalom in Maitland. Vic is in the seventh grade at Rock Lake Middle School. His interests include basketball, reading and business. He is also a member of the Altamonte Basketball League and the JCC Basketball League. Sharing in the family's simcha will be Vic's brothers, Lou and Frank; his sister, Tillie; maternal grandparents, Dr. Martin... Full story