Articles from the December 2, 2016 edition
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Obituary - LOIS DIANE FITTER
Lois Fitter, age 73, of Longwood, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, at Hospice of the Comforter in Altamonte Springs. She was born on May 15, 1943, in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late Eli G. and Sylvia Chernicoff Levin. She was a retired...
Obituary - PAUL B. GOLDBERG
Paul Goldberg, age 80, of Longwood, passed away on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, at Florida Hospital—Altamonte. Mr. Goldberg, a native of Brooklyn, New York, was born on Aug. 7, 1936, to the late Harry and Mildred Fishman Goldberg. He was educated in New Yo...
Obituary - FRANCINE M. SCHWARTZ
Francine M. Schwartz, age 91, of Winter Park, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, at Florida Hospital—Orlando. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Hannah Ressler Irving. She was a homemaker and relocated to t...
Obituary - ADAM TODD WILLSON
Adam Todd Willson, age 35, of Coconut Creek, Fla., passed away on Nov. 16, 2016, at Orlando Regional Medical Center. He was born on March 6, 1981, in Oceanside, New York, one of three sons born to David and Joy Willson of Columbia, Tenn. A graduate...
By ADL to ZOA: diverging Jewish rhetoric under Trump
NEW YORK (JTA)—Thirty years ago, it would have been safe to say the American Jewish community agreed on the need to fight for Israel and against anti-Semitism. It may still be true that most American Jews support those causes. But now, apparently, s...
Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA
Air Supply gives free concert tickets to wives of Israeli firefighters JERUSALEM (JTA)—After postponing a concert in Haifa last week due to massive fires there, the band Air Supply gave away 200 tickets to the wives of Israeli firefighters. The c...
Jewish groups fret as Republicans retreat from two-state solution
WASHINGTON (JTA)-In recent months, the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee have each emphasized what in recent years hardly needed...
Nine Israeli startups funded by superstars
ISRAEL21c-Celebrity endorsements are a big boon for brands. Just ask SodaStream, the Israeli company touted by Hollywood beauty Scarlett Johansson and "Game of Thrones" star Thor Bjornsson. Ask HOT,...
Book Review: The fighting spirit of Jewish boxers
"Max Baer and Barney Ross: Jewish Heroes of Boxing" by Jeffrey Sussman (Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, $36.) Jewish boxers? Somehow, Jews as boxers sounds like a contradiction in terms, or a...
