Articles from the December 25, 2015 edition
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Who is this masked Chanukah menorah selfie-taker?
Judy Procell, aka Ms. Chanukah, takes a selfie with the residents at The Westminster....
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Need a ride? JFS Orlando's RIDE program can help
There is a great resource through Jewish Family Services Orlando (JFS Orlando) for older adults and/or people with disabilities who may need transportation to and from various medical appointments...
ZOA honors Derek Silver
Every year at their annual gala, the Louis D. Brandeis Award Dinner, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) recognizes one student in the country for his or her pro-Israel advocacy on campus. This...
Jewish leaders reject IAEA vote
The following is a statement from Stephen Greenberg, chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman/CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations: We are deeply dismayed at the vote by the International Atomic...
Ruderman Family Foundation, Hillel launch partnership to promote inclusion for students with disabilities
WASHINGTON-Hillel International today announced a major new partnership with the Ruderman Family Foundation to promote inclusion for students with disabilities at 550 college campuses across the count...
The Jewish say in the issues behind the Republicans' plans to fight global terrorism
Part 3 of a 3-part series The Republican Party’s candidates for the 2016 presidential race have, since the Paris terror attacks on Nov. 13, 2015, and the San Bernardino terror attack on Dec. 2, 2015, placed an increasing emphasis on their proposed m...
Joking aside, Sandler speaks out against anti-Semitism
Famed Jewish actor and comedian Adam Sandler railed against Pink Floyd co-founder and anti-Israel activist Roger Waters during an appearance on the Howard Stern Show on Tuesday. "I'm very...
Hear intriguing, scandalous tales at the next JGSGO meeting
Join the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando (JGSGO) for "Skeletons in Our Closets: Researching a Family Scandal," at the Roth Jewish Community Center, Senior Lounge, on Tuesday, Jan. 19,...
Community-wide middle school dance
On Jan. 17, middle school students from across the community are invited to attend the third annual middle school dance at The Roth Family Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando's Harriett and...
Gear up for MindUP™ at parent information night
MindUP™, a new program and curriculum being taught at the Jewish Academy of Orlando, teaches social and emotional learning skills that link cognitive neuroscience, positive psychology and mindful awar...
Lessons from the Pollard saga
Even before the dust settled on the happy headlines proclaiming that after 30 years in federal prison, Jonathan Pollard was being released, we discovered that his release wasn’t the end of his sad saga. Pollard’s parole conditions are draconian. For...
At Hillel, fostering a culture of disabilities inclusion
ORLANDO (JTA)—Standing before the burning bush, Moses asks of God, “Mi anochi?” Who am I to be the one who goes to Pharaoh? Though there are many reasons why Moses may have asked the question, a tip-off to what is really on Moses’ mind comes just a...
On Middle East-Obama, Trump closer than you think
The massacre in San Bernardino by an Islamist husband-and-wife terror team forces us to recognize, once again, that the United States has to choose between isolationism and internationalism in its foreign policy. Put another way, it’s a choice b...
From the editor's desk: Caught on video
By Christine DeSouza It is unbelievable how people rewrite history. On the Israel Video Network (www.israelvideonetwork.com) a Costco smoothie demonstrator was videoed as she proceeded to slam Jews. Standing in front of a food demonstration in a...
Israel must act now to preserve the two-state solution
WASHINGTON (JTA)—If Israel does not take steps now to preserve the option of two states and secure its own destiny as a Jewish and democratic state, it will wake up one day soon to find out it’s too late. That was the overarching message com...
This is what it's like being a Jew in the South during Christmas
(Kveller via JTA)-I grew up in northern New Jersey where my high school class was at least 20 percent Jewish. The local deli was run by one of my grandmother's former fourth-grade students from when...
Obituary - BERNARD "BERNIE" BEHRMAN
BERNARD “BERNIE” BEHRMAN Bernie Behrman, age 90, of Longwood, passed away at his residence on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. He was born in Chicago, Ill., on July 5, 1925, to the late Abraham and Rose Gran Behrman. Mr. Behrman answered his country’s call...
Judy Procell shows best 'selfie' to Jewish Pavilion seniors
This Chanukah season Judy Appleton Procell has been literally putting her "selfie" out there on behalf of the elder-care community she serves as a program director for the Jewish Pavilion. "This year...
Over 6,000 pounds of food collected for JFS
JFS Orlando announced today that over 6,000 pounds of food were collected and over $7,000 was raised through its Publix Super Markets Charities Fall Food Drive. During the weeks of Oct. 1 through Nov. 30, non-perishable food items were donated to...
Bat Mitzvah - Hannah Lauren Bloom
Hannah Lauren Bloom, daughter of Alan and Diane Bloom of Sanford, will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, at Congregation Ohev Shalom of Maitland. Hannah is in the seventh grade at Sanford Middle School where she was...
Scene Around
A disturbing letter... I received a letter from RONALD S. LAUDER, president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and I pass it along in part to you: "As we close the door on 2015, I am dismayed by the...
