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Last White Rose member dies at 103
(JNS) - There has been a lot of discussion about what Holocaust memory will be like as fewer survivors remain. Less discussed are those who risked their lives to save Jews during World War II. The...
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Commemorating Philip Roth means confronting his limitations head on
(JTA) - Next Sunday marks the 90th anniversary of Philip Roth's birth. In celebration of the famed novelist's work, a scholarly conference titled "Roth@90," sponsored by the Philip Roth Society, will...
The Jewish history of Baileys
There is a long history of Jews working in the alcohol industry, from running the majority of taverns in Poland in the mid-19th century to founding distilleries and wineries that are still in...
Insights from The Orlando Senior Help Desk: What Is a Lady Bird Deed?
A Lady Bird deed in Florida is a legal form that transfers property upon death inexpensively and without probate. A Lady Bird deed allows the current property owner to use and control the property during the owner’s lifetime, while the property...
Team Israel exits World Baseball Classic with 5-1 loss to Venezuela
MIAMI (JTA) - They didn't call it the "Pool of Death" for nothing. After a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over Nicaragua on Sunday, Israel finished the World Baseball Classic with only one additional...
For Jewish fans, Duke's new basketball coach inspires a different version of March Madness
(JTA) — Dylan Geller has taken great pride in his work as a student manager of Duke University’s men’s basketball team since landing the gig as a freshman in 2019. But things felt different this season, and not just because the Blue Devils had...
Once jeered as too pretty, Impressionism is now marshaled in climate-change activism
(JNS) — Until recently, French Impressionism was a Cinderella story. Derided in the late 19th century and excluded from the French academy (Salon), Impressionism—whose name derives from a critic’s mockery—became one of the most beloved art...
Quotes from the Jewish Bible about peace
(My Jewish Learning) - In the Hebrew Bible, the word shalom, usually translated as peace, means more than the absence of conflict; it connotes a secure sense of well-being and wholeness (the latter...
Hedy Lamarr honored in Casselberry
On Sunday, March 12, the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, the Casselberry Historical Society and the Seminole County Historical Society erected a marker honoring Hedy Lamarr. Lamarr...
Purim celebrations around town
The Jewish Pavilion hosted Purim party celebrations with residents at Harbor Chase/ Dr. Phillips & Windsor of Celebration. Costumes, decorations, a play and Hamentachen cookies were enjoyed by all....
ESPN's Jeff Passan opens up on his Hebrew school upbringing, interviewing Sandy Koufax and Jewish baseball history
(JTA) - For tuned-in baseball fans, Jeff Passan is everywhere. As ESPN's senior MLB insider, he frequently breaks some of the sport's biggest news and appears on several of the global sports...
Former baseball star Darryl Strawberry is now an evangelical preacher focused on promoting Israel
(JTA) - As part of his journey after a tumultuous decade and a half in the spotlight, former New York Mets star Darryl Strawberry is speaking at a pro-Israel event in his second career as an...
A Jewish producer of 'All Quiet On The Western Front' sees his family history in the Oscar-nominated Netflix film
(JTA) — The film producer Daniel Dreifuss has only one surviving photo of a distant relative: his grandfather’s cousin, who fought for Germany in World War I and died in combat two days before the war’s end. He has a few more photos of his...
Israeli podcast covers everything
If an alien spacecraft landed in Dr. Avi Loeb’s backyard tomorrow, he would readily step on, leave his family behind and take off to discover the great beyond. Obviously, he’d be giving up a lot, but it’s for an essential cause, he says:...
Jewish Exorcism
Exorcism is a ritual of power performed in order to drive an evil spirit, whether demonic or ghostly, from a possessed person, location, or object. The Christian scholar Origen credits Jews with a special talent for exorcising demons (Against...
David Strathairn plays historic Holocaust witness Jan Karski in PBS's 'Remember This'
(JTA) — As a Roman Catholic in Warsaw during World War II, Jan Karski could easily have ignored the horrors unfolding behind the walls of the Jewish ghetto. Instead, as a member of the Polish Resist...
How one special Pink Day helps save and support cancer patients
When Rachel Wojnilower was an undergraduate at American University in Washington, D.C., she did all kinds of activities with her Jewish sorority, Alpha Epsilon Phi. Now 36, Wojnilower has let most of...
'Fabelmans' flops, but Hollywood's Jewish history gets a nod
(JTA) – With seven nominations for his most personal film ever, this could have been Steven Spielberg’s biggest year at the Academy Awards. But the hot-dog fingers had other plans. “The Fabelmans,” the director’s highly personal...
Jewish Chamber goes to a Solar Bears' game
Jewish Heritage Night was an ideal evening for the Jewish Chamber to partner with the Eatonville Chamber to enjoy a Solar Bears Game together in the Silver Suite. Participants had the opportunity to network, meet Shades the mascot and chat with...
Ancient moat and enigmatic hand imprint uncovered in Jerusalem
(JNS) - A mysterious hand imprint carved into a thousand-year-old rock-hewn moat that was part of the ancient fortifications of Jerusalem has been uncovered next to the Old City's northern wall, the...
Meet the real-life sister act behind the two new '90s Jewish American Girl dolls
(JTA) - As children in upstate New York, twin sisters Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy went to Hebrew school three days a week, spent their summers at a JCC summer camp and got to know local...
Insights from The Orlando Senior Help Desk: Evacuation plan
If you’re a caregiver, knowing how to evacuate a loved one or how a loved one can take shelter during an emergency may not be as easy as just stepping out a door, or crawling out a window, especially if your loved one has mobility challenges and...
An ahead-of-its-time klezmer album will be performed live for the first time
(New York Jewish Week) - In 1955, a group of musicians gathered in a Manhattan recording studio and committed to tape 16 tunes. When the LP, "Tanz," was released the following year, it barely made a...
Artist depicts disarmingly beautiful Holocaust art
(JNS) - At first blush, the recent, photorealistic paintings of Los Angeles-based Jewish artist Robert Russell look inviting, almost sweet. A lamb turns its head to look back over its shoulder in...
In Mel Brooks' 'History of the World Part II,' Jewish jokes reign from BCE to the Beatles
This article contains spoilers for "History of the World Part II". (JTA) - In a scene that will soon stream on Hulu, a group of early Christian bishops gathers to set a promotion strategy for their ne...
