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Orlando Chapter of Hadassah 'Meet the Author' event

The Orlando Chapter of Hadassah announces its Meet the Author Luncheon, featuring Kristin Harmel, local acclaimed author of “The Forest of Vanishing Stars,” “The Book of Lost Names,” and her latest bestseller, “The Paris Daughter.” This...

 
 By Jacob Judah    News    September 15, 2023

Ireland's first kosher restaurant in decades attracts local Jews and non-Jewish celebrities

(JTA) — The first kosher delicatessen to open in Ireland in over half a century is proving a surprise hit among Dubliners since it opened its doors in March — and not only among Jews.   Located in the southern part of the city, Deli 613 has...

 

Gantz rebuffs Netanyahu's call for judicial reform compromise

(JNS) — Israel’s National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz on Tuesday dismissed as “spin” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for compromise talks regarding the government’s judicial reform plan. The former defense minister and lead...

 
 By Ben Sales    News    September 15, 2023

Libyan foreign minister is fired and flees to Turkey after meeting her Israeli counterpart

(JTA) — Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush has been fired and has fled to Turkey following a meeting last week with Israel’s foreign minister, Eli Cohen. Libya and Israel do not have diplomatic relations, and when he first announced the...

 

Unilever wins pensioner shareholder case over Ben and Jerry's Israel boycott

(JTA) — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the multinational food company Unilever tied to Ben and Jerry’s 2021 announcement that it would stop selling ice cream in what it called “Occupied Palestinian Territory.” Unilever is the...

 

Watchdog group reports on antisemitism on campus

(JTA) – Nearly one in three current Jewish college students has witnessed or experienced some form of antisemitism on campus, according to a new survey. The survey was released by Jewish on Campus, a student-founded antisemitism watchdog group. It...

 

Israeli researchers create synthetic embryos from stem cells

(JNS) - Scientists at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science have successfully created complete synthetic models of human embryos using laboratory-grown stem cells, according to an official release...

 

The Abraham Accords, three years on

(JNS) — Almost three years have elapsed since the signing of the Abraham Accords on the White House lawn. Everything appeared to be progressing smoothly until last month, when a planned visit of...

 

Normalization with Israel a clear Saudi interest

(JNS) - A peace deal with Israel is a clear Saudi interest and will likely lead to further accords with additional Muslim countries, the acting American ambassador to Israel said Thursday. The...

 

Florida retreat: Meet, pray, love

(JNS) - This High Holiday season, Jewish singles will seek soulmates in Miami Beach, Fla., in between shofar blasts and dipping apples in honey. Sam Intrator, a Modern Orthodox rabbi, is planning...

 

Synagogue Service Schedule

For information about services at local synagogues not listed, contact the individual congregations. Unless listed, for tickets or information, contact the individual synagogue. Celebration Jewish Congregation (Reform) Members of Celebration Jewish...

 

Weekly roundup of world briefs

Gallant call saves man from jumping off sixth-story balcony (JNS) — Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant helped save a life this week by agreeing to take a call from a man who was threatening to commit suicide by jumping off his sixth-floor balco...

 

Yad Vashem cutting ties with US fundraising partner

(JNS) — In a dramatic turn of events, Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, said on Wednesday that it is terminating its longstanding relationship with its U.S. fundraising arm, amid an intra-organizational financial dispute which...

 

Jewish grief support group resumes

How do we pick up the pieces and start to live again? Everyone does it differently and in his or her own time frame. Join a grief support group. Renew old friendships, find a job that you enjoy do volunteer work, find a new or renew an old hobby.......

 

Saturday Night Out at the Rosen JCC

Get ready for Saturday Night Out at the Rosen JCC. This event let’s parents drop off their children on Saturday, Sept. 30, 6 p.m.-11 p.m. Children will play games, do crafts plus get pizza and a movie. Parents can plan their own night of fun....

 

Brooklyn kosher ice cream chain recalls all of its ice cream and frozen desserts due to listeria fears

(New York Jewish Week) — A kosher ice cream chain in Brooklyn is voluntarily recalling all of its ice cream and pareve frozen desserts after it was linked to a recent listeria outbreak from another kosher ice cream manufacturer. The recall was...

 

Blinken: Saudi deal will require major Israeli concessions

(JNS) — The Biden administration told the Israeli government last week that it would have to make considerable concessions to the Palestinians if a U.S.-brokered deal with Saudi Arabia is to succeed.  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told...

 
 By David Isaac    News    September 8, 2023

Court rejects MK's request for restraining order against reform opponents

(JNS) — The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday rejected Knesset member Simcha Rothman’s request to issue a restraining order against 430 opponents of judicial reform, members of a WhatsApp messaging group called “Looking for and...

 

Flight to Israel has emergency landing in Saudi Arabia

(JTA) — What appears to have been the first-ever passenger flight between Saudi Arabia and Israel has taken place — even though the two countries have not yet established diplomatic relations. An Air Seychelles flight to Tel Aviv made an...

 

SYNAGOGUE SERVICE SCHEDULE

For information about services at local synagogues not listed, contact the individual congregations. Unless listed, for tickets or information, contact the individual synagogue. Celebration Jewish Congregation (Reform) Members of Celebration Jewish...

 

5783 Community Year in Review

September 2022 The Jewish community along with the rest of the world mourned the death by natural causes of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8, 2022. Just as September was about to leave, Hurricane Ian struck, causing massive flooding and power outages...

 

Weekly roundup of world briefs

Jerusalem police nab Palestinians for US embassy break-ins (JNS) — Police recently arrested two Palestinians from the Hebron area for breaking into a U.S. embassy warehouse in Jerusalem and stealing property last month, the Israel Police said....

 

Israel is facing a prolonged escalation in Judea and Samaria

(JNS) — Monday’s murderous terrorist attack on Route 60 in Hebron, in which an Israeli woman was shot dead and a man seriously injured, is just the latest indication of the sad fact that Israel is in the middle of a prolonged security escalation...

 

At UN Security Council meeting, DC, Moscow and Paris take aim at Israel

(JNS) —America’s ambassador to the United Nations emphasized at Monday’s U.N. Security Council meeting last week, the Biden administration designated a Hezbollah-linked group—one that purports to be an environmental organization—a terror...

 

At first Republican debate, White House hopefuls spar, largely on domestic policy

(JNS) - About 80 minutes into the two-hour Fox News Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night, the State of Israel came up. Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations...

 

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