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JFS rededicates Wolly Center
On Sunday, March 31, JFS Orlando hosted A Brunch for Madeline. This was a special event held in honor of the late Madeline Wolly and all of her love and support of JFS over the years. George and...
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Jewish Pavilion fashion show was a 'runway success'
More than 100 women enjoyed a morning of food, fashion and fun at the annual Jewish Pavilion Spring into Fashion show at Bloomingdale's department store in The Mall at Millenia on April 9. Volunteer...
Our future innovative engineers will come from JAO
Jewish Academy of Orlando students develop problem solving and creative skills in the Innovation Lab, an elementary Makerspace, and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math)...
JCC hosts '5th Commandment Shabbat' for Families
In a celebration that stressed the importance of all family structures, The Roth Family Jewish Community Center on April 5 hosted its first-ever 5th Commandment Shabbat for families of its Richard S. Adler Early Childhood Learning Center. The event...
JFS Orlando 2019 Restock Challenge ends April 30
The Jewish Family Services' 2019 Restock Challenge deadline is fast approaching. Make sure to give your donation by April 30 in order to make it stretch further. During the Restock Challenge, The...
Celebrate Israel with The Roth Family JCC
Yom HaZikaron/ Israeli Memorial Day Ceremony Tuesday, May 7, 2019 7 p.m.- 8 p.m. Join us at The Roth Family JCC to remember Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror. The program will be in English and Hebrew. There will be a sing-a-long...
Cinco de Mahj at COS
Mark your calendar for May 5, as Congregation Ohev Shalom's Sisterhood hosts its annual mahjong tournament. This year's event, Cinco de Mahj will have a festive slant. The cost of the tournament is...
The Jewish Academy of Orlando nurtures a culture of giving
Jewish Academy of Orlando cultivates a culture of giving back to the community and to those in need by supporting school-driven and student-led fundraisers, recognizing students for acts of giving, an...
Golf tournament supports Orlando Senior Help Desk
Hit the greens for a good cause at the seventh annual Pavilion Golf Society golf tournament on Sunday, May 5, at the Rosen Shingle Creek Golf Club. Hosted by the Jewish Pavilion and benefiting the...
Jewish Pavilion Schedule
The following is the calendar for Passover seders at the local assisted-living facilities where the Jewish Pavilion program directors plan events. Members of the community are always welcome to attend these seders, which are free, with the exception...
The story of Purim told 'L'dor Vador,' from generation to generation
The Jewish Pavilion celebrated the festival of Purim with youth and elders together at Brookdale Dr. Phillips assisted-living facility last month with interactive story telling, singing, dancing, and...
JCC Campus debt paid off!
The Jewish Community Campus in Maitland is about to be debt-free for the first time in a generation, thanks in part to a resoundingly successful 24-hours fundraiser held March 25-26. Just three years...
Purim festivities with the Jewish Pavilion
Jewish Pavilion staff and volunteers worked hard to bring the joy and fun of Purim to seniors in living facilities all over town last month. At more than two dozen festive parties and special events,...
JAO students and families celebrate Purim with much fanfare
Jewish Academy of Orlando celebrated Purim with a megillah reading, party, performances, delivery of mishloach manot (Purim baskets), and grogger sculpture creations. Third-grade students performed in...
COS Youth Players present 'Joseph and His Dreamcoat'
The COS Youth Players of Congregation Ohev Shalom present, "Joseph and His Dreamcoat," April 7 at 1:30 p.m. and April 10 at 6:45 p.m. Both performances are at the synagogue located at 613 Concourse...
Shabbaton with Dr. Fleischman
Enjoy a day of learning, spirituality, and kosher dining at Temple Israel's Shabbaton on April 13. This community event begins at 9:30 a.m. with a Latino Shabbat morning service, followed by a kosher...
Commemorating the SS St. Louis
Chabad of North Orlando will host a special event to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the voyage of the MS St. Louis. The program will include the screening of the award winning documentary film “Complicit” and the presentation of the MS St....
A conversation with David Litt, former presidential speechwriter
On April 5 at 6 p.m., the Writer’s Block Bookstore and The Roth Family JCC will present a VIP event—dinner with former presidential speechwriter and staffer David Litt—with a talk to follow....
Orlando Hadassah brings noted New York author to town
The Orlando Chapter of Hadassah presents “Lunch with Hannah Howard,” noted author and food expert on Tuesday, April 2, at Ohev Shalom at 11:30 a.m. Howard will discuss and sign her highly praised...
Staffing changes at Jewish Pavilion
The Jewish Pavilion welcomed Cantor Lance Rhodes as a new program director in early March. Cantor Rhodes is coordinating Pavilion programming at all of the south Orlando senior living facilities as...
Congregation Beth Sholom April schedule
Celebrate Passover with Congregation Beth Sholom—Deadline April 5. The public is invited to attend our second night Seder, led by Rabbi Karen Allen, on Saturday, April 20, at 5:30 p.m. A traditional Kosher Seder dinner, catered by Deanna’s...
JAO kindergartners raise money for the Pearlman Food Pantry
Jewish Academy of Orlando kindergarteners raised $367 for the Pearlman Food Pantry at Jewish Family Services by operating a healthy snack store. The annual program at JAO begins with a...
A new play about freedom from addiction is coming to Orlando
Today there is a severe addiction problem in the United States. Jews are rarely associated with this side of life. However, no one is immune, and Jews are not immune to the devastation of addiction. One residential addiction treatment center, Beit...
Giving is in the Farb's blood
You can see it in their faces and hear it their voices, which come alive with passion as they speak about their 40-year commitment to the Greater Orlando Jewish community: Stuart and Jo Ann Farb...
Rollins' students learn core life lessons from The Apple Tree Series
"Gratitude. Mindfulness. Community Engagement." These are just some of the merits, which Dr. Susan A. Bach, Ph.D., formerly the executive director of the Center for Leadership Development at Rollins...
