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The UCF Knights for Israel is hosting the film screening of “Honor Diaries” on Monday, Oct. 20, from 6:30-9 p.m. at the UCF Hillel Ballroom, 3925 Lockwood Blvd., Oviedo. Nine women speak out in this documentary about gender inequality, freedom of movement, violence against women in honor-based societies, with particular focus on honor killings, honor violence, forced marriages, and genital mutilation in Western society. In addition to the film, there will be discussions led by Dr. Angela West, wife of Col. Allen West, who will speak on wom... Full story
On Sept.19, Waldflowers BBG (B'nai B'rith Girls) hosted the first Shabbat dinner of the fall term. Waldflowers BBG is the BBYO girls-only Orlando chapter, open to all Jewish teens in 9th through 12th grade. This Hollywood-themed Shabbat dinner was hosted at Arielle Cohen's house and had the largest turnout so far this term. The current teen leadership board of Waldflowers BBG is Sarah Michel (senior, Winter Park High School), Sara Freedman (sophomore, Lake Mary High School), Taylor Harris (junio... Full story
On Friday, Sept. 19, Temple Shir Shalom welcomed nationally recognized performer, composer and educator Peri Smilow to Oviedo. This was the second in a series of guest musicians performing during Shabbat services. Smilow presented her Shabbat-in-Song with Beth Schafer, Temple Shir Shalom's spiritual leader and a renowned Jewish musician in her own right. But far from just performing Jewish songs during a Friday night service, Smilow took on the duties of teaching and leading the congregation... Full story
In support of breast cancer awareness month, Temple Israel Sisterhood is hosting a Sharsheret Pink Shabbat on Friday, Oct. 17. The service will be held at the synagogue and will begin at 7:30. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization that is the Jewish community’s response to breast cancer and the only national organization addressing the unique concerns of Jewish women and families facing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. One in 40 men and women of Ashkenazi (Central or Eastern European) Jewish descent carries a BRCA gene m... Full story
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in recognition of this serious disease, JFS Orlando with Florida Hospital Women’s Mobile Wellness and Florida Radiology Imaging are offering a day of screening mammograms at JFS Orlando’s facility, located at 2100 Lee Road in Winter Park, on Monday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. In addition to the mobile mammogram unit, JFS will host Dr. John Barnett from Orlando Acupuncture for a special presentation. He will highlight the benefits of holistic practices as treatment and preventative measures for... Full story
University Club member Holly Mandelkern will speak about Abraham Sutzkever (1913-2010), a poet, partisan and witness at Nuremberg, at the University Club’s November meeting. The noted Yiddish poet was born on July 15, 1913 in Smorgon, Russian Empire. After WWI he and his mother moved to Vilna where he became a prolific young writer. In 1941, he and his wife, Freydke, were sent to the Vilna Ghetto. While there, he was ordered by the Nazis to hand over important Jewish manuscripts and artworks for display in an Institute for the Study of the J... Full story
BBYO, the world’s leading pluralistic Jewish youth movement and DoSomething.org, the largest not-for-profit for young people and social change, announce the launch of “Can-Tribute,” a campaign that will rally Jewish youth across the country to fight poverty in their local community through a food collection drive. The campaign kicked off on Sept. 23 and continues through Nov. 6. At the conclusion of the campaign, the leaders of the top three biggest drives will win a pre-screening of the “Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1” for themselve... Full story
The students at the Jewish Academy of Orlando walked to Lake Lily in the week between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to participate in Tashlich service. At Tashlich, the students symbolically threw away their misdeeds to begin the New Year renewed. Rabbi David Kay of Congregation Ohev Shalom as well as the Academy's Hebrew and Judaic Studies faculty led Tashlich service. It was a meaningful program to begin the New Year. For more information or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact... Full story
On Wednesday, Sept. 3, Rabbi Rick Sherwin of Congregation Beth Am in Longwood joined 300 pulpit rabbis from around the country for the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee's 3rd National Rabbinic Symposium, a one-day symposium on U.S. – Israel relations that featured top thinkers and influential policy makers. AIPAC advocates pro-Israel policies to the Congress and Executive Branch of the United States. The mission of AIPAC is to strengthen, protect and promote the U.S.-Israel r... Full story
In the Heritage Florida Jewish News' Rosh Hashanah issue, the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando ran an ad with pictures of various jars labeled different types of Jews: Orthodox, Federation, Reform, Conservative, etc. Below the picture was the phrase: "Now more than ever, it's time to look beyond our labels." The point being made is that Jewish unity is what is important. A unified Jewish community is a strong community. It isn't just the Federation advocating this thought. Recently, three... Full story
The Roth Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando is hosting its annual FitTATA event to support the Florida Hospital Breast Cancer Care Fund on Sunday, Oct. 19. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will feature the following group exercise classes: 9 a.m.-BODYPUMP & Cycling; 9:30 a.m.-BODYCOMBAT; 10 a.m.-BODYJAM & Cycling; 10:15 a.m.-Born to Move (ages 6-12); 10:30 a.m.-SH'BAM; 11 a.m.-BODYFLOW & Cycling; and 11:15 a.m.-Born to Move (ages 6-12). Pre-registration is required for all Bodypu... Full story
On Saturday, Oct. 25, the Roth Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando will hold its second Party of 8: A Dinner Experience for Jewish Young Adults. Here's how it works: Interested participants visit the JCC website and register for Party of 8. They will then be matched with seven other young adults with whom to enjoy dinner. The day before the event, each participant will be emailed with their dinner location, as the parties fan out across Downtown Orlando. Couples have the option of... Full story
Join the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando (JGSGO) for a program featuring genealogist lecturer, Joel Spector, who’s topic is “The Growth of the Jewish Population in Russia through the 1897 All-Russia Census.” The meeting takes place Tuesday, Oct. 7, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. (6:30pm to meet with a maven or for computer questions or to schmooze.), at the Roth JCC Maitland Campus, Senior Lounge, 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland, FL 32751. This presentation will incorporate material from both English and Russian language sources to descr... Full story
Many believe Yiddish, a mixture of German and Hebrew spoken by Eastern and Central European Jews before WWII, is a dying language. However, Yiddish has been alive and well for the past two years in greater Orlando, thanks to Yiddishe maven Joan Pohl and the support of the Jewish Pavilion. Pohl can be found in a makeshift classroom at Chambrel Assisted Living Center on the third Thursday of each month surrounded by a crowd of seniors, eager to practice the Yiddish language during the one hour... Full story
A dozen guests enjoyed a Rosh Hashanah celebration party at Emeritus Ocoee Senior Living on Thursday, Sept. 18. The event is one of many provided by The Jewish Pavilion for the benefit of seniors in long-term care facilities in the Orlando Metropolitan Area. These events are open to any who would like to attend. The event began with a short Rosh Hashanah service including lighting of candles (battery operated due to fire regulations), and blessings over the bread, wine and apple slices. It... Full story
Beginning in June, the Roth Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando became home of Special Olympic Swimming for Seminole County. Athletes trained and practiced to compete in the State Games every Sunday, from June 1 through Sept. 28. During the Special Olympic swim meets, athletes are held to the same regulations of any swim competition. This means they must demonstrate proper form, legal starts, turns, and finishes. Lacey Nickell, aquatics supervisor for the JCC, was asked to help coach the... Full story
Kinneret Board members Geanne Share, Valerie Chestnut, and Lauren Sharfstein shared New Year's wishes with Kinneret residents on Wednesday, Sept. 17 in Kinneret Apartment's Jessie Render Social Hall. Over 30 residents from Kinneret I and Kinneret II apartments gathered in the social hall and learned about the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur holiday while enjoying a snack of apples and honey. Kinneret's Cultural Enrichment Committee has scheduled a variety of Jewish programming events throughout... Full story
On Sunday, Sept. 7, Tayarim Connect kicked off the year with a pool party at the Roth Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando. Tayarim Connect is a program hosted by the Roth JCC for middle school students. This program, which is overseen by Abby Paulson, Youth and Camp director, brings together children in middle school from around the community for social, Judaic and community service programs. Over 20 middle schoolers attended the pool party, which started off with ice breakers led by... Full story
This summer, the Jewish community rallied to support Israel in an extraordinary fundraising campaign. The Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando in collaboration with community agencies and synagogues held three events fostering unity and support for Israel. In addition, the Federation launched an Israel Emergency Fund to raise much needed cash for relief efforts. To date the Federation’s Israel Emergency Fund has raised $65,000. At the beginning of this summer’s conflict, the Jewish Federations of North America sprung into action to assist the... Full story
"Bunny Rosen was an irreplaceable friend of the Jewish Pavilion, and it is our honor to walk in her name at the Pavilion's 4th Annual " A Walk in the Park," taking place on Sunday, Oct. 26 at Crane's Roost Park," stated Executive Director Nancy Ludin. "We are grateful to Bunny's family, Melissa and Sandy Masin, for co-sponsoring the event in her memory." Although she has been gone for more than a year, Rosen's legacy lives on throughout Jewish Orlando. The 84-year-old dynamo of volunteerism,... Full story
Just five years ago, if a mom at the Jewish Community Center in South Orlando wanted to visit the office of Early Childhood Director Brenda Sher, she faced the prospect of getting drenched in the rain before she arrived on foot at Sher’s portable. That was then, and this is now. Five years ago, in fall 2009, the JCC opened its new state-of-the-art facility at the Jack & Lee Rosen Southwest Orlando Campus, and the rainy walks parents had made to-and-from portable classrooms since 1994 became forgotten to beautiful, modern, light-filled c... Full story
Jonathan Matusitz, Ph.D associate professor at UCF's Nicholson School of Communication has a new book out titled "Symbolism in Terrorism." On Friday, Oct. 3, 6:30 p.m., he will deliver a presentation on that topic in the Health & Public Affairs 1 building (HPA 1), room 112, located at 12805 Pegasus Drive (close to Parking Lot D). There will be a book signing at the end of the lecture. Books will be available for purchase at a reduced price at the book signing. "Symbolism in Terrorism" defines... Full story
The first-grade students at the Jewish Academy of Orlando are learning about the human body. They are learning about the bones, muscles, heart, lungs, and brain. The students traced and cut out their bodies, which are on display on the bulletin boards outside of the classrooms. As they learn about each part, they cut it out and glue it on their bodies. They will also have guest speakers soon to talk to about their bodies and how to keep them strong and healthy. For more information or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact Alan... Full story
Five-year old Emma Jacobson handed out percussion instruments and sang with the audience as her grandmother, Gloria Green, played Broadway classics on the piano. Emma is shown here with Judith at Ivy Court, a Brookdale senior care facility. Green is a program director for The Jewish Pavilion. To volunteer for The Jewish Pavilion, call 407-678-9363.... Full story
Jewish National Fund’s Women for Israel Society hosted a breakfast at The Alfond Inn in Winter Park on Tuesday, Sept. 9 with guest speaker Noa Gefen of the Society for the Preservation of Israel Historical Sites (SPIHS). Gefen discussed some of the different sites in which JNF is also a partner including Atlit Detention Camp, Ayalon Institute and Ammunition Hill. She also shared with the WFI supporters SPIHS’s vision for over 150 sites they are working to preserve and restore. Shown here are (l-r), Brenda Faiber, Dr. Robin Katzman, Noa Gef... Full story
