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Can you believe that Passover is just around the corner? With the Orange County Public Schools on Spring Break, Orlando Torah Academy is excited to offer children a one day “Passover Experience” to prepare them for the special holiday. Every child will be “Passover ready” by the end of his or her fun-filled experience! Drop your kindergarten through third-grade child off on Friday, March 24, and they will “pass” from one workshop to the next, making their own seder plate, joining a sing-a-long, experience the baking lab, and even come home w...
In light of recent incidents of anti-Semitism, students at Lake Brantley High School's Club L'Chaim joined a discussion about anti-Semitism and Purim, and what they could do to make a difference. The discussion was led by Rabbi Mendy Bronstein of Chabad of Altamonte Springs, and was coordinated by Dan Smith, a teacher at Lake Brantley. While enjoying delicious hamantashen, the group discussed that strengthening their Jewish pride was the best response to hate, and brain stormed ideas of how to...
The Jewish Chamber of Commerce will be hosting an event on Thursday, March 23, at 5:30 p.m. at the Dovecoat restaurant in the Bank of America building. The event will be attended by the Director of Multicultural Affairs for the City of Orlando, Luis Martinez. He will be presenting the chamber with a letter from Mayor Buddy Dyer. Additional information about the event is below: The Orlando Jewish Chamber of Commerce is a nondenominational organization that stands behind its motto as “Business Minded, Culturally Connected” and promotes the att...
Are your mom and dad spending time with the Jewish Pavilion? This past Shabbat, Don, a resident of an Altamonte care home, enjoyed the warmth and companionship of volunteers Morris and Sheila Rashy, as well as Dolores Indek. Help the Jewish Pavilion fulfill its mission of being the Jewish connection to senior-living community residents like Don. "Please contact us and let us know if you have a mom, dad, friend, or neighbor residing in a senior-care home or is temporarily in a rehabilitation...
The Orlando Chapter of Hadassah recently held the Bunny Rosen Women's Heart Health Fashion Show Luncheon at the Westin Hotel in Lake Mary/Heathrow. Once again this annual event proved to be a great success. In keeping with Hadassah's 2016-2017 "Celebration of Women," the theme of "My Fair Lady-Race Day at Royal Ascot" made for an entertaining afternoon with genial company, excellent food and a beautiful venue. This event contributes charitable funds to promote heart-health awareness, training...
What do you get when 100 Jewish women spend the weekend together learning and laughing in luxury? A SPARK! The weekend of Feb. 24-26 was the first SPARK Women's Retreat, where all of the women experienced how to #BetheSpark. SPARK is the Women's Division of JOIN Orlando, and their mission is to engage, educate, enlighten, and empower every Orlando Jewish woman regardless of background or affiliation, through a variety of exciting programming, events, classes, and experiences. "This event was...
On Feb. 15, five members of Congregation Beth Am's Mitzvah Brigade joined together with other faith communities as members of the IDignity Seminole Program. The IDignity goal is to help individuals in need, such as being homeless, regain their dignity through its services, which include obtaining birth certificates, drivers licenses and social security cards. The volunteers help guide individuals through the process by helping them fill out forms, notarizing papers and assisting with obtaining...
Jewish Academy of Orlando's kindergarten hosted a program, "Shema Pillowcase." This program is the culminating activity for the Shabbat and Havdalah units in kindergarten. All year the kindergarteners have a separate Shabbat celebration in their class on Fridays. This is a teaching Shabbat where they learn the prayers and traditions associated with Shabbat. They even role play and have "ima" and "aba" while celebrating. Following that, they learned how Shabbat ends and how the start of the week...
On March 5, The Roth Family JCC hosted the fifth annual teen-led J-Serve day of community service for Jewish teens. Nearly 75 teens from grades 6th-12th grades joined together in the JCC to choose between two project tracks: a senior Purim prom party or an LGBTQ advocacy art project program. To start the day, the teens participated in many fun and exciting icebreakers and got to know other Jewish teens from Orlando. The Teen Task Force, who worked since fall to plan and facilitate this day, led...
The Meitin Alliance for Growth and Learning (MAGAL) is a collaborative religious school between Temple Israel and Temple Shir Shalom. MAGAL, the name by which the school is known, is the Hebrew word for "circle" and a symbol of oneness. Classes are held at the synagogue located at 50 S. Moss Road in Winter Springs. On a recent Sunday, the children, in addition to their classroom studies, participated in three special projects. They baked Ziploc bag challot and rainbow challot, and they began an...
"Jihadist Deception through Language" is the program Dr. Jonathan Matusitz will present to the Central Florida community on Thursday, March 23, at 7 p.m. at the Eastmonte Civic Center, 830 Magnolia Drive, Altamonte Springs. This event is sponsored by the Zionistas. Included in his program, in addition to Jihadist Deception through Language, are Speech Code Theory, and Propaganda and Linguistic Deception. Jonathan Matusitz received his Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma in 2006 and is currently...
Rena Ferber Finder was born in Krakow, Poland in 1929. She was the youngest of Schindler's List survivors. She is committed to sharing her story in the hope of keeping the lessons of the Holocaust alive. "In this world of bullying and hate crimes, it's important to teach children not to stand by-you have to go and get help. Don't stand by and do nothing," she said. Finder will be here at Chabad of North Orlando on Sunday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. to share her story and give encouragement to everyo...
The Roth Family JCC's popular shabbat-dinner-and-a-show program, Shabbat Shabbang Junior, returns on Friday, March 31, with repeat performer, Jester Jim. The evening, which runs from 6-8 p.m. at the JCC's Maitland location, features a catered Shabbat dinner by Arthur's, followed by the hilarious antics of the juggling Jester Jim. The photo above features Jester Jim juggling on-stage with Ben Grodin, as Grodin's children and parents looked on. To sign up, visit orlandojcc.org/calendar...
Sisterhood of Temple Israel will hold its annual Chai Tea event at Oakmonte Village Lake Mary on Sunday, March 19, at 3 p.m. The community is invited to join Sisterhood members and residents of Oakmonte Village for a delightful tea and interesting conversation. This year's discussion will be led by Rabbi Joshua Neely who will talk about "Prophet and Housewife-Deborah and Yael, Warrior Women in a Man's World." The theme will focus on soft and high power, the expected role of women in societies...
The Tampa Orlando Pinellas Jewish Foundation will hold a training session on gaining expertise and embracing legacy giving within the culture of your organization and the community as a whole. The session is open to all Jewish organizations in the Orlando area, and will be held on Thursday morning, March 23, at The Roth Family JCC of Greater Orlando, 851 North Maitland Avenue, Maitland. This training is part of the curriculum of the “Life & Legacy” program, a program that represents a shared commitment by area agencies, synagogues, and day sch...
On Sunday, Feb. 12, the religious school of Congregation Sinai celebrated Tu B'Shevat, the New Year of the Trees with a Seder. The children, their parents and grandparents joined teachers and the spiritual leaders as they drank grape juice (in place of wine) from white to pink to red. This ritual signifies the growing season of the important species of fruits and wheat, which grow during the seasons in Israel. They ate almonds (fruit with a hard outer shell and soft inside), dates (fruit with a...
Last month, the students at the Jewish Academy of Orlando celebrated Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish New Year for the trees. Tu B'Shevat is often referred to as "Jewish Arbor Day" and the students at the Jewish Academy used this holiday to integrate their learning about Jewish traditions, Israel as well as the environment. As part of their celebrations, the 4th grade students performed a musical production in Hebrew explaining the holiday, and the students planted saplings to make their own connection...
The seventh in the series of 10 monthly JGSGO (Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando) Workshops was held at the UCF Hillel on March 2. The guest speaker was Crista Cowan, also known as "The Barefoot Genealogist." Cowan is a professional genealogist who has been employed at Ancestry.com since 2004. Her topic was "Using Ancestry.com for Jewish Research." With over 20 billion records indexed and 80 million family trees, Ancestry.com is an invaluable resource for finding historical family...
Ruth Ort's Spectacular Seniors met to hear author, Myrna Ossin, discuss what is exciting for seniors to do with the rest of their lives based on several chapters of her book "Lists for Living, Lists for Life," an encyclopedia of life skills, and "Favorite Recipes from Central Florida," that includes a 10-page list of everything to do in Central Florida. Each person came away with personal insights that will enrich their senior years. Ossin also introduced "What to Do with Your Leftover Matzah,...
The Roth Family Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando is embarking upon an ambitious fundraising goal-raise $200,000 in 24 hours. In fact, their goal is so ambitious that if they don't meet the goal, all of the money will be returned. The fundraising campaign is being hosted online through a website called Charidy, launching at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, and concluding on Thursday at 6 p.m. "The year has just begun, and already, our community is facing challenges greater than we...
Hundreds of Orlando college students, faculty, staff and community members will gather together for a celebration of Jewish unity at the fifth annual Mega Shabbat on UCF's campus. The traditional Shabbat Dinner will be held in Pegasus Ballroom in the Student Union on the UCF campus on March 3, 5:30 p.m. appetizers; 6:15 Women Light Shabbat Candles; 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Dinner. Shabbat 1000 is a project developed by the Chabad on Campus International Foundation. Leaders of Chabad on Campus observed...
On Thursday, April 20, the Jewish Pavilion will host its annual fashion show, where giving back to the senior community is always in style, honoring Friends Board secretary and resident "Funny Woman," Marlene Adler, at Bloomingdale's in Orlando. The longtime Hadassah Board member has been an active Friends Board member for the past five years. Adler shares that she is thrilled to be honored at the Pavilion's "Spring into Fashion Show," and has her eye on spring denim, which she calls her...
Save the date! The J-Serve Teen Task Force is more than excited to introduce J-Serve Orlando 2017 on Sunday, March 5, at 1 p.m. at the JCC. J-Serve is the international day of Jewish youth service, and has greatly impacted the greater Central Florida community for many years. This year, we as a teen Task force decided that J-Serve will focus on love and diversity, with projects focusing on LGBTQ+ inclusion and honoring our local elders (specifically, the 39ers, a day group for seniors at The...
The Membership Committee of Temple Israel has planned a kosher-for-Passover wine tasting at Total Wine, 160 E. Altamonte Drive in Altamonte Springs on Saturday, March 4. Temple Israel members and prospective members are cordially invited to participate in this event planned for 6:30-8:30 p.m. Come enjoy a short, intimate Havdalah service, partake of light appetizers and sample numerous wines which you will be able to purchase for your own seder or use as a thoughtful host/hostess gift. In...
The 8 Over 80 Honorary Dinner on March 5, sponsored by Kinneret Council on Aging, is to be a lovely affair, with eight octogenarians showing the community what it is to create a legacy of activism, philanthropy, and leadership. The details involved in such an event are monumental. The Kinneret committee consisted of Leslie Collin, executive administrator of Kinneret Council on Aging; Phyllis Kamenoff; Carol Feuerman; Faye Novick; Mollie Savage; Jacob Hara; Arlene van de Rijn and Geanne Share....
