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After a five-year hiatus, the Israeli dance group at the Roth JCC is reviving its annual dance workshop with Israeli dance instructor Dany Benshalom on Saturday evening, March 29 and Sunday, March 30. Dany Benshalom, workshop master teacher, is widely known and respected among the dance community in Israel and the Western hemisphere. He has taught Israeli folk-dance for dance teachers at the Wingate Institute’s Zinnman College for P.E since 1988. Together with his wife Nogah, he runs one of Israel’s most popular dance programs in Kibbutz Giv... Full story
A unique opportunity is available to our community to attend an afternoon of learning about the great advances that Israel brings to the world. This event will be held Sunday, March 23 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and is co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando, the Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando, Congregation Ohev Shalom, Hillel of the University of Central Florida and Zionistas. This program will take place at Congregation Ohev Shalom, 613 Concourse Parkway South, Maitland. Everyone is welcome; there is no admission... Full story
The Social Justice subcommittee of the JCRC has designated this year's focus to the growing issue of hunger, especially here in Central Florida. The first project of the year was a Jewish Response to Hunger at Second Harvest Food Bank on Jan. 15. Volunteers learned all about Second Harvest, and had the opportunity to work in the warehouse, opening boxes of donated items, cleaning them, checking expiration dates and sorting them for shelving. There will be another Second Harvest volunteer night... Full story
The Boy Scouts of America Central Florida Council and National Eagle Scout Association Committee chose Eagle Scout Max Waldor's Eagle Scout service project, Holocaust Memorial at Southwest Orlando, as the winner of this year's Grove Adams Award. This award recognizes one Eagle Scout for his service project. Waldor's project will compete first in the Southeast Region and then if chosen, in the National competition. The Council evaluates each Eagle service project for the award on planning,... Full story
Eric Lightman jokes that he had been living in Boston for the past year and knew it was going to start snowing any day. So he, along with his wife, Margo, packed up and moved to Orlando in December. But it wasn't just the sun and warm weather that lured them down to Florida- Lightman has been appointed program director of the Jewish Community Center's Jack & Lee Rosen Southwest Orlando Campus. In this capacity, Lightman will be overseeing all of the location's youth and sports programming,... Full story
The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center in Maitland will host its 27th annual Dinner of Tribute on at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 30, at the Rosen Plaza Hotel. This year's honoree, Harris Rosen, president and COO of Rosen Hotels and Resorts, is well-known not only as a successful businessman but also as a highly-regarded philanthropist. His activities-ranging from support for the Tangelo Park neighborhood in Orlando, to planning an innovative housing project in Haiti, to his... Full story
The Jewish Pavilion welcomes gerontologist Davida Barr as the new director of Community Outreach, as well as new to Orlando. Living most of her life in Israel, Barr was a successful community organizer who helped create many new programs and facilities for vulnerable populations, including a children's library, a women's health and wellness center, and a school that provided ultra Orthodox girls with an opportunity to study secular studies. Her specialty was work with the elderly, and was a... Full story
This past month, Congregation Ohev Shalom’s Senior Rabbi Aaron Rubinger began his “Sichot” series that is a series of informal conversations between a rabbi and fellow congregants. The series is held on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. Recently, Rabbi David Kay began his adult yeshiva class titled “Kabbalah for Real: Introduction to Sefer Yetzirah” on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. Along with its adult education classes in the coming months, COS looks forward to providing more interactive family programs, numerous social activities, and meaningfu... Full story
Congregation Beth Sholom invites the public to its Shabbat service at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb.14. Rabbi Karen Allen will lead the service. Coffee and cake will be served following. The synagogue is located at 315 North 13th Street in Leesburg, with the entrance on Center Street. For more information, visit its website at BethSholomFlorida.org or call 352-326-3692.... Full story
The Jewish Community Center is pleased to announce this year's honoree for their annual fundraiser, The J Ball, is Bruce Gould. Gould will be honored on March 8 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel for his various community actions and philanthropic efforts accomplished in Orlando, New York and Israel. Gould's philanthropic desire to help the community started way back in high school and college when he was a member of Key Club and Circle K. According to Gould, "I always had a love for the JCC and it was a... Full story
Can a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip and a Jewish American from New York find a common bond through music? Temple Shir Shalom of Oviedo invites the community to participate in a special Friday Night Shabbat service on March 7. Spiritual Leader Beth Schafer, who recently produced the celebration of Women of Reform Judaism’s Centennial Anniversary at the URJ’s Biennial Convention, (featured in URJ Top Ten Moments for 2013), has organized another evening of meaningful music and spiritual exploration with visiting artists Michael Ochs and Ala... Full story
On Jan. 21, the previous co-chairwomen of Choices gathered for a luncheon. The ladies enjoyed reminiscing about the past and hearing details of this year's event. Shown here are back row, (l-r) Monique Eyal, Rene Brent, JoAnne Kane, Rene Roberts, Rhonda Forest; front row, (l-r) Shari Klafter, Marcie Greenberg, Susan Bierman, Ellen Snyder, Rita Isaak, Barbara Chasnov, Loren London, and Devorah-Leah Dubov.... Full story
"The walls are closing in on me", said one elderly woman. "I got tired of eating alone... I was still driving but less and less often, my friends had all moved away or into assisted living and I had lost my Mah Jongg game." These are valid reasons for making a life changing decision to move at the age of 88. While one person enjoys the privacy and familiarity of her own small condominium another person feels isolated and lonely, even frightened to be alone in case of an emergency. Fortunately fo... Full story
The students and teachers at the Steinmetz Family School of Chai at Congregation of Reform Judaism recently celebrated the Jewish birthday of the trees Tu B'Shevat with an art expo and seder. As a mid-year culmination of the lessons taught by art specialist Judith Lazev, the expo highlighted the works of the students based on this year's school theme "Tree of Life." From the likes of such artists as Kandinsky and Klimt to the truffala trees from the Dr. Seuss story "The Lorax" and the apple... Full story
On Jan. 19, almost 50 middle-school students attended a dance at the Roth Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando's Harriett Lake auditorium. The dance featured a ceiling-to-floor bounce house with enclosed basketball, digital photo booth with printouts, and Junction 88 Productions DJ, emcee, and games. Seven local Jewish organizations worked together to promote this event: BBYO Connect, Congregation Beth Am, Congregation of Reform Judaism, Congregation Ohev Shalom, Jewish Academy of... Full story
On Feb. 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Roth Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando will hold its second annual Move It Monday-a day of health and fitness marking Presidents' Day. The day will featured a slate of group exercise classes, all of which are free and open to the community. Classes will include JCC favorites, like LesMills Sh'Bam™, Body Pump™, cardio cycling, yoga, and SilverSneakers. Classes for kids will be held all morning, including one Physical Fitness Fun class presented by... Full story
The recent unveiling of the Holocaust Memorial at Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation (SOJC), an Eagle Scout service project led by Max Waldor, is giving Jewish youth at the SOJC Religious School a way to investigate and learn about the Holocaust, tolerance, and civic responsibility. Last year, commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass, SOJC's Religious School invited Holocaust survivor, Erica Kanter, to speak to their third- through fifth-grade students... Full story
Under construction at Temple Israel is the upgrading of the Roth social hall which will be ready for rental by community members in April. Updates will be forthcoming. For more information, please contact John-Patrick Alexander, office administrator, at 407-647-3055 or office@tiflorida.org.... Full story
On a weekly basis, many of the same faces pass between the Jewish Academy of Orlando (JAO) and the Roth Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Maitland. For more than three decades, the two Jewish agencies have supported one another on multiple levels. From early childhood, after-school, youth, teen, sports to fitness programming, JAO and JCC have made an impact on the Jewish community of Orlando that goes beyond an excellent education. Just last month, students at the JCC's Early Childhood Learning... Full story
This Purim, the Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation (SOJC), will be presenting an original Purim Spiel written for 2014, titled "That's Esthertainment!" This laugh-filled musical parody of the story of Esther is guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and get your feet tapping to the lively music. Writer and director Jules Gelade has been writing biblical musical parodies for more than 20 years. He started writing Purim Spiels and then moved on to four full-length musical parodies that received... Full story
On Sunday, Feb. 2, the Roth Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando will kick off its Camp J summer camps from 1– 4 p.m. at its Maitland location. The Camp J Kickoff will feature an opportunity to find out more information about everything that Camp J has to offer-from their specialty camps, such as magic, theater, Mad Science, LegoRobotics, and pottery; to their sports camps, such as Edgerrin James football, scuba, TGA golf and sports journalism camps. Coming off of a successful 2013 summer,... Full story
Stimulating conversation, enlightenment about current events, some adult learning, and a nice evening out with friends are what Congregation Ohev Shalom and the Roth JCC bring to the community in the upcoming spring series of the 92Y Live. "Congregation Ohev Shalom and the Roth JCC consistently bring the best and the brightest to our doorstep for the cost of going to a movie. Once again, the new series promises to be enriching and interesting," said Lisa Schwartz, chairwoman of Adult... Full story
Tickets are now available and plans are well underway for “An Evening at the Oscars,” the Kinneret Council on Aging’s 8 over 80 Honorary Dinner that will be held on Sunday, Feb. 23. This year’s honorees are Ruth Billie Goldhar, Bill Kahn, Don Kaplan, Gordon Kotzin, Robert Petree, Rose Savage, Helen Tishman and Barbara Weinreich. The event will start at 5 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres and cocktails served in the Jessie Render Social Hall. At 5:45p.m., guests will move into the Delaney Dining Room where a gourmet sit-down dinner will be served. T... Full story
The Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando's Jewish Community Relations Committee is pleased to announce a free community adult education initiative focusing on "Jews in American Politics: Advanced Topics." This short course will continue the successful fall 2013 community initiative offered through Beit Hamidrash. Dr. Terri Susan Fine, political science professor at UCF, will teach the class in three installments on Feb. 24, March 3 and March 10. The course will be open to the public.... Full story
Jewish National Fund (JNF) will host A Taste of Israel Cooking Demonstration and Brunch as the second event in their 2014 Women for Israel Campaign year on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 11 a.m. at a private home in Orlando. The event will feature guest speaker and chef Talia Tzour, JNF-KKL’s director of Major Donors. Tzour came to JNF in 2005 as the Israeli emissary to New York and New Jersey after 15 years with JNF-KKL offices in Israel. Born and raised in Jerusalem, Tzour spent her army years as a member of the Nachal Brigade and during the course of h... Full story
