Jewish Academy moves forward - Heritage Florida Jewish News
May 24, 2024 · Jewish Academy moves forward. By Kim Fischer. On Friday, May 17 former presidents of the Jewish Academy of Orlando and members of the community came together to hear from founder Dr. Edward Zissman. He announced to the people present that due to a very generous multi-year gift from Samra and Bernard Gotlib the school will be named “Gotlib ...
Thousands of non-Jews order mezuzahs after a Christian puts one …
Oct 11, 2024 · (JTA) - A Jewish nonprofit that distributes mezuzahs has been deluged with thousands of requests after a Catholic sitcom actress launched a campaign encouraging people to put up the ritual object in support of the Jewish community. Patricia Heaton, known for her starring roles in "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "The Middle," announced the campaign Mo...
Shayna's Village opens its doors to a new level of care
Aug 9, 2024 · Channel 2 News and the Orlando Sentinel covered the grand opening. Shayna's Village, formerly the Shayna Cai Presser Parenting Center, was created to honor Shayna Cai Presser with Presser-Cohen family's continuing generosity. Now the completely revamped one-of-a-kind Shayna's Village offers a new level that focuses on children with special needs.
Occupied or liberated? - Heritage Florida Jewish News
Oct 11, 2024 · Now, in biblical Judea and Samaria, nearly 3 million self-identified Palestinians outnumber half a million Jews who are persistently denigrated as malevolent settlers. Settlements have been described as “a lunatic enterprise,” expressing “the sins of occupation” and severely damaging to Israel’s “soul.”. Settlers, according to ...
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Joshua Marks. (JNS) — Israeli airstrikes targeted Hezbollah financial sites across Lebanon overnight Sunday, including in Beirut. According to the Israel Defense Forces, dozens of facilities and sites used by the Iranian proxy to fund its terrorist activities against the …
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18 things to know about Volodymyr Zelensky
Mar 11, 2022 · Here are 18 things you should know about the man who has captured the world’s attention. 1. He had an “ordinary Soviet Jewish upbringing.”. Zelensky told the Times of Israel in early 2020, on the eve of visiting Israel to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, that his family was typical of Soviet Jews in the ...
Obituary - STANLEY BERNARD HANIN - Heritage Florida Jewish …
Mar 10, 2023 · Stanley Bernard Hanin passed away in Boca Raton early on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Stanley was best known in Central Florida for founding Allied Discount Tires, Inc., a chain of discount tire stores made famous by its spokesman Sam Behr’s Alabama drawl and the enchantingly honest tagline that “Tires Ain’t Pretty.”.
The Jews who call Florida's massive retirement community The …
Apr 9, 2021 · SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. (JTA) - When Ellen Faulkner told her friends that she was moving to The Villages, the sprawling senior community in Central Florida, they cautioned her: There was no Jewish life there. Faulkner hadn't noticed that during her visit, which was made at the urging of a high school classmate who told her rapturously about what it was...
Jews in the Land of Disney: Jews in the Land of Disney Joe …
Jan 15, 2021 · When Joe Goldovitz learned to play the piano at an early age, he didn't realize that music would be the consistent thread that kept him going in more ways than one can imagine. Goldovitz's father was Jewish, his mother Roman Catholic. Born in Portland, Maine, he was accepted into the Jewish faith at his bris by an Orthodox Bet Din. Goldovitz was si...