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Unless listed, for tickets or information, contact the individual synagogue. Chabad of Altamonte (Orthodox) Rabbi Mendy Bronstein Chabad of Altamonte 195 S Westmonte Drive #1126 Altamonte Springs, Fl 32701 www.jewishaltamonte.com There is no cost for services. RSVP is requested. Visit website to make a reservation.
Jewish Pavilion Senior Services Showcase for volunteerism
Sep 13, 2024 · Volunteerism is the engine that makes many of our communities run. Aside from the good that volunteering does for the recipients, the act of service carries benefits for the doer. Studies show that serving others provides mental health benefits, increases happiness and decreases depression and anxiety as well as provides a sense of purpose ...
Farewell to Sam Friedman - Heritage Florida Jewish News
Aug 23, 2024 · Farewell to Sam Friedman. Aug 23, 2024 0. Sam Friedman. Sam Friedman, Shalom Orlando's chief development officer, left the Central Florida Jewish community on Aug. 2 to begin a new position as the executive director & CEO of the Jewish Educational Alliance and Jewish Federation in Savannah, Ga. He will begin his new job Aug. 26.
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...
Life Cycles - Heritage Florida Jewish News
Oct 4, 2024 · Obituary - EDITH SCHULMAN. Sep 27, 2024. Mrs. Edith Schulman, 90, Casselberry, Florida passed away peacefully Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, at Advent Health Winter Park following a brief illness. Mrs. Schulman was born Aug. 26, 1934, in Nashville, Tennessee to the late Sylvan and Jeannette (Solomon) Lefkovits. Mrs.
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 ...
On the 48th anniversary of the Entebbe rescue, Israelis are still ...
Jul 19, 2024 · (JTA) — As expected, on July 4, 1976, the United States celebrated its bicentennial with a flurry of patriotic pride and hype. The surprise was that the day also brought one of the most miraculous events in Jewish history: Israel’s rescue of 102 hostages being held over 2,500 miles away at an airport in Entebbe, Uganda. A week earlier, on June...
Zelensky's Jewish parents refuse interviews, but their city's rabbi is ...
May 6, 2022 · By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) - Their son may be on TV every night, but the parents of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have consistently declined countless requests for interviews about their own lives. The rabbi of their hometown of Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine's east, however, is apparently much more eager to talk about the Zelenskys, who are Jewish. T...
Greatest discovery since Dead Sea Scrolls
Sep 20, 2024 · The mosaic, which contains a very-early mention of the name of Jesus and includes an illustration of two fish, as well as a variety of geometric patterns, is "the greatest discovery since the Dead Sea Scrolls," Campo said. (The exhibit "The Megiddo Mosaic: Foundations of Faith" is on view until July 6.) Gil Lin, the head of the Megiddo Regional ...
Will there be more Hamas hostages? - Heritage Florida Jewish News
Jul 19, 2024 · Sunday, July 7, is not just another day. It is 275 days since the inhuman Hamas invasion and massacre in Israel, slaughtering 1200 and taking more