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...
Have archaeologists uncovered the remains of Noah's Ark
Nov 5, 2021 · Researchers studying a boat-shaped formation in the mountains of Turkey have announced plans to conduct archaeological excavations at the site after new data suggests that the formation could be a man-made structure that appears to match the biblical description of Noah’s ark. According to the researchers, ground-penetrating radar (GPR) surveys c...
Vladimir Zelenko, Orthodox doctor who promoted COVID-19 …
Jul 8, 2022 · (JTA) - Vladimir Zelenko, the doctor from an Orthodox enclave near New York City who rose to fame early in the COVID-19 pandemic for promoting a drug cocktail, has died of cancer at 48. The foundation that Zelenko launched to advance his theories after he left his family medical practice amid controversy in May 2020 announced his death on Thursday,...
Revisiting the Catskills from the staffs' perspective
Feb 22, 2019 · The popularity of the Catskills starts at the beginning of the 20th century. Like many New York City dwellers before the advent of air conditioning, Jews looked for places that would provide a respite from the summer heat. Because of anti-Semitism, particularly in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s, such choices were few.
How TikTok turned the Orthodox favorite Miami Boys Choir into …
Oct 7, 2022 · (JTA) - "K-pop is over," one Twitter user declared. "We're listening to Orthodox Pop from now on." With those words, the Miami Boys Choir has transformed over the last two weeks from a singing group popular among Jewish insiders to a viral sensation. On TikTok and Twitter, users have shared clips of the group's concerts, overlaid its music with oth...
An evening with author Dr. Mark Biederman
Nov 1, 2019 · Biederman is the son of two Holocaust survivors, Harry and Sally (Lipschutz) Biederman, and author of "Schindler's Listed: The Search for My Father's Lost Gold," co-written with his wife, Randi Biederman. He will be speaking at Nate's Shul on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Biederman will share the story of his 20-year quest to find gold coins ...
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 ...
The miraculous return of the red heifer to Israel
Oct 7, 2022 · Jonathan Feldstein was one of the first people who reported about the arrival of the five red heifers in Israel just over two weeks ago. His initial Facebook post drew hundreds of comments and was shared over 13,000 times. He also was the first to interview two of the main people behind this, Byron Stinson and Rabbi Chanan Kupietzky, an Evangelical...
Federation + JCC = Shalom Orlando - Heritage Florida Jewish News
During the 2022 annual meetings of The Roth Family JCC and the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando it was unanimously approved to merge the two agencies into one entity called Shalom Orlando. Discussion of the merger began about five years ago with studies of Federations and JCCs that had merged successfully, including Tampa's Federation ...
18 things to know about Volodymyr Zelensky
Mar 11, 2022 · 18 things to know about Volodymyr Zelensky. (JTA) — The world has had a crash course on Volodymyr Zelensky in recent days, as the Ukrainian president has galvanized his country against an unprovoked attack by neighboring Russia. The broad strokes of Zelensky’s career have long been known to those who pay attention to Ukrainian politics ...