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What Jews with disabilities can teach rest of us
By GABRIELLE BIRKNER JTA news service BOSTON – Ruti Regan has been told she’s a pioneer, the first autistic rabbinic student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. But she doesn’t believe that for a...
View ArticleAbdullah: Temple Mount surveillance plan has no cameras in mosques
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The plan to install surveillance cameras on the Temple Mount will not include cameras inside the two mosques there, King Abdullah II of Jordan said.read more
View ArticleRazing of West Bank synagogue postponed over security issues
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel’s Supreme Court extended the deadline for the demolition of a synagogue in a West Bank settlement in response to a police request.read more
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Hillel Academy students get lessons in opera
Opera Tampa of the Straz Center for Performing Arts performed for Hillel Academy’s third through eighth grade classes recently, explaining and demonstrating the various roles voices play in an...
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Ilan Adam Rappaport
Ilan Adam Rappaport, son of Jody and Yoav Rappaport of Tampa, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Congregation Kol Ami in Tampa.Ilan is an eighth grade student at Tampa...
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Henry Samuel Kanfer
Henry Samuel Kanfer, son of Dana and Steven Kanfer of Tampa, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 14 at Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Tampa.read more
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Sydney M. Gad
Sydney M. Gad, daughter of Stacy and Jeffrey Gad of Tampa, will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 14 at Congregation Kol Ami in Tampa.read more
View ArticleStetson hosts ‘Lawyers Without Rights’ exhibit on Jewish lawyers, the Holocaust
GULFPORT – Stetson University College of Law is hosting the international historical exhibit “Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich” on the third floor of Stetson’s...
View ArticleGulf Coast sponsors holiday luncheon for Holocaust survivors
Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Community Services is hosting a Hanukkah luncheon on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 11 a.m. for Holocaust survivors residing in Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco counties. This...
View ArticleDetentions, arrests for rioting in Israel hit ‘unprecedented’ levels
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel has seen an “unprecedented amount” of detained suspects and indictments on charges of participating in riots over the last two months.read more
View ArticleObituaries
SANDRA BARSKY, 73, of Ocala, formerly of St. Petersburg, died Oct. 31. She was born in Philadelphia, PA and owned a Subway franchise with her husband, Leonard. She was an avid artist and used a wide...
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TJFS field day draws large crowd
Tampa Jewish Family Services had perfect weather – warm and sunny – for its second annual Fall Family & Friends Field Day last month at the University of Tampa’s Pepin Stadium.The event attracted...
View ArticleSurvey: 57% of U.S. Jews eat pork, Torah study more popular
By URIEL HEILMAN JTA news service NEW YORK – Do you experience feelings of peace and wellbeing at least once a week? Did God write the Torah? Do you eat bacon?read more
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You down with RBG? Highlights from new biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By ERICA BRODY JTA news service Ever wonder what the perfect pop-culture storm looks like?read more
View ArticlePolish city gets first new Torah since WWII
(JTA) – The Jewish community of the Polish city of Lodz received its first new Torah scroll since World War II, its rabbi said.The scroll was donated to the community by the British Jewish...
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Art and Soul course offered at 2 Chabads in Hillsborough
The Rosh Chodesh Society – the women’s division of the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute – will launche its newest course, Art & Soul, at two locations in Hillsborough County this month.read more
View ArticleTemple Emmanuel Lakeland
Trope class: On Sundays at 11 a.m. the rabbi’s trope class aims to develop a home-grown core of Torah readers.Young family Shabbat: On Friday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. there will be a participatory service...
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