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Entel to get AFMDA humanitarian award
Dr. Robert J. Entel will be honored at Sunday, Nov. 24 at the American Friends of Magen David Adom’s (AFMDA) Diamond Circle Chanukah Gala, one of South Florida’s longest-running charity events.Entel, a...
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Comedy team to entertain at Latkes and Laughter event
The SAK Comedy Lab, a Central Florida favorite for more than 20 years, will perform at the Chabad Jewish Center of Greater St. Petersburg on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. as part of a “Latkes and...
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Making latkes
Students of the Chabad Hebrew School of St. Petersburg and parents had the opportunity to make their own latkes, beginning with peeling potatoes and custom making their own recipes, to the frying. The...
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Menorah mania
By Diana Burmistrovich JNS.org For Chanukah, the menorah—or more specifically, its eight-candle iteration, the hanukkiah—has come to reflect whoever owns it, with all sorts of funky, crazy, and...
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‘Elf on the Shelf’ meets its Jewish match: ‘Mensch on a Bench’
By MATT ROBINSON JNS.org When his son asked for The Elf on the Shelf—the famed Christmas toy that is said to keep an eye on children and report back to Santa Claus regarding their behavior—...
View ArticleYoung Adult Divisions to host Vodka Latke — luau-style this year
Organizers are “lei-ing” the groundwork for a new twist on the annual young adult party on the evening of Dec. 24th: the Vodka Latke Luau.The event will be held this year from 8 p.m. - 1 a.m. on the...
View ArticleWomen of Distinction award nominees sought
The Jewish Federation of Pinellas & Pasco Counties has issued a call for nominations for the 12th Annual Women of Distinction awards.read more
View Article3 interfaith Thanksgiving services planned in Pinellas
It does not take Chanukah and Thanksgiving falling on the same day, as it does this year, for Pinellas County synagogues to participate in interfaith Thanksgiving services – it has been going on for...
View ArticleTemple Beth David Spring Hill
Lunch n learn: Congregants are invited to bring a friend and view a movie while having a lunch on Friday, Nov. 29 at noon at the temple. A $5 donation is requested. RSVP immediately to...
View ArticleChabad of West Pasco Trinity
Torah studies: A series of classes exploring contemporary issues through a Torah perspective as well as tackling timeless questions in the Jewish tradition will he held on Mondays through Dec. 16 at 7...
View ArticleCong. B’nai Emmunah Tarpon Springs
Adult class: On Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m., Cantor Colman Reaboi will lead a Judaism for adults session with a discussion on “The Origins of Chanukah – fact and tradition.” This class is open to...
View ArticleYoung Israel/ Chabad of Pinellas Palm Harbor
Studying Samuel: Explore the life and times of the Prophet Samuel in a class, “Greater Than Moses,” on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. There is no charge to attend. Each session of this continuing class is...
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English Talmud class: A Talmud class meets at the Chabad Jewish Center on Mondays at 7:30 p.m. Men and women are welcome.
View ArticleChabad of Clearwater
Lunch and learn: Partake in Torah study with Rabbi Levi Hodakov while having a kosher lunch with the Rabbi. He is available to visit homes or businesses or at Chabad of Clearwater. To reserve a date...
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Pot luck, white elephant: The Women of Temple B’nai Israel in Clearwater will celebrate Chanukah with a pot luck dinner and white elephant auction on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at the home of a member. For time,...
View ArticleTemple Ahavat Shalom Palm Harbor
Torah study class: A “Lunch N’ Learn” Torah study class with Cantor Deborah Jacobson will meet in the social hall on Thursdays at noon. This class utilizes the book, The Torah: A Women’s Commentary, as...
View ArticleCong. Beth Sholom Gulfport
Flea market: The Sisterhood will hold its semi-annual flea market on Thursday, Dec. 5. Friday, Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day at the synagogue, 1844 54th Ave. S,...
View ArticleCong. B’nai Israel St. Petersburg
Havdalah on the Beach: Congregation B’nai Israel will hold a Havdalah service at Upham Beach on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 6:45 p.m.Kids stage story: on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. the Pauline Rivkind Talmud...
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Forward thinking may keep flame burning
by Rabbi David Weizman Congregation Beth Shalom, Clearwater One hundred years ago, Solomon Schechter, the newly appointed chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, addressed candidates...
View ArticleEU official lauds Israel for treating injured Syrians
JERUSALEM (JTA) – A European Union official based in Israel praised the Jewish state for providing medical treatment to Syrian civilians injured in their country’s civil war.read more
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Jordan James Stilwell
Jordan James Stilwell, son of Tali and Jim Stilwell of Largo, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 23 at Congregation Beth Shalom in Clearwater.read more
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Rina London
Rina London, daughter of Lorelei London-MonastandDr.JimLondon of Largo, will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 23 at Congregation B’nai Israel in St. Petersburg.read more
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In its time of need, repaying a debt to the Philippines
By ALAN H. GILL JTA news service NEW YORK – As the extent of the catastrophic damage and tragic death toll continues to grow in the Philippines, a particularly heroic piece of history should be...
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200 honor David Halprin’s life, dedication to Benjamin Tower
[img_assist|nid=20748|title=|desc= Philip Benjamin Tower Foundation Board member Pam LaCompte with Rabbi Jacob Luski of neighboring Congregation B’nai Israel. LaCompte is holding a photo showing the...
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Steadfast opposition to public prayer takes small-town litigant to Supreme Court
By Ron Kampeas JTA news service WASHINGTON – The need for a firm barrier between church and state is as clear now for Susan Galloway as it was in grade school, when she was expected to sing carols at...
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Complied from JTA news service Iraqi Jewish artifacts exhibit opens in WashingtonWASHINGTON – The National Archives has opened to the public an exhibit of Iraqi Jewish artifacts it restored. The...
View ArticleJCC Suncoast preschool to close Dec. 20
The JCC Suncoast Children’s Center, a preschool operated in space leased from Temple B’nai Israel in Clearwater, will close at the end of business on Friday, Dec. 20.read more
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Largo man reunites with tank brigade 40 years after Yom Kippur war
By BOB FRYER Jewish Press After Israel won the Six-Day War in 1967, the nation seemed invincible, but that all changed in 1973 on Yom Kippur, when Egypt and Syria launched coordinated surprise...
View ArticleObituaries
GERALD H. FRIEDMAN, 76, of Oldsmar, died Nov. 2. A native of Brooklyn, NY, he was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force and worked in computer programming.read more
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New gala to honor trailblazing octogenarians
For the first time, eight individuals or couples who pioneered growth of the local Jewish community will be honored by the Jewish Federation of Pinellas & Pasco Counties during a gala “8 Over 80”...
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Pass the cranberry latkes: When holidays collide
By EDMON J. RODMAN JTA news service LOS ANGELES – If the Pilgrims are lighting menorahs and the Maccabees are chasing turkeys, it must be Thanksgivukkah, as some have come to call the confluence of...
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