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L’Shanah Tovah from CEO Shepard Englander
On Rosh Hashanah, we remind ourselves of what matters most. What matters most to our Jewish Federation is ensuring we live in a secure, confident, thriving Jewish community. Sadly, today we watch antisemitism and hatred spike senselessly around us. We see...
A Season of Programs with a Purpose–Tikkun Olam
2021-2022 A Season of Programs with a Purpose--Tikkun Olam by Trudi Krames When you hear the Hebrew phrase, Tikkun Olam, what initially comes to mind? Most folks think of this Jewish value as healing, repairing, or rebuilding the world. Their call to action is...
Local Jewish Dads Inspired by MoMENtum Trip to Israel
By Shep Englander Core to The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee’smission is to “promote supportfor Israel.” There is nothing morepowerful than experiencing Israel firsthand. Over the decades, our Federation has led countless trips to Israel for a broad range of...
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A Season of Programs with a Purpose–Tikkun Olam
2021-2022 A Season of Programs with a Purpose--Tikkun Olam by Trudi Krames When you hear the Hebrew phrase, Tikkun Olam, what initially comes to mind? Most folks think of this Jewish value as healing, repairing, or rebuilding the world. Their call to action is...
Common Ground
by Gayle Guynup While I generally do not discuss politics in public, today, it seems, almost everything has a political slant to it. So, I am going to skirt the issue by noting that in this world where everything and everyone is so terribly divided, perhaps it is...
Lisa Eisen: Opening Doors for Women and Girls
By Gayle Gynup Lisa Eisen, co-President of Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, will be the featured speaker at this year’s Women’s Day event sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. The luncheon will be held on March 8 at 11:30 a.m. at...
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ADL: Antisemitic incidents in U.S. increased by 34% in 2021
Last month, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released its annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, which reports that antisemitic incidents throughout the United States grew by 34%. The number of incidents in 2021 – 2,717, more than seven per day – is at the highest...
Is support of the global BDS Movement an antisemitic act?
The goal of CRConnect is to bring you information to help understand difficult questions we all face concerning both Israel and antisemitism. This month we address a complex question which distinguishes between an “antisemitic act” and “antisemitism.” As Deborah...
December Dilemma: Holiday Issues in Public Schools
CRConnect provides information to help you understand difficult questions we all face concerning Israel and antisemitism. This post explores something a little different, and talks about the issues facing families with children in the public schools during the month...
Is Zionism a Form of Racism?
Israel as a modern state was founded on the basis of the Zionist dream of the late 19th century, advanced and promoted by Theodor Herzl. For Herzl, Zionism was a nationalist movement for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in the historic land of the Jewish...
Did Israel Create the Palestinian Refugee Issue?
by David Millstone PHOTO: Aerial view of the Palestinian Shu’afat Refugee Camp in Anata, north of Jerusalem. QUESTION: Did Israel Create the Palestinian Refugee Issue? ANSWER: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East...
Are Israeli Settlements in the West Bank illegal under International Law?
Are Israeli Settlements in the West Bank illegal under International Law? by David Millstone jerusalem-post-headline-june-6-1947 QUESTION: Are Israeli Settlements in the West Bank Illegal Under International Law? We read in the news on a regular basis that Israeli...
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Felicia Liban
by Isabella Kulawik (Class of 2024) This is part of a series of articles written by journalism students from Pine View School in Osprey, Fla., based on in-depth interviews the students conducted with Holocaust survivors. Krakow, Poland, a gilded city, cobblestones...
George Erdstein
by Peyton Harris (Class of 2022) This is part of a series of articles written by journalism students from Pine View School in Osprey, Fla., based on in-depth interviews the students conducted with Holocaust survivors. In a series of chain reactions, George Erdstein...
Ginette Hersh
by Zoe Merritt (Class of 2022) This is part of a series of articles written by journalism students from Pine View School in Osprey, Fla., based on in-depth interviews the students conducted with Holocaust survivors. Ginette Hersh was born five years shy of a century...
Helga Melmed
by Grace Johnson (Class of 2022) and Lindsay Luberecki (Class of 2025) This is part of a series of articles written by journalism students from Pine View School in Osprey, Fla., based on in-depth interviews the students conducted with Holocaust survivors. Berlin 1928,...
Lora Tobias
by Alyson Mizanin (Class of 2023) This is part of a series of articles written by journalism students from Pine View School in Osprey, Fla., based on in-depth interviews the students conducted with Holocaust survivors. Amidst a flurry of Sarasota parkgoers sits...
Marcel Infeld
by Lucy Collins (Class of 2022) This is part of a series of articles written by journalism students from Pine View School in Osprey, Fla., based on in-depth interviews the students conducted with Holocaust survivors. Marcel Infeld plays pickleball every day. He walks...