PASSOVER Celebrating ‘next year in Jerusalem’ with column, p. 4. See Passover events page 10 and stories
CELEBRATION Cocktail party set to celebrate Foundation. page 22
SUPER SUNDAY Phone-a-thon volunteer challenge winners announced.
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L’Chaim to Community University 2014
By ERIN COHEN
Women’s Division Director
This spring, the Women’s Division will spend an extraordinary evening of learning and selfdiscovery with Lori Palatnik, founder and director of the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project. Lori Palatnik On Thursday, May 1, please join us for the ninth annual Girlfriend Connection, and give yourself the perfect evening
See GIRLFRIEND, p. 5
Holocaust commeration features survivor By LESLIE KIRKWOOD Congregation Ahavath Chesed
Robbi was 6 in 1941 when the Nazis transported him to Terezin along with his grandparents and uncle. Jewish intellectuals, artists and residents from nearby Prague were sent to this 18th century Czechoslovakian garrison town, which Nazi propaganda showcased as the “City the Fuhrer built for the Jews.” Films portrayed Jews living comfortable lives in beautiful surroundings enjoying concerts, plays and sports. The harsh realities of overcrowding, disease, starvation and transportation to death camps were hid-
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By JEANINE HOFF rGEN Division Director
Community University 2014 was a massive success. The morning, which brought together students, families, clergy and congregants from across Jacksonville, was designed to celebrate our community by learning and socializing. This year we had several community presenters including Deborah Shapiro,
Rabbi Avi Feigenbaum, Hilary Rotenberg, Naomi Mirensky, Etta Fialkow, Mazal Spalter, Rhonda Lee, and Gail Greenfield, along with clergy members Rabbi Matt Cohen and Hazzan Holzer, Rabbi Joshua Lief, Rabbi Jonathan Lubliner, Rabbi Yaakov Fisch, and Rabbi Michael Matuson. Students in the kindergarten-throughgrade-5 program spent the morning participating in a Maccabiah-like experience
based on Jewish values, while the middle schoolers took a mitzvah trip to clean the cemetery. High school students learned all about Children’s International Summer Villages while the preschoolers had a fun miniMaccabiah. Fun was had by all, and we would like to thank all our presenters, volunteers, teachers, and event co-chairs Jennie DeBardeleben and Bernie Simms.