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RENAISSANCE WOMEN Eleven Jacksonville women empowered by Israel trip.
PERSPECTIVES Getting your household ready for the High Holy Days.
COMMUNTY Etz Chaim gets new playground equipment.
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JEWISH NEWS
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Summer camp fun
River Garden Gala set for Nov. 16. By KATHY OSTERER River Garden
River Garden will present Motown… Memories & Music at the Renaissance Resort at the World Golf Village on Nov. 16. The 21st annual gala will be sponsored by SunTrust Bank. River Garden is very pleased to honor its golden couple, Harry and Lilo Frisch. More than 65 years ago, in what was then British Palestine, a young couple met, married and began to create a dynasty. Harry and his brother Fred escaped their native Vienna as teenagers in 1938, just a step ahead of the Nazis. Lilo, a native of Kurdwitz, Germany, began agriculture training through the Hadassah organization. Hadassah obtained permission to send Lilo to British Palestine in 1939 for further agriculture education. If not for Hadassah, she surely would have perished in Germany. During World War II, Lilo joined the Royal Air Force. Harry and Lilo married in 1948. In 1953, they left Israel with their two sons, Ben and Karl, to join Harry’s mother and stepfather in Jacksonville. After a stint in the auto mechanic business, Harry and Lilo joined the family business, Beaver Street Fisheries, in 1953. Together they have worked with four generations of their family in building a small seafood store into a half billion dollar sales company, employing hundreds in Jacksonville and the Bahamas. As always, next to a great man is an even greater woman and none is greater than Lilo. To observe the love between them is like seeing a couple still on their honeymoon. They are blessed to have five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. When Harry was asked for the secret of his success, he said, “Honesty, integrity and service to the people are
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See GALA, p. 18
Campers cool off with a dip in the pool at JCA’s Summer Camp. To see more photos, go to www.jewishjacksonville.org/summercamp/aspx.
Campers enjoy a game of soccer at JCA’s Summer Camp.
Campers greet a new friend at Camp Ki Tov’s petting zoo.
Campers engage in competition at the Center’s Camp Ki Tov.
Campers do a little fishing at the Center’s Camp Ki Tov.
Campers enjoy face painting and games at JCA’s Camp Carnival.
Spotlight: Making a Jewish connection By JILL ABEL
Israel Partnership
Four Jacksonville teens and their chaperone left town on June 30 for a two-week Israel Partnership adventure. Emily Cohen, Gabi Cohen, Rachel Herriff and Levana Osher along with their chaperone Janet Goldstein joined their Israeli counterparts from the Hadera-Eiron region. The group of girls travelled through the region and through Israel experiencing the beauty and history of this country together. The program called Tikkun Olam is part of Federation’s Israel Partnership Program. Partnership returned the hospitality and hosted these Israeli teens in Jacksonville during the last two weeks of July. While in Israel the group visited Jerusalem including stops at The Kotel, The City of David, Yad Vashem and Har Herzl. They volunteered in the region doing work with children and other teenag-
See SPOTLIGHT, p. 18
Levana Osher, Gabi Cohen, Emily Cohen and Rachel Herriff, with their chaperone Janet Goldstein, leave for Israel.