ANNUAL REPORT Jewish agencies share their year in review. page 4
HISTORY Discover how Jacksonville’s Jewry began in this second of a series.
SHALOM JAX Check out the new Java spot.
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JEWISH NEWS Jacksonville
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June 2013 • Sivan/Tamuz 5773 • Published by Jewish Federation of Jacksonville • www.jewishjacksonville.org • Volume 25, Number 12 • 28 pages
Jacksonville agencies celebrate successful year
These photos are some of the highlights of the year for Jacksonville Jewish agencies. Above is the cover of the Haggadah for the Holocaust Survivors Model Seder, hosted by Jewish Family & Community Services. See the agencies’ year in review, Federation’s Family Mission 2012 p. 4.
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Baseball guys – “Mike’s friends and all sing, ‘Take me out to the ballgame.’
JCA directors visit Israel. Here, Nancy, Thelma and Betsy pose in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Gala revelers had so much fun they could hardly stay in their chairs.
Spotlight: Encouraging Jewish peoplehood Research shows that a Jewish day school education contributes to the future leadership of Jewish communities. “The importance of a day school education in helping create people living their lives Jewishly including participating in and donating to Federation activities cannot be overstated,” said Jon Israel, whose daughters attend Martin J. Gottlieb Day School. In fiscal year 2012 Federation allocated $102,349 to Martin J. Jon Israel Gottlieb Day School. “We are ever grateful to Federation for their ongoing support and for their annual generous donation
that goes toward tuition assistance each school year,” the Day School said in a statement. In part, because of Federation, 59 students received financial assistance in the 2012-2013 school year. Out of those 59 students, 17 come from non-Center families. In this current economy, every dollar is appreciated and the school is able to grow because of this generosity. Besides saying thank you on a regular basis, the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School does its best to be an active partner with Federation. For the past three years, our parents and school committee members have
come out on Super Sunday and made calls for the campaign. In 2010 and 2011 MJGDS won the Super Sunday volunteer challenge, a monetary award given to the agency that brings the most volunteers to make calls for Super Sunday. In 2012, we came in second place. For years, MJGDS has partnered with the Federation in the Family University program which is now known as Community University. This community day of learning brings the entire Jewish community together to learn together – children and adults, rabbis and educators from every Jewish school in Jacksonville. It is for all of these reasons that subsidizing a Jewish day school education is good for our Jacksonville Jewish community and our world Jewish community. These kids are the next generation of us.