HIGH HOLIDAYS Fill your new year bucket with drops of wisdom.
SHALOM JAX Join Jewish Java as it visits JFCS. See holiday photos. pages 14 & 18
JEWISH FILMS JCA’s Film Festival opens with a reception.
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Rick Recht performs in Jacksonville
By JEANINE HOFF rGEN Division Director
The Jewish Federation of Jacksonville will open its 2015 annual campaign with the Campaign Kickoff and Awards Celebration to be held Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. at River Garden. This year’s event will not only feature guest speaker, Dr. William Recant of William Recant the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, but will also celebrate the recipients of this year’s Federation awards. Michael DuBow will receive the Joe P. Safer Community Service Award for his tireless efforts on behalf of the entire Jewish community in Jacksonville. Regarding this honor, DuBow said, “I am never comfortable being honored … it feels like I am being recognized for what I should be doing anyway … and, there are so many in our community who are doing and/or have done great things. Having said that, Mr. Safer was a special person and it is truly an honor to receive an award bearing his name.” He continued, “I feel it is our collective responsibility to ensure the Jewish Community be as strong, viable and successful as possible … everyone can find a role in achieving that goal.” Nancy Davis, the recent co-chair of rGEN, and Daniel Miller, the current chair, will each receive the Ilene Sari Selevan Young Leadership Award. Davis and Miller have been very active in rGEN and its prior incarnation, YLD, for the past several years.
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See KICKOFF, p. 14
By JEANINE HOFF rGEN Division Director
The Rick Recht concert held on Sept. 7 at Congregation Ahavath Chesed – The Temple was a huge hit. Hundreds braved
the rain to enjoy Rick’s first concert in Jacksonville in 10 years. The event featured Recht along with several local musicians including Todd Morse, Aaron Abel, Hazzan Jesse Holzer and Rabbi Matt Cohen, as well as students from the Martin J.
Gottlieb Day School, Torah Academy of Jacksonville, Temple – TIR, Bernard and Alice Selevan Religious School, Beth-El The Beaches Religious School, DuBow
See CONCERT, p. 14
Shalom Jacksonville: A Shabbat to remember By BARBARA ZIMMERMAN
On Aug. 29 Keith and Tehila Marks held a particularly special Shabbat dinner for 30-plus at Tehila’s, their Pilates, wellness, arts and community center in Riverside. Isabel Balotin, the Pied Piper of Jacksonville Jewry, invited me to join. As in the story, Isabel plays her flute to help new or returning Jacksonville residents make meaningful personal connections. Many at the dinner met due to Isabel. Attendees came from Fernandina Beach, Ortega, Jacksonville Beach, Southside, etc. They brought enormous amounts of great vegetarian food and good wine. (Nobody missed meat!) Ages seemed irrelevant. Delightful little children, younger couples, the middleage and those more seasoned all mingled
See SHABBAT, p. 14