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6000 Christian Pilgrims Celebrate Sukkot with Israel Putting A Editorials ..................................... 4A Op-Ed .......................................... 5A Calendar ...................................... 6A Scene Around ............................. 9A Synagogue Directory ................ 11A JTA News Briefs ........................ 13A WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 43, NO. 06 OCTOBER 12, 2018 6 CHESHVAN, 5779 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ Putting a ‘human face’ on the IDF Untold Stories of IDF Sol- diers Tour is coming to the United States Oct. 14 - 28, and will be in Orlando Oct. 24 and 25. The Tour, sponsored by StandWithUs, has six teams of reservists who will travel on Oct. 24, 7 p.m. This event in pairs to various parts of is free and open to the public. the country to speak about Barak was born and raised their never-been-told-before in Ra’anana, a town just north personal experiences uphold- of Tel Aviv. Today, Barak lives ing the strict IDF moral code in Tel Aviv and studies Indus- while fighting an enemy that trial Engineering and Man- hides behind its civilians. agement at Shenkar College Putting a “human face” on in Ramat-Gan. In addition the IDF, they also discuss to his studies, Barak plays an International Christian Embassy Jerusalem their struggles, their suc- active role on campus. He is Thousands of Christians gather at Ein Gedi near the Dead Sea for performances and speeches as part of the Feast of cesses, and their hopes and the founder and president of Tabernacles festivities. dreams. The soldiers expect the Model UN, a member of tough questions from their the Student Association, and audiences so Americans can participated in the StandWi- learn what it is actually like thUs Fellowship, all while still 6,000 Christian pilgrims to live in a country that is the being on active duty in the subject of so much discussion IDF. Barak joined the elite in the media and on college “Meitar” special operations celebrate Sukkot with Israel campuses. unit in the Artillery Corp. SWU interns Noa Lotringer He was chosen and graduated By Maayan tian Embassy in Jerusalem as part Participants enjoy dynamic music of Lake Brantley High School with honors from the elite Jaffe-Hoffman of its five-day Feast of Tabernacles and dance performances, and hear and Sami Kuperberg of Oviedo officers training school, and celebration, which ran this year from messages from well-known evangelical High School are hosting IDF has moved up the ranks of (JNS)—A whopping 7,000 faces and Sept. 23 to 28. The feast is the largest pastors, Israeli officials and other ex- soldiers Barak and Lyra (for command positions in the IDF hundreds of flags of every color painted Christian gathering in Israel this year perts. They also march to express their security reasons, only first from company commander to Israel’s capital on Thursday, parading and the largest solidarity mission to solidarity with Israel. The economic names are given), who will through the streets in the 2018 Jeru- Israel in 2018. impact on Israel of the event is around speak at The Roth Family JCC IDF on page 15A salem March. According to David Parsons, vice $18 million to $20 million, according The diverse participants, decked president and senior international to Parsons. out on Sept. 27 in costumes that rep- spokesman for ICEJ, around 60 percent “My heart wants to be here more resented their respective nations, had of this feast’s 6,000-person delegation than one week as a tourist,” said Cor- Unique partnership one thing in common: a love of Israel (an additional 1,000 Christian Zionists nelius Mgeller, a student visiting Israel and the Jewish people. take part in the march that are not part from Stuttgart, Germany, who spoke “I am proud of Israel, and I love Is- of the feast) came from Latin America, to JNS outside the Pais Arena, where benefits students rael,” Brazilian Liliais Alves told JNS. Africa and Asia. The largest delegation most Feast of Tabernacles events take “I came to bless my family, bless me, of 900 people came from Brazil. place. “I want to go deeper... I am an bless my home and my life.” Parsons said all major sessions are ambassador who wants to bless Israel.” The Jerusalem March is organized translated into 12 languages simulta- each year by the International Chris- neously. Sukkot on page 15A ‘Irene Sendler: Rescuing the rescuer’ to be shared at Kristallnacht Commemoration The Holocaust Center will Skala will bring to dramatic share the story of Irena Send- life the true story of Sendler, ler at the annual Kristallnacht a Polish Catholic social worker commemoration, Nov. 4. who defied Nazi rule to orga- Sendler’s story will be told nize an underground network by actor and playwright Libby that successfully rescued Skala, whose one-woman 2,500 Jewish children from show had a successful run at certain death in the Warsaw the London Fringe Festival. ghetto during WWII. For decades, her heroism remained hidden behind the iron curtain, until one day in 1999, when three Protestant Rabbi Yisrael and Tamar Abisror. high school students from rural Kansas stumbled upon Rabbi Yisrael and Tamar in a symbiotic and mutually a brief mention of her in Abisror, Yehudi educators, beneficial partnership that an old magazine clipping. have joined the Central Flori- advances the missions of both Eager to know more, the da Hillel staff at The University agencies,” said Aaron Weil, determined young Kansans Irene Sendler today. A young Irene Sendler. of Central Florida. In an un- executive director and CEO researched, wrote and per- precedented demonstration of of CFH. formed a play portraying her Each year the Holocaust That terrifying night Jewish unity, these two orga- Increasing Jewish en- work for National History Center sponsors a community marks the beginning of nizations have joined together gagement on campus is a Day. Their award-winning program in remembrance of Hitler’s ‘Final Solution.” It with a commitment to focus shared goal between both project brings Irena Sendler Kristallnacht, also known was the moment that should on developing a vibrant, con- Yehudi and CFH. Weil was to international attention. as the November Pogrom, a have erased any doubt about nected and dynamic Jewish quick to embrace the initia- It propels them across the series of attacks against Jews Hitler’s intentions. Jewish community at America’s larg- tive. “Our partnership with ocean to her doorstep where in Germany and Austria. On lives were in jeopardy, and est undergraduate institution. Yehudi will provide our stu- they find a transformative Nov. 9 and 10, 1938, thou- clearly there would be further “What is unique about this dents at UCF with a warm, friendship with the sparkling sands of Jewish homes, shops, tragedy. Yet, the world stood relationship that we have cre- nonagenarian who teaches schools, and synagogues were by in silence. ated is that it is the first of Unique on page 15A them first-hand how a single ransacked and destroyed, The Kristallnacht com- its kind where two national individual “answering the leaving the streets covered memoration will take place Jewish organizations with need of her heart” can change in pieces of smashed win- on Nov. 4, at 2 p.m. in the a campus presence have the course of the world. dows—the origin of the name Harriett and Hy Lake Audito- actually partnered at the Why Remember Kristall- Kristallnacht means “Night of rium at The Roth Family JCC grassroots level to work in nacht? Broken Glass.” in Maitland. cooperation with one another PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, OCTOBER 12, 2018 RAISE continues to raise the bar for inclusion person before the disability RAISE is not a job place- every donation to RAISE is and describes what a person ment center but works with now receiving a dollar-for- has, not who a person is.” Vocational Rehabilitation, dollar match, doubling a Last year RAISE launched which supports RAISE em- donor’s gift. The incredible a job-creation division called ployees in finding jobs in generosity has had a profound RAISE Awareness to Hire, the community. RAISE has effect on fundraising, and pro- overseen by Rachel Slavkin, received recognition by VR moted significant growth and director of employment and and now has a dedicated VR expansion of RAISE services. education. Through RAISE liaison specifically for RAISE For more information Awareness to Hire, the pro- employees. about RAISE job opportuni- gram works with businesses to Last, but definitely not ties, volunteering as a job help make a seamless transi- least, this year marked a first coach or donating to RAISE, tion for RAISE employees into for RAISE. Thanks to the please call 407-645-5933, the competitive marketplace. Ginsburg Family Foundation, ext. 236. 2017-18 Impact Numbers* One of the easiest ways to social skills training program in volunteer opportunities, The RAISE Leadership Team: (l-r): Ken Schneider, Loren London, Sandy Grider, Rachel share about RAISE is to use and not a job placement cen- pursuing ongoing educa- Slavkin, Amy Weston, Carol Miller, and Bill Yahner. statistics. Although num- ter. RAISE works alongside tion and/or through decid- bers cannot possibly capture Vocational Rehabilitation ing to live independently). By Christine DeSouza tion Services with a transition asked Schneider, who goes all that RAISE achieves in (VR), which supports em- • 35 Employee partici- specialist, Amy Weston; devel- on to explain that our names their program, these num- ployee participants through pants have participated Since its beginning in oping its marketing thanks to became less important as bers speak volumes about the interview and application since the program began in 2014, RAISE has grown in volunteer Joanne Kane; and labels were attached for the the partnering agencies process and finding jobs in April 2014, more than half many ways.
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