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Editorials ..................................... 4A Op-Ed .......................................... 5A Calendar ...................................... 6A Scene Around ........................... 11A Synagogue Directory ................15A News Briefs ...............................17A WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 44, NO. 31 APRIL 3, 2020 9 NISAN, 5780 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ Happy Passover PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, APRIL 3, 2020 WONDERS OF Virtual help from the children By Nancy Ludin LLC WATER CEO, Jewish Pavilion With school and religious Family Owned Business school going virtual, this is a Since 1994 wonderful time for children at home to be helping seniors. 7118 Ivy Court The Jewish Pavilion has been Winter Park, Florida in touch with the Jewish schools and requested that the Pro Fish Tank maintenance • fresh or salt children make Passover cards, small & big tanks • koi pond maintenance and “I am thinking of you & pond builder cards” that the Jewish Pavilion will distribute to seniors. 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Netanyahu Netanyahu’s government,” serve first as prime minister to reports. is facing three corruption Lapid told his Yesh Atid fac- for 18 months, with Gantz as On Thursday afternoon, counts, but his trial has tion, according to reports. foreign minister before taking Yair Lapid and Moshe Yaalon, been delayed because of the Reports said that in a unity over for Netanyahu. the co-leaders of Blue and COVID-19 outbreak. government, a Likud member Gantz was elected speaker White, filed a request in the Gantz and Netanyahu fur- would serve as finance minister in a 74-18 vote, with 28 Knesset to break off from ther discussed a unity govern- and Netanyahu agreed to give lawmakers not showing up Gantz. Lapid and Yaalon re- ment in talks late Wednesday up the Justice Ministry, with for the balloting. The entire portedly will continue to use night, according to reports. Yechiel Trooper of Blue and right-wing bloc voted for him. the name Blue and White, “Gantz decided to crawl into White assuming the position. On Thursday, Gantz de- while Gantz likely will use the clared himself the candidate name of his party, Resilience. to become speaker in order to Blue and White had said preserve the option of form- initially that it would sup- ing a unity government. He port Meir Cohen of Lapid’s succeeds Yuli Edelstein, who Yesh Atid party for speaker. 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