Editorials ..................................... 4A Op-Ed .......................................... 5A Calendar ...................................... 6A Scene Around ............................. 9A Synagogue Directory ................ 11A JTA News Briefs ........................ 13A WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 42, NO. 17 DECEMBER 29, 2017 11 TEVET, 5778 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ Orlando hosts BBYO IC BBYO North Florida Re- The planners are looking for gion is honored to welcome enthusiastic and friendly and host BBYO’s Interna- individuals, who are at least tional Convention 2018. Over a sophomore in college, and President’s Day weekend (Feb. can help guide the teens and 15–19, 2018), more than 5,000 take part in making this a of the Jewish community’s life-changing experience for top teen leaders, educators, thousands of young people. professionals, and philan- You can sign up for shifts at thropists from around the https://tiny.cc/IC18volunteer. world will come together in Volunteer Training will be Orlando for one of the larg- at The Roth Family JCC on est Jewish communal events Monday, Jan. 22 from 7 to 8 of the year. Delegates will p.m. For all those unable to hear from and meet inspiring attend, there will be a make-up speakers, deepen leadership conference call on Wednesday, skills, serve the local com- Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. All volunteers munity, celebrate Shabbat, must be available to attend one learn, have access to exclusive of the trainings. music performances, and do If you have any questions, their part to strengthen the please contact Regional Di- Jewish Future. rector Jayme Epstein at 407- Two-hundred and fifty- 621-4032 or JEpstein@bbyo. plus volunteers are needed to org. We hope to see you this Lior Zaltzman make the weekend a success. February. This year’s heartwarming moments include a girl who helped decorate a vandalized cemetery, a dog who saved two lives, and an unlikely friendship between a monkey and a chicken. The 7 most heartwarming UN opposes US Jewish stories of 2017 on Jerusalem (JNS) The United Nations By Josefin Dolsten immigrants from seven predominantly and I was looking to do something in General Assembly on Thurs- Muslim countries, Alexander Rapaport, a solidarity with the people affected by the day overwhelmingly approved (JTA)—Political turmoil, terror at- Hasidic Jew, wanted to show his support executive order.” a resolution denouncing tacks and natural disasters around the for his neighbors in Brooklyn. So when A 6-year-old girl sends painted President Donald Trump’s de- world: 2017 had plenty of people feeling New York bodega owners from Yemen rocks to decorate vandalized Jew- cision to recognize Jerusalem down, for good reason. went on strike in February in protest of ish cemeteries as Israel’s capital. But there were also notable moments of the ban, Rapaport organized community When 6-year-old Ayel Morgenstern The 193-member General light. As this year draws to a close, here is members to put Post-it notes with mes- learned that her great-great-grand- Assembly voted 128-9, with a chronology of some of the more heart- sages of support on the storefront of a mother’s headstone was among the 100 35 abstentions, to express warming stories JTA published this year. local store owned by Yemeni immigrants. toppled at a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis “deep regret” over Trump’s An Orthodox Jew builds bridges “I made a point of walking in there in February, she sprung into action. Jerusalem policy changes, with his Yemeni Muslim neigh- today—I actually live a mile away,” Ra- Ayel, who lives in Florida, decided which also include plans to bors paport, the executive director Masbia, a in March to paint rocks to decorate move the U.S. embassy to After President Donald Trump is- kosher soup kitchen network, told JTA. that city. sued his first executive order banning “I just learned that they were Yemenite, Stories on page 14A The nine countries voting against the resolution were the U.S., Israel, Togo, Micro- nesia, Guatemala, Nauru, Benjamin Netanyahu Jewish Pavilion Gala honors Marian Palau, Marshall Islands and Honduras. The 35 absten- Ahead of the vote, Prime tions included a number of Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Bromberg and A.J. Kronenberg countries whom Israel has called the U.N. a “house of been courting for support dur- lies” and said Israel “rejects By Pam Ruben North (Maitland) for their ing the past year, including this vote outright.” ‘Gems and Jeans Gala,’ as they Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, “Jerusalem is our capital, Please join the Jewish Pa- honor community ‘gems,’ Malawi and Rwanda. Addi- we will continue to build vilion on Sunday, Jan. 28 at Marian Bromberg and A.J. tionally, Hungary, Croatia, there and additional embas- 5 p.m. at Sheraton Orlando Kronenberg, for providing Latvia, Romania and the sies will move to Jerusalem,” exemplary volunteer assis- Czech Republic broke with Netanyahu said. tance to Orlando’s elder-care the European Union con- The discussion over the community. Slip on your sensus on the resolution by General Assembly resolu- favorite pair of ‘dressy’ jeans, abstaining. tion began at the behest of and the Pavilion will provide Both Trump and U.S. Am- Turkey and Yemen after an the sparkle, with an evening bassador to the U.N. Nikki Egyptian-sponsored measure featuring gourmet dining, Haley have suggested that at the U.N. Security Council live music, and a silent auc- America might cut foreign aid was vetoed by the U.S. earlier tion, along with dazzling to countries who supported this week. ‘surprise’ entertainment. All the resolution, with Haley Israeli Ambassador to the proceeds raised will benefit stating the U.S. would be “tak- U.N. Danny Danon denounced seniors served in more than ing names” of such nations. supporters of the resolution 70 assisted living and skilled On Thursday, Haley closed her as “puppets being pulled by nursing facilities. Register Marian Bromberg A.J. Kronenberg remarks by saying the vote the strings of the Palestinian now online at www.jewish- “will be remembered.” puppet masters.” pavilion.org or at https://jpav. spirit to the older members of family. After Roslyn passed In defiance of Trump, the “This resolution is noth- ticketspice.com/gala-2018. our community, and I ended away, the dedicated volunteer General Assembly measure ing more than a distraction,” Call 407-678-9363 for more up getting much love and missed the special relation- asserted that “any decisions Danon said. “I have no doubt information. warmth from them.” ship she had shared, and she and actions which purport that today’s resolution will “Spending time with el- Almost a decade ago, Brom- continued to visit seniors near to have altered the character, end up in the trash bin of der-care residents is much berg began one-on-one visits her home in South Orlando. status or demographic com- history.” more than just volunteering,” with elder-care resident, Today, Bromberg assists position of the Holy City of shared Jewish Pavilion Gala Roslyn Stenzler (mother Program Director Walter Jerusalem have no legal effect, co-honoree and retired early of current Pavilion Board Goldstein, with holidays and are null and void and must childhood educator, Marian President Paul Stenzler). After Shabbats, but feels she makes be rescinded in compliance Bromberg. “I began volun- visiting over several years, the with relevant resolutions of teering to bring some holiday two friends began to feel like Gala on page 13A the Security Council.” PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, DECEMBER 29, 2017 Community champion, Joseph Hara dies at age 91 carved out spare time to help longtime supporter of JFS, Academy, Congregation Ohev instead of being presented at Jim’s business, and eventually an organization that provides Shalom, Kinneret Council the Federation Board meet- the two became partners. food and counseling to people on Aging, the Brevard Music ing,” Jeff Gaeser, Heritage Soon their distributorship from all walks of life. Hara was Festival, among others. Hara publisher, stated. “He also became the most successful also a champion of The Jewish served on many of their boards once paid for the unaffiliated in the U.S. and headquarters Federation of Orlando, the Ho- throughout the years. in the Jewish community to came calling. locaust Memorial Resource Hara was also a recipient receive the Heritage once a In the pre-Disney 1960s, and Education Center, TOP of the 2001 Heritage Florida month for one year,” Gaeser Hara moved his family down Jewish Foundation, Founda- Jewish News’s Human Ser- further said. to Orlando, Florida, where tion for Blindness, Habitat vice Award. Extremely mag- “It was a ball,” reflected he quickly ascended from for Humanity, the Orlando nanimous and humble, “He Hara of his life recently. His the role of vice president of Museum of Art, United Way was the only recipient to call adoring family is determined sales to president and CEO Human Resources, Friends me and say he wanted to pick to carry on his legacy of love, of Tupperware in three years. of Santa Claus, The Jewish up the award at the Heritage laughter and community. In 1970 he was named president of Tupperware worldwide, with 60 Minutes profiling the success of the Milstein Family Foundation company under his steward- ship. Hara continued to lead Tupperware for over two de- names winners of meme contest cades, through the company’s unprecedented era of growth which were funny, entertain- across 35 countries. ing and often moving,” said He ardently believed in the Israeli-American philanthro- power of positive thinking and pist Adam Milstein. was a relentless champion of “This is only the second women in the workplace. “The meme competition, but I truth is that women dominate am really impressed with intellectually,” he wrote in the quality and quantity of 2016.