Editorials ..................................... 4A Op-Ed .......................................... 5A Calendar ...................................... 6A Scene Around ............................. 9A Synagogue Directory ................ 11A News Briefs ............................... 13A WWW.HERITAGEFL.COM YEAR 43, NO. 50 AUGUST 16, 2019 15 AV, 5779 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SINGLE COPY 75¢ 2019 JFGO Annual Meeting, Aug. 25 It has been a year of un- pus 2020 Debt Retirement precedented change for the Campaign, which this year Jewish Federation of Great- boasted a 24-hour Focus on er Orlando. Much of that the Future fundraising blitz change—and what it means that raised $56,500 (doubled for the larger Central Florida to $113,000 with a match Jewish community—will be from the Harris Rosen Foun- discussed Sunday, Aug. 25, dation), effectively ended the during JFGO’s 2019 Annual public fundraising compo- Meeting at The Roth Family nent of Campus 2020, with Jewish Community Center in the remaining debt erased Maitland. by the sale of the vacant The annual meeting campus building. That sale comes nearly seven months is expected to close within a after the Federation and few weeks, likely before the JCC entered into a Memo- Annual Meeting takes place. randum of Understanding, In other Annual Meeting agreeing to share certain business, Federation mem- Miriam Alster/Flash90 staff and services while bers present will vote for Tel Aviv City Hall seen lit up in the colors of an American flag in solidarity with the victims and injured following two both organizations continue a new secretary and a new back-to-back shootings in El Paso, Texas, and in Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 4, 2019, similar to this one marking the Jewish to operate independently. treasurer for the Board of Di- worshippers shot and killed in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018. The shared services have rectors. Names of nominees included executive leader- have not yet been announced. ship and marketing services. Board President Brad Jacobs Executive Director Keith and Vice President Ming Netanyahu offers condolences after Dvorchik is expected to share Marx will serve in their roles the organization’s insights through the 2020 Annual about this experience so far, Meeting, with Rhonda Forest mass shootings in Texas and Ohio with an eye toward pursuing continuing as immediate past additional efficiencies in the president. Current Treasurer (JNS)—Israeli Prime Minister Ben- in the Texas border town of El Paso on California’s Gilroy Garlic Festival, where year ahead. Dvorchik is also Danielle Krise and Secretary jamin Netanyahu conveyed his condo- Saturday, killing 20 people (two more 19-year-old Santino William Legan killed expected to talk about the Carol Feuerman will move lences to the American people on Sunday people died of their injuries on Monday, three people, including two children. planned Community Trip to to at-large director seats on night after back-to-back mass shootings making the total 22) and wounding doz- Legan’s home was found to contain Israel in April 2020. the Board. rocked the cities of El Paso, Texas, and ens more. Crusius published a manifesto literature on white supremacy as well The past year has also seen Nominated for director po- Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend. prior to the attack decrying the “Hispanic as Islamic extremism. the apparent elimination of sitions on the board are Seth “In the past 24 hours, we have wit- invasion of Texas.” The Dayton killing marked the 251st the debt that has saddled the Hymen and Scott Miller, with nessed two murderous attacks in Texas The El Paso attack was followed just mass shooting in America since the Jewish Community Campus Miller representing the Holo- and Ohio,” he wrote on Twitter. “On hours later by a mass shooting outside a beginning of 2019. in Maitland since the 1980s. behalf of all government ministers and Dayton bar. Police identified the shooter In addition to Netanyahu’s remarks, A successful four-year Cam- JFGO on page 14A all citizens of Israel, I send condolences as 24-year-old Connor Betts. Nine people Israel’s Foreign Ministry tweeted an to the bereaved families, best wishes for were killed and 26 wounded in that attack image of “Tel Aviv’s City Hall building recovery to the injured, and solidarity before the shooter was killed by police. lit up with the colors of the U.S. flag with the American people.” The motive for the attack is still unclear. in solidarity with the mourning of the Israeli student Patrick Crusius, 21, has been charged The two incidents were preceded by American people following the deadly with opening fire in a crowded Walmart a mass shooting on July 28 at Northern shootings in #Ohio & #Texas.” found stabbed settlement where he attended Venturing out beyond the Machanaim yeshiva, reportedly clutching the books he had purchased as end-of-the year gifts for his exercise into movie production teachers. He had apparently By Christine DeSouza Queen. Now she is moving been stabbed multiple times. her assets from the bank to It is believed that he was Many people in the Jewish take on the role of executive killed in a different location community know Bethanne producer of the short film and his body moved. His Weiss as an accomplished “Resemblance,” which is in cellphone had been found physical fitness guru and au- production in Oviedo and earlier near a different Etzion thor of the book “Move Your directed by writer, producer bloc settlement, according to Assets: From the Chair, Not Kevin O’Neill. reports. the Bank,” which garnered Last March, Heritage wrote The teen was part of the her the nickname the Asset about the upcoming movie, Hesder program, which com- which is about Dachua survi- bines yeshiva studies and vors of the Holocaust who live army service. His family in a memory-care facility. The Israeli yeshivah student has been notified, the Israel lead character, Dirk Kramer and Israel Defense Forces’ Defense Forces said in a (played by Jordan Woods recruit Dvir Sorek was found statement. Robinson), is a professional stabbed to death near Kibbutz The Israel Defense Forces actor employed at the facility Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion on is treating the murder as a as a pianist. Through his act- Aug. 8, 2019. terrorist attack. ing talents he sees a way that No Palestinian groups have he can bring meaning to the By Marcy Oster claimed responsibility, but residents’ lives. Hamas praised the attack as “A Weiss learned of the script JERUSALEM (JTA)—A powerful response to the idea through a friend of her hus- 19-year-old yeshiva student of annexation of the occupied band, Jeffrey, and readily was found stabbed to death West Bank,” Ynet reported. related to the events in the Bethanne Weiss and Kevin O’Neill in the West Bank’s Etzion Sorek’s body was found film after she and Jeffrey read settlement bloc. near the spot where three the script together. from dementia. Both of her visiting her mother, she would Dvir Sorek of the Ofra Israeli teens were kidnapped She was touched by the parents have passed away. see a woman at the memory- settlement was reported miss- and murdered in June 2014. story line and considered in- “In a million years—me be care facility who dressed “to ing on Wednesday evening, “Security forces are in vesting in its production. Not a producer of a movie?” Weiss the nines” every day. “I found hours after he had said he was many people know that while thought. “I don’t know what out this woman had been a returning from a shopping Student on page 14A the ever-smiling, energetic happened or what came over fashion editor of high-end trip to Jerusalem to buy a book Weiss led her fitness classes me, but I started crying when fashion magazines. All these for his rabbi as an end-of-year and wrote her book, she was I read the script. I didn’t know people have lives and look at gift from his class. also caring for her elderly Kevin, but he has this under- them now,” she said downcast. His body was found at parents, who were in assisted standing of memory care.” about 3 a.m. Thursday on a living. Her mother suffered Weiss shared that while Production on page 14A road leading to the Migdal Oz PAGE 2A HERITAGE FLORIDA JEWISH NEWS, AUGUST 16, 2019 Looking forward to Shabbat By Hope McCormack service would understand resident of Cascade Heights its importance. who enjoys Shabbat ser- Cascade Heights has the Bernice Davids, a long-time vices. She enjoys being able privilege of having a wonder- resident of Cascade Heights, to help out before services ful Shabbat service almost said that Shabbat services had begin by passing out chal- every week. The third week been important to her ever lah and conversing with of July was no different. The since she was young. She the volunteers and other service was led by Program enjoys the Shabbat services residents. Brown was born Director Susan Bernstein that the Jewish Pavilion and in Havana, Cuba, and moved who started the service with its volunteers provide as well to New York when she was everyone’s favorite song as the other activities done by just three months old. She Bim Bam that transitioned the Jewish Pavilion such as volunteered for over 40 effortlessly into Hee-Nay the Almond Horn Baking. She years at a Jewish hospital on Ma Tov. She is a wonderful has participated the past three Long Island before moving guitar player and everyone years and plans to continue to Florida. She moved into enjoyed her playing along helping as long as she can. Cascade Heights three years to the prays.