
After swastika incident, USF students awed by Holocaust survivor, 94
By BOB FRYER
Jewish Press | April 18, 2022
When Holocaust survivor Helga Melmed told her story to hundreds of University of South Florida students on the Tampa campus, they sat spellbound until she was finished, then erupted into a loud standing ovation. Between that tangible reaction and comments from a number of students attending, it was clear the...

Jewish Fertility Foundation opens Tampa branch
By BOB FRYER
Jewish Press | April 18, 2022
For Cara Chernoff of Tampa, every step of her “fertility journey” was fraught with either physical or emotional pain, and sometimes both. But eventually she and husband Jeff had a son, Joshua, in 2019 – and he is the joy of their lives. For Elana Frank of Atlanta, her journey...

Mark Wright: Mission to aid Ukrainians in his own words
ohtadmin | April 18, 2022
After watching what was going on in Ukraine, Tampa attorney Mark Wright felt he had to do more and joined a Jewish Federation of North America mission to Poland to aid Ukrainian refugees. The mission was for three days, but he arrived a few days early and stayed a few...
Annual President’s Dinner: Oren, Wilf and a ‘chai’ celebration
| April 18, 2022
Between 500 and 600 people are expected at the 18th annual President’s Dinner, set for Sunday, May 1 after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. The “chai” anniversary celebration will be held at the Hilton Downtown Tampa, 211 N. Tampa St. The keynote speaker is former Ambassador Michael Oren....

Local young woman will fulfill dream by taking Straz Center stage in Broadway tour
By TYMBER WOLF Jewish Press | April 18, 2022
Ariel Reich grew up in the Tampa Bay Jewish community and the performing arts scene, and she is coming back to perform at the Straz Center in the Broadway on Tour production of the Tony Award winning musical, “The Bands Visit.” Currently, Reich is performing the role of Anna, and...

This singing trio wants to make Yiddish sexy again
By JULIA GERGELY
JTA via New York Jewish Week | April 18, 2022
Like many great ideas, “The Mamales,” a Yiddish singing group, began on a summer night at a bar on the Lower East Side. The women...
Reform movement to end Cincinnati rabbinical program
| April 18, 2022
(JTA) – Hebrew Union College will officially stop ordaining rabbis in Cincinnati, the Ohio city where the Reform seminary was founded in 1875. The seminary’s...
Birthright founder returning looted antiquities to Israel
By ASAF SHALEV
JTA news service | March 28, 2022
Eight of the looted artifacts that billionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt must return to Israel as part of a deal with prosecutors in New York are...

Passover treats
| April 18, 2022
Bubbes shared their Passover memories with the children of Club J and had fun making (and sampling) traditional Passover dishes that they served up at...

Yom HaShoah ceremonies planned throughout Bay area
Jewish Press staff report | April 18, 2022
Observances of Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – will take place throughout the Tampa Bay area when the local Jewish community joins others around...

Plenty to do for Israel’s Memorial and Independence days
Jewish Press staff report | April 18, 2022
The back-to-back observances of Israel’s Memorial Day, Yom Hazikaron, and Israel Independence Day, Yom Ha’Atzmaut, in the Tampa Bay Jewish community will include two comedians,...

Counting down and counting up
| April 18, 2022
I spent the summer of 2005 in Philadelphia with two of my best friends from college. I had sung at their wedding a few years...

Whitney Brooke Fries
| March 28, 2022
Whitney Brooke Fries, daughter of Marcy and Bill Fries of Tampa, will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, April 9...

Shaylin Dale Berger
| March 2, 2022
Shaylin Dale Berger, daughter of Craig and Melissa Berger of Tampa, was called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Feb. 5 at...

Rhen Chaite Linsky
| February 14, 2022
Rhen Chaite Linsky, daughter of Frankie and Ron Linsky of Tampa, will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Feb. 26...

Marley Jean Kittredge
| January 31, 2022
Marley Jean Kittredge, daughter of Julie and Mike Kittredge of Tampa, will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Feb. 12...
Obituaries
| April 18, 2022
CORINNE LEVINE BLUMENTHAL, 86, of Tampa, died March 27. Born in Brooklyn, she and her late husband Mel Blumenthal owned Corinne Jewelers in Toms River,...

Just a nosh…
| April 18, 2022
Postal Service honors Jewish poet Shel Silverstein with ‘The Giving Tree’ stamps The U.S. Postal Service has released a new series of Forever stamps in...