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Various local news briefs from our 03/23/07 issue.

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‘Israel and the World’ cl ass offered at Posnack JCC

The David Posnack JCC located at 5850 S. Pine Island Road in Davie is offering a free class about Israel and the Middle East called "Israel 101: Israel and the World in 2007," on Thursdays at 10:30 am for the next four weeks. Dr. Adam Bronstone, Director of Allocations for the Jewish Federation of Broward County, teaches the course. Bronstone holds a doctorate in International Relations specializing in Middle Eastern issues and relocated to South Florida from New Orleans where he was a Community Relations Consultant for the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans. For information and registration, call 954-434-0499, ext. 336.

New MDA Miami Mitzvah Chapter underway

Miami residents interested in hearing inspirational stories on how Magen David Adom (MDA) saves lives in Israel and participate in forming the new ARMDI Miami Mitzvah Chapter, are invited to an organizational gathering to include a complementary lunch on Sunday, March 25 at noon at Temple Beth Or, 11715 SW 87th Ave. in Miami. Conrad Koller, Miami Development Associate for American Friends of Magen David Adom (AFMDA) will share experiences from a recent fact finding mission to Israel where he spent time with ambulance paramedics. For information, contact Brian Fata at 305-253-2422 or Conrad Koller at 800-626-0046.

Free Lenny Krayzelburg Swim Clinic at the MAR-JCC

Lenny Krayzelburg, four-time Olympic Gold Medalist for Backstroke, will host a free series of swim clinics on Sunday, March 25 at the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center / Sanford L. Ziff Campus located at 18900 NE 25th Ave. in North Miami Beach. In 2004, Krayzelburg served as captain of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Swim Team and is an 11-time U.S. National Champion. He will sign autographs and participate in a Q & A session. Two clinics are available and RSVP is required in advance. Noon – 2pm: MAR-JCC Members Only. RSVP to Julie Singleton at 305-932-4200 ext. 147. 2pm – 5pm: Open to General Public. RSVP to Hylton Wener at 973-575-3333 ext. 231. For information, visit: http://www.marjcc.org.

Broward Hadassah offers self-defense program

Self-defense expert Amy Losek Ladenheim will teach ‘Krav Maga,’ a method of martial arts taught in the Israeli Army, to Hadassah’s Professional Women’s Council on March 27 at 6:15 pm at Vinnie’s Restaurant located at 4599 S. University Dr. in Davie. For more than 20 years, Ladenheim has taught martial arts to both adults and children and holds a Black Belt in Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do and kickboxing. She became an expert in Krav Maga at the National Training Center in Los Angeles, teaching members of law enforcement as well as soccer moms. Ladenheim owns FIST, Fighting Institute of Self-Defense Training in Sunny Isles Beach and travels around the world as a consultant in the industry.

Reservations are required. RSVP by email to: pwchadassah@yahoo.com. The program costs $30 for members, prepaid in advance by check; $35 for non-members, prepaid in advance by check. Add $5 if paying at door. Make check payable to PWC Hadassah and send to PWC Hadassah, 11721 SW 52nd St., Cooper City, FL 33330. For information, contact 954-792-3258.

Boys Town Jerusalem to recognize local leaders

The Southeast Region of the Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America will honor Sidney Cooperman of Bay Island and Alex Halberstein of Aventura with a Lifetime Achievement Award at a dinner on Wednesday, March 28 at 6:00 pm at Cong. Beth Torah Adath Yeshurun—Benny Rok Campus located at 20350 N.E. 26 Ave. in Miami. Dr. Ralph Nurnberger, long-time legislative counsel for the American Israel Public Affairs committee, will be the guest speaker. Cooperman is chairman and Halberstein is president of the Southeast Regional Board. Boys Town Jerusalem--designed to turn otherwise disadvantaged Israeli youth into productive citizens of tomorrow--is one of Israel’s premier institutions for educating the country’s next generation of leaders in the fields of technology, commerce, education, the military and public service. The campus, located on 18 acres in the Bayit Vegan neighborhood of Jerusalem, is a home-away-from-home for its students with a capacity to serve up to 1,000 boys. For information, call 561-496-6277 or email: rftboystown@bellsouth.net or visit: http://www.boystownjerusalem.org.

Israel Program Center sponsors video contest

The Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County’s Israel Program Center invites local teens to participate in the ‘I-Tube’ (Israel Tube) contest in creating multimedia presentations on Israel as part of the community-wide Israel Independence Day celebration for Yom Ha’Atzmaut 2007. Teens will receive Israeli images and music to create a multimedia presentation similar to the videos posted on YouTube.com. Final entries are due by Wednesday, April 11. Winning entries will be featured at the celebration to take place on Sunday, April 29 at the outdoor Gosman Amphitheater at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The contest is being co-sponsored by the Jewish Teen Initiative and Our Israel Initiative, a program of the Makom Israel Engagement Network. Teens can contact Emily Meyers at emily.meyers@jewishpalmbeach.org or Brenda Horowitz at brenda.horowitz@jewishpalmbeach.org for information and a packet of competition resources and rules.

Palm Beach residents to answer the call

The Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County has embarked on a new approach to Annual Campaign fundraising. Thousands of Jewish households in the greater Palm Beaches have received phone calls from Israel in addition to local volunteers to raise money for Federation’s 2007 Annual Campaign during the month of March. IDT, a Newark, NJ-based telemarketing firm with an Israeli satellite branch employing 425 Israelis, has routed calls from Jerusalem to New Jersey to Florida. Israelis have directly spoken with local residents and asked them for their commitment to aid Jews in the greater Palm Beaches, Israel and 60 countries around the world.

2007 Campaign Chair Mark F. Levy says, "It’s a win-win situation. We have reached more people in our community and raised more funds for our extended Jewish family. This new tactic has enabled us to support employment in Israel and the state’s economy. In addition, local residents find it meaningful to receive a call from Israel, our spiritual homeland."



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