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The Jewish Voice, Page 5

      Local Happenings from page 4                                                                         Jewish Leaders,
                                                                                                           School Officials Address
      discussed opportunities for
      collaboration between the two                                                                        Holocaust Education
      cities.
         “One  of  the greatest                                                                               In order to strengthen Holocaust education in local
      highlights of my visit was                                                                           schools and fulfill the state of Florida mandate for
      having the opportunity to                                                                            Holocaust education in public schools, Jewish Federation
      experience the true love                                                                             of Palm Beach County initiated a meeting with leadership
      that the community has for                                                                           representing The School District of Palm Beach County.
      the city of  Tzfat,” shared                                                                          Federation, its Jewish Community Relations Council
      Mayor Ohana. “I am greatly                                                                           (JCRC), and The Gross Family Center for the Study of
      impressed by the care                                                                                Antisemitism and the Holocaust represented an assembly
      expressed by Federation and
      its leaders for the youth of
      my city and the entire state of
      Israel. I also enjoyed visiting
      two of the synagogues in the  Yaara Levy, shlicha (emissary)/Israel engagement coordinator; Susan Shulman Pertnoy,
      Palm Beaches and spending  chair of Israel and Overseas Committee; Dorit Ohana, wife of Mayor Ohana; Shuki Ohana,
      tim e wit h communit y  mayor of Tzfat; Keith James, mayor of WPB; Michael Hoffman, CEO of JFED; Ira Gerstein,
      leaders.”                 board chair of JFE; Marilyn Comiter, chair of Partnership2Gether Committee; Melissa
         Since 1995,  Jewish  Arden, assistant vice president community planning
      Federation and its partner
      The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership2Gether (P2G)      Marliyn Comiter, chair of Federation’s P2G committee,
      have supported a collaboration between Israel’s TZAHAR   added, “Over the past close to 25 years, kids from the
      region and West Palm Beach and its surrounding cities.   region have come here and we’ve sent kids off there to visit
      Through this ongoing partnership, Federation has ensured   the region. This partnership has also made a connection
      regular exchanges of Jewish culture and traditions, as well as   between families. If you’re Jewish from northern Palm
      business innovation and community leadership development   Beach County, the region is considered your home away
      for the Palm Beaches as well as the TZAHAR region.  from home in Israel.”                            Local Happenings on page 6


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