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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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