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VOL. 10 NO. 2 www.seabreezepublications.com FEBRUARY 2020
Federation’s King David Society Members
Gather for Meaningful Evening
More than 100 of Jewish Federation
of Palm Beach County’s most dedicated
community leaders and philanthropists
gathered last month for a beautiful evening
at the King David Society Dinner at
The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach. The
elegant evening celebrates members of
Federation’s King David Society for
their meaningful impact to Federation’s
Annual Campaign. The featured speaker
was Deborah Lipstadt, one of the world’s
leading experts and historians in the fight
against anti-Semitism, and the best-selling
author of Antisemitism: Here and Now, Lainey and Beryl Simonson Ina and Murray Pitt
Denying the Holocaust, and The Eichmann
Trial. The event was chaired by Penny Federation’s King David Society Members on page 5
and Harold Blumenstein, and Linda and Myron and Linda Teitelbaum, Deborah Lipstadt, Penny and Harold Blumenstein
Myron Teitelbaum.
As the rate of anti-Semitic incidents rises across Florida, organization, through the support of its generous donors, Florida Snow
the nation, and abroad, standing up to anti-Semitism is leading several programs focused on advocacy, security,
continues to be a top priority for Jewish Federation. The and education.
Confessions of a Jewish Hijacker Tubing at JCS
Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens Celebration
recently welcomed an inspirational
scholar in residence. Rabbi Yosef Adults and children of all ages enjoyed 15 tons of
Mendelevich was raised as an atheist snow, a fire show, Elsa, and a massive carved ice menorah
Jew in Dvinsk, Latvia, under the USSR. at the JCS Chabad of North Palm Beach fire and ice
Denied a Jewish education by the Chanukah celebration.
communists, he told the incredible story
of how he came to discover his Jewish identity in a neglected group of fellow Jews, he attempted to peacefully hijack
Jewish cemetery, ultimately becoming an observant Jew a small airplane to get across the border to freedom. The
despite great odds in the Soviet Union. After being refused mission proved unsuccessful and they were caught red-
a visa to Israel countless times, he became known as a handed by KGB spies and agents who had been following
refusenik and was desperate to escape. Together with a them. He was sentenced to death but, due to international
pressure, had his sentence
changed to 11 years of labor
in a Siberian prison camp.
He credits his release to
the Lubavitcher Rebbe, since
it was days after he sent a
message to the Rebbe for a
blessing that he was suddenly
Confessions of a Jewish Florida Snow Tubing on page 6
Hijacker on page 2