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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
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