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In the tumultuous real estate market, it's still possible for people to sell their homes - especially if their next-door neighbors are interested in buying.
Such is the case with Ponte Vedra Beach resident Nochum Kurinsky and his former neighbor, Curtis Long. Kurinsky bought Long's home last fall. The two men said they are both happy with the deal and are glad things worked out as they did. |
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With a stiff breeze feeding a torch carried past them Sunday evening, scores of people lit candles outside The Jacksonville Landing to observe the sixth night of Hanukkah.
"Light is meant to be spread. Light begets light," Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov, executive director of Chabad of Northeast Florida, told about 125 people gathered to mark the Jewish festival. "The soul of man is the candle of God. So let's light up our candles." |
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You don have to be Jewish to attend Sunday’s Kosherfest, sponsored by Chabad @ the Beaches.
The second annual event, held at American Legion Post 129, 1151 4th St. So., is free and open to the public. Festivities run from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Following the success of last year’s inaugural event in Ponte Vedra Beach, Kosherfest 2007 is being held at a larger venue to accommodate a larger expected crowd, organizer Leah Kurinsky of Chabad @ the Beaches said |
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Chabad @ the Beaches will conduct classes during August at the Center to help people with little or no background in the Hebrew language prepare for the High Holidays.
By participating in this program now, individuals will be able to follow along in a prayer book and feel more connected to Judaism by the High Holidays, which begins with Rosh Hashanah on the evening of Sept. 12. |
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Avi Kurinsky had a special birthday party Monday. Scores of people came to help celebrate his turning 3.
But they didn't come just bearing gifts, or to gobble down cake and ice cream.
They came to help cut Avi's hair.
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Chabad @ the Beaches will bring the "Great Passover Experience" to the Beaches at 4 p.m. Monday
Chabad's renowned Model Matzah Bakery is a hands-on Passover experience. It includes the grinding of the wheat, pouring of the water, kneading of the dough and rolling out the Matzah,
The Great Passover Experience will be held at The Ponte Vedra Branch of St. Johns County Library, 101 Library Blvd., — just south of A1A at Solana Road, in Ponte Vedra Beach. Reservations are appreciated. This event is free to attend, however donations are accepted and appreciated. For information and reservations, call Chabad @ the Beaches at 543-9301. |
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Ric Smith (right), assistant chaplain for American Legion 5th District, sings God Bless America during a memorial service for four chaplains who lost their lives during World War II. Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky (center) with Chabad at the Beaches and Katy Stark, American Legion 5th District Auxiliary chaplain, also participated in the event.
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December 29, 2006
A Shabbat of Songs and Tales with Cantor Moshe Buryn from Miami is planned for 8 p.m. today and 8 a.m. Saturday at Chabad at the Beaches, Ponte Vedra Beache.
A traditional Shabbat meal will follow services.
Cantor Moshe Buryn is a cantor and folk singer, whose tenor voice has received rousing reviews. |
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| Chanukah, the Jewish festival of lights, was brightly illustrated Monday night on the Plaza de la Constitucion, when a rabbi from Jacksonville lit five candles of a large menorah, or candelabrum. |
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Chabad @ the Beaches will hold classes in August and September at its Center to help people with little or no background in the Hebrew language prepare for the High Holidays.
Participation in this program will help participants be able to follow along in a prayer book and feel more connected to Judiasm during the High Holidays, which begins with Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 22.
"A feeling of discomfort is one of the most common reasons that Jews don't attend synagogue on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur," says Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky, director of Chabad @ the Beaches.
"Often, people feel intimidated because they can't follow along in a prayer book or they don't know the basics o |
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A good caterer has to cater to many clients. Tanica Shanks and her fellow culinary students learned that and more when they recently catered a kosher buffet.
Shanks, a member of the Catering and Buffet class at the Florida Community College at Jacksonville culinary school, led her group in preparing a buffet that went far beyond the course description.
Besides being a student, Shanks also works at 3 Sisters' Chocolate Company in Mandarin, which keeps a kosher kitchen. She wanted to learn more. And the students learned that specialty catering can be a lucrative business.
To fulfill their assignment, the class had to find both a rabbi to supervise the cooking and a kosher k |
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A good caterer has to cater to many clients. Tanica Shanks and her fellow culinary students learned that and more when they recently catered a kosher buffet.
Shanks, a member of the Catering and Buffet class at the Florida Community College at Jacksonville culinary school, led her group in preparing a buffet that went far beyond the course description.
Besides being a student, Shanks also works at 3 Sisters' Chocolate Company in Mandarin, which keeps a kosher kitchen. She wanted to learn more. And the students learned that specialty catering can be a lucrative business.
To fulfill their assignment, the class had to find both a rabbi to supervise the cooking and a kosher k |
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"We want to celebrate our holiday, this festival, in a public way," said Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky. "In a way that people can participate in." ...
"We're fighting wars in Iraq, in Afghanistan," Rabbi Kurinsky said. "America as a culture has always fought for religious tolerance in every other part of the world. And sometimes it seems that the biggest battle for religious tolerance is here at home." |
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Jacksonville's Chanukah Celebrations will assume a new level of brightness this year as Chabad illuminates an outdoor 6-foot menorah at the Plaza de la Constitucion, at 6 p.m. Thursday.
The Menorah Lighting will serve as the first of many Chabad events in the St. Augustine area. Local officials will participate.
The entire community is welcome to join in the festivities. |
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005 10:58 AM CST
A Ponte Vedra Beach resident's request for a Nativity scene on public property in Town Center has been turned down on constitutional grounds.
Ken Koenig of Granada Terrace had asked officials of both Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach to allow a creche after they OK'd a Menorah to be placed on the site near the traditional Christmas tree.
But attorneys for both municipalities said a creche, unlike a Menorah or a Christmas tree, would violate the First Amendment's separation of church and state.
Recently, a request by Chabad @ the Beaches, Ponte Vedra, to place a 7-foot Menorah in Town Center was OK'd. |
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Raymond Zrihen stands with the 8-foot Menorah he made for Chabad@The Beaches. Chabad has been given the OK to place a 7-foot Menorah on public property in Town Center. (file photo)
Friday, November 18, 2005 9:04 AM CST
A Ponte Vedra Beach resident, challenging a recent decision to allow a Ponte Vedra synagogue to place a Menorah in a Town Center holiday display, wants to place a Nativity scene on the same public property. |
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Special to The Record
Chabad @ the Beaches and Publix are sponsoring "A weekend of Kosher Awareness" Nov. 4 and 6.
Everyone has heard of Kosher food — it is in the international aisle of the supermarket just next to the Mexican and Chinese sections, right? Well, yes ... and no, says sponsors of the event.
"Kosher" is not the name of an ethnic cuisine. In fact, it is a Hebrew word denoting 'fitness' — and thanks to the food industry's response to consumers, more and more of the items on the shelves of your local supermarket sport symbols of rabbinical supervision ensuring standards exceeding those required by the FDA. That, however, is only the beginning, says Rabbi Nochu |
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:22 AM CDT
Two upcoming events will provide unique opportunities to learn about the basics of the Kosher Diet and sample a variety of Kosher foods.
The first is titled “A Weekend of Kosher Awareness,” sponsored by Chabad @ the Beaches and Publix Supermarkets on Friday, Nov. 4, and Sunday, Nov. 6. |
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Dan Safra of Ponte Vedra Beach gave his 1-year old son Eitan a taste of kosher falafel, a pita filled with vegetables, fried chickpeas and hummus.
Abigail Fixel, 3, of Ponte Vedra Beach sat perfectly still as Sandra Lee of Atlantic Beach painted a blue menorah on her cheek.
Ariel Levites, 7, of the West Beaches, grabbed a large dreidel and gave it a spin, trying to win chocolate coins. |
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Sponsored by Chabad at the Beaches, a Jewish educational, cultural and worship center based in Ponte Vedra Beach, the festival aims to help Jews from around the Beaches get excited about the upcoming High Holidays as well as offer fresh ethnic foods to people of all faiths.
The types of foods to be offered at the festival are the kind you'd easily find on New York City's lower east side, said Leah Kurinsky, wife of Chabad leader Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky.
In New York City, where she and her husband grew up, food such as potato latkes, matza ball soup and falafels are available in many stores, often in pre-made and prepackaged form.
That's not the case at the Beaches. W |
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| Morris, a frequent guest, and one of the original eight writers, on NBC's "Late Night with David Letterman" will perform at Chabad @ the Beaches during the weekly Friday Night Live Shabbat meal. An evening of comedy that includes a preview of material from his new stand-up comedy show, as well as routines he's done on well-known national TV shows and as a popular headliner at most of the nation's top comedy clubs. All the material is appropriate for all audiences, and certainly all Jewish adult/teenage audiences regardless of affiliation. |
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On March 19, Chabad @ the Beaches held its annual Model Matzah Bakery at the Ponte Vedra Branch of the St. Johns County Library.
Many of the children who attended participated in the process of making matzah, the traditional bread for Passover |
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Chabad Lubavitch has launched a new learning program called JNet to help ensure that "every Jew has access to his or her inheritance."
Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky says he is pleased to offer this exciting new program in the Jacksonville Beaches Area. "JNet really broadens the effect we can have in offering Jewish education to every Jew anytime, anywhere."
The free program matches individuals with someone of similar age and background who has an expertise in Torah learning. The JNet study partner will call the student at a mutually agreed upon time each week and spend a half-hour in chavruta (partner) study on any Jewish topic. |
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“We have a car parade with a police escort from the three Chabads in Jacksonville to the Landing, and we build a menorah out of Legos to get the kids involved,” he said. “It’s a carnival atmosphere and a way to reach out to the general public.
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At night, in the winter, the water park at Adventure Landing is a dark and quiet place.
But on Saturday night, three candles pierced the darkness during a Hanukkah celebration sponsored by Chabad at the Beaches.
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| There are many different ways of spelling the word that signifies the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights. Hanuka, Hanukah, Hannukah, Hanukka, Hanukkah, Chanuka, Chanukah, etc. Why all the different spellings? "Because its transliterated," said Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky, spiritual leader of Chabad at the Beaches in Ponte Vedra Beach. "You're translating Hebrew into English, so it's based on sound." Webster's New World College Dictionary uses Hanuka on first reference but also mentions Hanukka and Hanukkah. The Times-Union uses the latter because it is the recommended spelling of The Associated Press Stylebook, a standard reference used by most U.S. newspapers |
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH — In anticipation of the upcoming Jewish New Year and High Holidays, Chabad @ the Beaches is offering an educational, hands-on "Shofar Factory."
This year's Shofar Factory will be held at 4 p.m. Sept. 3 at Chabad @ the Beaches' Center for Jewish Life, 521 A1A N, in Ponte Vedra. There is a $9 fee per participant.
Group rates and reservations are available in advance.
For information, call (904) 543-9301, or go to www.ChabadBeaches.com/Shofar.
A shofar is a ram's horn, traditionally blown on the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. These occasions mark the Jewish New Year and Day of Atonement.
According to Leah Kurinsky, Chabad's program director, "th |
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Rabbi Shalom Hammer discuss the current crises in Israel during a special presentation at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 5 at Chabad @ the Beaches, 521 A1A North, Ponte Vedra Beach, directly across from the Ponte Vedra Library.
Cost of the lecture is $36, with advance registration.
As part of his presentation Hammer, a world renowned lecturer and former member of the Israeli Defense Forces, will answer questions including "Where does Israel go from here?" and "How to save Israel, Jewish unity now more than ever."
"Rabbi Shalom Hammer is one of the outstanding young educators and scholars in Israel," says Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky, director of Chabad @ the Beaches. "He combines a great talent to commun |
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH - To get a better handle on the situation in the Middle East and learn about what they can do to support their cause, Chabad at the Beaches is hosting a speaker this evening to talk about the crises in Israel.
Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky, the director of Chabad, said there's a lot at stake for Jewish people in and outside of Israel, and for Americans in general, which is why, he said, the discussion is open to the public.
"If Muslim extremists take over, people everywhere will be very concerned," he said. "It [Israel] is a holy place for Christians, Jews and Muslims; it's important to all of us."
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Menorah milestone
by JEFFREY MINTON Wednesday evening was a historic occasion for many Beaches-area Jews as a 6-foot Menorah was lit on public property as part of a special Hanukkah celebration in Town Center.
The Menorah is the first to be displayed on public property at the Beaches and the Jacksonville area, according to Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky, director of Chabad @ the Beaches, Ponte Vedra.
The organization along with Atlantic Beach resident Linda Ginsberg requested the Menorah display next to a Christmas tree, which has long been part of holiday decorations at Town Center, a business district at the east end of Atlantic Boulevard.
“I think it's a milestone that we're lighting it on city property,” Gins
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By Caren Burmeister , Shorelines staff writer
Centuries-old principles about freedom of religion and its diverse symbols are at the core of a debate over displays at the Beaches' Town Center.
Chabad at the Beaches, a center for Jewish life based in Ponte Vedra Beach, recently got permission to put a 6-foot menorah candelabra near the Christmas tree at Town Center, a commercial district at the end of Atlantic Boulevard straddling the Atlantic Beach/Neptune Beach line.
Days later, Ponte Vedra Beach resident Ken Koenig asked the two Beaches cities to let him place a Nativity scene near the Town Center Christmas tree. On Tuesday, Koenig filed a lawsuit in federal court c |
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Chabad at the Beaches held its first Hard Lox Cafe Kosher Food Festival at the Hampton Inn at Jacksonville Beach on Nov. 20. The ethnic community festival wasn't reserved just for the Jewish community. In spite of heavy rain, it was packed with people of all religions eager to taste some wonderful kosher dishes. There was noodle kugel, potato latkes, falafel and schwarm, apple strudel, hamentashen and fried gefilte fish. Chef Dan Tuchmann of Epicurean Delight provided braided challah bread, coconut macaroons and Syrian sesame cookies called kaak.
Eli Vital (from left), Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky, Max Ervanian and Dan Tuchman were at the first kosher food festival sponsored by Chabad at the B |
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Shorelines staff writer
December is a Happy Holidays time of year and this year, Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky of Chabad at the Beaches, a center for Jewish life based in Ponte Vedra Beach, wants to include Hanukkah in area celebrations.
On Thursday, Kurinsky applied to Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach for permission to place a large menorah next to the Town Center Christmas tree at the foot of Atlantic Boulevard. He also applied for permission to host a two-hour menorah-lighting ceremony there, next to the Sea Turtle Inn, on Dec. 28.
The menorah, which Kurinsky is having built, will be about 7 feet tall and 6 feet wide. He filled out a special events application with Atl |
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By JEFF BRUMLEY,
The Times-Union
Finally, Frani Heilman said, she will understand the Hebrew prayers she recites with her rabbi and congregation, the ones calling God's people to repentance and atonement during the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, which begin this week. |
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