- May 19, 2024
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Master of ceremonies Rabbi Rob Lennick stood on the Jerusalem Stage in Rockefeller Gardens and welcomed everyone to the eighth biennial Jewish Heritage Festival on Sunday, April 7.
In 2007, Murray Steinberg and his wife, Dr. Barbara Steinberg, went to a Jewish festival in Richmond, Virginia, and one in Melbourne, Florida. During his tenure as president of Temple Israel in 2006 and 2007, he formed a group named the Council of Temple Presidents with all of the synagogues in Volusia and Flagler Counties. He presented the idea of having a Jewish festival in the area and the members liked the idea.
“We decided it would instill a sense of pride in all of our children and families and bring us all together,” he said. “That was the miracle. We didn’t think we could get all of the synagogues together in one place and at one time. There were certain ones that wouldn’t go to ‘that synagogue’ or with ‘those people.’ It brought us all together.”
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