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third-year Internal Medicine Clerkship.
Currently, he is a Co-Trustee for the
Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic
Trust, involved in the Arcadia Boys &
Girls Club, and serves on the Board of
Directors for All Star Children’s Foun-
dation and Arcadia All-Florida Cham-
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pionship Rodeo.
“We are so pleased that David and
Dean have agreed to serve on the JFCS Note from Congressman Vern Buchanan
board,” says JFCS Board Chair Dean
Miller. “They will undoubtedly make ___________________________________________________
significant contributions to our ongo-
ing efforts in serving our community.”
For more information, please con-
tact Arthur Lerman, Interim President/ his year has been extremely difficult for everyone. The COVID-19
CEO, at alerman@jfcs-cares.org or T
941.366.2224 x111. pandemic has put our health at risk, devastated our economy and

completely reshaped how we go about our daily lives. I want you to know
“These we honor” that we will get through this and that it is more important than ever that we be

Your Tributes kind to one another.

Unfortunately, the Coronavirus is not the only disease we’re combatting here

locally. The recent vandalism of Temple Sinai and Temple Emanu-El in

Sarasota is a stark reminder that anti-Semitism is ever-present and on the rise.

Swastikas painted on synagogue walls, the desecration of Jewish cemeteries and

bomb threats at Jewish Community Centers have tragically occurred far too

often in this country.

It’s abhorrent.

So how do we combat the stain of anti-Semitism? At the federal level, I am

working with Republicans and Democrats as a member of the Bipartisan Task

Force to Eliminate Anti-Semitism. Whether it’s co-sponsoring the NO HATE PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT

Act (H.R. 3545) to give law enforcement the tools they need to immediately

NOTE: To be publicly acknowledged report hate crimes or passing legislation (H.R. 943) to help educate students
in The Jewish News, Honor Cards
require a minimum $10 contribution about the horrors of the Holocaust, I believe we can never do too much to reject
per listing. You can send Honor Cards this hateful ideology. We also must address the disgraceful BDS movement
directly from www.jfedsrq.org. For
more information, call 941.552.6304. invading college campuses that seeks to delegitimize Israel.

Here in the Sarasota-Manatee region, we are fortunate to have what I consider

to be the best Jewish Federation in the state and country. The selfless work that

Howard Tevlowitz, Randon Carvel, Jessi Sheslow, Ilene Fox and so many others

put in to help strengthen and educate our community is unrivaled. Frankly, I’m

a better representative because of it.

In the words of Anne Frank: “What is done cannot be undone, but one can

prevent it happening again.”

Truer words have never been spoken.

Vern

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