Yesterday I went to a Yom Hashoah memorial service.  I received an ID card, #3034.  The name on the card was Curt Egon Rosenberg, 6/4/15.  He was born in Goettingen, Germany.  He was the eldest of 3 children born in that famous university city in Germany.  The family owned a linen factory.  Curt's granfather founded the factory. 

Curt attended public school and the one synagogue in the city.  In 1933, the Nazis came to power.  A year later, they seized the linen factory and the family…

Today Ann Cook and I had the honor of attending Yom Hashoah at Beth El Synagogue.  For those who do not know, Yom Hashoah is the Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration.  It is an annual event and is  supported by the rabbis, cantors and congregations of the community and the Jewish Federation of Jacksonville.  Different synagogues host the event and this year Beth El was the host.

The purpose of today's program was for a new generation to pledge to never forget.  The members of the…

Local controversy centers on voter registration

Dear Editor, A rather odd thing happened in Ponte Vedra recently — at least odd for Ponte Vedra.

Four women went to the post office to meet with the current postmaster and discuss plans for registering voters prior to the upcoming elections.

Although we may have…