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Joanie Holzer Schirm

Jun 19, 2016, 1:05 AM

From Orlando with Love and a Wish for a Peaceful World

In Israel, where hatred-induced violence can occur at any minute, we in Orlando now better understand in a much more profound manner what is at stake in this world. We’ve witnessed first-hand 49 deaths and 53 gravely injured -- young adults...

Jun 8, 2016, 1:22 AM

Not Only to Care, But to Care Enough to Act

As I read Anne Joseph’s article about Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg’s discovery of his aunt’s correspondence of a family lost in the Holocaust, I was reminded of how this is happening daily around the world to we whose families were...

About Me

Joanie Holzer Schirm is an award-winning author, activist, sought-after public speaker and retired Orlando, Florida award-winning businesswoman. She gained international attention as the Orlando chairman of FIFA's World Cup 1994 and nine years later as the winner of the Global Ebook Award for Best Biography.