by Rabbi Moishe Kievman Hundreds of curious Jews will be streaming into Miami, Florida, for the eighteenth National Jewish Retreat, which will run at Miami’s Doral Hotel from August 14 to August 18. Seventy speakers will deliver one hundred and fifty talks on intriguing Jewish topics over five days. This is a unique opportunity for...
Chris Summerlin, dean of students at the University of Florida in Gainesville, chose not to offer slap-on-the-wrist penalties to pro-Hamas protesters arrested on campus on April 29. Instead, Summerlin applied multiple-year suspensions of some students, the most severe penalty short of expulsion. The students in question will need to reapply should they wish to continue their education...
The Florida Department of Health warned Saturday that the bacterial levels in tested water samples showed swimming at two public beach parks in Miami-Dade County posed health risks. The public health agency warned against water-related activities at Haulover Beach Southalong Collins Avenue in Miami Beach,and Crandon Park North along Crandon Boulevard near Key Biscayne and Virginia Key....
In secretive hearings, the University of Florida set aside recommendations to lightly punish some of the college students arrested after pro-Palestinian protests on campus and instead kicked them all out of school for three to four years. The decisions by the new dean of students, Chris Summerlin, overruled what were effectively sentencing recommendations by the juries, known...
Police on Tuesday arrested a man who they say vandalized a downtown Miami bagel and pizza shop by spray-painting anti-Israel graffiti on the building last month. A police officer stopped Kenneth Guerrero, 28, around 9:15 a.m. at Northwest Second Avenue and First Street Tuesday because he fit the description of a man seen in security...
The ransomware group is threatening to release 100 gigabytes of department data unless the state pays up.
by Rabbi Moishe KievmanChabad Chayil The 3rd of Tamuz, this year on Tuesday, July 9th, marks the 30th Hilula of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Known affectionately and simply as The Rebbe, he was probably the most influential rabbi in history. With his Shluchim emissaries dispatched to every corner of the world, his...
Miami-Dade County has notified the owner of an 80-acre Assurant office complex near Cutler Bay that it is backing out of a $160 million deal to buy the property and transform it into a new South Dade Government Center. A broker representing the campus’s owner, American Bankers Life Assurance — an insurance company that operates...
According to the organization, Porter Airlines will offer nonstop service to Toronto Pearson (YYZ). “Porter offers a unique travel experience with complimentary wine, beer and premium snacks for all passengers, free Wi-Fi and an enhanced catering menu with fresh, healthy meals,” they added. Follow PBI for more information on booking flights to Canada.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a spate of new laws that are scheduled to take effect on Monday. There is a measure that creates littering fines for kids and adults who release balloons into the sky, and another that prohibits local governments from setting rules meant to protect outside workers from the risks of extreme heat. A new...
