21-year-old who left a threatening voicemail with the World Jewish Congress and a local synagogue sentenced to six months in prison. A Florida man was sentenced to six months in prison on Thursday for leaving a threatening voicemail with the World Jewish Congress in New York City two weeks after Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, the...
A family plot at Eternal Light Memorial Gardens in Boynton Beach has a stranger buried in it. While not the fault of the soul trying to rest in peace, the cemetery double-sold the space and must move the remains, Stanton Schwartz and his wife, Susan Gad Schwartz, say in a lawsuit. Eternal Light wants to...
Why do you think the United States should create aRosenwald Schools National Park? Deadline to Submit: April 15, 2024 Contest Details The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience invites Middle School students to enter this year’s writing contest. This year’s theme is drawn from the Museum’s current special exhibition, “A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald,...
The birth and celebrations of the rabbi and his wife in welcoming their first child has been covered by the haredi press, with many rejoicing the rarity and significance of the birth. Rabbi Tzvi Kushlevsky, an esteemed head of a Jerusalemite yeshiva, has welcomed his first child at the age of 88, sources confirmed Sunday morning....
More than 8,000 plaintiffs, including 1,500 dual American-Israeli citizens and 6,500 Israelis, have filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia demanding permanent defunding of the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The plaintiffs are represented by attorneys Robert J. Tolchin in...
Students from the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center in Florida were forced to evacuate their school bus on Friday morning due to a potential bomb threat, according to local media reports. The threat had come in the form of a text message sent to one of the students, 7 News Miami reported. Authorities closed a...
On the steps of the Historic Capitol Thursday morning, Florida lawmakers voiced their support for Israel and vowed to make the state the safest place for Jewish people in the United States. “We stand with Israel and support their right to self defense in their fight against Hamas and remain committed to supporting them,” said Sen. Ana...
Every year, Nawal Abuhamdeh posts on social media that her Girl Scout troop is accepting cookie orders. But this year, she announced that her 10-year-old daughter and fellow troop members in St. Louis were instead selling handmade Palestinian-themed bracelets to raise money for Gazan children suffering the ravages of war. Abuhamdeh, 35, soon got an...
he families of hostages held in Gaza and their supporters are launching a four-day march from southern Israel to Jerusalem to demand their loved ones be set free. The march comes as negotiations are underway in Qatar to bring about a deal between Hamas and Israel that would lead to a cease-fire in exchange for...
On February 28th, 2024 the Highland Lakes community hosted the first Jewish Women Entrepreneur Expo. This event was beautifully set up and organized and was filled with positive energy.With tremendous enthusiasm and camaraderieover 70 women enjoyed an evening of achdut as they met and were able to network with amazing, unique, like minded women who...
