FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – Holocaust survivors shared their stories with high school students. Thursday, South Florida’s Holocaust Documentation and Education Center celebrated student awareness day in remembrance of the Holocaust. The interactive bullying program aims to combat racism and hatred with a message of love and peace. “Do not see that person as the...
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Panic at the airport as US family tries to board plane with souvenir artillery shell
Security clears Ben Gurion departure hall after tourists reveal unexploded munition in a suitcase; man sent to hospital after fleeing on luggage conveyor belt, falling off Panic broke out in the departure hall at Israel’s main airport on Thursday after a family of American tourists tried to board a plane with an artillery shell in...
May 2nd – 5th Free Kosher Meals Registration
Registration is now open for Free Kosher Meal Distribution next week at 11 pickup locations. Please click below to register. Boca Raton: Monday | North Dixie Fitness Plaza, 255 NE Spanish River Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33431 | 5:15 PM – 7:30 PM Coral Springs: Monday | Stefano’s Kosher, 9321 W Sample Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33065 | 4:00...
When this Cub walks up to the plate, ‘Thank You Hashem’ blasts across Wrigley Field
Fans have wondered if the journeyman outfielder, who posted a photo of himself wearing tzitzit, is Jewish When Rafael Ortega stepped up to the plate for the Chicago Cubs on Sunday, a few Jewish fans at Wrigley Field couldn’t believe their ears: the music Ortega had chosen to cue his at-bat was “Thank You Hashem,”...
Florida-based artist behind Taiwan JCC mural
While growing up, Mauricio Alberto Avayu Eidelstein spent a lot of time in his room in Santiago, Chile, focused on creating and materializing his inner world. Now 53 years old and an accomplished mural artist based in Aventura, Fla., Avayu is behind several large-scale murals and other highly-detailed works featured in buildings and exhibitions around...
Possible Salmonella Contamination: Strauss takes Elite chocolates off the shelf!
Strauss updated today (Monday) that routine tests conducted at Elite’s chocolate factory revealed a number of samples with salmonella on the factory production line and in chocolate used as a raw material to create products. Salmonella bacteria can cause intestinal disease manifested by fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. For sensitive populations the bacterium...
Packages with hateful messages appear in Boca Raton
BOCA RATON, FLA. (WSVN) – Residents in several communities in Boca Raton expressed concerns after they were hit by hate with recurring packages that have made their way throughout their neighborhoods. Residents living east of Northeast Fifth Avenue said many of them woke up Wednesday to plastic bags filled with antisemitic messaging littering their driveways....
Florida man cuts open arm, defaces Miami Holocaust memorial with his blood
A Florida man is accused of cutting his arm open and defacing a Holocaust memorial using his own blood in Miami Beach. Christopher Green, 44, was seen by several witnesses digging into his left forearm until it bled before he smeared the blood all over the wall of The Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami...
April 25th – 28th Free Kosher Meals Registration
Registration is now open for Free Kosher Meal Distribution next week at 11 pickup locations. Please click below to register. Boca Raton: Monday | North Dixie Fitness Plaza, 255 NE Spanish River Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33431 | 5:15 PM – 7:30 PM Coral Springs: Monday | Stefano’s Kosher, 9321 W Sample Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33065 | 4:00...
Florida’s property insurance crisis prompts DeSantis to call another special session [Miami Herald]
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the Florida Legislature will be called back for a second special session in May. The property insurance session will be the second special session called by DeSantis this year. The governor said he will sign a proclamation this week with more specifics — the same week the Legislature will meet for...