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What does Spirit-Frontier merger mean for South Florida?
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What does Spirit-Frontier merger mean for South Florida?

DANIA BEACH, Fla. – In a team-up that could be a game-changer, Frontier Airlines and Spirit are planning a $6.6 billion merger, creating a budget carrier that would become the fifth largest airline in the United States, behind American, Delta, United and Southwest. What it all means for Miramar-based Spirit and South Florida air travel...

All the Jewish athletes to watch at the 2022 Beijing Olympics
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All the Jewish athletes to watch at the 2022 Beijing Olympics

Despite the continuing COVID chaos and the mounting protests about China’s human rights record, the 2022 Beijing Olympics are proceeding on schedule, just six months after the delayed Tokyo games — and we have your guide to the Jewish athletes who are on their way. In Tokyo, dozens of Jewish athletes competed, and many clinched...

3 Arrested After Passerby Attacked by Neo-Nazis in Orlando
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3 Arrested After Passerby Attacked by Neo-Nazis in Orlando

Three people have been arrested days after a Jewish passerby was attacked by a group of self-proclaimed neo-Nazis who yelled antisemitic slogans outside a central Florida shopping plaza over the weekend, authorities said Friday. Group leader Burt Colucci, 45, and Joshua Terrell, 46, are each charged with battery with a hate crime enhancement, while Jason Brown, 47,...

February 7th -10th Free Kosher Meals Registration
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February 7th -10th Free Kosher Meals Registration

Registration is now open for Free Kosher Meal Distribution next week at 11 pickup locations. Registration will close on Sunday at 4 PM. 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...

Sheriff: Charges coming for Neo-Nazi’s accused of attacking Jewish UCF student
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Sheriff: Charges coming for Neo-Nazi’s accused of attacking Jewish UCF student

ORLANDO, Fla. – Arrests could happen soon after a University of Central Florida student says he was attacked by a Neo-Nazi group in Waterford Lakes over the weekend. Orange County Sheriff John Mina says charges are forthcoming for three people. While legal experts say hate speech is protected, things like threats and assaults can land...

New Billboards Remind South Floridians That “Jew Hate” Is Wrong
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New Billboards Remind South Floridians That “Jew Hate” Is Wrong

Adolf Hitler has been dead for almost 77 years, and yet we’re still dealing with people hating on Jewish people. Locally, anti-Semitic leaflets about the “COVID AGENDA” were strewn across Miami Beach and Surfside earlier this month, and a few dozen swastika-sporting, slur-spouting demonstrators descended on the Orlando area this past weekend. While some local...

ABC suspends Whoopi Goldberg from ‘The View’ for ‘hurtful’ Holocaust comments
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ABC suspends Whoopi Goldberg from ‘The View’ for ‘hurtful’ Holocaust comments

Network tells co-host to take a two-week break ‘to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments’; move comes despite apologies for saying Nazi genocide ‘not about race’ Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from her role as co-host of ABC’s popular “The View” talk show after an uproar over her comments in which she...