It’s a clear indicator that tourism is rebounding despite mounting worries of a new surge in hospitalizations from COVID-19. Miami International Airport set new records for Thanksgiving holiday travel despite growing concerns about the spread of the omicron variant. About 3.9 million passengers passed through security last month, a 6% rise from 3.7 million ticketed...
Friends of the Main Library in St. Augustine presents “Jews of Florida: Centuries of Stories,” a virtual–and virtually accessible–talk by Scholar Marcia Jo Zerivitz at 11 a.m. in celebration of the 200th anniversary of St. Johns County. The one-hour presentation is based on the author’s book on the history of Jews in Florida from colonial...
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...
Before the end of the year, Los Angeles school board members intend to announce the most consequential decision of their tenure — the hiring of a new superintendent. The job, considered to be one of the most challenging in public education, is being filled at a critical moment for the nation’s second-largest school district. The...
Police in Florida are searching for a suspect who was captured on CCTV while vandalizing a Jewish community center. The police department in the city of Homestead, which lies in Miami-Dade County, on Thursday released photos of the suspect who hung an antisemitic banner on the fence outside the Homestead Jewish Center early last Saturday...
Throughout the week, at least ten Hanukkah festivities were held in Gainesville Although the COVID-19 pandemic upended the communal aspects of Jewish life, Gainesville’s Jewish community was still able to celebrate the Festival of Lights in each other’s company throughout the week beginning with Nov. 28. Hanukkah, which is observed over an eight-day period, is...
Religiously observant Jewish tourists heading to Hollywood, Fla. are expected to soon have two kosher diet hotels located near a well-known tribal gaming property: the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. One kosher hotel is to be opened next October, across the street from the gaming venue. The Wyndham Dolce Kosher House is to include...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Detectives are searching for an anti-Semitic vandal who targeted a historic temple with a hostile message during Hannukah. The vandal used a marker to draw a swastika on a door at Temple Emanu-El at Washington Avenue and 17th Street in Miami Beach. A woman told police it happened between 11 p.m....
