Dear friends, Unfortunately, a dear friend of ours lost her son to a sudden heart attack. He was a wonderful son, loving husband and father of 3 beautiful children; 8-year-old Eliezer Eliyahu, 6-year-old Rahel and 4-year-old Yaacov Menahem. Yosef, as we all knew him, was orphaned very young and had to go out into the...
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Concert at Yeshiva Elementary School by Mordechai Shapiro
Yeshiva Elementary School presents Pre-Chanukah Concert by Mordechai Shapiro on 13.12.22
Florida’s DeSantis: West Bank is ‘disputed,’ not occupied by Israel
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is considered a leading candidate for the 2024 United States presidential election, defended the right of Jews to live in their Biblical homeland of Judea and Samaria and reiterated that he does not consider these territories to be “occupied” during a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) political conference...
Miami-Dade Officer Arrested on DUI Charges in Marked Police Car in Hollywood
Leopold Louis, 42, was arrested Sunday on charges including DUI and DUI with property damage, Broward County jail records showed A Miami-Dade Police officer was in his marked car when he was arrested on DUI charges in Hollywood, officials said. Leopold Louis, 42, was arrested Sunday on charges including DUI and DUI with property damage,...
Adelson Family Withdrawing Most of Its Support From Birthright
Sharp drop in donations, coupled with higher costs, forces the flagship program, which brings U.S. Jews to Israel, to cut out thousands of participants next year The Adelson family is pulling its money out of Birthright, forcing deep cutbacks in the popular program that brings tens of thousands of young Jewish adults to Israel each...
Waterfront Bal Harbour mansion sells for $28M
A waterfront Bal Harbour mansion traded for $27.8 million, more than twice its sale price nearly a decade ago. Moonbeam Capital Investments FL LLC, led by Alex Levin and Tair Yakubov, sold the nearly 13,000-square-foot, eight-bedroom estate at 182 Bal Bay Drive, property records show. A land trust bought the Bal Harbour mansion. The 0.7-acre...
NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket is go for launch on Nov. 16. Here’s how to watch it live.
Liftoff of NASA’s $4.1 billion mega moon rocket is set for Nov. 16 at 1:04 a.m. EST (0604 GMT). CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The countdown has begun for the launch of NASA’s beleaguered Artemis 1 moon mission. Despite some concerns over the damage the $4.1-billion-dollar Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle and Orion spacecraft experienced due...
Power outage at 17-story Miami building continues for nearly a week
Elevators at a 17-story building in Miami haven’t been working for nearly a week at the Santa Clara buildings in Allapattah ALLAPATTAH, Fla. – The latest power outage at the 17-story apartment building in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood began on Nov. 8 and continued on Monday night. Without working elevators, air conditioners, or refrigerators, Humberto Salas...
Contaminated water plaguing Southwest Florida shores
NAPLES, Fla. — Red tide blooms have been spotted along the Southwest Florida coast. Photos released by Calusa Waterkeeper show a contrast in the waters of Naples and Sanibel. According to Calusa Waterkeeper, it appears to be a combination of red tide and other phytoplankton species. These organisms are responsible for color variation. These images...
Israeli F-35 jets escort US bombers in show of force to Iran
Stealth fighters fly alongside B-52 strategic bombers moving through Israeli airspace as they head back from Persian Gulf Israeli F-35i fighter jets escorted two American B-52 bombers through Israeli airspace on Thursday, in an apparent show of force to Iran amid tensions in the region. The bombers, assigned to the US Central Command, were heading...