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“Heartbroken”: Weston Jewish Leaders React to Recent Anti-Semitic Incidents
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“Heartbroken”: Weston Jewish Leaders React to Recent Anti-Semitic Incidents

On the morning of Oct. 5, during the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, residents of a community in the City of Weston awoke to disturbing anti-Semitic and racial slurs graffitied across their neighborhood. Scrawled across sidewalks and public bathroom walls in the manicured community in Broward County’s westernmost city were large swastikas and the phrase “kill...

President Biden Visiting South Florida
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President Biden Visiting South Florida

Please be advised that President Biden will be visiting our South Florida Area today. As a result, A1A will be closed early this afternoon and US1 will be experiencing heavy traffic. In addition, US1 and Hallandale Blvd will be closed from 4:00PM – 6:00PM. All traffic will be diverted to Dixie Hwy. These times are...

Antisemitic messages appear on side of Jacksonville stadium, highway overpass
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Antisemitic messages appear on side of Jacksonville stadium, highway overpass

MIAMI – Officials in Jacksonville condemned multiple antisemitic messages that appeared in public spaces this weekend including a football stadium, highway overpass, and a downtown building. An antisemitic message referencing rapper Kanye West was seen scrolling on the outside of TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville during the Georgia-Florida college football game on Saturday. In the...

Early Voting Has Begun Absentee Ballots Due Nov 8
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Early Voting Has Begun Absentee Ballots Due Nov 8

Early Voting has begun and it’s a great way to vote without having to wait in line on election day. Scroll Down for early voting locations and times. If you haven’t yet returned your Absentee Ballot, please complete, sign, and return it promptly, as it must arrive by Election Day. You can also drop it...

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Ex-Moscow chief rabbi calls on Russia Jews to flee after top official attacks Chabad

Community finds itself in the crosshairs after Russian national security official calls Hasidic sect, the largest Jewish movement in the former Soviet Union, a supremacist cult. Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt delivers a speech in Paris, France on Oct. 10, 2018. (Conference of European Rabbis via JTA)   Former chief rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt on Thursday...

3 men damage ‘sacred’ Jewish structure at Miami University’s Hillel: VIDEO
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3 men damage ‘sacred’ Jewish structure at Miami University’s Hillel: VIDEO

OXFORD, Ohio (WXIX) – Three people are caught on surveillance camera upending a Jewish religious structure outside the Hillel building at Miami University. It happened on Oct. 15 around 3 a.m., according to an Oxford PD incident report. The Hillel building is located on Walnut Street a block West of Campus Avenue and a block...

The Times of Israel: Ex-Moscow chief rabbi calls on Russia Jews to flee after top official attacks Chabad
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The Times of Israel: Ex-Moscow chief rabbi calls on Russia Jews to flee after top official attacks Chabad

Ex-Moscow chief rabbi calls on Russia Jews to flee after top official attacks Chabad Community finds itself in the crosshairs after Russian national security official calls Hasidic sect, the largest Jewish movement in the former Soviet Union, a supremacist cult Former chief rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt on Thursday called on Russian Jews to flee...

Groundbreaking Announced For Waldorf Astoria, Miami’s First Ever Supertall: New Details
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Groundbreaking Announced For Waldorf Astoria, Miami’s First Ever Supertall: New Details

A groundbreaking ceremony is planned this week for Waldorf Astoria Miami, the first ever supertall in the city, and new details of the construction process have been revealed. A formal groundbreaking ceremony will take place on October 27, but construction is actually already underway. The tower will rise 100 stories and 1,049 feet, making it...