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May 16th – 19th Free Kosher Meals Registration
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May 16th – 19th 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 – 7:30 PM  Coral Springs: Monday | Stefano’s Kosher, 9321 W Sample Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33065 | 4:00 – 5:00PM ...

A Message From Hatzalah
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A Message From Hatzalah

Medical emergencies, as seen in the video below, happen every single day in our South Florida communities. As global Hatzalah’s come together for the third annual HatzalahThon, we’re grateful for the strong partnership between our volunteers and supporters that enables us to save lives daily. We now turn to you, our communities, locals, snowbirds and visitors...

Nikki Fried announces emergency gas rule aimed at lowering prices
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Nikki Fried announces emergency gas rule aimed at lowering prices

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Nikki Fried issued an emergency rule Wednesday morning which she said will increase the gas supply throughout the state and help lower prices. The rule, which Fried announced at a Tampa news conference, will allow gas stations to sell gasoline containing 15% denatured anhydrous ethanol, or...

Miami Marks 20th Yahrtzeit of Beloved Rabbi Dovid Bryn
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Miami Marks 20th Yahrtzeit of Beloved Rabbi Dovid Bryn

A Torah scroll will honor rabbi who passed away at 40 The Chabad Chayil community in North Miami Beach, Fla., marked the 20th yahrtzeit(anniversary of passing)last week of its founder, Rabbi Dovid Bryn, who passed away in 2002 at age 40 after suffering from Marfan syndrome, a rare disorder that affects the body’s connective tissue....

Bows and Arrows of Love
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Bows and Arrows of Love

by Rabbi Moishe KievmanChabad Chayil Lag BaOmer is a festive day on the Jewish calendar, celebrating the anniversary of the passing of the great sage and mystic Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. Also known as the Rashbi (an acronym for his name), he was the author of the Zohar, a foundational work of the Kabbalah, who...

Jewish gangsters once took on Nazis in the streets of NYC
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Jewish gangsters once took on Nazis in the streets of NYC

In 1938, New York City had a Nazi problem.  At the time, there were about 12 million German immigrants in the US, and most were happily assimilating. But about 1 in 500 were members of the German-American Bund, a national organization that avidly supported Adolf Hitler and pledged allegiance to Germany.  Its literature called the...