And yet, there are those who choose to focus narrowly on specific personal difficulties in order to encourage conflict, turn back Jewish history, and, ultimately, bring about incalculable suffering. By Dr. Shmuel Katz and Chaim Silberstein, Special to United with Israel Jerusalem Reunification Day, also known as Jerusalem Liberation Day, has come and gone –...
Housing Trust Group (HTG) has broken ground on University Station, a $100 million mixed-use development, in a public-private partnership with the City of Hollywood. The project will comprise 216 units of workforce housing, a 635-space parking garage, retail space and new home for Barry University College of Nursing and Health Services. All of University Station’s...
Rabbi Adam Miller was exiting a school board meeting in his city of Naples, Florida, when two men approached him in the parking lot. “Your prophet is not real, and Judaism is not a real religion,” they yelled at him, according to the subsequent police report. The rabbi recounted other colorful epithets, too: “Judaism is...
More drivers are going electric, causing the latest automotive industry disruptor, battery-powered cars, to eat up more market share of the auto industry in the last few years than ever before. But the sticker price on a new EV is still more than a new gasoline-powered car and driver anxiety around charging accessibility is still keeping most...
Dear Agudah Activist: The U.S.-Israel relationship is grounded in shared values and mutual interests. One way the ties between the two countries is manifest is in the significant travel that takes place for personal, family and business purposes, and of course for tourism. It is estimated that some 450,000 Israelis travel annually to the U.S.,...
About 15 people with flags displaying Nazi insignia gathered outside Walt Disney World theme park in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, as others displayed messaging in support of Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to the demonstration, which dissipated after about two hours with...
Rep. Fabián Basabe is proposing Miami Beach use an Israeli process to replace unsafe structures. Pinui Binui – “evacuation and construction” in Hebrew – removes tenants from outdated buildings and houses them elsewhere while developers demolish and erect new ones. Tenants then move into the new building, which can house more occupants. Basabe says it’s a “proven” policy...
A new report from Florida Auditor General Sherill Norman’s office cites numerous safety problems during the 2021-22 academic year in the Miami-Dade school district, including: – Just 37% of the district’s 18,200-plus employees completed required mental health assistance training. – An estimated 30% of safe-school officers could not prove they’d received proper training. – Miami-Dade may have violated state law by...
Democratic North Miami Beach Mayor Anthony DeFillipo, who has faced accusations of no longer living in the city, now faces stiff charges for voting illegally from within its bounds. State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said her office has evidence DeFillipo actually lives in Broward County and that he traveled to the city to cast ballots three times, breaking the law....
Florida has joined nine other states in a federal lawsuit challenging an overhaul of the National Flood Insurance Program, arguing the new system is flawed and will drive up premiums for many property owners. The lawsuit, led by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, was filed Thursday in the federal Eastern District of Louisiana against defendants...
