The final result wasn’t pretty for Israel, but it almost didn’t matter. This night belonged to Jacob Steinmetz. The 19-year-old Woodmere, New York, native and the first Orthodox Jew to be drafted into Major League Baseball, Steinmetz was the starting pitcher for Team Israel against the Dominican Republic Tuesday in a 10-0 loss in the World...
Chabad Jewish center in Cape Coral was attacked Saturday afternoon
With seven nominations for his most personal film ever, this could have been Steven Spielberg’s biggest year at the Academy Awards. But the hot-dog fingers had other plans. “The Fabelmans,” the director’s highly personal dramatization of his Jewish upbringing, didn’t win a single one of the Oscars it was nominated for Sunday night Spielberg’s autobiographical opus...
A new FBI report found that anti-Jewish incidents increased nearly 20% in 2021 relative to 2020, but decreased relative to prior years. The updated FBI statistics released Monday counted 817 anti-Jewish criminal offenses reported by local law enforcement agencies in 2021, up from 683 in 2020 — a year when people largely stayed off the...
Police make multiple arrests, continue to crackdown on illegal street racing
A Santa Rosa County commissioner apologized publicly Thursday for a slur he used against Jewish people. A resident played video at the commission’s Monday meeting that showed Commissioner Sam Parker say, “We’ve got to Jew you down a little bit” as he entered a Milton business. Several people were upset and called for Parker to resign....
Miami-Dade County condominium owners facing special assessment payments for structural repairs to their building can seek help through the county’s newly launched loan program. The program allows owners earning less than the area median income — which is $95,620 for singles and $109,200 for couples — to qualify for a zero percent interest rate loan...
After spending her early childhood in Venezuela, it was not always easy for Gabriella Koenig to feel connected to the Jewish community she grew up around in Miami. “When I moved from Venezuela, I had to leave behind the whole community and my friends. Living in a new place, it was difficult to meet and...
On Feb. 17, a man dressed in a gawdy yellow and blue floral outfit with a lei around his neck, along with many others from his group walked up and down Sand Lake Road in front of Chabad of South Orlando for three and a half hours shouting through a megaphone to people who were...
Funeral of the Boyer Neshomas will be Sunday: March 5th @ 2:00 pm at Beth Israel Cemetery 305 S 35th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85009. Steve (Shalom) Boyer will be sitting shiva at 5836 N 4th Place. Will keep you posted on the times. Please continue to pray for a miraculous recovery for Tamar Tzadika bat...
