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Is Trader Joe’s Coming to Aventura?
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Is Trader Joe’s Coming to Aventura?

Nearly a decade ago, Miami got its first Trader Joe’s after many years of rumors. The vacation-themed grocery store opened in Pinecrest in October 2013. Since then, several more Trader Joe’s stores have opened in South Florida, including Miami Beach, Midtown Miami, Coral Gables, Davie, and Fort Lauderdale. There’s a rumor that Trader Joe’s will open a...

Miami-Dade offers relief for homeowners’ spiraling costs
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Miami-Dade offers relief for homeowners’ spiraling costs

Miami-Dade County this week announced a relief program will provide $1,500 in assistance to eligible Miami-Dade County homeowners hit by skyrocketing costs if they submit proof documenting their hardships. Acceptable documents are mortgage statement, homeowners insurance statements, homeowner or condo association fee statement or past due electric or water bills. To be eligible, applicants must...

Florida Congressmen Urge VA to Accommodate Burial Practice for Jewish Veterans
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Florida Congressmen Urge VA to Accommodate Burial Practice for Jewish Veterans

Last week, U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., sent a letter to U.S. Veterans Affairs Sec. Denis McDonough urging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to allow burials that are consistent with Jewish values, customs, and laws. As of now, there are significant hurdles for Jewish families to get accommodations at VA cemeteries. Under Jewish law,...

FAU Expands Jewish Studies, Human Rights Education
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FAU Expands Jewish Studies, Human Rights Education

Florida Atlantic University is expanding its Jewish Studies and Human Rights education thanks to a major donation. According to FAU, the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters has received a $1 million gift from Marilyn and Jay Weinberg that will support Holocaust, Jewish studies and human rights educational programs. In recognition of their gift,...

South Florida Legend Rabbi
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South Florida Legend Rabbi

by Rabbi Moishe Kievman Chabad Chayil Thursday, 6 Iyar – April 27, 5783 (2023), marks the 21st Yohrtzeit (anniversary of passing) of South Florida Legend, the beloved Rabbi Dovid Bryn zt”l, founder of Chabad Chayil & the California Club Shul. Mostly known for his unending acts of kindness and genuine love for every human being,...

Man arrested for attacking Chabad Jewish Center of Cape Coral
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Man arrested for attacking Chabad Jewish Center of Cape Coral

An arrest has been made in connection to attacking a Jewish place of worship in Cape Coral in March 2023 while worshipers were still inside. The Cape Coral Police Department arrested 51-year-old Maron Mark Raymond on Thursday evening for the attack made on March 11 at the Chabad Jewish Center of Cape Coral. “This was...

Antisemitic Acts Now a Felony
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Antisemitic Acts Now a Felony

FL Representative Mike Caruso files bill making hate acts or antisemitic messages a felony April 19, 2023 – Florida House Bill 269 will allow to prosecute any antisemitic crimes as a hate crime punishable as a third degree felony. HB269: Public Nuisances GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Caruso ; Fine...