Dr. Howard Saul, 67, a beloved Chabad community doctor from Cherry Hill, NJ, passed away tragically on Friday. He went missing while scuba diving in Hollywood Beach, Florida, and was searched for by the US Coast Guard and Hatzalah South Florida. Board certified in gynecologic oncology, he spent 20 years treating women with cancer in...
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Man Arrested in Aventura Shul
A muslim guy who was pretending to be an observant jew was caught with a knife in his bag Wednesday night at Netiv Ezra in the Highland Lakes section of Aventura by police.
Man helps save woman aboard JetBlue flight after she suffers mid-air medical emergency
A passenger aboard a flight from New York City to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is being credited with saving a fellow passenger’s life after she experienced a medical emergency. The routine JetBlue flight from LaGuardia Airport to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport took a terrifying turn when a woman suddenly fainted in the aisle as the crew was handing out drinks....
Jewish Cultural Center opens in Naples
The Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center opened January 15th in Naples. Set on Pine Ridge Road east of Route 75, the building is 20,000 square feet and two stories high. The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples says that it will serve as “a gathering place for the greater Naples Jewish community,” which they say is...
Heat home redubbed ‘Miami-Dade Arena’ as county renews naming sponsor search after FTX debacle
The home of the Miami Heat will temporarily be called “Miami-Dade Arena” as the search for a more permanent naming sponsor commences. Miami-Dade County and the Heat announced the placeholder name in a joint statement two days after a federal Judge ruled the county could terminate its deal with bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. FTX tanked in November...
40 Promising American, Israeli and UAE Executives Gather in Dubai to Further Abraham Accords
T3 Leadership Program for young leaders in the Middle East is an initiative of Birthright Israel Excel and the organization’s Young Executive Forum, in cooperation with the Aviram Foundation and UAE-IL Tech Zone. Forty young, promising executives from the United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates, ages 28 to 35, gathered here this past...
Painting the Torah: An Interview with Jewish-Chilean Artist Mauricio Avayu
For thousands of years, from the days when the Torah was transmitted to Jewish communities through letters meticulously inscribed by hand on bulky parchment scrolls, to the present day, when you can swipe through and instantly hyperlink to passages on your smartphone at the touch of a finger, Jews have interacted with the stories of...
Miami-Dade spending over $175 million on fleet of new electric busses
Miami-Dade County is spending tens of millions of dollars on a fleet of new battery-powered buses. However, the company commissioned to build those buses has had a host of issues this year. Traffic-escaping, cleaner, bigger electric busses have been the plan. One hundred, 60-foot buses were approved Tuesday in a consent-agenda bulk vote, with no...
Supreme Court Set Expand Workers Rights for Shabbat
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to rule on extending federal civil rights law to protect workers who seek to take time off for religious observances. The justices voted to hear an appeal from an evangelical Christian and former postal worker who was disciplined and eventually quit because he refused to deliver packages on Sundays. His...
Jewish Federation of Greater Naples celebrates opening of the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center
The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples will celebrate the grand opening of the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center with a public celebration and tours on Jan. 15 beginning at 1 p.m. at 4720 Pine Ridge Rd. in Naples. The 20,000-square-foot, two-story center is designed to be a gathering place for the greater Naples Jewish community...