by Rabbi Moishe KievmanChabad Chayil The 3rd of Tamuz, this year on Tuesday, July 9th, marks the 30th Hilula of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Known affectionately and simply as The Rebbe, he was probably the most influential rabbi in history. With his Shluchim emissaries dispatched to every corner of the world, his...
Miami-Dade County has notified the owner of an 80-acre Assurant office complex near Cutler Bay that it is backing out of a $160 million deal to buy the property and transform it into a new South Dade Government Center. A broker representing the campus’s owner, American Bankers Life Assurance — an insurance company that operates...
According to the organization, Porter Airlines will offer nonstop service to Toronto Pearson (YYZ). “Porter offers a unique travel experience with complimentary wine, beer and premium snacks for all passengers, free Wi-Fi and an enhanced catering menu with fresh, healthy meals,” they added. Follow PBI for more information on booking flights to Canada.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a spate of new laws that are scheduled to take effect on Monday. There is a measure that creates littering fines for kids and adults who release balloons into the sky, and another that prohibits local governments from setting rules meant to protect outside workers from the risks of extreme heat. A new...
According to data from the Anti-Defamation League, antisemitic incidents in the U.S. surged 360% after the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing war.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two bills into law on Monday aimed at strengthening protections against antisemitism and improving security measures at Jewish day schools and preschools across Florida. The first bill, House Bill 187, defines antisemitism in state statute in alignment with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s standards to include both physical and verbal acts against Jewish individuals...
A Florida man became the sixth attacker indicted in the brutal caught-on-camera beating of a Jewish man in Times Square in 2021, Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday. Salem Seleiman, 28, was arrested on a warrant on May 10 — nearly three years after he allegedly joined the hateful mob who pummeled victim Joseph Borgen during clashes between Israel...
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom, the latest move from a GOP-dominated Legislature pushing a conservative agenda under a new governor. The legislation that Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed into law on Wednesday requires a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily...
A Jewish-owned bagel shop in downtown Miami was vandalized over the weekend, prompting the mayor and a federal judge to assist in cleaning up on Monday. Graffiti with messages such as “Free Palestine” and “Stop Genocide” covered the front of Holy Bagels on Northwest 1st Street. Security cameras recorded the perpetrator spray-painting the shop’s windows...
The ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization has led to a marked increase in antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiments throughout the United States. Jewish Israeli activist and influencer Danielle Yablonka was recently at a local pharmacy in Lauderhill, Florida, when she witnessed a man reportedly hurling antisemitic insults at a Jewish man after...
