Good jobs, cheap housing and a unique school choice program have many families heading south. What would motivate a Hasidic rabbi and his followers to leave a Brooklyn enclave where they’ve lived for generations and establish a quickly growing community in Wimauma, Fla., a semi-rural area near Tampa Bay? The same reasons that have led...
A Chabad rabbi tells the story behind the pictures Record scratchFreeze frame Yup, that’s me. The Chabad rabbi dressed like Elvis reading a ketubah. If you know me, you know that I am most often seen in the uniform of a typical Chabad rabbi: button-down shirt, dress coat and a black hat. When I want...
Zoo officials said they don’t plan to pursue criminal charges against the injured man A man was injured by a jaguar at a Florida zoo after climbing over a barrier and moving too close to the animal’s enclosure, officials said. The attack occurred Wednesday at the Range of the Jaguar display at the Jacksonville Zoo...
Surfside police opened an investigation after building records potentially holding clues about the Champlain Towers South collapse appeared to go missing from the town’s rented storage facility, according to a police report obtained by the Miami Herald. Police focused their inquiry on former building official Ross Prieto, who was criticized in the wake of the collapse after...
Reza Baluchi told the coast guard he was headed 1,000 miles north in a running wheel contraption but ended up 30 miles south A Florida man startled beachgoers when he washed ashore inside a hybrid bubble-running wheel device. The man, identified by a local news channel as Reza Baluchi, washed ashore in Flagler county on...
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (WSVN) – Florida officials have issued a concerning warning to residents after, they said, the state’s unemployment benefits website was targeted by hackers. Officials said the hackers may have accessed sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and even bank account numbers. Officials said nearly 58,000 people may be victims...
The Hughes brothers of Orlando, Florida have become the first American family to have three siblings drafted in the first round JTA — Luke Hughes has become the third brother in his hockey-playing Jewish family to be drafted in the first round of the NHL Draft. The New Jersey Devils picked the 17-year-old defenseman fourth...
The city of Aventura could soon becomethe first in Florida to require that condo associations hand over any engineering, architectural, and life-safety reports they conduct to the city. A measure passed unanimously Thursday on first reading by Aventura Mayor Enid Weisman and six commissioners takes aim at transparency and condo safety in the wake of...
