Category: South Florida

Home News South Florida
Israel to provide COVID vaccines for Holocaust survivors around the world
Post

Israel to provide COVID vaccines for Holocaust survivors around the world

“We have the privilege to provide them with protection against the coronavirus. This is the moral order that every Jew carries in his heart – to make sure that they never walk alone.” Israel will work to provide coronavirus vaccinations for Holocaust survivors both in Israel and in the Diaspora, the Diaspora Affairs Ministry announced....

Florida Congresswoman Will Plant Israeli Flag Outside Office In Message To Israel Critic Tlaib
Post

Florida Congresswoman Will Plant Israeli Flag Outside Office In Message To Israel Critic Tlaib

US Congresswoman Kat Cammack said Wednesday on Twitter that she will hang an Israeli flag outside her congressional office, as a message to her Michigan counterpart Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a sharp critic of the Jewish state. “Rep. Tlaib, who has an office right next to mine in DC, has some strong opinions about Israel that...

Anti-Semitism Seen In Capitol Insurrection Raises Alarms In Jewish Communities Around America
Post

Anti-Semitism Seen In Capitol Insurrection Raises Alarms In Jewish Communities Around America

Photographs captured a man in the crowd of the Capitol Insurrection wearing a shirt emblazoned with “Camp Auschwitz.” Two white nationalists known for racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric livestreamed to their online followers after breaking into the Capitol during the deadly insurrection. A video circulated on social media showed a man harassing an Israeli journalist who...

Drive-Thru Food Distribution Event Thursday Morning in Miami-Dade County
Post

Drive-Thru Food Distribution Event Thursday Morning in Miami-Dade County

A drive-thru food distribution event is being held Thursday morning amid economic hardship brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The drive-thru site at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation opened at 9 a.m. In addition to packages containing non-perishable food products, bread, and locally grown fruits and vegetables, kosher meat will also be available to residents....

Turning Lament to Laughter
Post

Turning Lament to Laughter

Two Florida Chabad Centers open playgrounds in memory of school shooting victims Two state-of-the-art playgrounds are opening at neighboring Chabad centers in Coral Springs and Parkland, Florida, each dedicated to one of the seventeen victims of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland.  The first, Meadow’s Playground at Chabad of Coral Springs,...

Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Miami Hard Rock Stadium is Opening as the First State-Supported Vaccination and Testing Site
Post

Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Miami Hard Rock Stadium is Opening as the First State-Supported Vaccination and Testing Site

Miami Gardens, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Hard Rock Stadium is opening as the first state operated COVID-19 drive-thru vaccination site. The Miami Hard Rock site began administering the first doses of the vaccine today as a soft launch and will open fully on Friday, January 8. Watch the Governor’s announcement by clicking HERE....

Store Closed This Thursday/Friday
Post

Store Closed This Thursday/Friday

Stores Closed This Thursday/Friday ThursdayBJ’s – 6 PMCostco – 5 PMPresidente – 9:45PMPublix – 7 PMThe Fresh Market – 7 PMTrader Joe’s – 6:00pmWalgreens – OpenWalmart – 6 PM Closed FridayBJ’s – ClosedCostco – ClosedPresidente – 7:00AM-6:00PMPublix – ClosedThe Fresh Market – ClosedTrader Joe’s – ClosedWalgreens – OpenWalmart – Closed All Kosher stores will have...