Dr. Shmuel Katz overviews global shifts in power, both economically and politically, and analyzes the implications of these changes. Opinion The world is going through a very challenging period due to various factors that are enhancing existing undercurrents and allowing them to boil over and impact many people. The perceived weakness of the current US...
Natan Levy says after fight that he will auction off his equipment to donate to Holocaust survivors An Israeli mixed martial artist secured his first win in the top-level Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday night, defeating his opponent with a unanimous judges’ decision in Las Vegas. Natan Levy, 30, is the only Israeli competing in...
Jews are pouring into south Florida by the thousands, remaking themselves and the area into one of the best places in the world for Jews to live. What’s driving this astonishing renaissance? “Are you from New York?” asks a middle-aged woman with a thick Brooklyn accent as she cuts through the aisles of the kosher...
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Yom Ha’Shoah is Hebrew for Holocaust Remembrance Day, and this year it has added meaning as incidents of antisemitism continue to rise. “My father is a Holocaust survivor he lost his parents, his two brothers and sister in the concentration camp,” Dina Bensimon said. Bensimon and her family were visiting the Holocaust...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Holocaust survivors shared their stories with high school students on Thursday for Holocaust Remembrance Day. They were invited to the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale. Local 10 News Michael Putney was also on hand as a guest speaker, and he interviewed the director of a human right’s group that...
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – Holocaust survivors shared their stories with high school students. Thursday, South Florida’s Holocaust Documentation and Education Center celebrated student awareness day in remembrance of the Holocaust. The interactive bullying program aims to combat racism and hatred with a message of love and peace. “Do not see that person as the...
Security clears Ben Gurion departure hall after tourists reveal unexploded munition in a suitcase; man sent to hospital after fleeing on luggage conveyor belt, falling off Panic broke out in the departure hall at Israel’s main airport on Thursday after a family of American tourists tried to board a plane with an artillery shell in...
Registration is now open for Free Kosher Meal Distribution next week at 11 pickup locations. Please click below to register. Boca Raton: Monday | North Dixie Fitness Plaza, 255 NE Spanish River Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33431 | 5:15 PM – 7:30 PM Coral Springs: Monday | Stefano’s Kosher, 9321 W Sample Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33065 | 4:00...
Fans have wondered if the journeyman outfielder, who posted a photo of himself wearing tzitzit, is Jewish When Rafael Ortega stepped up to the plate for the Chicago Cubs on Sunday, a few Jewish fans at Wrigley Field couldn’t believe their ears: the music Ortega had chosen to cue his at-bat was “Thank You Hashem,”...
While growing up, Mauricio Alberto Avayu Eidelstein spent a lot of time in his room in Santiago, Chile, focused on creating and materializing his inner world. Now 53 years old and an accomplished mural artist based in Aventura, Fla., Avayu is behind several large-scale murals and other highly-detailed works featured in buildings and exhibitions around...
