Meir Panim: Lighting Up Life for Israel’s Neediest Residents Across Israel, Meir Panim responds to the growing needs of the country’s 1.75 million impoverished residents through various food and social service programs.
Jewish After-School Celebrates Commencement
Posted on: June 21st, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaOver 200 parents and guests recently filled the Bal Harbour ballroom for the commencement dinner of the After School program of Chabad Hebrew School (CHS). The children, ages 5-12, performed “Around the Year,” singing songs about the Jewish holidays in 4 languages. South Florida is a melting pot of so many nationalities and Chabad Hebrew School is a mix of children from varied backgrounds.
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Chaya Aydel Seminary Adds Chassidic Discourses
Posted on: June 21st, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe Chaya Aydel Seminary has added the study of Hemshech Ayin Beis to its curriculum. Hemshech Ayin Beis is a lengthy series of discourses from the Rebbe Rashab. This past Shavuos marked 100th years since this series of maamorim began in the city of Lubavitch by the Rebbe Rashab, the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Ber Schneersohn (1860-1920).
It’s My Opinion: It’s All in the Attitude
Posted on: June 7th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe lobby of the doctor’s office was crowded. I slid over to accommodate an older gentleman, who was moving toward me. “Don’t worry,” he said, “my walker has a built-in seat, but I’ll sit next to you and be your guard!” He was dressed simply. His eyes were twinkling. His smile was wide.
‘Return to Auschwitz’ To Be Broadcast On WPBT2
Posted on: June 7th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaJoin three Holocaust survivors for an emotional visit to the nightmarish location they only barely survived, the place where they lost so many of the people they loved. WPBT2 will broadcast the special “March of the Living: Return to Auschwitz” on June 17 at noon and June 19 at 7:30 pm.
RASG Hebrew Academy Holds H.S. Graduation
Posted on: June 7th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy held its high school graduation on May 22. The lights were dimmed as the class of 2012 walked down the center aisle to the stage. The ceremony began with a blessing given to the parents and teachers of the 40 graduates.
Sheldon Lisbon Announces Candidacy For House District 100
Posted on: June 6th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaSheldon Lisbon, currently city commissioner of Surfside, has filed to run as a democrat in House District 100. The new district hugs the coastline and takes in many of the beachfront condos, home to mostly retirees from the Northeast United States.
It’s My Opinion: Chained: A New Technique To Solve An Old Problem
Posted on: May 29th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaFlorida congregational leader Rabbi Efrem Goldberg is using new technologies to combat an old problem within Jewish community.
The Bat Mitzvah Club: For A Unique Time In A Girl’s Life
Posted on: May 29th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe Bat Mitzvah Club is designed for Jewish girls as they approach their bat mitzvah birthday. A Jewish girl's bat mitzvah birthday reflects a major turning point in her life and this club emphasizes that a bat mitzvah is a process, not a self-contained event that transpires in one day.
Hebrew Academy Israel Trip – ‘It Was Life-Changing’
Posted on: May 29th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy is a religious Zionist school. It has been in existence for over 64 years and had never had an official school-sponsored trip to Israel. Until this year.
Seasons Of Respite Offers Relief
Posted on: May 29th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaMotherhood is often referred to as the hardest job in the world. For families thrown into the nightmare of pediatric illness, normal feelings of anxiety and worry become a daily reality. On Sunday, May 6, 20 mothers of seriously ill children exchanged the daily fear they experience for fun, connection, and friendship at a day “Just for Us” at Tigertail Lake in Dania, Florida.
Posted on: May 10th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe recent loss by the Knicks in game two of their playoff series with the Miami Heat resulted in more than the loss of a basketball game. In an explosive postgame meltdown, Knicks star Amare Stoudemire lost control and punched the glass case of a fire extinguisher. His outburst led to 15 stitches in his hand. Stoudemire left Miami bandaged up and wearing an arm sling.
Kosher Food Concession Stand Opens At Marlin Park
Posted on: May 10th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaMarlins Park, the new home of baseball’s Miami Marlins, has a kosher concession stand called Kosher Korner. The stand, an exciting accommodation to South Florida’s kosher crowd and visitors, has been met with great enthusiasm.
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Chabad Of South Broward Holds Siyum
Posted on: May 10th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaA siyum in honor of the conclusion of Seder Zeraim, the first of six orders of the Mishnah, was held on April 24, Iyar 2, at the Chabad of South Broward located in Hallandale Beach. The Mishnah is the basis of the Oral Torah. Zeraim deals primarily with agricultural laws.
Writing A Torah In Memory Of Rabbi Dovid Bryn
Posted on: May 10th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaHundreds of people gathered on Sunday, April 29, at Chabad Chayil Synagogue in Highland Lakes to pay tribute to South Florida’s Rabbi Dovid Bryn, z”l, and launch a project of writing a new Sefer Torah in honor of the rabbi’s 10th yahrzeit.
Posted on: April 26th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe days after Passover are referred to as sefirot, a semi-mourning period, marking a terrible plague that killed thousands of students of the great sage Rabbi Akiva. Tradition tells us that these deaths were the result of his students not being sufficiently respectful to each other.
Miami Hatzalah Recruiting Members
Posted on: April 26th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaMiami Hatzalah is looking for new members who work or live in the areas of Surfside, Bal Harbour or Bay Harbor and Aventura. The group recently held an open house presentation in Surfside to help accomplish this goal.
Achim Academy Students Perform In Pesach Drama
Posted on: April 26th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe Achim Academy Center for Education in North Miami Beach uses many unique approaches to teach its special students, and for Pesach a dramatic production in six scenes planted the important messages of the Torah in young minds.
It’s My Opinion: The Rush To Judgment
Posted on: April 5th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe occurrence has taken on disturbing overtones. The unfortunate youth has become a symbol of racial unrest. He has been called a “martyr for the cause.” It is, of course, possible that Trayvon’s race was a factor in this tragedy. But not every act of violence perpetrated against blacks is necessarily racially motivated, just as not every act of violence against Jews is necessarily fueled by anti-Semitism.
Surfside Welcomes New Commissioner Sheldon Lisbon
Posted on: April 5th, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaSheldon “Shelly” Lisbon was sworn in recently as a new commissioner in the town of Surfside, Florida.
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