Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
RASG Hebrew Academy Prepares For Chanukah
Posted on: December 15th, 2011
Sections → CommunityRASG Hebrew Academy will celebrate Chanukah in unique style for each of the eight days of the holiday. Every day (From December 21-December 28), students will light the chanukiah (menorah) at morning assembly together in the Hebrew Academy Auditorium at 8:00 am.
It’s My Opinion: Protests And P.C.
Posted on: December 5th, 2011
Sections → Community → South FloridaI am shocked by the response to the “Occupy” movements in cities all over the United States. “Occupy Miami” recently joined what seems to be a loosely connected fellowship, improvising a day-to-day agenda promoting negativity. The only unifying goal seems to be a hatred of America, work and soap.
Hospitality Suite/Shabbat Room At Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Posted on: December 5th, 2011
Sections → Community → South FloridaBikur Cholim of South Palm Beach County has announced that the new Jewish Hospitality Suite and Shabbat Room for family members of patients at Boca Raton Regional Hospital is now open.
Miami International Conference On Torah And Science
Posted on: December 5th, 2011
Sections → Community → South FloridaHow does the brain age? Where is the soul and how does one connect with it when the brain is failing? Does memory loss or mind deterioration diminish the quality of an internal spiritually meaning life?
PJ Library To Celebrate Chanukah At December 4 Festival
Posted on: December 5th, 2011
Sections → Community → South FloridaJust in time for Chanukah, more than 1,200 families in Broward County are starting to receive free Jewish children’s books thanks to PJ Library, an international award-winning literacy program that delivers Jewish heritage to children, one book at a time.
Florida Seminary Celebrates Decade of Training Future Shluchos
Posted on: December 5th, 2011
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe Chaya Aydel Seminary is celebrating its tenth year. The school, in Hallandale Beach, Florida, is known around the world.
Bar Ilan University Makes Key Stop In South Florida
Posted on: December 5th, 2011
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe founder and director of a new gap year program at Bar Ilan University has made South Florida a key stop on a tour of North America promoting the new program that is intended to buck the trend in falling gap year numbers.
Miami Emunah Chapter Presents: Our Law And Order
Posted on: December 5th, 2011
Sections → Community → South FloridaMiami Chapter of Emunah of America will be holding a delightful thought-provoking evening on Saturday evening, December 10.
It’s My Opinion: Land For Peace And Other Thanksgiving Myths
Posted on: November 16th, 2011
In Print → From the PaperIt’s that time of year again. Turkey, sweet potato casserole and a harsh lesson in the reality of “land for peace” deals…
Students of Lubavitch Educational Center Reach Out
Posted on: November 16th, 2011
In Print → From the PaperElementary school children attending Lubavitch Educational Center (LEC) in Miami recently participated in an annual schoolwide campaign. The project reached out to the South Florida Jewish community and enabled many individuals to perform the mitzvot of Sukkot.
Neytz haChochma/Achim Academy To Hold Fundraising Dinner
Posted on: November 16th, 2011
In Print → From the PaperNeytz haChochma ESE, South Florida's only non-affiliated Jewish Orthodox special education school, will hold its first fundraising dinner, "Navigate Into the Future" on Monday, November 21st.
200 People Eat In New Chabad House Sukkah
Posted on: November 16th, 2011
In Print → From the PaperChabad of Northeast Hollywood/Shul of the Lakes recently purchased a beautiful two-story building. The structure, originally built in the early 1920s, has been registered by the city of Hollywood as a historic building.
Local Rabbi Launches New Career
Posted on: November 16th, 2011
In Print → From the PaperRabbi Elchonon Abramchik’s life has taken some unique turns. He was born in China, to parents who spent the war years in the ghetto of Shanghai, and thus survived the Nazi regime.
It’s My Opinion: “Big Spending”
Posted on: November 14th, 2011
Sections → Community → South FloridaThis week's Art Basel Miami Beach is billed as the largest contemporary art fair in the hemisphere. Until recently, the prognosis for a successful event had been bleak. The worldwide financial crisis had all but devastated the arts. Now, Art Basel, and the art world in general, has reason to celebrate. It seems that prices are up and big spending has returned.
Posted on: November 14th, 2011
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe South Florida office of the American Jewish Committee recently held its fourth annual Thanksgiving Diversity Breakfast. Its goal was to bring together people of different religions and ethnic groups. AJC's Greater Miami director spoke. He stated that, " America's diversity is what makes us stronger."
First-Ever Sukkah At Miami Country Day School
Posted on: November 2nd, 2011
Sections → Community → South FloridaUsually, the building and use of a sukkah in a school during the Sukkot holiday is a project undertaken by a Jewish day school, yeshiva or Jewish organization on a college campus. This year, a dedicated group of high school students changed the status quo in their nonsectarian private school in Miami Shores, Florida.
Holocaust Center Looks For Volunteers
Posted on: November 2nd, 2011
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, located at 2031 Harrison Street in Hollywood, is looking for volunteers to begin immediately. The center needs transcribers, audit/editors, proofreaders, and abstractors. The work is of vital importance. As the pool of aging survivors diminishes, it becomes increasingly urgent that their stories be documented and recorded.
Achim Academy Begins Gifted Program
Posted on: November 2nd, 2011
Sections → Community → South FloridaAchim Academy’s Center for Education in South Florida is celebrating not only the beginning of another great new school year but also the start of a much anticipated gifted program. Students and administrators are excited to begin this new phase in the institution’s growth.
Posted on: November 2nd, 2011
Sections → Community → South FloridaWHAT: Annual Mother-in-Israel Luncheon – This campaign, by providing extra tutorial hours, counseling sessions, textbooks, hot lunches, eyeglasses, shoes, dental work and so much more, helps AMIT children to succeed in school. WHERE: Tower 41, 4101 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach WHEN: Sunday, Nov 14 CONTACT: (305) 532-0362 WHAT: Friends of the IDF will [...]
Posted on: August 10th, 2011
Sections → CommunityA recent anti-Israeli demonstration at a local grocery store has taken on an ironic twist. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions group led a rally in front of a Publix supermarket located in North Miami. Organizer Len Kaminsky insisted the protest was not anti-Jewish, but rather anti-Zionist. Kaminsky said he is a Jew who's very upset with "the way that Palestinians are being treated by Israel." He is heading a boycott of Israeli products to make his point.
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