The Jewish Press of Tampa and the Jewish Press of Pinellas County are Independently- owned biweekly Jewish community newspapers published in cooperation with and supported by the Tampa JCC & Federation and the Jewish Federation of Pinellas & Pasco Counties, respectively
Ray Gadd, interim CEO of Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services since Oct. 27, 2009, was named CEO of the Clearwater-based agency as of May 10.
“The signing of his contract is only one of many positive changes for the agency,” said newly-elected Board Chair Barbara Sterensis. The new board of directors took office effective May 11. More...
If a group of parents, alumni and supporters have their way — with community support — a new yet unnamed Jewish day school will be born out of the ashes of the 30- year-old, soon-to-close Pinellas County Jewish Day School. More...
NEW YORK — Elena Kagan, President Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, wanted a Bat Mitzvah when she turned 12. But that simply was not done in May 1973 at Lincoln Square Synagogue, the Orthodox congregation on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to which the Kagan family belonged. More...
Due to uncertainty about the use of the Pinellas County Jewish Day School campus, the JCC Suncoast is relocating its countywide summer camp program, Camp Kadima, to Temple B’nai Israel in Clearwater.
The JCC made the announcement May 14. More...