Tampa billboard campaign targets antisemitism
JewBelong, a New Jersey-based organization, has made a splash in the fight against antisemitism with three eye-catching billboards along heavily traveled roads in Tampa. With hot pink backgrounds and white lettering, the billboards offer food for thought, as well as encouragement to oppose antisemitism anytime it is encountered. One along...
Resale shop sells couple on giving new home to discarded menorahs
It began, as so many collections do, with one. Then another … and another … and at last count, Abe and Carolyn Gutwaks had 141 menorahs. The Palm Harbor couple don’t light all of them on each of the eight nights of Hanukkah. That would require burning 6,204 candles each...
Comedians weigh in on Chappelle’s ‘SNL’ monologue
Prominent Jewish comedians are weighing in on fellow comic Dave Chappelle’s “Saturday Night Live” monologue in which he joked about Jews running Hollywood. The verdict from his peers has been mixed after Chappelle delivered a 15-minute set that the head of the Anti-Defamation League said appeared to “normalize” and “popularize”...
World Cup visitors told to ‘downplay Israeli identity’
(JTA) — Qatar, which does not normally allow Israelis into the country, will permit Israeli visitors during the 2022 World Cup, prompting the Israeli government to warn travelers who make the trip to “downplay” their “Israeli identity.” As many as 20,000 Israelis are expected to attend the 2022 FIFA World...
Lithuania proposal: $38M+ for Holocaust survivors and heirs
(JTA) – Lithuania’s prime minister Ingrida Šimonyte has introduced legislation to allocate more than $38 million as restitution for Holocaust survivors and their heirs with...
Progressive Jews find a new voice to counter conservative viewpoint
(JTA) – Progressive Jewish leaders have launched a new think tank meant to counter what its founders see as an effort by a few billionaires...
Trump’s dinner with ‘Jew-haters’ draws rare critiques from some Jewish allies
(JTA) – Two weeks after feting Donald Trump as America’s most pro-Israel president ever, the Zionist Organization of America had harsh words for the man...
Mentalist to entertain at Temple B’nai Israel Dec. 17
Temple B’nai Israel of Clearwater will present “A Night of the Mentalist, a Magical Feast for the Senses,” featuring Brett Barry of Phoenix, AZ, on...
Hanukkah Happenings
Received as of press time: SOUTH PINELLAS COUNTY On Sunday, Dec. 11, at 4 p.m. join in the Eighth Annual Chase the Dreidel 5K, sponsored...
Share the light
Hanukkah is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays, especially in America since it coincides with the Christmas holiday season. It is celebrated in...
Just a nosh…
Israel will not cooperate with FBI inquiry into killing of journalist WASHINGTON— Israel will not cooperate with an FBI investigation into the killing of Shireen...
