Combat pilots, Entebbe veterans join protests against judicial reforms
Protests against the proposed judicial reforms have now extended to areas of Israel’s establishment where political protest was once unthinkable, including among combat pilots as well as staff for the national airline, El Al. The government is opening bids for other airlines to fly Netanyahu and his wife to Rome...
Chabad of Clearwater banking on bright future at new location
Buying a bank – or at least the building that used to house a bank – is not a simple process, Rabbi Levi Hodakov has discovered. Regardless, he expects to complete the purchase of one this month, turn it into the new home of Chabad of Clearwater, and inaugurate it...
Upcoming in April
The Jewish Federation of Florida’s Gulf Coast will hold its first community Passover Seder on Wednesday, April 5 at 7 p.m. – the first night of Passover. The Seder will be held in the Parkview Room at the Central Park Performing Arts Center, 105 Central Park Drive, Largo. All are...
Upcoming in April
A communitywide Yom HaShoah commemoration is planned on Monday evening, April 17. This is the first Pinellas County synagogue based program in over a decade in remembrance of victims of the Holocaust. The event, open to all, is sponsored by the Pinellas County Board of Rabbis, local Conservative and Reform...
Musicians to perform original sound track for silent film
The next Real to Reel film screening is about as improbable an event as one may ever encounter – but likely to be highly appreciated by those who attend. In the first place, the 1924 silent film, "The City Without Jews," was thought to no longer exist. but in 2015...
In first, Israeli soldiers and CentCom Marines train together
The first formal training exercise between Israeli Defense Force (IDF) soldiers and U.S. Marines under U.S. Central Command (CentCom) based at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force...
Florida to Israel to Hungary, spirit of Maccabiah Games grows
When Matt Rosen of St. Petersburg served as accommodations manager for the Maccabiah Games in Israel this past summer, he had no idea it would...
Survivor reunited with friend after 82 years has died
Betty Grebenschikoff, a Holocaust survivor featured in international news coverage in 2020, died at age 93 at her home in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Feb....
Lila Beth Behar
Lila Beth Behar, daughter of Pamela and Aaron Behar of Tampa, is being called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Feb. 25...
Evan Charles Gootson
Evan Charles Gootson, son of Matthew and Elana Gootson of Seminole, will be called to the Torah as a B’nai Mitzvah on Saturday, March 18...
Fiona Joy Gootson
Fiona Joy Gootson, daughter of Matthew and Elana Gootson of Seminole, will be called to the Torah as a B’nai Mitzvah on Saturday, March 18...
Ari Jacob Nudell
Ari Jacob Nudell, son of Justin and Michelle Nudell of Clearwater, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, March 11...
Moses in me
Passover is the next Chag on the horizon – cue the matza, wine and brisket! I want to share the lyrics from a popular Jewish...
Just a nosh…
Feds arrest Michigan man who plotted to kill Jewish elected officials in the state The FBI coordinated with local authorities in mid-February to arrest a...
