The Maccabees and their remarkable achievements still reverberate in today’s Jewish world, in both Israel and North America. Chanukah arrives each year with imagery that has been familiar to Jews for ...
Manischewitz is thinking outside the box — literally. The iconic Jewish food company has it all figured out when it comes to things like making matzah and selling kosher wine. Now, it’s asking America ...
The Florida Holocaust Museum (FHM) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Anne Frank Humanitarian Award. Established in 2001, the Award honors outstanding humanitarian efforts by high school ...
January 11, 1939. Number 2352. A date and a number. They define a life, a future, a family, a legacy. My mother, Marietta Sobel Drucker (z”l), was 9 ½ when her parents placed her on the ...
As the High Holidays approach, we’re reminded that this is the season of reflection, transition and renewal. It’s in this spirit that I share some difficult news: in the coming months the beautiful ...
It’s Chanukah time – time to gather with friends and family and light the Chanukiah (the Chanukah Menorah). Who doesn’t love watching the lights grow over the week, from a lone candle (well…2 candles, ...
Tampa attorney Aaron Silberman is treasurer/secretary for the Tampa JCCs and Federation and supports many Israel-partner organizations, including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), ...
In November, this year’s Hope Cohen Barnett Leadership Institute (HCBLI) class visited One Buc Place at the Advent Health Training Facility for a tour and an exclusive conversation to learn about ...
Two blocks away: a school reduced to ruins. Across the street: rubble. Under the door: ashes. And yet at Kehillat Israel, things look much the same as they did at the beginning of the week, before the ...
Scott Tankel, Brian Breeding and Paul Klein pose in front of a massive bulldozer on the Gaza border during their trip in December. Alumni of the Hope Cohen Barnett Leadership Institute (HCBLI), they ...
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay… and copper and porcelain and wood and glass and paper mache and granite. Sidney and Phyllis Werner’s dreidel collection even includes a soft plush ...
This feature profiles the inspiring young adults of the Tampa Jewish community who are making a meaningful impact through volunteerism and leadership. These emerging changemakers embody the values of ...