Broward Jewish News

South Florida is a national destination, especially in the winter, and anyone with snowbound friends or relatives is going to get the question at some point: "Can we come for a visit?" Some of us are thrilled to host, but others cringe at the potential invasion of our personal space.

ASK LOIS: My relatives want to visit me in South Florida. How do I say no?

By Lois K. Solomon

March 13, 2024 at 5:26 p.m.

South Florida is a national destination, especially in the winter, and anyone with snowbound friends...

Montana Tucker to speak at JFS’ ‘Breaking the Silence, Building Resilience’ event

By Staff Report

March 6, 2024 at 1:17 p.m.

South Florida native Montana Tucker is a social media influencer, singer, songwriter, actress and dancer...

Leaders of Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach, which provides a Jewish gathering place for college students, have decided it's time to expand, and they say a record-setting $2.5 million donation, the highest ever given to this Hillel, is the first step in the campaign.

Florida Jewish Journal |
‘Bursting at the seams’: Hillel plans to expand on FAU campus, gets record $2.5 million donation

By Lois K. Solomon

February 18, 2024 at 11:09 a.m.

Leaders of Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach, which provides a Jewish gathering place for...

Back by popular demand! After we recently published a sampling of Jewish delis in Broward and Palm Beach counties, patrons made sure to let us know about ones we had left out. So here are even more delis, along with readers' comments about what to order and why.

Restaurants, Food and Drink |
You asked for it: Back by popular demand, here are even more of your favorite South Florida Jewish delis

By Lois K. Solomon

February 5, 2024 at 12:42 p.m.

Back by popular demand! After we recently published a sampling of Jewish delis in Broward...

U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel speaks during a news conference at the Palm Beach International Airport, on Jan 16, 2024. On Feb. 13, a massive flight delay prevented Frankel and U.S. Rep. Brian Mast from making it to Washington, D.C., for the vote on whether to impeach the homeland security secretary. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Politics |
Frankel, Diaz-Balart lead condemnation of sexual violence by Hamas

By Anthony Man

January 16, 2024 at 4:16 p.m.

U.S. Reps. Lois Frankel and Mario Diaz-Balart condemned the brutal sexual violence committed by Hamas...

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks about her most recent trip to Israel at her Sunrise offices on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The Congresswoman stood among photographs she took on her cell phone of homes that were bombed, shot at, and burned at Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel near the border with Gaza. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Politics |
Wasserman Schultz points to TikTok for younger Americans’ lower support for Israel in war with Hamas

By Anthony Man

January 10, 2024 at 10:38 a.m.

Just back from a four-nation trip to the Middle East as part of a bipartisan...

People gather for a "Defend Israel" rally on Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale on Oct. 8, 2023. People gather for a "Defend Israel" rally on Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Politics |
Poll on Israelis and Palestinians finds big differences between Florida Democrats and Republicans

By Anthony Man

November 16, 2023 at 4:01 p.m.

The overwhelming majority of Florida voters sympathize more with the Israelis than with Palestinians in...

A range of U.S. and Israeli government officials and leaders from major Jewish organizations at a U.N. event on Oct. 16, 2023, dealing with antisemitism after the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. At the far end of the, under the flags, are Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Israel’s special envoy for combating antisemitism (second from left); Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism; Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the U.N.; and Andrew Weinstein, U.S. public delegate to the last U.N. General Assembly (far right). (Don Conahan/U.S. Mission to the United Nations)

Politics |
Broward’s Andrew Weinstein on front lines of fight against global antisemitism

By Anthony Man

November 13, 2023 at 12:23 p.m.

Andrew Weinstein is working to combat antisemitism and also to support Stoneman Douglas families and...

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks during a Feb. 27, 2023, news conference on antisemitism. She is condemning comments by U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib as advocating "eradicating Israel and Jews.” (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Politics |
Wasserman Schultz condemns congressional colleague’s ‘river to the sea’ comment about Israel and Jews

By Anthony Man

November 6, 2023 at 4:49 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz condemned U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s use of a “phrase (that)...

With help from the video magic of director Steven Spielberg and his team, Holocaust survivors have an answer for almost every conceivable query, so their stories may continue to be shared long after they're gone.

Ask them anything: Holocaust survivors answer questions through new AI exhibit in Dania Beach

By Lois K. Solomon

October 14, 2023 at 11:07 a.m.

With help from the video magic of director Steven Spielberg and his team, Holocaust survivors...

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Broward Jewish News

ASK LOIS: My relatives want to visit me in South Florida. How do I say no?

Montana Tucker to speak at JFS’ ‘Breaking the Silence, Building Resilience’ event

Florida Jewish Journal |
‘Bursting at the seams’: Hillel plans to expand on FAU campus, gets record $2.5 million donation

Restaurants, Food and Drink |
You asked for it: Back by popular demand, here are even more of your favorite South Florida Jewish delis

Politics |
Frankel, Diaz-Balart lead condemnation of sexual violence by Hamas

Politics |
Wasserman Schultz points to TikTok for younger Americans’ lower support for Israel in war with Hamas

Politics |
Poll on Israelis and Palestinians finds big differences between Florida Democrats and Republicans

Politics |
Broward’s Andrew Weinstein on front lines of fight against global antisemitism

Politics |
Wasserman Schultz condemns congressional colleague’s ‘river to the sea’ comment about Israel and Jews

Ask them anything: Holocaust survivors answer questions through new AI exhibit in Dania Beach