I was in Florida when my mother passed away and needed help creating a funeral service. Chicago Jewish Funerals was immediately there to help. They responded quickly and professionally which they have done repeatedly for such sad occasions. While they did not perform any services, they were there...
Miami Jewish Health is comprised of a 370-bed nursing home, an assisted-living facility that is home to 80, and an independent-living facility for 60. It is the largest nursing home in Southeast Florida, according to president and CEO Jeffrey Freimark. The system has had 57 COVID-19 case...
In Montana, Jews are giving both to Sen. Conrad Burns, a Republican, and to his challenger, Jon Tester, the Montana Senate president. The same is true in a house race in Florida, where long-serving Republican Rep. Clay Shaw is fighting back Ron Klein, who is Jewish and the minority le...
While some Orthodox views of the world are conservative ones, a stance that is against abortion in all cases would prevent many women fromfulfilling Jewish law. Jews who live in Florida, Ohio, Texas, Georgia and other states with Republican controlled governments will soon lose access to legal ...
“There are among us,” the call to sensitivity continues, “those who, notwithstanding their care with mitzvos, pursue fine foods and expensive vacations; they boast of their clothing and furniture,” people who are not exclusively focused, as Jews should be, on living “a modest life centere...
” This statement is what carried through all our needs and requests over the next few days before my Dad’s funeral. Whether it was expeditiously getting my Dad’s body from Florida or helping us navigate getting “a place” to have the service as we were just getting out of COVID, ...
The South does not just mean Florida but anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon line and there has been considerable Jewish migration to the Washington, D.C. area, Georgia and Texas. 27 EXHIBIT 8 Regional Distribution of Core Jewish Population 1990 & 2001 Region17 Northeast South Midwest West ...
and restaurant dinners with special menus featuring our recipes. We are looking forward to meeting many more readers at future events. We have upcoming events scheduled inNew York City; Boston; St. Petersburg, Florida; Germany (Berlin, Bamberg, and Munich); Ann Arbor, MI, with more to come...
The family of Alex Schachter (on right, with his brother Ryan and UConn superstar Ray Allen), one of the victims of the shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school, creates a UConn scholarship in his memory. The young man, who dreamed of attending his late mother’s alma mater. ...
He has presented more than 100 programs in South Florida and the Northeast on topics that include the great comedians and entertainers of the 20th century, funniest moments in film and television, flash mobs around the world, and composers and lyricists of the Great American Songbook. He earned...