Tag: Miami
Miami Jews, Christians protest Target’s Pride merchandise for children
Some 30 Jews and Christians gathered across the street from a Target store in Midtown Miami on June 1 to protest the retail corporation’s LGBTQ Pride merchandise for children.
There were also counterprotesters and a...
Israel handed second straight mercy-rule loss at World Baseball Classic
It’s a good thing Team Israel manager Ian Kinsler has a sense of humor. Even after a nearly identical loss to Puerto Rico on Monday, Kinsler could still manage a chuckle after being beaten by the...
Puerto Rico near-perfect in shutout of Israel at World Baseball Classic
A bit of World Baseball Classic mercy turned an almost perfect game on Monday into a 10-0 Puerto Rico win against hitless Israel over eight innings.
Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, consul general of Israel in Miami, threw...
‘Team Israel will surprise a lot of people,’ predicts Israel National Baseball Team general...
Team Israel is currently battling it out in the World Baseball Classic in Miami, where it’s part of a grouping with powerhouses the Dominican Republic, which many are picking to win; Venezuela and Puerto Rico. Nicaragua...
Florida man defaces Miami Holocaust memorial with own blood
Police have arrested a man in Florida who cut his arm open and used his blood to deface the Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
Witnesses saw Christopher Green, 44, dig into his...
Condo across from Miami synagogue collapses, search and rescue underway
One person has been pronounced dead after a 12-story condominium in Surfside, Fla., in a predominately Jewish area near a large synagogue, partially collapsed at 1:30 a.m. on Thursday morning. As many as 50...
Miami imam: ‘We will take back Palestine, the Jews will run like mice’
Miami Imam Dr. Fadi Yousef Kablawi said in a recent sermon that Israel is the “land of Islam” and that Israelis would “run like mice” when Muslims come to take it back,
In a Friday...
COVID-19 and the Jewish elderly: Report from Miami, Pittsburgh and New York
As America’s battle with the novel coronavirus has raged America’s Jewish community has suffered its share of losses, particularly early on when COVID-19 swept through the boroughs of New York City and Upstate New...
Team Israel’s inspiring World Baseball Classic run documented
The documentary "Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel" tells a moving underdog story that should inspire people who attend an upcoming Miami Jewish Film Festival members screening.
The screening takes place at 7 p.m....
Flamenco Sephardit returning for fifth year in Miami Beach
The concert Flamenco Sephardit which celebrates two distinct Spanish cultures fused together through music, dance and poetry returns to Miami Beach for the fifth consecutive year on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.
This upcoming fifth...