Sara Liss
By Sara Liss
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Opinion A Florida Psychologist Asks: Kabbalah With Your Sushi?
**Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ** – A new beachfront restaurant in this South Florida city is billing itself as the country’s first kabbalistic restaurant. Café Emunah is relatively new to the competitive kosher dining scene in the area, yet it has already distinguished itself with its holistic approach to kosher food — combining organic chic with…
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News Mezuza Comes Between Florida Woman and Her Condo Association
Lauderdale, Fla. – The Florida attorney general is investigating a condo association’s efforts to block one resident from affixing a mezuza to her front doorpost. At issue is the 5-inch mezuza that Laurie Richter, a 28-year-old lawyer, put up at the end of last year, when she began renting a unit in The Port, a…
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News Rabbis Facing Off Over Neighborhood Park in Florida
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Conservative and Hasidic rabbis often disagree over religious matters, but in this South Florida town they’re even butting heads over what to name a neighborhood park. At issue is the campaign by some local residents to name the park after city commissioner and former mayor Sal Oliveri, who has played the lead…
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News Hurricane Wreaks Havoc Across Florida on Yom Kippur
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — God’s fury bore down on the hurricane coast of South Florida last weekend with uncanny timing. Hurricane Jeanne arrived with its 100-mile-per-hour winds just as Jewish worshippers in the region were reaching the climax of the prayers marking the Day of Judgment, Yom Kippur.For Jewish worshippers, the intersection of holiday and hurricane…
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Israel News Columnist Puts Kosher Cooking on the Front Burner
When Lisa Huriash decided at age 6 that she wanted to become a journalist, she never dreamed that she’d be reporting about cherry kugel. Nonetheless, Huriash’s “Kosher Connection” column, a regular feature in the Food section of South Florida’s Sun-Sentinel, is now a local favorite and is frequently picked up by other newspapers through the…
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News Editor Sues Miami Herald for $3 Million
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — The former editor and publisher of Florida’s now-defunct Jewish Star Times is suing Miami Herald Publishing Company for defamation. Dwight Owen Schweitzer filed the $3 million lawsuit in Miami Dade circuit court last week. In a press release, he stated that The Miami Herald — which owned Jewish Star Times — published…
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Culture Court Throws Out Jews for Jesus Suit In Sunshine State
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A Florida judge has dismissed a $1 million lawsuit filed by a Jewish woman who claims Jews for Jesus wrongly identified her as a follower. Edith Rapp, a Delray Beach resident, filed the lawsuit against Jews for Jesus at the end of last year. She claimed that at the behest of her…
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News Thief Stole More Than Hearts on JDate
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — An Orlando man who used the Jewish Internet dating service JDate to lure women into dating him was arrested in Broward County last week with bail set at $21,000. Police charged Ivan Urquiza, 34, with grand theft, attempting to use another person’s identity without consent, and intimidating or threatening a witness or…
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