For nearly 50 years of her life, Shelley Herman lived in Manhattan – most recently the East Village – and when New Yorkers felt flattened by the terror of 9/11, it was Mike Bloomberg, in her opinion, who truly got the city back on its feet again. “He did so many things to bring normal…
The Lubavitch Educational Center, a set of schools in South Florida teaching toddlers and Talmud scholars alike, nearly went out of business in 2013. Past due on an $8 million loan, the center was facing foreclosure on three properties, including its main campus, an 84,020-square-foot behemoth on seven acres. A company made up of the…
(JTA) — A haredi Orthodox mother of five won the half-marathon at the 18th annual Life Time Miami Marathon and Half Marathon event. Beatie Deutsch, 30, finished in a time of 1:16:4 to win in the women’s category on Sunday, the Miami Herald reported. It was Deutsch’s first race in the United States. She is…
(JTA) — A Tampa Bay City Council member who used the slur “we’re getting Jewed” to describe a city business deal and then apologized met with a local Jewish leader to learn why it was offensive. Orlando Gudes was describing the high construction costs for an East Tampa community center to a Tampa Bay Times…
(JTA) — A Florida man who has presented himself as a child Holocaust survivor has withdrawn as a plaintiff in a trial against a former Nazi concentration camp guard. Moshe Peter Loth made headlines in November when he hugged defendant Bruno Dey during his trial in Hamburg, Germany. Loth has told journalists over the years that…
(JTA) — Moshe Peter Loth made headlines in November when he hugged defendant Bruno Dey during his trial in Hamburg, Germany. Loth is a Florida man who identified as a Holocaust survivor, and Dey is a former concentration camp guard. “Watch out everyone, I’m going to forgive him,” Loth, 76, said as he approached Dey,…
Flyers posted around campus at the University of Central Florida claimed that a recent state law against anti-Semitism would restrict criticism of “the role of Jews in the United States.” The flyers referred to a state law that was signed in June adopting the State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism for the purposes of determining anti-Jewish…
(JTA) — The high school principal in Boca Raton, Florida who told a parent that “Not everyone believes the Holocaust happened” was fired. The Palm Beach County School Board voted 5-2 to terminate William Latson’s employment, according to minutes of the meeting posted online. His firing will take effect on November 21. The board found…
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