A South Carolina court will decide the fate of a $3 million bequest to Shaarei Kodesh, a synagogue which merged with Congregation Beth Tikvah in Boca Raton, Fla. A judge in South Carolina this week set the trial for June, according to the Sun Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale. Hadassah, ORT, Americans for Peace Now and…
A divorced Florida mother embroiled in a bitter fight with her realtor ex-husband killed their two teenage children before turning the gun on herself in their home in an exclusive West Palm Beach neighborhood, police said. Jennifer Berman, 48, shot and killed her 16-year-old son Alex and 15-year-old daughter Jacqueline before killing herself on Monday,…
Police have recovered DNA evidence from two women in the heartbreaking double-murder of a Jewish retiree couple who were found slain in their Florida condo home. The female suspects have not yet been identified in the killings of Rochelle Wise and David (Donny) Pichosky — and police in the Ft. Lauderdale suburb of Hallandale Beach…
Police have recovered genetic evidence from two unidentified women at the scene of the double murder of Jewish retirees Rochelle Wise and David (Donny) Pichosky in their south Florida condo. The DNA doesn’t match relatives or anyone else who would have been permitted into the home, police said Wednesday at a press conference marking the…
The police tape and news trucks have long since left the quiet streets and manicured lawns of the Venetian Park condo complex in Hallandale Beach, Fla., where Jewish retirees Rochelle Wise and David (Donny) Pichosky lived and died. As the first anniversary of snowbirds’ double-murder looms, neighbors and friends mourned the well-liked couple — and…
Four Jewish federations in south Florida urged Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) to sign on to legislation opposed by the Obama administration that would enhance Iran sanctions. The Dec. 30 letter was sent amid a renewed post-holiday push by some pro-Israel groups to pass the legislation, initiated by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Sen. Mark Kirk…
A U.S. federal judge has ordered the Florida prisons service to provide kosher meals to all prisoners with a “sincere religious basis” for doing so. The ruling issued earlier this month requires the order be implemented by July 1, the Miami Herald reported Tuesday. The ruling comes after the Florida Department of Corrections has dragged…
In many ways, Mark Goldman’s a traditional cantor. He serves a 900-member Reform congregation, in Plantation, Florida. He’s performed around the world, including a historic group gig at the Vatican. And he loves to chant the “haunting, yet familiar” Kol Nidre. But this year, the UK expat became a trailblazer. After nearly two decades as…
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